Skills Test Answers - Spring Framework

Which of these resource prefixes could be used?

classpath:

All of these

file:

http:

Which of the following correctly describes JobLauncher?

It represents a running instance of a Job

It provides parameters that are used by the JobInstance

It helps in launching a job and uses JobRepository to obtain a valid JobExecution

It stores JobInstances and JobExecutions

True or false? Spring's DAO classes translate SQL exceptions into general Spring exceptions

True

FALSE

sometimes True

Which of the following is NOT a way to use Spring Web MVC's asynchronous request processing?

Inject a TaskExecutor and pass it to the Session

Return a DeferredResult from the @RequestMapping method

Return a Callable from the @RequestMapping method

Which of the of the following is not a wiring mode supported by Spring?

by property

by type

by name

by constructor

Which of the following is NOT true about Spring Web Services?

Supports WS-Security

Supports integration with Acegi Security

Provides flexible XML Marshalling

Spring-WS require Spring 2.x or higher

Which one of the following statements is NOT true?

@ModelAttribute can be used on method parameters in a controller

@Value annotation can be used on a class

@Value annotation can be used on a field

@ModelAttribute can be used on methods in a controller

Which of the following is NOT a valid spring bean scope?

prototype

singleton

localSession

globalSession

In "<property name="initialShapeSeed" value="#{ numberGuess.randomNumber }"/>", what is the name of the notation used to define the value of the property?

SpEL

JSF

DAO

JSP

Which of the following statements BEST describes Spring Bean Factory?

Spring Bean Factory creates association between collaborating objects as they are instantiated but does NOT publish events to beans that are registered as listeners

Spring Bean Factory provides a means for resolving text messages, including support for i18n of those messages, provide generic way to load file resources

Spring Bean Factory does NOT create association between collaborating objects as they are instantiated and does NOT publish events to beans that are registered as listeners

Spring Bean Factory creates association between collaborating objects as they are instantiated and publish events to beans that are registered as listeners

Which of the following is NOT a method of using transactions in Spring?

programmaticly

proxies

declaratively

What does the ${...} placeholder usually signify?

Java system property

property is read from a configuration file

value is a HTTP parameter

How do you refer to a collection in a Spring bean definition?

<lists> <ref bean="one" /> </lists>

<list> <ref bean="one" /> </list>

None of these

<list> <reference bean="one" /> </list>

spring-test uses what common convention to allow testing using HTTP session and HTTP request objects?

MVC

DAOs

Open-closed principle

Mock objects

How does Spring handle XML marshalling/unmarshalling?

wraps a variety of libraries, including Jackson and JAXB

does not support marshalling/unmarshalling

provides its own fast, easy XML marshaller/unmarshaller

Which of the following annotations can be used to declare a bean in Spring?

@Component, @Controller, and @Service

@Component and @Controller

@Componet, @Controller, @Service, and @Repository

@Component

If a Spring bean implements BeanFactoryAware, which method is called with the bean instance?

setFactory()

setBeanInstance()

setBeanFactory()

setInstance()

What is the @Valid annotation used for?

Validating @Controller inputs

In tests to verify objects

In mock objects

True or False? Spring supports joda-time.

True

FALSE

Spring's caching support does what?

is not thread-safe

provides its own caching implementation

abstracts a variety of different caching implementations

Spring's JdbcTemplate is central class to interact with a database through JDBC. How can it be created?

JdbcTemplate template = new JdbcTemplate(myDataSource);

JdbcTemplate template = new JdbcTemplate(myDatabase);

JdbcTemplate template = new JdbcTemplate();

JdbcTemplate template = new JdbcTemplate(myConnection);

True or False? Spring Integration is a part of the Spring framework you must use if you want to use beans.

TRUE

False

Which of these is NOT a Spring annotation?

@Service

@Controller

@View

@Component

@Aspect

Imagine I have multiple classes that have similar properties; what's a good way of handling this situation without copy/pasting the bean definitions?

use bean inheritance

write some code

write a custom BeanResolver

use AOP

How can you instantiate BeanFactory?

Using ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.

Using XmlFileApplicationContext.

Using FileSystemXmlApplicationContext or ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.

Using FileSystemXmlApplicationContext.

Which if the most common scope for DAO beans?

singleton

session

request

prototype

To enable MVC Java config, @EnableWebMvc should be used with which of following annotation?

@Resource

@Configuration

@Componet

@Controller

Which of these is NOT a Spring Bean Scope?

session

response

request

prototype

singleton

By default when singleton bean is instantiated?

when bean is accessed

in compile-time

app context is created

DispatcherServlet class follows which design pattern?

