Spring Framework Quiz (Beginner) - All Questions

This Spring Framework beginner quiz helps you test and strengthen your core Spring fundamentals with easy, concept-based MCQs. Ideal for students and freshers preparing for Java and Spring interviews or starting their backend development journey.

Question 1: What is Spring Framework mainly used for?

Building UI designs
Enterprise Java application development
Mobile app development
Game development

Explanation: Spring Framework is used to build enterprise-level Java applications.

Question 2: Which language is primarily used with Spring Framework?

Python
Java
C++
Ruby

Explanation: Spring Framework is built for and widely used with Java.

Question 3: What is the core feature of Spring Framework?

Multithreading
Inversion of Control
File handling
Networking

Explanation: Inversion of Control (IoC) is the core concept of Spring.

Question 4: What does IoC stand for in Spring?

Interface over Class
Injection of Code
Inversion of Control
Instance of Class

Explanation: IoC means Spring controls object creation and dependency management.

Question 5: Which container is responsible for managing beans in Spring?

JVM
Servlet Container
Spring Container
EJB Container

Explanation: Spring Container manages the lifecycle of Spring beans.

Question 6: What is a Spring Bean?

A Java class managed by Spring
A database table
An HTML component
A REST API

Explanation: A Spring Bean is a Java object managed by the Spring container.

Question 7: Which file is commonly used for Spring configuration?

web.xml
application.properties
pom.xml
spring.xml

Explanation: spring.xml is traditionally used for Spring configuration.

Question 8: Which annotation is used to define a Spring bean?

@Service
@Component
@Bean
All of the above

Explanation: All listed annotations can be used to define beans in Spring.

Question 9: Which annotation marks a class as a Spring component?

@Controller
@Component
@Repository
@Service

Explanation: @Component is the generic stereotype annotation.

Question 10: What is Dependency Injection?

Creating objects manually
Injecting dependencies at runtime
Hardcoding dependencies
Removing dependencies

Explanation: Dependency Injection allows dependencies to be provided externally.

Question 11: Which type of Dependency Injection is most recommended?

Setter Injection
Field Injection
Constructor Injection
Method Injection

Explanation: Constructor Injection is preferred for immutability and testing.

Question 12: Which annotation is used for automatic dependency injection?

@Inject
@Autowired
@Qualifier
@Value

Explanation: @Autowired automatically injects dependencies.

Question 13: What is the default scope of a Spring bean?

prototype
request
singleton
session

Explanation: Singleton is the default bean scope in Spring.

Question 14: Which scope creates a new bean every time?

singleton
session
request
prototype

Explanation: Prototype scope creates a new instance for each request.

Question 15: Which Spring module provides IoC support?

Spring MVC
Spring Core
Spring ORM
Spring AOP

Explanation: Spring Core module provides IoC and DI functionality.

Question 16: Which annotation is used to define a controller in Spring MVC?

@Service
@Controller
@Component
@Repository

Explanation: @Controller marks a class as a Spring MVC controller.

Question 17: What is Spring MVC used for?

Database access
Web application development
Security
Logging

Explanation: Spring MVC is used to build web applications.

Question 18: Which annotation maps HTTP requests to methods?

@RequestMapping
@Autowired
@ResponseBody
@PathVariable

Explanation: @RequestMapping maps web requests to handler methods.

Question 19: Which file contains Spring Boot configuration?

web.xml
application.properties
pom.xml
config.xml

Explanation: application.properties holds Spring Boot configuration.

Question 20: What is Spring Boot?

A web server
A Spring module for fast setup
A database tool
A frontend framework

Explanation: Spring Boot simplifies Spring application setup.

Question 21: Which annotation starts a Spring Boot application?

@EnableSpring
@SpringApplication
@SpringBootApplication
@BootApplication

Explanation: @SpringBootApplication is the main entry annotation.

Question 22: Which embedded server is default in Spring Boot?

Jetty
WebLogic
JBoss
Tomcat

Explanation: Spring Boot uses embedded Tomcat by default.

Question 23: Which dependency manager is commonly used with Spring?

