GH-500 · Question #78
Which CodeQL query suite provides queries of lower severity than the default query suite?
The correct answer is B. security-extended. The security-extended CodeQL query suite includes all queries from the default suite plus additional queries that target lower-severity and lower-confidence findings. The default suite focuses on high-severity, high-confidence results to minimize noise. Choosing…
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Which CodeQL query suite provides queries of lower severity than the default query suite?
Options
- Agithub/codeql/cpp/ql/src@main
- Bsecurity-extended
- Cgithub/codeql-go/ql/src@main
How the community answered
(55 responses)- A4% (2)
- B95% (52)
- C2% (1)
Explanation
The security-extended CodeQL query suite includes all queries from the default suite plus additional queries that target lower-severity and lower-confidence findings. The default suite focuses on high-severity, high-confidence results to minimize noise. Choosing security-extended broadens coverage at the cost of potentially more false positives. Options A and C (github/codeql/cpp/ql/src@main and github/codeql-go/ql/src@main) are CodeQL pack source paths referencing language-specific query libraries, not named query suites.
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