Singleton

Template

Factory

FrontController

Abstract factory

In Spring MVC, what is responsible for handling HTTP requests and responses?

RequestHandler

DispatcherServlet

SpringController

HttpServlet

Exceptions thrown by the Spring DAO classes are subclasses of which?

DataAccessException

DataException

AccessException

DAOException

What are the different types of bean injection?

By setter, By getter

By constructor, By builder

By setter, By constructor ,By builder

By setter, By constructor

Which of the following is NOT a scope available in Spring web applications?

singleton

request

instance

session

Which of the following is an advantage of using Spring's transaction management?

forces you to use Hibernate

can easily switch between JTA and regular transactions

you can customize the lifecycle

it's faster

Which of the following best describes @Order annotation?

Specifies the scope of a bean

Guides autowiring to be performed by means other than by type

Typically used to inject the properties of domain objects

Defines ordering as an alternative to implementing the org. springframework.core.Ordered interface

What is the default scope of a Spring bean?

Session

Singleton

None of these

Prototype

Abstract

Which one of the following statements is NOT true about MVC pattern?

Model represents the business data as well as the "state" of the application

View represents the data to the user in the desired format, supports interactions with users.

MVC stands for Model, View, and Controller

The controller's main responsibility is to interact with the database like performing CRUD operations.

Which is an embedded database supported by Spring?

PostgreSQL

Oracle

HSQL

MySQL

What does the @Valid as part of JSR-303 mean?

input will be validated using registered validators for that type

sent to the database for constraint validation

uses Spring Security to validate security constraints

Which of the following is BAD practice, in general?

continuous integration

all beans are prototype scope

minimizing inter-dependencies between beans

What is JdbcTemplate used for?

executing SQL statements against the database

configuring JDBC

configuring the connection pool using defaults

Which of the following is an INVALID @RequestMapping declaration?

@RequestMapping(value = { "/" }, headers = "Accept=text/html")

@RequestMapping(request = RequestMethod.GET)

@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET)

@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST)

What does 'wiring' the beans do?

Uses beans from an XML file.

Sends list parameters.

Sends parameters to constructor of bean.

Creates a referral to other beans.

What is the role of the @PostConstruct and @PreDestroy annotations?

They are enterprise level constructors

You force in GC when something happens

None of these

Similar to init and destroy method

How do you load values from property files?

${parameter_name}

<%parameter_name%>

$(parameter_name)

<%=parameter_name%>

In Spring, singleton means only one instance per _____.

Context

Entire jvm

Which annotation lets you grab the value of an HTTP request header?

@RequestHeader

@HttpHeader

@Header

Which of the following is NOT an Autowire type?

byselector

Constructor

autodetect

byType

byName

What is one of the major improvements in Spring 3?

more annotations are supported

additional lifecycle methods were added

more bean scopes are supported

Which of the following is NOT a way that weaving can be used?

runtime

class-load time

compile-time

web service

Which one of the following annotation can be used to inject dependencies a) @Inject b) @Entity c) @Valid d) @Autowire

@Inject and @Autowire

@Inject, @Valid, and @Entity

@Inject, @Valid, and @Autowire

@Inject, and @Valid

Which of the following concrete implementation, by default, handles the request 'first' when it is sent to a Spring MVC Framework?

DispatcherServlet

FrameworkServlet

GenericServlet

HttpServlet

What is the @PersistenceContext annotation used for?

injecting a JPA entity manager

injecting a Spring application context used by the ORM framework

Hibernate configuration

What's the relationship between Spring and Maven?

they are tightly integrated for easy of use

not much; they can be used independently and one does not require the other

How could you inject using a factory method ?

All of these

Instance (non-static) factory method: specify "factory-bean" and "factory-method" attributes

Static factory method: specify "class" and "factory-method" attributes

Use <constructor-arg> to pass parameters

Which of the following is a synonym for dependency injection?

aspect-oriented programming

inversion of control

templates

pointcut

Which of the following is NOT a JDBC statement?

Callable Statement

Regular Statement

Interim Statement

Prepared Statement

True or False? Using Spring's JDBC support forces you to use Oracle.

False

TRUE

Which is the most popular way of interfacing with Spring's JDBC support?

SQLStatementPreparerer

JDBCTemplate

transactions

pointcuts

which one of the following is the correct sequence of how a normal view request is handled in a web application using Spring MVC: 1. Request: A request is submitted to the server. 2. Invokes: The dispatcher dispatches the request to the appropriate controller based on the HTTP request information and the web application configuration. 3. Service Call: The controller interacts with the service layer. 4. Response: The controller updates the model and, based on the execution result, returns the corresponding view to the user.

