What does the Verify Maven phase do?

• A. It packages the artifact into a distributable.
• B. It deploys the artifact to a remote repository.
• C. It runs checks on results of integration tests to ensure quality criteria are met.
• D. It installs the package into the local repository.

Answer: (C)

The Verify phase is about running checks to confirm the built artifact meets quality criteria after packaging and testing. When you’ve packaged the artifact and completed tests (including any integration tests run by the failsafe plugin), Verify kicks in to validate those results and enforce quality gates. That’s why this option is the best: it specifically describes performing checks on integration-test outcomes to ensure the build is acceptable. Packaging, deploying to a remote repository, and installing to the local repository happen in the package, deploy, and install phases respectively, not in Verify.