What is the primary design philosophy of CakePHP?

• Configuration over Convention
• Convention over Configuration
• No design rules
• XML-based setup

Which architectural pattern does CakePHP follow?

• MVVM
• MVC (Model-View-Controller)
• Singleton
• Service Provider

What is the command to generate code automatically in CakePHP?

• bin/cake generate
• bin/cake bake
• bin/cake create
• bin/cake build

In CakePHP 4+, where are the view files stored?

• src/Views
• templates/
• webroot/
• config/

Following CakePHP conventions, what should the table name be for a model named 'User'?

• user
• users
• tbl_user
• UserTable

In CakePHP ORM, what is an 'Entity'?

• A database table
• An object representing a single row in a table
• A validation rule
• A controller action

Which method is used to fetch a single record by primary key?

• find('first')
• get()
• first()
• fetch()

Where are the validation rules for data integrity defined?

• Controller
• Table class
• Entity class
• View

What is the difference between validation and application rules?

• None
• Validation is for data format, Rules are for business logic (like unique email)
• Rules are faster
• Validation is for JS only

Which association type is used when a User 'has many' Articles?

• hasOne
• hasMany
• belongsTo
• belongsToMany

What is a 'Behavior' in CakePHP?

• A controller trait
• Reusable logic that can be attached to Table classes
• A view helper
• A JavaScript file

Which method is used to trigger a custom event?

• \$this->run()
• \$this->dispatchEvent()
• \$this->trigger()
• event()

In CakePHP, 'Dependency Injection' is primarily managed via:

• The Service Container / Application class
• Gii
• ActiveRecord
• Composer

How do you perform a transaction in CakePHP?

• begin_transaction()
• \$connection->transactional()
• saveAll()
• \$this->commit()

Which interface must be implemented for custom password hashing?

• HashInterface
• PasswordHasherInterface
• AuthInterface
• CryptInterface