1234

1423

1324

1432

What is the name of the central servlet which is part of Spring?

SpringServlet

IoCServlet

DispatcherServlet

WebServlet

Which of the following statements is correct about Spring MVC:

The DispatcherServlet is the central servlet that receives requests and dispatches them to the appropriate controllers

To enable Spring MVC, the DispatcherServlet needs to be configured in the web.xml

All of these

There can be more than one of DispatcherServlets in a Spring MVC application

In the following code: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd"> <bean id="helloWorld" class="com.tutorialspoint.HelloWorld"> <property name="message" value="Hello World!"/> </bean> </beans> The HelloWorld class should have a method called what?

setName(String message)

setValue(String message)

setMessage(String message)

setProperty(String message)

True or False? Spring Web MVC supports different locales out of the box.

True

FALSE

What are the most used classes in Spring DAO?

SimpleJdbcInsert and SimpleJdbcProcedure.

JdbcTemplate and SimpleJdbcTemplate.

SimpleJdbcQuery and SimpleJdbcExec.

SimpleJdbcInsert and SimpleJdbcStoredProc.

Is the following valid ? - <map><entry key="a" value="b" /></map>

No

Yes

@RequestMapping is part of which part of Spring?

Web

Security

DAO

Web MVC

True or False? @RequestMapping can be used on an entire class as well as on individual methods.

FALSE

True

Does Spring support injection of Enum types?

NO

YES

What type of dependency injection does Spring NOT support?

Setter injection

Constructor injection

Interface injection

In AOP, what are the different points where weaving can be applied?

Load time

Compile time

Run time

All of these

Is it possible to set up Spring AOP using XML configuration only (as opposed to annotations)?

No

Yes

Configuration to declare a JTA transaction manager “<bean id="mgr" class="org.springframework.transaction.jta.JtaTransactionManager" />“ Is this correct?

Yes

No

True or False - @Inject is part of Spring Framework

False

True

Which of the following is NOT a valid spring Application Context implementation?

ConfigurableApplicationContext

ClassPathXmlApplicationContext

XmlWebApplicationContext

FileSystemXmlApplicationContext

Which one of the following is NOT true about Global Transactions?

In Java, JTA is the standard for implementing global transactions

One of global transaction characteristics is to maintain atomicity, which means either all or none of the involved resources are updated.

In Java JTA is the only way to implement global transaction.

Global transactions are transactions that span multiple backend resources.

Which one of the following statements is NOT true about Validation API?

In Spring MVC web application context configuration <tx:annotation-driven/> will configure Spring to automatically enable the JSR-303 Bean Validation in Spring.

JSR-303 is a JEE standard and is broadly supported by many frontend/backend frameworks

JSR-303 provides a standard validation API that hides the underlying provider

In Spring MVC web controller, you can annotate the argument in a method with the @Valid annotation.

Which Spring MVC annotation is NOT valid for use in a method?

@ResponseBody

@RequestParameter

@RequestParam

@RequestMapping

Which one of the following statements is true:

@Conroller annotation can be used on both class and method

@RequestMapping can only be used on method

@RequestParam annotation helps assigning the request parameter value to the method parameter.

The default value for the method attribute of @RequestMapping is POST

Which one of the following is not TRUE about Spring MVC and Ajax

The controller handles the request and the response data will be formatted and sent to browser.

In a Ajax call, a XMLHttpRequest is prepared and submitted to the server.

@ResponseBody annotation instruct spring to serialize the returned object to a specific format.

In order for view to be updated properly.The format of the data has to be in JSON

What will happen if you annotate a setter method with @Required without wiring a bean?

An exception is launched

The required bean is set to null

Spring will create the bean for you

Nothing happens

If a Spring bean implements BeanNameAware, which method is called with the bean id?

setBeanName()

setBean()

setName()

setId()

Which of the following is the right way to pass part of URL(user) as input to the request handler method?

@RequestMapping("display/{user}") public String removeMember(@PathVariable("user") String user) {}

@RequestMapping("display/{user}") public String removeMember(@RequestParam("user") String user) {}

@RequestMapping(value ="display/user") public String removeMember(@PathVariable("user") String user) {}

Which one of the following statements is NOT true about transactions?

Declarative transaction management is achieved by separating transaction management code from your business methods via declarations.

Transaction management, as a kind of crosscutting concern, can be modularized with the AOP approach.

When managing transactions declaratively, you have to include transaction management code in each transactional operation

Programmatic transaction management is achieved by embedding transaction management code in your business methods to control the commit and rollback of transactions.

Which of these is NOT a valid implementation of ApplicationContext?

