Which statement best describes the primary purpose of a Yeoman generator?

• A. It configures the package manager for a project.
• B. It scaffolds a new project by prompting for details and generating the project structure.
• C. It serves as a build tool for frontend assets.
• D. It only initializes Git for a repository.

Answer: (B)

Yeoman generators are built to quickly create a new project by building its starting structure from templates after you provide details. The core idea is to automate setup: you run a generator, it asks you questions (like project name, framework choices, features), and then it generates the files and folders you need, along with configuration files, to get you started. This upfront scaffolding saves you from manually creating boilerplate and ensures a consistent layout across projects.

That’s why the primary purpose is to scaffold a new project through prompts and a generated structure. Other descriptions—like configuring a package manager, acting as a build tool, or only initializing a Git repository—describe specific tasks that may occur within a project, but they aren’t the main function of a Yeoman generator.