Spring Boot Architecture & Features - auto-configuration, starter dependencies

What is the primary mechanism that enables Spring Boot's "auto-configuration" feature?

The @SpringBootApplication annotation is a convenience annotation that combines which three annotations?

What is the main purpose of Spring Boot "starter dependencies"?

If you want to exclude a specific auto-configuration class from being applied, how can you do that?

Which of the following is NOT a key feature of Spring Boot?

When you add the spring-boot-starter-web dependency to your project, what does Spring Boot auto-configure for you by default?

What is the default scope of a bean in a Spring Boot application?

How does Spring Boot's architecture promote the development of microservices?

If you have a class in a sub-package of your main application class, will it be automatically scanned and registered as a bean if it's annotated with @Component?

What is the primary benefit of using an embedded server in a Spring Boot application?