VMware 2V0-72.22 Exam - Topic 8 Question 83 Discussion

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Question #: 83
Topic #: 8

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Which statement is true about the @PropertySource annotation? (Choose the best answer.)

AUsed to designate the location of the application.properties file in a Spring Boot application.

BUsed to easily look up and return a single property value from some external property file.

CUsed to designate the file directory of the application.properties file in a Spring Boot application.

DUsed to add a set of name/value pairs to the Spring Environment from an external source.

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Suggested Answer: D

This is true because the @PropertySource annotation provides a convenient and declarative mechanism for adding a PropertySource to Spring's Environment. A PropertySource is an abstraction for a source of name/value pairs that can be used by the Environment to resolve properties. The @PropertySource annotation can be used to load properties from an external file, such as a .properties or .yml file, and make them available to the application context.

https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/reference/core/beans/environment.html#beans-using-propertysource

by Wynell at Apr 01, 2026, 04:42 PM

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Arlene

10 days ago

I vaguely recall that @PropertySource is not just for application.properties, so C seems off to me.

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Vicki

15 days ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I feel like B could be misleading since it sounds too specific for what @PropertySource does.

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Anthony

20 days ago

I remember practicing a question like this, and I think A was mentioned as a common misconception.

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Brynn

25 days ago

I think @PropertySource is mainly about adding properties from external files, so maybe D is the right choice?

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