BeanFactoryApplicationContext

ClassPathXmlApplicationContext

WebXmlApplicationContext

FileSystemXmlApplicationContext

Which of the following is a disadvantage of using interfaces for proxies?

cannot use Hibernate

proxy won't be called if one method calls another inside the proxy

generates classes at runtime

it's slower

Which of the following is NOT a valid advice?

Before throwing advice

After returning advice

Before advice

After throwing advice

What is the primary use of Inversion of control?

For additional security

All of above

For better memory management

For loose coupling

Which is NOT a valid form of Advice in AOP?

After throwing advice

After (finally) advice

After returning advice

Before throwing advice

Before advice

Which of the following Design Patterns is the common solution for the duplicated form submission problem in Spring MVC?

Singleton Pattern

Factory Pattern

Proxy Pattern

Post/Redirect/Get

What class is used to determine data binding errors, such as those during POST operations?

ParsingResult

BindingResult

BindingErrors

ParsingErrors

Which one of the following statements is NOT true about the following configuration in security.xml <http ...> … <form-login login-page="/login/form" login-processing-url="/login" username-parameter="username" password-parameter="password" authentication-failure-url="/login/form?error"/> </http>

The password-parameter specifies the HTTP parameters of password that Spring Security will use to authenticate the user.

The authentication-failure-url attribute specifies the page that Spring Security will redirect if Spring cannot find the login page.

The login-page attribute specifies where Spring Security will redirect the browser if a protected page is accessed and the user is not authenticated.

The username-parameter specifies the HTTP parameters of username that Spring Security will use to authenticate the user.

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the @Autowired annotation?

@Autowired annotation can be applied on more than one properties in the same class

@Autowired annotation can be applied on more than one setter method in the same class

@Autowired annotation was enabled with the <context:annotation-config> element

@Autowired annotation can be applied on more than one constructor method in the same class

Which of the following object hold the information of principal currently using the application?

InMemoryDaoImpl

SecurityContextLoader

UserDetailsService

SecurityContextHolder

Which of the following correctly describes TestContextManager of Spring TestContext Framework?

TestContextManager is the main entry point into the Spring TestContext Framework, which is responsible for managing a single TestContext and signaling events to all registered TestExecutionListeners

TestContextManager is the main entry point into the Spring TestContext Framework and is responsible for managing a single TestContext but NOT for signaling events to all registered TestExecutionListeners

TestContextManager is NOT the main entry point into the Spring TestContext Framework, but is responsible for managing a single TestContext and signaling events to all registered TestExecutionListeners

TestContextManager is the main entry point into the Spring TestContext Framework, but is NOT responsible EITHER for managing a single TestContext OR for signaling events to all registered TestExecutionListeners

How is slf4j commonly used in Spring applications?

as the JDBC provider

as a bean

as the logging framework

Which of the following is not a valid method to provide configuration metadata to a Spring Container?

Java-based configuration

Annotation-based configuration

XML based configuration file

By marshalling & unmarshalling the objects

What is MultipartFile used for?

Reading files from disk

Supporting multi-part HTTP requests

That doesn't exist

Saving files to disk

How many bean configuration files can you have?

as many as you want

two

only one

What types of transaction management does Spring support?

Declarative transaction management

Programmatic transaction management

Both of these

What if I need a method to be called after bean construction?

write a custom Handler

delegate to a proxy

use init-method or @PostConstructor

What are the different modules in Spring framework?

JDBC abstraction and DAO module

Webex module

Hibernate Module

How are mocks used in Spring?

Spring ignored mocks.

Spring and mocks do not go together well.

They are an important part of using Spring in tests.

What does a bean definition contain?

How to create a bean

Bean's lifecycle details

All of these

Bean's dependencies

What is AOP?

Advanced oriented programming

Abstract oriented programming

None of these

Aspect oriented programming

True or False? Spring supports custom bean scopes.

FALSE

True

Which is NOT a valid way of injecting a Collection in Spring?

<set>

<collection>

<map>

<list>

<props>

What is the SpringJUnit4ClassRunner class used for?

Configuring the Maven Surefire plugin

configuring TestNG

Along with @RunWith, starting and stopping a Spring context properly while running JUnit tests

How can you provide configuration metadata to the Spring container?

All of these

Annotation-based configuration

XML based configuration file

Java-based configuration

Which of the following is NOT a valid spring framework module?

Spring context

Spring ORM

Spring AOP

Spring Bean Factory

Can you inject null and empty string values in Spring?

Yes

No

Which one of the following statements is NOT true about Spring testing annotation?

