Understand the Role of GitLab Runner GITLAB-CERTIFIED-GIT-ASSOCIATE Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6application · medium

   A GitLab Runner is configured with the shell executor. The administrator wants to limit the number of concurrent jobs the runner can execute. Which setting in config.toml should they modify?

   • Alimit = 4
   • Bexecutor = "shell"
   • Cmax_jobs = 4
   • Dconcurrent = 4
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2. 7application · medium

   A job in a pipeline is stuck in 'pending' status. The project has a specific runner registered, but the job has no tags. What is the most likely reason the job is not being picked up?

   • AThe runner is not online.
   • BThe specific runner is configured to only run tagged jobs.
   • CThe job's script has a syntax error.
   • DThe runner is a shared runner.
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4. 8expert · hard

   A runner's config.toml has the following: [[runners]] name = "docker-runner" url = "https://gitlab.example.com" token = "..." executor = "docker" [runners.docker] image = "alpine:latest" tags = ["docker"] run_untagged = false The administrator wants the runner to also pick up jobs that do not have tags. What should they change?

   • AChange the executor to shell.
   • BSet run_untagged = true
   • CSet concurrent = 1
   • DRemove the tags entry from config.toml.
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5. 9expert · hard

   An administrator is registering a runner for a group. They have the group's registration token. They want the runner to be available to all projects in the group. What should they do during registration?

   • ARegister the runner as a shared runner and then move it to the group.
   • BSelect 'group' as the runner type when prompted.
   • CUse the project's registration token instead.
   • DEdit config.toml after registration to change the scope.
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6. 10foundation · easy

   What is a key characteristic of the Docker executor for GitLab Runner?

   • AIt runs each job in a fresh container, providing isolation and reproducibility
   • BIt is the only executor that supports caching artifacts between jobs
   • CIt runs jobs directly on the host operating system without any isolation
   • DIt requires a Kubernetes cluster to be installed on the runner host
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