Skills Airflow Airflow - Sample Questions
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Q1: In Airflow v3, which method is preferred for overriding configuration values?... Difficulty: MEDIUM
Tags: airflow, configuration, environment, airflow-v3
In Airflow v3, which method is preferred for overriding configuration values?
Using airflow.cfg only Using environment variables (Correct Answer) Using config.ini Using MySQL database Q2: What does the environment variable `AIRFLOW__CORE__SQL_ALCHEMY_CONN` set?... Difficulty: MEDIUM
Tags: airflow, environment, sqlalchemy, core-config
What does the environment variable `AIRFLOW__CORE__SQL_ALCHEMY_CONN` set?
Base directory for DAGs Connection string for the metadata database (Correct Answer) Maximum number of DAGs Webserver port number Q3: How can you inspect the current configuration of Airflow at runtime?... Difficulty: EASY
Tags: airflow, cli, configuration, debug
How can you inspect the current configuration of Airflow at runtime?
airflow config get airflow settings view airflow config list (Correct Answer) airflow show cfg Q4: In Airflow v3, which of the following are deprecated or discouraged for configuration?... Difficulty: HARD
Tags: airflow, airflow-v3, configuration, breaking-change
In Airflow v3, which of the following are deprecated or discouraged for configuration?
Exclusive reliance on airflow.cfg (Correct Answer) Experimental REST API settings (Correct Answer) Environment variable overrides Stable API usage Q5: Which of the following is true about Airflow v3 configuration changes?... Difficulty: HARD
Tags: airflow, airflow-v3, configuration, environment
Which of the following is true about Airflow v3 configuration changes?
Environment variables override airflow.cfg settings (Correct Answer) airflow.cfg is no longer used for all components (Correct Answer) airflow.cfg is the only way to configure Airflow Pydantic config replaces all configuration Q6: In Airflow v2, what is the primary file used to configure system-wide settings?... Difficulty: EASY
Tags: airflow, configuration, airflow.cfg, airflow-v2
In Airflow v2, what is the primary file used to configure system-wide settings?
config.json settings.yaml airflow.cfg (Correct Answer) config.ini Q7: Which of the following configuration methods is supported in Airflow v2?... Difficulty: EASY
Tags: airflow, airflow.cfg, environment, airflow-v2
Which of the following configuration methods is supported in Airflow v2?
airflow.cfg file (Correct Answer) Python decorator YAML config REST API Q8: How do you override a configuration section/key pair using environment variables in Airflow?... Difficulty: MEDIUM
Tags: airflow, configuration, env-override, airflow-v2, airflow-v3
How do you override a configuration section/key pair using environment variables in Airflow?
AIRFLOW__SECTION__KEY (Correct Answer) SECTION.KEY AIRFLOW_CONFIG[section][key] AF__SECTION__KEY 