@ExpectedException: This indicates that test method suppose to throw certain exception

@Repeat(5): This indicates that a test method has to run 5 times.

@IfProfileValue:specifies testing environment of the testing method. Only one environment can be specified

@Timed: This indicates that a test method must complete in a specified time period

How do you declare a destroy method in a Spring bean?

Referencing as null

None of these

Using the destroy method

We cannot destroy, JVM takes take of it

Which one of the following statements is NOT true about the Application Context.

ApplicationContext is an interface and is an extension to BeanFactory interface.

When configuring Application Context, Spring supports defining beans either through XML file or annotations starting from Spring 2.5

In a web container environment, Spring bootstraps ApplicatonContext via the ConextLoaderListner.

ApplicationContext provides dependency Injection services and AOP service, but NOT transaction services.

Which view technologies does Spring Web MVC NOT support out of the box?

Hibernate

XSLT

FreeMarker

Velocity

What are benefits of transactions for Hibernate?

There are no transactions in Hibernate

None of these

Read only transactions prevent Hibernate from flushing session

Transactions uses less memory and improves performance

Which of the following is NOT true about Spring transaction management?

The Spring Framework gives you an opportunity to customize transactional behavior, using AOP

The Spring Framework offers declarative rollback rules

The Spring Framework support propagation of transaction contexts across remote calls

The Spring Framework provide a simpler API for programmatic transaction management than a number of complex transaction APIs such as JTA

What is NOT a way for beans to be defined?

Java

XML configuration file

JSON

BeanFactory is a popular way to wire beans in Spring, which is a correct way of creating a BeanFactory?

BeanFactory factory = new XmlBeanFactory(new FileInputStream(“beans.xml”));

BeanFactory factory = new BeanFactory(new FileInputStream(“beans.xml”));

BeanFactory factory = new XmlBeanFactory(“classpath:beans.xml”);

BeanFactory factory = new BeanFactory(“beans.xml”);

Which of the following utility classes provides functionality to set a non-public field or invoke a non-public setter method when testing application code?

TestContextManager

ReflectionTestUtils

SpringJUnit4ClassRunner

TestExecutionListeners

Which one of the following statements is NOT true about @Transactional attributes

The rollbackFor attribute defines which exception class will cause the transaction to roll back

The timeout attribute defines the number in seconds for transaction time out.

If not specified the default value of propagation attribute is Propagation.REQUIRED

the default value of readOnly attribute is true

Which of the following identify the application-wide permissions available to a principal?

UserDetailsService

GrantedAuthority

UserDetails

Authentication

Which one of the following statements is NOT true about the following code: @Service("jpaStudentService") @Repository @Transactional public class StudentServiceImpl implements StudentService { private Log log = LogFactory.getLog(StudentServiceImpl.class); @PersistenceContext private EntityManager em; // Other code omitted }

@PersistenceContext is a Spring annotation which instructs Spring to inject a SessionFactory

@Service is to identify that this class is a spring component providing business services.

@Repository instructs Spring to translate the vendor-specific exceptions to Springs's DataAccessException hierachy.

@Transactional annotations describes transaction attributes of the class.

If you don't want a method to be enlisted in a transaction at all, what type of attribute can be used?

None of them

@Transactional(readOnly = true)

@Transactional(propagation = Propagation.NEVER)

Both of them

What is the purpose of the SessionStatus.setComplete()?

Expires the session Data of a controller.

Sets the attribute the session as "complete".

Submits the form input from the user.

Gets the the value of the "complete" attribute of the session.

What is the @BeforeTransaction annotation used for?

as part of testing, making sure some code is executed before the transaction is started

as part of Spring AOP, defining what to execute before the transaction is started

as part of Spring OXM, what to serialize before the transaction is started

How do you specify outgoing HTTP content-type?

Use the 'produces' attribute of @RequestMapping

Use the 'contentType' attribute of @RequestMapping

Use the @ContentType annotation

How do you specify the incoming HTTP content-type?

Use the 'consumes' attribute of @RequestMapping

Use the 'contentType' attribute of @RequestMapping

Use the @ContentType annotation

A RowCallbackHandler has one method called?

processCallback(ResultSet)

processRow(ResultSet)

processRowCallback(ResultSet)

handleRowCallback(ResultSet)

Which of the following is incorrect?

BeanFactory does not support enterprise services such JNDI access and EJB integration whereas ApplicationContext facilitates integration with enterprise services

BeanFactory supports just one config file whereas ApplicationContext can have multiple config files

BeanFactory does not support internationalization (I18N) messages whereas ApplicationContext includes support for I18N messages

ApplicationContext does NOT publish events to beans that are registered as listeners whereas BeanFactory published events to registered beans

Which one of the following statements is NOT true?

