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1. Which of the following character symbols should not be used with the primary tag handle?

Valid URI

"TAG" directive

Answer

Correct Answer: !

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2. Which of the following correctly describes the Verbatim tags?

It must be surrounded by the < and > characters.

It marks a node for future reference.

It requires the tag resolution method to be used.

It must either begin with a ! or be a valid URI.

Answer

Correct Answer: It must be surrounded by the < and > characters.

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3. Which of the following correctly describes the characteristics of the flow style of node content in YAML?

It starts and ends at some non-space character within a line.

It uses indicators to denote structure.

It always extends to the end of a line.

It uses indentation to denote structure.

Answer

Correct Answer: It starts and ends at some non-space character within a line.

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4. Which of the following parameters must be mentioned while resolving the tag of a node in YAML?

The non-specific tag of the node

The specific tag of the node

The content of the node

The path leading from the root node to the node

Answer

Correct Answer: The content of the node

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5. What is the significance of the "++" sign in the YAML information model?

It denotes serialization details.

It denotes presentation details.

It denotes node styles.

It denotes relationships.

Answer

Correct Answer: It denotes presentation details.

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6. Which of the following presentation details are not considered while resolving the tag of a node in YAML?

Comments

Indentation

The content of the key node directly along the path leading from the root to the resolved node

The node style

Answer

Correct Answer: Comments

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7. Which of the following Type specifiers is/are available in YAML?

global URIs

public

private

local

Answer

Correct Answer: global URIs

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8. Which of the following contents can be included in the YAML nodes?

Scalar

Serialization

Mapping

Sequence

9. Which of the following translation stages are followed during the reconcilation of YAML information?

Representation

Serialization

Application

Presentation

Answer

Correct Answer: Representation

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10. Which of the following symbols allows you to declare comments in YAML?

Answer

Correct Answer: #

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11. Which of the following symbols allows you to declare local tag in an application using YAML?

Answer

Correct Answer: !

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12. Which of the following is the correct syntax for describing hashes in YAML in inline block format?

[username:smith,uid:1138]

{username:smith,uid:11387}

!Username:john,uid-1234

- username:smith, uid:1138

Answer

Correct Answer: {username:smith,uid:11387}

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13. Which of the following stages is responsible for converting a series of characters into a human-friendly manner such as comments, directives?

Representation

Presentation

Application

Serialization

Answer

Correct Answer: Presentation

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14. Which of the following symbols is used to define nested tag namespace hierarchies in YAML?

Answer

Correct Answer: /

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15. Which of the following can be used to make ordered sequence of key:value pairs without duplicates?

--- !omp
- Mark McGwire: 65
- Sammy Sosa: 63
- Ken Griffy: 58

--- !!omap
- Mark McGwire: 65
- Sammy Sosa: 63
- Ken Griffy: 58

--- !!map
- [Mark McGwire: 65]
- [Sammy Sosa: 63]
- Ken Griffy: 58

--- !!otree
- [Mark McGwire: 65]
- [Sammy Sosa: 63]
- Ken Griffy: 58

Answer

Correct Answer: --- !!omap
- Mark McGwire: 65
- Sammy Sosa: 63
- Ken Griffy: 58

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16. Which of the following is a valid format for declaring a numeric value as a string in YAML using an explicit datatype tag?

!string 123

!! char 123

!! str 123

@ str 123

Answer

Correct Answer: !! str 123

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17. What is the use of --| indicator used in the code snippet below?
--- | There once was a man from Newyork
Who got on a Bus bound for Newjersey.
It said on the door "Please do not spit on the floor"

It is used to remove the leading and trailing white spaces.

It is used to preserve newlines as they appear.

It ignores the newlines, as their only purpose is to make the text readable.

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: It is used to preserve newlines as they appear.

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18. Which of the following non-specific tags are available in YAML?

Local tag

Global tag

Answer

Correct Answer: !

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19. Which of the following statements is/are true about parsing during the processing of YAML information?

Parsing is the inverse of presentation.

Parsing deals with formatting a series of characters in a human-friendly manner.

Parsing discards all the details introduced in the presentation process.

Parsing is responsible for producing a representation graph.

Answer

Correct Answer: Parsing is the inverse of presentation.

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20. Which of the following is the correct syntax for describing a list of hashes in YAML?

