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IT Developer - Digital Skill Cup 2026

Digital Skills Cup 2026

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Question 1

In a CI/CD setup, which stage should normally run before deploying to production?

Manual exploratory testing only

Building artifacts directly on production servers

Automated unit and integration test in a dedicated pipeline stage

Editing configuration files directly on production

Question 2

What is dependency injection mainly used for in .NET applications?

Improve performance

Reduce memory usage

Promote loose coupling and testability

Enforce inheritance

Question 3

What is the main purpose of using higher-order functions?

To allow functions to take other functions as arguments or return them

To improve hardware efficiency

To encrypt data securely

To handle database queries

Question 4

Which statements about the .NET GC are true?

Gen0 collections are typically fast and happen frequently.

The Large Object Heap (LOH) is compacted automatically on every full GC by default.

Objects promoted to Gen2 are never moved in memory.

Excessive pinning can increase heap fragmentation.

Question 5

Which HTTP method is typically used to update an existing resource?

GET

POST

PUT

DELETE

Question 6

Lambda expressions allow you to define anonymous functions in functional programming languages.

Yes

No

Question 7

In Git, which command is used to combine changes from one branch into another?

git fetch

git rebase

git merge

git clone

Question 8

Which statements are true?

Casting a value type to object causes boxing.

Assigning a struct to an interface it implements causes boxing.

ref returns always avoid boxing in all scenarios.

Boxing creates a copy of the value type on the heap.

Question 9

What are key characteristics of RESTful APIs?

Stateless communication

Tight coupling between client and server

Use of standard HTTP methods

Mandatory use of XML

Question 10

Which AWS service provides managed container orchestration using Kubernetes?

Amazon ECR

Amazon ECS

Amazon EKS

AWS Fargate

Question 11

In Git, what does git rebase primarily do?

Create a new branch

Merge two branches preserving history

Replay commits on top of another base tip

Delete untracked files

Question 12

What is the main purpose of the async and await keywords in C#?

Create multi-threaded applications

Simplify asynchronous code execution

Improve memory allocation

Force parallel execution

Question 13

Which cloud model offers the most control to the developer?

SaaS

PaaS

IaaS

FaaS

Question 14

In C#, what is the primary difference between IEnumerable and IQueryable?

IEnumerable executes queries on the database server

IQueryable allows query translation to data sources like SQL

IQueryable is evaluated in-memory only

IEnumerable supports deferred execution only

Question 15

Which design pattern is used to hide a complex subsystem behind a simple interface?

Facade

Observer

Singleton

Strategy

Question 16

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 17

Which of the following techniques help improve application security?

Input validation

Hardcoding credentials

Using HTTPS/TLS

Principle of least privilege

Question 18

Which features are provided by Docker containers?

Application isolation

Hardware-level virtualization

Consistent deployment environments

Lightweight resource usage

Question 19

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 20

What is the purpose of REST APIs?

UI creation

Load balancing

System communication

Encrypt data

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