Maven - Online Quiz

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Q 1 - Which of the following command can tell the version of maven?

Answer : A

Explanation

mvn --version tells the version of maven.

Q 2 - Which of the following is true about 'site' Maven life cycle?

A - It cleans up artifacts created by prior builds.

B - This is used to build the application.

C - This generates site documentation for the project.

D - None of the above.

Answer : C

Explanation

site − generates site documentation for the project.

Q 3 - Which of the following phase in maven life cycle installs the package into the local repository, for use as a dependency in other projects locally?

Answer : C

Explanation

install phase installs the package into the local repository, for use as a dependency in other projects locally.

Q 4 - Which of the following is true about Build Profile in Maven terminology?

A - A Build profile is a set of configuration values which can be used to set or override default values of Maven build.

B - Using a build profile, you can customize build for different environments such as Production v/s Development environments.

C - Both of the above.

D - None of the above.

Answer : C

Explanation

A Build profile is a set of configuration values which can be used to set or override default values of Maven build. Using a build profile, you can customize build for different environments such as Production v/s Development environments.

Q 5 - Which of the following is true about Maven remote repository?

A - It is developer's own custom repository containing required libraries or other project jars.

B - It is repository provided by Maven community.

C - Both of the above

D - None of the above.

Answer : A

Explanation

It is developer's own custom repository containing required libraries or other project jars.

Q 6 - Which of the following refers to the version of the project?

A - ${pom.version}

B - ${project.version}

C - ${maven.version}

D - ${version}

Answer : A

Explanation

${pom.version} refers to the version of the project.

Q 7 - What is the value for packaging element in pom for a project that is purely meta-data?

Answer : D

Explanation

pom is the value for packaging element in pom for a project that is purely meta-data.

Q 8 - Which of the following is correct about groupId in Maven pom.xml?

A - This is an Id of project's group.

B - This is generally unique amongst an organization or a project.

C - Both of the above.

D - None of the above.

Answer : C

Explanation

This is an Id of project's group. This is generally unique amongst an organization or a project. For example, a banking group com.company.bank has all bank related projects.

Q 9 - Which of the following phase in maven life cycle copies and processes the resources into the destination directory, ready for packaging phase?

A - process-sources

B - process-resources

C - process-test-sources

D - None of the above.