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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

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 3

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 4

What is the main role of Microsoft Azure Active Directory?

Hosting virtual machines

Managing databases

Identity and access management

Monitoring application performance

Question 5

What is the purpose of a load balancer in a web application?

To store data

To distribute network traffic

To secure the application

To monitor performance

Question 6

Which of the following languages are statically typed?

Java

Python

C++

PHP

Question 7

What is the main benefit of Docker containers?

Replace VMs

No coding

Consistent environments

Faster networks

Question 8

What is the main purpose of an IDE?

To compile code

To edit text files

To provide a development environment

To manage databases

Question 9

Which AWS service manages relational databases?

S3

RDS

Beanstalk

DynamoDB

Question 10

In a multithreaded application, what is the best way to protect a shared in memory counter from race conditions?

Using a constant variable for the counter

Using a mutex/lock around increments of the counter

Logging every increment to a file

Spawning a new thread for each increment

Question 11

In object-oriented programming, what does encapsulation achieve?

It allows multiple inheritance

It enables polymorphism

It hides the internal state and requires all interaction to be performed through methods

It improves runtime performance

Question 12

What is the main purpose of a RESTful API?

To design user interfaces

To enable communication between client and server using HTTP

To store large amounts of data

To compile source code

Question 13

What is the main benefit of automated testing?

Faster internet connection

Code becomes easier to read

Errors are detected more consistently and quickly

Developers don't need to review code at all

Question 14

Which of the following best describes a Monoid in functional programming?

A function that maps one type to another

An algebraic structure with an associative binary operation and an identity element

A data type that supports asynchronous operations

A design pattern for immutable data structures

Question 15

In object-oriented programming, what is inheritance?

Hiding internal implementation details

Reusing code by creating a new class from an existing one

Executing multiple methods at once

Converting data types automatically

Question 16

Which AWS service supports event-driven compute?

RDS

Direct Connect

EC2

Lambda

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

What is the purpose of dependency injection in software design?

To decouple components

To increase runtime speed

To reduce memory usage

To enforce immutability

Question 19

In non-strict mode, what is logged? const obj = { x: 1, f() { return this.x; } }; const g = obj.f; console.log(g());

1

undefined

Throws TypeError

window.x if defined, otherwise undefined

Question 20

Which paradigm emphasizes immutability?

Event-driven

Procedural

OOP

Functional

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