Defining Propagation.MANDATORY in @Transactional annotation means there must be a transaction otherwise create one.

<tx:annotation-driven> element is necessary to enable the usage of @Transactional annotations.

The @Transactional annotation can be used on both class level and method level.

When applying transactions semantics, either annotation or pure XML can be used.

How can we create a PreparedStatementCreator?

createPreparedStatement(Database)

createPreparedStatement()

createPreparedStatement(Connection)

createPreparedStatement(Datasource)

Which of the following is not a VALID mode of autowiring

byName

byType

autodetect

byClass

Which of the following are valid approaches for integration Struts with Spring?

Struts - Spring integration is not supported as of Spring 3.x

Any of the given approach can be used to integrate the two

Extending Spring’s ActionSupport classes and getting applications spring-managed beans using getWebApplicationContext() method

Using ContextLoaderPlugin, configuring spring app to manage actions as beans and then setting their dependencies in a spring context file

Which of the following methods are needed for loading a database driver in JDBC?

registerDriver()

Class.forName()

None of these

Both registerDriver() method and Class.forName()

Spring - WS Core is NOT dependent on which of the following modules?

Spring OXM

Spring ORM

Spring WS Security

Spring XML

Which of the following is FIRST step in user authentication process?

The UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken is passed to an instance of AuthenticationManager for validation

The username and password are obtained and combined into an instance of UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken

The AuthenticationManager returns a fully populated Authentication instance on successful authentication

The security context is established by calling SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication(...), passing in the returned authentication object

Which of the following best describes the utility of @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)?

This annotation means that tests are going to be able to get hold of instantiated beans as defined in the Spring context files

This annotation will inject the SpringJUnit4ClassRunner bean in the test class

This annotation will facilitate the test to get hold of the ApplicationContext

This annotation is indicating the test where to get the context files containing the bean definitions

Which one of the following statements is NOT true?

SingleConnectionDataSource maintains a single connection that is reused all the time and never closed.

DataSource that looked up by JNDI can be configured in Spring application by using <jee: jndi-lookup> element

It's easy to switch data source implementations in Spring because they implement the common DataSource interface.

The DriverManagerDataSource provided by Spring is a pooled datasource.

Which of these are types of IOC (dependency injection) ?

None of these

Constructor Injection (e.g. Pico container, Spring etc): Dependencies are provided as constructor parameters.

Interface Injection (e.g. Avalon): Injection is done through an interface.

Setter Injection (e.g. Spring): Dependencies are assigned through JavaBeans properties (ex: setter methods).

All of these

Which of the following ORM are supported in Spring

All

TopLink

Java Data Objects(JDO)

OJB

iBatis

Spring Security currently supports authentication integration with which of the following technology

LDAP

Form-based authentication

HTTP Digest authentication headers

All

HTTP BASIC authentication headers

In transactions and exception management, what is the default rollback policy?

Rollback can happen on any Exception

Rollback for a CompiletimeException

Rollback for a RuntimeException

No Rollbacks possible

Which one of the following is NOT true about HibernateDaoSupport Class

By extending HibernateDaoSupport class, you can simply call getHibernateTemplate() method to retrieve the template instance.

HibernateDaoSupport class allows you to obtain Session and HibernateTemplate

The common use is to extend this class and inject the SessionFactory dependency

HibernateDaoSupport class, has a commit() method which can commit the transaction

True or False? Spring supports lookup via JNDI.

True

FALSE

Which one of the following is NOT true about Spring MVC View resolver

TilesViewResolver: Looks up a view that is defined as a Tiles template. The name of the template is the same as the logical view name.

BeanNameViewResolver: Finds an implementation of View that’s registered as a <bean> whose class is the same as the logical view name.

InternalResourceViewResolver: Finds a view template. The path to the view template is derived by prefixing and suffixing the logical view name.

ContentNegotiatingViewResolver: Delegates to one or more other view resolvers, the choice of which is based on the content type being requested.

Which of the following is true when creating a custom login form for applications using Spring Security?

The name of the username input must corresponds to the values of username-parameter attribute of <form-login> element in security.xml file

The method of the login form must be POST

All of these

The form action url must match the "login-processing-url" attribute of <form-login> element in security.xml file

Are Spring singleton beans thread-safe?

Depends on how they are setup

No

Yes

Which of the following statements is NOT true when defining the <intercept-url> elements in security.xml?

The path attribute of the <intercept-url> element is independent and is not aware of the path attribute of the <http> element.

When defining the <intercept-url> elements the sequence doesn't matter

The <intercept-ur> element won't work in the <http> elements that are marked as security = "none".

