Maven - Online Quiz



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Questions and Answers

Q 1 - Which of the following aspects of a project can be managed using Maven?

A - Builds

B - Documentation

C - Reporting

D - All of the above.

Answer : D

Explanation

All of the above aspects of a project can be managed using Maven.

Answer : C

Explanation

A maven artifact is a file, usually a JAR that gets deployed to a Maven repository. A Maven build produces one or more artifacts, such as a compiled JAR and a 'sources' JAR.

Q 3 - Which of the following phase in maven life cycle validates that the project is correct and all necessary information is available?

A - validate

B - compile

C - test

D - package

Answer : A

Explanation

validate phase validates that the project is correct and all necessary information is available.

Q 4 - Which of the Build Profile is defined in Maven global settings xml file (%M2_HOME%/conf/settings.xml)?

A - Per Project

B - Per User

C - Global

D - None of the above.

Answer : C

Explanation

Global − Defined in Maven global settings xml file (%M2_HOME%/conf/settings.xml).

Q 5 - Which of the following command can be used to create a new project based on an archtype?

A - mvn archetype:archetype

B - mvn archetype:generate

C - mvn generate:archetype

D - None of the above.

Answer : B

Explanation

mvn archetype:generate command can be used to create a new project based on an archtype.

Q 6 - Which of the following is the default value of packaging?

A - ear

B - war

C - jar

D - pom

Answer : C

Explanation

If no packaging value has been specified, it will default to jar.

Q 7 - All POM files require the project element and three mandatory fields: groupId, artifactId,version.

A - false

B - true

Answer : B

Explanation

All POM files require the project element and three mandatory fields: groupId, artifactId,version.

Q 8 - Which of the following phase in maven life cycle generates any source code to be included in compilation phase?

A - generate-sources

B - generate-resources

C - generate-test-sources

D - None of the above.

Answer : A

Explanation

generate-sources generates any source code to be included in compilation phase.

Q 9 - Which of the following phase in maven life cycle processes the generated files from test code file compilation?

A - process-test-classes

B - process-test-sources

C - generate-test-sources

D - None of the above.

Answer : A

Explanation

process-test-classes processes the generated files from test code file compilation.

Q 10 - When dependency in central repository is not found, then Maven searches dependency in remote repository.

A - true

B - false

Answer : A

Explanation

Maven searches dependency in remote repository or repositories, if found then it is downloaded to local repository for future reference otherwise Maven as expected stop processing and throws error (Unable to find dependency).

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