Manage Workflow Execution and Outputs GH-200 Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–17

1. 16expert · hard

   A workflow uploads a large artifact and also generates a job summary. The artifact is only needed for debugging failed runs. The team wants to keep the artifact for 7 days on success but 30 days on failure. What is the most efficient way to achieve this?

   • AUpload the artifact twice: once with 7-day retention and once with 30-day retention, and delete the appropriate one later.
   • BSet the repository default to 30 days and manually delete artifacts after successful runs.
   • CUse the `actions/upload-artifact` action with `retention-days` set conditionally based on `job.status`.
   • DUse a post-job step to call the REST API to update the retention period based on the job outcome.
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2. 17application · medium

   A workflow has a `test` job that runs tests and a `coverage` job that depends on it. The `coverage` job needs the test results file and a coverage percentage computed in the `test` job. What is the best way to pass both to the `coverage` job?

   • AWrite the percentage to `GITHUB_ENV` and upload the file as an artifact.
   • BUpload both the file and the percentage as artifacts.
   • CPass both the file and the percentage as job outputs.
   • DUpload the test results file as an artifact and pass the coverage percentage as a job output.
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