When using expression based authorization the <http> elements need to be marked as use-expressions="true"

Which one of the following is NOT true about the followng code: @Controller @RequestMapping("/reservationForm") @SessionAttributes("reservation") public class ReservationFormController { ... @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST) public String submitForm(@ModelAttribute("reservation") Reservation reservation, BindingResult result) { ... return "redirect:reservationSuccess"; } ... }

The @SessionAttributes is used to save a Reservation object to a user’s session.

The redirect: prefix in the view name is used to avoid a problem known as duplicate form submission.

The BindingResult object is used to map the user request to the controller method.

The @ModelAttribute("reservation") is used to reference the Reservation object.

Which of the following is a common cross-cutting concern?

configuration

aspects

logging

beans

Which one of the following statements is true about the propagation attributes that can be defined in @Transactional annotations?

SUPPORTS: If there’s a transaction, it will be supported, if not create a new one

REQUIRES_NEW: Create a new transaction. If there an active transaction exists, throw exception

REQUIRED: If there’s a transaction, support it; otherwise throw exception

MANDATORY: There must be a transaction; otherwise, throw an exception.

Which of the following annotation enables default data conversion in Spring Web MVC?

@Valid

@InitBinder

@Controller

@RequestMapping

Which of the following is a VALID Spring form taglib declaration?

<%@ taglib prefix="form" uri="http://www.springframework.com/tags/form" %>

<%@ taglib prefix="form" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags" %>

<%@ taglib prefix="form" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags/form" %>

<%@ taglib prefix="form" uri="http://www.springframework.org/form/tags" %>

<concurrency-control> element can be used for which of the following purposes?

To enable LDAP authentication

To limit number of user sessions

To support concurrent authentication

To support authentication in clustered environment

To support stateless authentication

What is bean wiring?

connecting the different beans (components) of an application

consuming a web service

avoiding a cross-cutting concern

publishing objects in a web service

True or False? @PathVariable is used on classes to indicate they will be used as handlers if a variable is found.

False

TRUE

In Spring and Hibernate integration, which is the correct implementation of the Session Factory?

LocalSessionFactoryBean

SessionFactory

SessionFactoryBean

LocalFactoryBean

Which of the following best describes Spring Batch?

Spring Batch provides classes and APIs to read/write resources, transaction management, job processing statistics, job restart and partitioning techniques to process high-volume of data

Spring Batch provides classes and APIs for job processing statistics, job restart and partitioning techniques to process high-volume of data and read/write to resources but NOT for transaction management

Spring Batch does NOT provides classes and APIs for job processing statistics, job restart and partitioning techniques but does provide functionality for complex processes like skipping or retrying failed items

Spring Batch provides classes and APIs for job processing statistics, job restart and partitioning techniques to process high-volume of data but NOT for read/write resources and transaction management

Which one of the following statements is NOT true about Spring Web Flow states?

Action states are where the logic of a flow takes place.

A subflow state starts a new flow within the context of a flow that is already underway.

Decision states branch the flow in two directions, routing the flow based on the outcome of evaluation flow data.

The End state is the last stop. Each flow can only have one end state.

Which of the following is the most commonly used view resolver for integrating JSPs with Spring?

JstlView

ResourceBundleViewResolver

Both InternalResourceViewResolver and ResourceBundleViewResolver

InternalResourceViewResolver

JSPResourceViewResolver

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of SimpleJdbcTemplate?

Converts standard JDBC SQLExceptions into checked exceptions

Supports Java 5 features (autoboxing, generics)

Supports operation on stored procedures and batch operations

Uses JDBC API but eliminates lot of problems associated with it

Which of the following scopes is valid ONLY in the context of a web-aware Spring ApplicationContext?

All of these

response

singleton

global-session

prototype

Which one of the following statements is NOT true?

<mvc:resources> element helps handling requests for static content for you.

The DispatcherServlet’s job is to send the request on to a Spring MVC controller.

DispatcherServlet could be responsible for all the request by mapping it to "/".

DispatcherServlet can be configured either in web.xml file or through annotation

What are the features of the XML <context: namespace?

@Transactional annotation scanning

@Aspect annotation detection enabling

@Component annotation scanning and @Transactional annotation scanning

@Autowired annotation enabling and @Component annotation scanning

All of the above

Which of the following is a valid usage of Method Injection in spring?

Injecting Spring Scoped Proxy Beans

To inject a singleton bean inside an prototype bean

To inject a larger scope bean in a smaller scope bean

To inject a singleton bean inside a non-singleton bean

To inject a non-singleton bean inside a singleton bean

True or False? Spring provides an abstraction over JMS.

