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IT Developer - Digital Skill Cup 2026

Digital Skills Cup 2026

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Question 1

Which AWS service is used for storing files and objects?

Amazon RDS

Amazon Lambda

Amazon S3

Amazon CloudFront

Question 2

What does SQL stand for?

Simple Query Language

Structured Question Language

Structured Query Language

Sequential Query Language

Question 3

When using AI in software development, which practice helps ensure code quality and security?

Accepting AI-generated code without review

Manual code review and automated testing

Disabling static analysis tools

Running code only in production

Question 4

What problem does dependency injection primarily solve?

Code duplication

Tight coupling between components

Memory leaks

Network latency

Question 5

Which programming language is primarily used for Android app development?

Swift

Kotlin

Ruby

PHP

Question 6

In cloud-native application design, stateless services are preferred because they:

Store session data locally

Simplify horizontal scaling

Require more memory

Eliminate the need for databases

Question 7

Which tool is most commonly used to integrate GitHub Copilot into a developer’s workflow?

Microsoft Excel

Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code

Azure Portal

Power BI Desktop

Question 8

Where are services typically registered for dependency injection in ASP.NET Core?

appsettings.json

Program.cs or Startup.cs

Controller classes

web.config

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of microservices architecture?

Independent deployability

Centralized data storage

Polyglot development

Decentralized governance

Question 10

What is the main purpose of a CI/CD pipeline?

Designing user interfaces

Automating build, test, and deployment processes

Writing database queries

Monitoring network traffic

Question 11

What is Amazon EC2 mainly used for in AWS?

Object storage

Running virtual servers in the cloud

Managing DNS services

Sending emails

Question 12

What does the term “refactoring” mean in software development?

Adding new features to the code

Changing the code structure without altering its external behavior

Fixing bugs in the code

Optimizing the code for faster execution

Question 13

Transfer learning involves training a model from scratch every time for a new task.

Yes

No

Question 14

Which security concern should developers consider when sending prompts or code to cloud-based services?

Screen resolution

Data privacy and sensitive information exposure

CPU temperature

Keyboard layout

Question 15

In AWS, which service is commonly used to run serverless backend code?

Amazon EC2

Amazon ECS

AWS Lambda

AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Question 16

Which statement about APIs is true?

They store user data securely

They provide a way for applications to communicate

They compile code to machine language

They are only used in mobile apps

Question 17

In a microservices architecture, which pattern is most appropriate for decoupled, asynchronous communication between services?

Direct synchronous HTTP calls between all services

Shared database used by all services

Message broker with publish/subscribe or queues

Writing shared state to a local file system

Question 18

When containerizing an application with Docker, which practice improves image security and size?

Using a generic full OS image with all tools installed

Running the application as root inside container

Using a minimal base image and multi stage builds for compilation

Embedding secrets directly into the Docker file as environment variables

Question 19

In Entity Framework Core, which approaches can be used to load related data?

Eager loading

Lazy loading

Explicit loading

Implicit loading

Question 20

What is the main role of Microsoft Azure Active Directory?

Hosting virtual machines

Managing databases

Identity and access management

Monitoring application performance

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