Free GitHub Actions Certificate Exam GitHub-Actions Exam Practice Test

You need to create new workflows to deploy to an unfamiliar cloud provider. What is the fastest and safest way to begin?

• Create a custom action to wrap the cloud provider's CLI.
• Search GitHub Marketplace for verified actions published by the cloud provider.
• Use the actions/jenkins-plugin action to utilize an existing Jenkins plugin for the cloud provider.
• Search GitHub Marketplace for actions created by GitHub.
• Download the CLI for the cloud provider and review the associated documentation.

As a DevOps engineer, you are developing a container action. You need to execute a cleanup script after completing the main script execution. Which code block should be used to define the cleanup script?

• Option A
• Option B
• Option C
• Option D

As a developer, what is the safest way to reference an action to prevent modification of the underlying code?

• Use a commit hash.
• Use a branch name.
• Use a patch release tag.
• Use a major release tag.

Which of the following commands will set the $FOO environment variable within a script, so that it may be used in subsequent workflow job steps?

• run: echo "::set-env name=FOO::bar"
• run: echo "FOO=bar" >> $GITHUB_ENV
• run: echo ${{ $FOO=bar }}
• run: export FOO=bar

When reviewing an action for use, what file defines its available inputs and outputs?

• inputs.yml
• config.json
• defaults.json
• workflow.yml
• action.yml

What are the two ways to pass data between jobs? (Choose two.)

• Use the copy action with restore parameter to restore the data from the cache
• Use the copy action to save the data that should be passed in the artifacts folder.
• Use the copy action with cache parameter to cache the data
• Use data storage.
• Use job outputs
• Use artifact storage.

As a developer, what options should you recommend to implement standards for automation reuse? (Choose two.)

• Create workflow templates and store them in the organization's .github repository.
• Create reusable actions and workflows that can be called from other workflows.
• Create a marketplace partition to publish reusable automation for the company.
• Store shared corporate actions in subfolders in a defined and documented internally accessible repository.

Which default environment variable specifies the branch or tag that triggered a workflow?

• GITHUB_TAG
• GITHUB_REF
• ENV_BRANCH
• GITHUB_BRANCH

As a developer, you are using a Docker container action in your workflow. What is required for the action to run successfully?

• The job env must be set to a Linux environment.
• The job runs-on must specify a Linux machine with Docker installed.
• The referenced action must be hosted on Docker Hub.
• The action must be published to the GitHub Marketplace.

As a developer, your self-hosted runner sometimes looses connection while running jobs. How should you troubleshoot the issue affecting your self-hosted runner?

• Set the DEBUG environment variable to true before starting the self-hosted runner to produce more verbose console output.
• Locate the self-hosted runner in your repository's settings page and download its log archive.
• Access the self-hosted runner's installation directory and look for log files in the _diag folder.
• Start the self-hosted runner with the --debug flag to produce more verbose console output.