True

FALSE

Transaction MUST follow which of the following properties?

All of these

Isolation

Atomicity

Consistency

What is the difference between Bean Factory and Application Context?

Application contexts provide a means for resolving text messages, including support for i18n of those messages.

Application contexts can publish events to beans that are registered as listeners.

Application contexts provide a generic way to load file resources, such as images.

All of these

There is no difference

Which one of the following statements is NOT true about <mvc: annotation-driven>:

It enables the support of annotation configuration for transactions.

It enables Spring 3 type conversion and formatting support.

It enables Spring's support for JSR-303 Bean Validation.

It enables the support of annotation configuration for Spring MVC controllers.

Which of the following statements are true about Spring Testing Support?

All of these

The @ContextConfiguration annotation defines the locations of your configuration files

The @Runwith annotation allows you to specify the testing frameworking you would like to use

The TestContext framework of Spring 3 helps simplifying switching between different test framework

What are the supported scopes in Hibernate?

Web (session, request)

All of these

Prototype

Singleton (default)

Which of the following implementation provides the mechanism for JSF and Spring integration?

ApplicationContext

ActionSupport

WebApplicationContext

DelegatingVariableResolver

FacesContext

What is the @WebAppConfiguration annotation used for?

Enable view resolution in Spring Web MVC

Used to configure a Spring web project instead of web.xml

In combination with @ContextConfiguration, used to declare a test as a "web test"

Spring MVC annotation can be used to perform:

Request mapping

Validation

Request parameter binding

Redirect URL

Which of the following is a VALID way of implementing Programmatic Transactions in Spring

Using @Transactional annotation

@Controller

Using PlatformTransactionManager

using TransactionInterceptor

Which of the following development styles are supported by Spring WS?

Contract First but NOT Contract Last

Contract Last but NOT Contract First

Both Contract First and Contract Last

Supports Contract First, Contract Last and Web service contract (WSDL)

Which of the following is NOT a feature of Spring Security 3.x

Support for limiting number of user sessions

Support for multiple http elements

Support for CAS proxy tickets

Support for stateless authentication

What are the different points where weaving can be applied?

Classload Time

All of these

Compile Time

Runtime

Which of the following is NOT a HTTP operation?

MODIFY

GET

POST

PUT

A SQLProvider has one method called?

getSql()

getProvider()

getSqlProvider()

Which of the following is NOT a filter type in <context:component-scan> element?

aspectj

assignable

bean

annotation

How can you find out about the current content when an aspect is invoked?

Through BeanFactory

Through Joinpoint

Through ApplicationContext

Through PointCut

Which the following statements is true about Spring validation?

@NotNull annotations indicates that the value should not be empty

When using annotation to valid domain object, only one validation annotation is allowed for each property

Custom validation can be implemented through Spring's support of JSR-303, the Bean Validation API

All of these

Which one of the following statements is NOT true?

If you choose to define your object-to-database mapping by annotation, you’ll need to configure LocalSessionFactoryBean in Spring

The @PersistenceContext annotation is used to tell Spring to inject a Hibernate Session factory instance

One of the responsibilities of HibernateTemplate is to manage Hibernate One of the responsibilities of HibernateTemplate is to manage Hibernate Sessions.

The getCurrentSession() method of SessionFactory returns the session of current transaction

When are proxies generated in the Spring lifecycle?

None of These

Bean Post Processing

Does not happen in springs

Bean Pre Processing

The transaction attribute supported by Spring includes:

propagation behavior

isolation levels

rollback rules

All of these

Which of the following are Autowire types?

byname, byType

autodetect

constructor

All of these

Which one of the following statements is true about the following configuration in web.xml: <filter> <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name> <filter-class> org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy </filter-class> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name> <url-pattern>/myapplication/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping>

The <filter-name> value for the DelegatingFilterProxy must be "springSecurityFilterChain".

It configures springSecurityFilterChain to intercepts all the requests.

It doesn't matter if Spring Security to be declared as first <filter-mapping> element.

Spring Security will intercept forwards, includes, or errors.

When detecting a Device device in a @Controller in Spring MVC, which of these is NOT supported?

device.isMobile()

device.isDesktop()

device.isTablet()

device.isNormal()

Which of these is correct when creating an ApplicationContext?

ApplicationsContext ctx = new ClasspathXmlApplicationsContext("one.ctx","two.ctx");

ApplicationContext ctx = new ClasspathXmlApplicationContext("one.ctx”);

None of these

ApplicationContext ctx = new ClasspathXmlApplicationContext("one.ctx","two.ctx");