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What does setting `when: manual` on a job do?

1. What does setting `when: manual` on a job do?
2. If a `.gitlab-ci.yml` does not declare a top-level `stages` key, what happens?
3. Where should you store a secret API token used by a deploy job?
4. What is the purpose of `before_script`?
5. What is a merge request pipeline?
6. What is the purpose of the `tags` key on a job?
7. What does the `image` keyword specify for a job?
8. What predefined variable holds the name of the branch a pipeline is running on?
9. What does `docker-compose`-style multi-line YAML like `script: ['npm ci', 'npm test']` versus a YAML block list accomplish in a job?
10. What does a GitLab Runner do?
11. What does `retry: 2` on a job configure?
12. What triggers a GitLab CI pipeline by default?

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