Ant
Gradle
Maven
All of the above

Explanation: Spring supports Maven, Gradle, and Ant.

Question 24: What is Spring AOP used for?

Aspect-oriented programming
Database mapping
Web services
Security

Explanation: Spring AOP handles cross-cutting concerns.

Question 25: Which annotation is used for REST controllers?

@Controller
@RestController
@Service
@Component

Explanation: @RestController combines @Controller and @ResponseBody.

Question 26: Which annotation returns JSON response by default?

@Controller
@ResponseBody
@RestController
@RequestBody

Explanation: @RestController returns JSON responses by default.

Question 27: Which layer handles business logic?

Controller
Repository
Service
View

Explanation: Service layer contains business logic.

Question 28: Which annotation is used for DAO classes?

@Service
@Component
@Repository
@Controller

Explanation: @Repository is used for persistence layer.

Question 29: What does @Value annotation do?

Injects property values
Creates beans
Maps URLs
Handles exceptions

Explanation: @Value injects values from properties files.

Question 30: Which annotation handles exceptions globally?

@ExceptionHandler
@ControllerAdvice
@RestController
@Service

Explanation: @ControllerAdvice handles global exceptions.

Question 31: What is Spring Initializr?

IDE
Project generator
Build tool
Server

Explanation: Spring Initializr generates Spring Boot projects.

Question 32: Which HTTP method is used to fetch data?

POST
PUT
GET
DELETE

Explanation: GET is used to retrieve data.

Question 33: Which HTTP method is used to create data?

GET
POST
DELETE
PATCH

Explanation: POST is used to create new data.

Question 34: Which annotation reads request body data?

@RequestParam
@RequestBody
@PathVariable
@ResponseBody

Explanation: @RequestBody reads data from request body.

Question 35: Which annotation reads URL parameters?

@RequestBody
@RequestHeader
@PathVariable
@RequestParam

Explanation: @RequestParam reads query parameters.

Question 36: Which annotation reads path variables?

@PathVariable
@RequestParam
@Value
@Autowired

Explanation: @PathVariable extracts values from URL path.

Question 37: Which Spring module supports database access?

Spring MVC
Spring ORM
Spring Core
Spring AOP

Explanation: Spring ORM provides database integration.

Question 38: Which annotation enables component scanning?

@EnableScan
@ComponentScan
@ScanComponents
@AutoScan

Explanation: @ComponentScan enables component scanning.

Question 39: What is the use of application.yml?

Logging
Configuration
Security
Testing

Explanation: application.yml is used for configuration.

Question 40: Which annotation disables security checks?

@PermitAll
@Secured
@PreAuthorize
@RolesAllowed

Explanation: @PermitAll allows unrestricted access.

Question 41: Which Spring feature supports transaction management?

Spring MVC
Spring JDBC
Spring TX
Spring Core

Explanation: Spring TX handles transaction management.

Question 42: Which annotation marks a method transactional?

@EnableTx
@Transaction
@Transactional
@Tx

Explanation: @Transactional manages transactions.

Question 43: Which annotation enables Spring Boot auto-configuration?

@AutoConfig
@EnableAutoConfiguration
@SpringConfig
@BootConfig

Explanation: @EnableAutoConfiguration enables auto setup.

Question 44: Which file defines Maven dependencies?

build.gradle
settings.xml
pom.xml
dependencies.xml

Explanation: pom.xml manages Maven dependencies.

Question 45: What is the use of @Qualifier?

Resolve bean ambiguity
Create beans
Delete beans
Scan packages

Explanation: @Qualifier helps choose the correct bean.

Question 46: Which annotation runs code at startup?

@PostConstruct
@Init
@Start
@Run

Explanation: @PostConstruct runs after bean initialization.

Question 47: Which annotation enables scheduling?

@EnableAsync
@EnableScheduling
@Scheduled
@Async

Explanation: @EnableScheduling activates scheduled tasks.

Question 48: Which annotation schedules a method execution?

@Async
@Schedule
@Scheduled
@Timer

Explanation: @Scheduled defines scheduled execution.

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