Free CoreSpringV3.2 Questions for SpringSource Core-Spring (based on Spring 3.2) CoreSpringV3.2 Exam as PDF & Practice Test Engine

Exam Code/Number: CoreSpringV3.2
Exam Name/Title: Core-Spring (based on Spring 3.2)
Certification Provider: SpringSource
Corresponding Certification: SpringSource Certification Program

Exam Questions: 97
Updated On: Oct 11, 2026

Question #1

State which operation is not performed by the JdbcTemplate (select one)

A. Release of the connection

B. Acquisition of the connection

C. Execution of the statement

D. Definition of the DataSource

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #2

Using declarative transaction management, by default a transaction rolls back if:

A. Null is being returned by a non-void method

B. Any uncaught Throwable that inherits from Throwable has been thrown

C. Any uncaught exception that inherits from Exception has been thrown

D. Any uncaught exception that inherits from RuntimeException has been thrown

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #3

Which of the following statement(s) is/are true concerning Spring Transactions? (Select one or several answers)

A. Spring provides declarative transactions only using XML

B. An AOP pointcut can be used to define which methods to advise for transactions

C. Spring only provides support for declarative transaction management, there is no programmatic support

D. Spring's tx namespace enables a concise definition of transactional advice

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Correct Answer: B,D Vote an answer

Question #4

Two beans of type MyBean are defined in the ApplicationContext with singleton scope, with ids "myBean1" and "myBean2". The getBean() method is called once for each bean. Which statement is true about the two references returned? (Select one)

A. Both references refer to the same bean instance

B. One of the references will be null

C. A RuntimeException will be thrown when the ApplicationContext is initialized

D. The two references refer to different instances of the same type

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #5

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of Spring JDBC? (Select one)

A. Connections are acquired and released from the DataSource automatically

B. Provides a callback approach when greater developer control is needed

C. Translation of root cause checked exceptions to Spring DataAccessExceptions

D. Can be configured exclusively using annotations

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #6

Which of the following statements about the @PostConstruct annotation is NOT true? (select one)

A. It is a JSR-250 standard Java annotation

B. It is called before setter injection

C. It can be enabled using the <context:annotation-config /> tag

D. There are no restrictions on method name or visibility of a method which can be annotated with @PostConstruct

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question #7

Choose the statement that does NOT apply to Spring's JdbcTemplate (select one)

A. The JdbcTemplate provides methods for query execution

B. The JdbcTemplate provides the ability to work with result sets

C. All JdbcTemplate methods throw SQLExceptions which you are required to handle

D. The JdbcTemplate does not write or generate SQL statements for you

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question #8

Which of the following statements is NOT true about Spring AOP? (Select one)

A. The "After Throwing" advice type executes after the join point, but executes only if the advised method threw an exception

B. Proxy classes are created at startup time by default

C. "private" methods cannot be advised, but all other method visibilities can be

D. The "After" advice type is invoked regardless of whether a method successfully returned or an exception is thrown

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question #9

Which of the following statements about Spring's JUnit integration testing support is true? (select one)

A. A new ApplicationContext is initialized and created for each test method

B. All of the above

C. You can indicate which XML configuration files the test class will use to create the ApplicationContext

D. To obtain references to the Spring bean(s) you want to test, you need to call getBean() on the ApplicationContext provided

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question #10

Consider the following complete configuration sample:
<bean class="rewards.internal.RewardNetworkImpl">
<property name="accountRepository" ref="accountRepository"/>
</bean>
<bean class="rewards.internal.account.JdbcAccountRepository"/>
Which of the following statements is true? (Select one)

A. This configuration is correct

B. Both (b) and (c)

C. This configuration is not valid because the first bean should have an id. Its value should be "rewardNetwork".

D. This configuration is not valid because the second bean should have an id. Its value should be "accountRepository".

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

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