Which two annotations are meta-annotations on the @SpringBootApplication composed annotation? (Choose two.)

Question

Options

• A@Configuration
• B@ComponentScan
• C@SpringBootConfiguration
• D@SpringApplication
• E@AutoConfiguration

• A
  91% (20)
• C
  5% (1)
• D
  5% (1)

Explanation

@SpringBootApplication is a composed annotation that bundles several meta-annotations, and @Configuration (A) and @ComponentScan (B) are two of them - @ComponentScan is applied directly on @SpringBootApplication to enable component discovery, while @Configuration is pulled in via @SpringBootConfiguration (which itself carries @Configuration), marking the class as a bean definition source. The distractors are wrong for distinct reasons: @SpringBootConfiguration (C) is actually a wrapper around @Configuration rather than one of the two target annotations the question seeks; @SpringApplication (D) is not an annotation at all - it's the class you call in main(); and @AutoConfiguration (E) is used to mark third-party auto-configuration classes, not part of @SpringBootApplication itself. Note that @EnableAutoConfiguration is the third key meta-annotation on @SpringBootApplication but is not listed as a choice here.

Memory tip: Think of @SpringBootApplication as "Configure + Scan + Enable" - Configuration, Scan (ComponentScan), and EnableAutoConfiguration. If you see @SpringBootConfiguration on an exam, remember it's just @Configuration wearing a Spring Boot hat.

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