- {name: John Smith, age: 33}
- name: Mary Smith
age: 27

- [name: John , age: 33]
- name: Mary Smith
age: 27

- name: John Smith, age: 33
- [name: Mary Smith]
age: 27

- {name: John Smith, age: 33}
- - name: Mary Smith
[ age: 27]

Answer

Correct Answer: - {name: John Smith, age: 33}
- name: Mary Smith
age: 27

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21. Which of the following statements is not true about non-specific tags available in YAML?

They must be resolved to specific tags for a complete representation graph.

They must include local and global tags.

They are useful only for plain scalars.

They include non-specific tags such as ? and !.

Answer

Correct Answer: They must include local and global tags.

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22. What is the final outcome of the serialization process during the processing of YAML information?

A YAML serialization graph

A YAML serialization node

A YAML serialization tree

An unordered YAML serialization tree

Answer

Correct Answer: A YAML serialization tree

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23. In which of the following cases are two nodes in YAML considered to be equal?

If they represent the same tag

If they represent the same content

If they represent the same native data structure

If they represent the same tag and content

Answer

Correct Answer: If they represent the same native data structure

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24. What is the final result produced by the compose stage during the processing of YAML information?

A representation tree

An ordered tree

An event tree

A representation graph

Answer

Correct Answer: A representation graph

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25. Which of the following symbols is used to explicitly define a datatype in YAML?

Answer

Correct Answer: !!

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26. Which of the following is the correct syntax for describing a list in YAML using inline format?

[ruby,{Python},Perl]

{ruby,{Python},Perl}

[ruby,Python,Perl]

{lang:ruby,Python,Perl}

Answer

Correct Answer: [ruby,Python,Perl]

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27. Which of the following is the correct syntax for describing hashes of lists in YAML?

men: [John Smith, Bill Jones]
women:
- Mary, Smith,John
- Susan W

men: [John Smith, Bill Jones]
-[ Mary Smith]
- Susan Williams

men: {John Smith, Bill Jones}
women:
- [women:Mary Smith]
- Susan

men: [John Smith, Bill Jones]
women:
- Mary Smith
- Susan Will

Answer

Correct Answer: men: [John Smith, Bill Jones]
women:
- Mary Smith
- Susan Will

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28. Analyze the following code snippet:
Line 1:%YAML 1.1
Line 2: ---
Line 3:!!str
Line 4:"specific\L\
Line 5:trimmed\n\n\n
Line 6:as space"
Line 7:"foo"
Which of the following would be the output of the above code?

Complied successfully

Syntax error at line 5

The case of a YAML directive should be small.

Syntax error at line 6

Answer

Correct Answer: Complied successfully

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29. Which of the following kinds of nodes helps in representing strings, integers, dates and other data types in YAML?

Mapping

Sequence

Scalar

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Scalar

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30. Which of the following failure points can arise while loading native data structure from a YAML stream?

Stream may be ill-formed.

Aliases may be unidentified.

Native may be available.

Node styles may be unavailable.

Answer

Correct Answer: Stream may be ill-formed.

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31. Which of the following correctly describes the functioning of YAML?

It is used primarily for data storage.

It is a non human-readable data serialization format.

It is a superset of JSON.

It is more verbose than XML.

Answer

Correct Answer: It is used primarily for data storage.

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32. Which of the following correctly describes the anchor property of a node in YAML?

It marks a node for future reference.

It needs to be referenced by some alias node.

It identifies the type of native data structure presented by the node.

An anchor is denoted as ! indicator.

Answer

Correct Answer: It marks a node for future reference.

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33. Which of the following correctly describes the syntax for declaring Verbatim tags?

!<!> foo

!<!bar>baz

!<tag:yaml.org,2002:str> foo:

!<$:?>bar

Answer

Correct Answer: !<!bar>baz

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34. Which of the following statements correctly describes the functions performed by a YAML processor?

It works on behalf of another module called application.

It processes a syntax for presenting a YAML representation as a series of characters.

It represents the tool for converting information between a YAML stream and a representation.

It represents the tool for describing a class of data objects.

Answer

Correct Answer: It works on behalf of another module called application.

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35. Which of the following correctly describes the syntax for representing an integer in YAML with scalar plus the global tag?

