Quiz for Github Workshop

What is Git?

• A social networking platform

• A version control system

• An operating system

• A programming language

Which of the following is a distributed version control system?

• SVN

• CVS

• Git

• Mercurial

What is the command to clone a Git repository from a remote server to your local machine?

• git clone

• git push

• git pull

• git commit

Which command is used to stage changes for the next commit in Git?

• git pull

• git push

• git commit

• git add

What does a "commit" represent in Git?

• A saved snapshot of the project at a specific point in time

• Staging changes

• Discarding changes

• Pushing changes to the remote repository

What is the purpose of the .gitignore file in a Git repository?

• To store login credentials

• To specify files and directories that should be ignored in version control

• To list all committed files

• To track remote branches

Which command is used to check the status of your Git repository and see which files are staged or unstaged?

• git diff

• git log

• git status

• git branch

What does the command "git push" do?

• Push changes to the remote repository

• Retrieve changes from the remote repository

• Commit changes to the local repository

• Discard all local changes

How do you create a new branch in Git?

• git commit -b branch_name

• git new-branch branch_name

• git branch branch_name

• git checkout -b branch_name

Which Git command is used to revert to a previous commit while preserving the commit history?

• git commit --revert

• git reset

• git revert

• git checkout