Software Engineering Prep 5

Question 1

What does CI/CD stand for in modern software delivery?

Accepted Answer

Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (or Deployment)

Answer

CI/CD automates building, testing, and deploying code changes to reduce manual effort and release risk.

Question 2

Which of the following best describes a microservices architecture?

Accepted Answer

Small, independently deployable services each responsible for a specific business capability

Answer

Microservices decompose an application into small, loosely coupled services that can be developed, deployed, and scaled independently.

Question 3

In git, what does 'git rebase' do compared to 'git merge'?

Accepted Answer

Rebase replays commits onto a new base, creating a linear history; merge creates a merge commit

Answer

Rebase rewrites commit history to appear as if the branch was created from the latest base, resulting in a cleaner linear history.

Question 4

What is the primary benefit of using a message queue (e.g., RabbitMQ, Kafka) between services?

Accepted Answer

Decoupling producers and consumers so they can operate independently

Answer

Message queues allow services to communicate asynchronously, so the sender and receiver don't need to be available simultaneously.

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of a non-functional requirement?

Accepted Answer

The system shall process 10,000 transactions per second

Answer

Non-functional requirements define system qualities like performance, scalability, and reliability rather than specific behaviors.

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