"tag:yaml.org,2002:int"

"globaltag:yaml.org,2002.int"

"tag.yaml:org,2002:int"

tag:yaml.org,2002:int

Answer

Correct Answer: "tag:yaml.org,2002:int"

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36. Which of the following stages of YAML information reconciliation is responsible for achieving portability between different programming environments?

Presentation

Serialization

Representation

Application

Answer

Correct Answer: Representation

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37. Which of the following are parts of the YAML information model?

Composition

Serialization

Presentation

Nodes

Answer

Correct Answer: Composition

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38. Which of the following syntaxes allows a user to define local datatype in YAML?

---
myObject: !myClass{name :joe,age:15}

---
myObject: !!myClass{name :joe,age:15}

---
myObject: *myClass{name :joe,age:15}

---
myObject: !- myClass{name :joe,age:15}

Answer

Correct Answer: ---
myObject: !myClass{name :joe,age:15}

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1. Which of the following character symbols should not be used with the primary tag handle?

2. Which of the following correctly describes the Verbatim tags?

3. Which of the following correctly describes the characteristics of the flow style of node content in YAML?

4. Which of the following parameters must be mentioned while resolving the tag of a node in YAML?

5. What is the significance of the "++" sign in the YAML information model?

6. Which of the following presentation details are not considered while resolving the tag of a node in YAML?

7. Which of the following Type specifiers is/are available in YAML?

8. Which of the following contents can be included in the YAML nodes?

9. Which of the following translation stages are followed during the reconcilation of YAML information?

10. Which of the following symbols allows you to declare comments in YAML?

11. Which of the following symbols allows you to declare local tag in an application using YAML?

12. Which of the following is the correct syntax for describing hashes in YAML in inline block format?

13. Which of the following stages is responsible for converting a series of characters into a human-friendly manner such as comments, directives?

14. Which of the following symbols is used to define nested tag namespace hierarchies in YAML?

15. Which of the following can be used to make ordered sequence of key:value pairs without duplicates?

16. Which of the following is a valid format for declaring a numeric value as a string in YAML using an explicit datatype tag?

17. What is the use of --| indicator used in the code snippet below?--- | There once was a man from NewyorkWho got on a Bus bound for Newjersey.It said on the door "Please do not spit on the floor"

18. Which of the following non-specific tags are available in YAML?

19. Which of the following statements is/are true about parsing during the processing of YAML information?

20. Which of the following is the correct syntax for describing a list of hashes in YAML?

21. Which of the following statements is not true about non-specific tags available in YAML?

22. What is the final outcome of the serialization process during the processing of YAML information?

23. In which of the following cases are two nodes in YAML considered to be equal?

24. What is the final result produced by the compose stage during the processing of YAML information?

25. Which of the following symbols is used to explicitly define a datatype in YAML?

26. Which of the following is the correct syntax for describing a list in YAML using inline format?

27. Which of the following is the correct syntax for describing hashes of lists in YAML?

28. Analyze the following code snippet:Line 1:%YAML 1.1Line 2: ---Line 3:!!strLine 4:"specific\L\Line 5:trimmed\n\n\nLine 6:as space"Line 7:"foo"Which of the following would be the output of the above code?

29. Which of the following kinds of nodes helps in representing strings, integers, dates and other data types in YAML?

30. Which of the following failure points can arise while loading native data structure from a YAML stream?

31. Which of the following correctly describes the functioning of YAML?

32. Which of the following correctly describes the anchor property of a node in YAML?

33. Which of the following correctly describes the syntax for declaring Verbatim tags?

34. Which of the following statements correctly describes the functions performed by a YAML processor?

35. Which of the following correctly describes the syntax for representing an integer in YAML with scalar plus the global tag?

36. Which of the following stages of YAML information reconciliation is responsible for achieving portability between different programming environments?

37. Which of the following are parts of the YAML information model?

38. Which of the following syntaxes allows a user to define local datatype in YAML?

17. What is the use of --| indicator used in the code snippet below?
--- | There once was a man from Newyork
Who got on a Bus bound for Newjersey.
It said on the door "Please do not spit on the floor"

28. Analyze the following code snippet:
Line 1:%YAML 1.1
Line 2: ---
Line 3:!!str
Line 4:"specific\L\
Line 5:trimmed\n\n\n
Line 6:as space"
Line 7:"foo"
Which of the following would be the output of the above code?