Understand How/why to Use Backstage Catalog CBA Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–25

1. 21expert · hard

   A platform team wants to enforce that every service has an owner and a lifecycle defined. What is the best way to ensure this in Backstage?

   • AAdd a note in the documentation asking teams to include owner and lifecycle.
   • BUse a catalog processor or validation plugin to check for required fields and reject entities that lack them.
   • CUse the Backstage UI to require fields when registering entities.
   • DManually review every catalog-info.yaml before registration.
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2. 22foundation · easy

   Which field in a catalog entity specifies who is responsible for maintaining it?

   • Alifecycle
   • Bowner
   • Csystem
   • Dtype
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4. 23application · medium

   A team wants to visualize how their 'inventory-service' relates to other components, APIs, and systems. Which catalog feature should they use?

   • AOpen the entity page and use the 'Relations' graph or dependency diagram.
   • BCheck the service's README file in the repository.
   • CSearch for the service and read its YAML file.
   • DUse the catalog's list view and sort by name.
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5. 24application · medium

   A developer needs to quickly find the API documentation for the 'checkout-service' and also see which team owns it. What is the fastest way using Backstage?

   • AAsk the platform team for the documentation link.
   • BSearch for 'checkout-service' in the catalog and open its entity page to view docs and owner.
   • CSearch the company wiki for 'checkout-service API docs'.
   • DLook up the service in the CI/CD pipeline logs.
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6. 25expert · hard

   A company wants to reduce the time developers spend on 'discovery' by providing a single place to find services, APIs, and documentation. They also want to visualize dependencies. What is the most effective use of Backstage?

   • AUse Backstage only for documentation hosting and link to services from there.
   • BUse Backstage to replace the CI/CD system and manage deployments.
   • CAdopt Backstage as the central developer portal, register all services and APIs as entities, and use the catalog's search and graph features.
   • DUse Backstage to store all source code and manage repositories.
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