Subversion Interview Questions and Answer Part-1

When checking out code from SVN you usually want to check out from __ not from the root of the repository.

• repo
• tags
• trunk (Ans)
• branches

A source control system that requires users to checkout a file in a way that no one else can edit that file is _________.

• branching
• locking (Ans)
• distributed
• merging

A source control system that allows different users to edit the same file, but requires conflicts between their changes to be resolved on a central server is _________.

• branching
• locking
• distributed
• merging (Ans)

Which of these is NOT in the set of default root folders in a SVN repository?

• trunk
• branches
• lines (Ans)
• tags

In SVN, the switch command does what?

• switches the view of the files you are looking at
• switches the user logged in
• switches your working copy to a different branch (Ans)
• switches modifications that you have stashed

The svn:ignore property is set on ___________.

• the folder or file you want to ignore (Ans)
• a repository itself
• the parent of the folder or file you want to ignore
• the root directory of the project

The revert command will ____________.

• restore a file or folder to the current latest version in SVN
• do nothing, but prevent changes from being committed
• restore a file or folder to what the original checked out version was (Ans)
• restore a file to a specific point in time that must be specified when the command is used

When a conflict has been fixed in SVN, you should mark it as _____________.

• finished
• resolved (Ans)
• fixed
• done

There is only one packaged version of SVN server

• True
• False (Ans)

Every commit to SVN can have an optional ___________ .

• status flag
• rollback
• macro
• commit message (Ans)

Before using a repository in SVN you must first create a least one ___________ .

• branch
• user (Ans)
• hook
• tag

SVN requires users to check a local copy of the repository also known as ____________.

• a replication
• a working copy (Ans)
• a hub
• a local repo

When creating a new file in SVN that file must be ___________ in order to be committed.

• modified
• added (Ans)
• deleted
• non empty

Add and delete operations in SVN ___________ .

• are the same thing
• should be done using an SVN command, not just in the file system
• should only be done in the file system (Ans)
• should do not really exist, svn just mimics what it sees happen in the file system

The rename command in SVN actually does ___________ .

• a rename
• a delete and an add (Ans)
• just an add
• a copy and delete

Which of the following is NOT a good reason for creating a branch?

• to label a specific section of the source (Ans)
• to create a new version of the software
• to allow a feature to be worked in independently
• to create a separate code line corresponding with a software release

SVN is currently maintained by what open source foundation?

• Mono
• Klingon
• Nomad
• Apache (Ans)

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