GH-200 Question #81: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is A: Composite action. {"question_number": 9, "correct_answer": "A", "explanation": "A composite action allows you to combine multiple workflow steps - including shell run steps, other actions, and environment setup - into a single reusable custom action defined in an action.yml file. The runs.using: '

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Question

Which action type should be used to bundle a series of run steps into a reusable custom action?

Options

AComposite action
BBash script action
CDocker container action
DJavaScript action

Explanation

{"question_number": 9, "correct_answer": "A", "explanation": "A composite action allows you to combine multiple workflow steps - including shell run steps, other actions, and environment setup - into a single reusable custom action defined in an action.yml file. The runs.using: 'composite' setting enables this pattern. This makes composite actions the right choice when you want to package a series of run commands and steps without writing JavaScript or building a Docker container. Docker container actions and JavaScript actions require additional infrastructure, and 'Bash script action' is not a formal GitHub Actions type.", "generated_by": "claude-sonnet", "llm_judge_score": 4}

Topics

#Custom Actions#Composite Actions#Reusable Actions#GitHub Actions

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