GitHub Professional Certificate GitHub Projects and Issue Management

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of GitHub Issues?

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To track bugs, feature requests, tasks, and other work items for a project

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To store binary release artifacts

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To manage repository access permissions

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To configure CI/CD pipelines

Question 2

What is a GitHub Milestone used for?

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Grouping related issues and pull requests to track progress toward a goal or deadline

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Marking a specific commit as a release candidate

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Setting required status checks on branches

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Flagging security vulnerabilities in dependencies

Question 3

Which GitHub feature allows teams to organize issues and pull requests into a Kanban-style board?

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GitHub Projects

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GitHub Discussions

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GitHub Wikis

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GitHub Releases

Question 4

What is the function of Labels in GitHub Issues?

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To categorize and filter issues and pull requests by type, priority, or status

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To assign a dollar value to each issue

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To restrict who can comment on an issue

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To link issues to a deployment environment

Question 5

How can you close a GitHub Issue automatically when a pull request is merged?

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By using closing keywords like 'Closes #123' in the pull request description

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By adding the issue number to the branch name

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By assigning the issue to the PR author

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By adding a 'ready to merge' label to the issue

Question 6

What does 'assigning' a GitHub Issue to a user indicate?

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The user is responsible for addressing or working on that issue

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The user has administrative control over the issue's lifecycle

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The issue is blocked until that user approves it

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The user will be billed for the issue's resolution time