Lecture 38 Quiz: Spring Boot Configuration, Annotations & Build Systems

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Lecture 38 Self-Check

Question 1: What is the primary advantage of Spring Boot over traditional Spring setup?

Select an item

A. It removes Java from Spring applications

B. It provides auto-configuration and starter dependencies to reduce boilerplate

C. It replaces HTTP with a custom protocol

D. It only works with Gradle and not Maven

Question 2: Which annotation is used to bind grouped external properties (e.g., app.mail.*) into a POJO?

Select an item

A. @ConfigurationProperties

B. @PathVariable

C. @ControllerAdvice

D. @EnableScheduling

Question 3: Why are Spring profiles used?

Select an item

A. To enable server-side template rendering

B. To isolate environment-specific settings such as dev and prod

C. To reduce number of Java classes

D. To disable bean scanning

Question 4: Which starter is specifically used to expose operational endpoints like /actuator/health and /actuator/metrics?

Select an item

A. spring-boot-starter-web

B. spring-boot-starter-actuator

C. spring-boot-starter-data-jpa

D. spring-boot-starter-test

Question 5: What is a recommended package-structure practice for Spring Boot projects?

Select an item

A. Keep Application.java under a top-level root package so component scanning covers subpackages

B. Place Application.java inside the entity package only

C. Disable component scanning for performance

D. Put all classes in one default package with no namespace