CI/CD & DevOps / Quiz
Guardians of the Merge
Required checks, merge queues, and the stuck 'Expected' status: the branch-protection mechanics that decide what reaches main.
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Format
- Quiz
- Points
- 150
- Estimate
- 10 min
// MISSION BRIEF
Your Mission
The merge gate is your last automated word before main. This quiz covers required status checks and their sharp edges: path filters that wedge PRs, semantic conflicts two green PRs smuggle in, and what happens when a flaky suite guards the door.
Scoring: timed quiz; accuracy first, speed bonus for fast clean runs.
// FIRST CONTACT
Battle teaser
A required status check on a protected branch means:
- AThe check runs but merging is always allowed
- BOnly admins may run the check
- CThe PR cannot merge until that named check reports success on the latest commit
- DThe check runs post-merge as a safety net
Answers, scoring, hints, and the full battle stay sealed.
// SKILL TAGS
ci-cdbranch-protectionmerge-queuegithub-actions