Which of the following is a filter you can apply in the Backstage Catalog to narrow down search results?

Filter by deployment environment (e.g., production)

Filter by entity kind (e.g., Component, API)

Filter by number of GitHub stars

A company stores its service definitions in a GitHub repository. They want to add a new service to the Backstage catalog. What is the standard way to register this service?

Create a catalog-info.yaml file in the repository and register its URL in Backstage.

Email the service details to the Backstage administrator to add it.

Manually create the entity in the Backstage UI and fill in all fields.

Add the service to a central database that Backstage reads automatically.

A company uses GitLab for all repositories. They want to automatically keep the Backstage catalog in sync as services change. What is the recommended approach?

Manually re-register each entity in the Backstage UI after every change.

Export the GitLab project list to a CSV and import it into Backstage weekly.

Use a webhook to push changes directly into Backstage's database.

Register the catalog-info.yaml files from GitLab and configure the catalog processor to poll for changes.

What is the typical process for registering a new entity into the Backstage Catalog?

Add the entity to a central database using SQL commands

Manually create the entity using the Backstage admin console

Place a descriptor YAML file in a source repository and register its location with the catalog

Send a POST request to the Backstage API with the entity data

Which of the following is a typical developer task supported by the Backstage Catalog?

Writing and committing code changes

Running unit tests for a component

Finding documentation and API information for a service

Deploying applications to production

Certified Backstage Associate (CBA)

Domain 3Objective 1

Understand How/why to Use Backstage Catalog CBA Practice Questions (Page 1)

Part of the Backstage Catalog domain, which accounts for 22% of the CBA exam. Linux Foundation does not publish an official question count, but from its 90-minute exam (~35–60 total, ~8–13 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 32 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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1foundation · easy
Which of the following is a filter you can apply in the Backstage Catalog to narrow down search results?
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2application · medium
A company stores its service definitions in a GitHub repository. They want to add a new service to the Backstage catalog. What is the standard way to register this service?
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3application · medium
A company uses GitLab for all repositories. They want to automatically keep the Backstage catalog in sync as services change. What is the recommended approach?
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4foundation · easy
What is the typical process for registering a new entity into the Backstage Catalog?
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5foundation · easy
Which of the following is a typical developer task supported by the Backstage Catalog?
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