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Backstage Infrastructure Questions

Practice questions for Backstage Infrastructure topic in Certified Backstage Associate. 44 questions covering this domain.

44 questions12 easy21 medium11 hard
Q1
medium

Where should you normally install a frontend UI plugin package in a Backstage monorepo?

Q2
medium

If a backend plugin depends on plugin-scoped services such as logger or httpRouter, what does it receive?

Q3
hard

What HTTP path pattern do the backend docs recommend for handlers added by a module?

Q4
medium

Which statement correctly distinguishes the frontend from the backend in Backstage?

Q5
easy

Which database does the official Backstage architecture overview describe as the preferred choice for production?

Q6
medium

How must backend plugins communicate with each other in the new backend system?

Q7
hard

Which statement about backend modules is correct?

Q8
medium

Which cache store do the official docs describe as primarily intended for local development rather than production?

Q9
medium

What does the default app.packages: all setting enable in the new frontend system?

Q10
easy

In Backstage terminology, which three main components organize the platform at a high level?

Q11
easy

Where are Backstage integrations configured?

Q12
hard

An operator wants Backstage backend plugins to broadcast and react to domain events (for example, `entity.updated` from the catalog) without each plug...

Q13
easy

Which integration block in `app-config.yaml` is used to grant Backstage access to GitHub.com so that integrations, scaffolder actions, and catalog loc...

Q14
medium

Which built-in service in the new backend system lets one plugin's HTTP client locate the base URL of another plugin's HTTP API, even when plugins are...

Q15
medium

Where does the official Backstage documentation recommend hosting the production database for a Backstage backend?

Q16
medium

A Backstage operator wants to enforce centralized authorization decisions across plugins (for example, who can see which catalog entities). Which Back...

Q17
medium

In the new backend system, which built-in service does a plugin use to obtain a connection to the Backstage database, with each plugin given an isolat...

Q18
easy

Which port does a Backstage backend listen on by default in development?

Q19
hard

A platform team needs the backend to gracefully release database connections and shut down workers on SIGTERM during a Kubernetes rolling update. Whic...

Q20
medium

Which method on a backend plugin's HTTP router service is used to register an Express router under the plugin's URL prefix, so that requests to `/api/...

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