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Welcome to the Git Quiz! This blog post features 25 multiple-choice questions that explore essential concepts of Git.
1. What is the full form of GIT?
Select the best answer
a) Global International Track.
b) Global information Traffic.
c) Global information Tracker
d) None of the above
2. Which of the following problems does Git help solve
Choose one option
a) Recovering older versions of a software project
b) Developing multiple versions of a software project in parallel
c) Merging changes to a software project made by collaborating developers working in parallel
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
3. Which of these Git client commands creates a copy of the repository and a working directory in the
client’s workspace.
Choose one option
a) update
b) checkout
c) clone
d) import
e) None of the above
4. In Git, which error would you get if you try to push master-branch changes to a remote repository,
and someone else pushed changes to that same branch while you were making your changes?
Choose one option
a) Rejected
b) 404
c) 500
d) Access denied
e) 400 Bad request
5. Git Pull is a combination of:
Choose one option
a) branch and checkout
b) add and commit
c) fetch and merge
6. Imagine that you just joined a development team that uses Git for version control and collaboration.
To start contributing to the project, what Git operation would you most likely invoke first?
a) checkout
b) clone
c) export
d) revert
e) update
7. Imagine that you have a local repository, but other team members have pushed changes into the
remote repository. What Git operation would you use to download those changes into your working
copy?
a) checkout
b) commit
c) export
d) pull
e) update
8. How do you push changes from a local branch to a remote repository?
Choose one option
a) git send
b) git upload
c) git dispatch
d) git push
9. What’s a shortcut to staging all the changes you have?
Choose one option
a) git add .
b) git commit .
c) git commit add .
d) git stage -a
10. Which of the following commands is used in switching between branches?
Choose one option
a) git merge
b) git checkout
c) git switch
d) git branch
11. What does the HEAD in Git represent?
Choose one option
a) The first commit in the repository
b) The latest commit in the remote repository
c) The currently checked-out commit
d) The base of the current branch
12. How can you undo the most recent commit?
Choose one option
a) git revert HEAD
b) git reset HEAD~1
c) git undo
d) git back
13. Which command is used to stash changes in Git?
Choose one option
a) git hide
b) git keep
c) git reserve
d) git stash
14. How do you create a tag in Git?
Choose one option
a) git marker
b) git tag
c) git label
d) git point
15. Which of the following is not a valid merge strategy in Git?
Choose one option
a) fast-forward
b) recursive
c) octopus
d) squid
16. Which command lists all the branches in a Git repository?
Choose one option
a) git list
b) git branches
c) git show-branches
d) git branch
17. What does the git cherry-pick command do?
Choose one option
a) Picks a random commit from history
b) Applies changes from a specific commit to the current branch
c) Deletes a specific commit
d) Merges two unrelated branches
18. How do you remove untracked files from your working directory?
Choose one option
a) git clean
b) git erase
c) git purge
d) git remove
19. What is a bare repository in Git?
a) A repository without any commits
b) A repository with no branches
c) A repository without a working directory
d) A repository that can’t be cloned
20. How do you view the differences between the working directory and the last commit?
Choose one option
a) git view
b) git diff
c) git changes
d) git compare
21. Which command merges one branch into another?
Choose one option
a) git merge
b) git join
c) git combine
d) git bind
22. What is a merge conflict?
Choose one option
a) An error in the Git configuration
b) A disagreement among team members
c) Overlapping changes between branches
d) An issue with remote repository synchronization
23. Which command is used to clone a remote repository?
Choose one option
a) git copy
b) git replicate
c) git duplicate
d) git clone
24. Which command connects a local repository to a remote server?
Choose one option
a) git link
b) git bind
c) git remote add
d) git connect
25. How do you fetch the latest updates from a remote repository without merging them?
Choose one option
a) git pull
b) git get
c) git fetch
d) git update
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