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Backstage Development Workflow Questions

Practice questions for Backstage Development Workflow topic in Certified Backstage Associate. 48 questions covering this domain.

48 questions12 easy24 medium12 hard
Q1
easy

Which file is described as the main configuration file for a Backstage app?

Q2
medium

Which generated folder structure correctly matches a standard Backstage app?

Q3
hard

When using RepoUrlPicker, what should allowedHosts correspond to?

Q4
easy

Which command does the official Backstage getting-started guide use to create a new app?

Q5
hard

When a scaffolder step uses each to repeat execution, how are that step's outputs returned?

Q6
hard

Why do the Backstage docs recommend camelCase action IDs for custom scaffolder actions?

Q7
medium

According to the frontend system docs, how do you create a new frontend plugin in an existing Backstage project?

Q8
medium

What are template output links and text primarily used for?

Q9
easy

In a newly created Backstage app, what does yarn start do?

Q10
medium

What is the main purpose of the Scaffolder Template Editor?

Q11
medium

Inside template.yaml itself, which expression directly references a user form input named name?

Q12
medium

In a Backstage software template, what does spec.parameters define?

Q13
medium

Which built-in scaffolder action fetches a templated skeleton from a directory or remote URL and renders it with the user's parameters into the worksp...

Q14
hard

A user submits a Software Template form and the scaffolder fails partway through with `Failed to fetch template`. The skeleton path uses `./skeleton` ...

Q15
easy

What kind of monorepo structure does a freshly created Backstage app use to organize the frontend and backend packages?

Q16
medium

After a successful Software Template execution, the user is shown links such as a repository URL and a catalog entity link. Where in the template are ...

Q17
hard

A platform team writes a custom scaffolder action and wants the user to be able to discover and pick it from the Template Editor while authoring a new...

Q18
medium

Inside a Software Template skeleton file, which templating engine does the Scaffolder use to render placeholders such as `${{ values.componentName }}`...

Q19
medium

Which Backstage CLI command does the official documentation recommend for creating a new plugin scaffold inside an existing app?

Q20
easy

Which command, run from a Backstage app's repository root, starts both the frontend and backend together for local development?

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