diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-operators-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-operators-2/pom.xml
index 724dad95ee..c36250f1ae 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-operators-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-operators-2/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-operators-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/getbit/GetABitFromIntegralValueUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-operators-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/getbit/GetABitFromIntegralValueUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61f9885a91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-operators-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/getbit/GetABitFromIntegralValueUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package com.baeldung.getbit;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class GetABitFromIntegralValueUnitTest {
+    @Test
+    public void givenAByte_whenUsingAHardCodedMask_thenGetBitValue() {
+        byte val1 = 0b0110_0100;
+        byte val2 = 0b0110_0010;
+        byte mask = 0b0000_0100;
+        boolean isSet1 = (val1 & mask) > 0;
+        boolean isSet2 = (val2 & mask) > 0;
+
+        assertTrue(isSet1);
+        assertFalse(isSet2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAnIntValue_whenUsingACalculatedMask_thenGetBitValue() {
+        int val = 0b0110_0100;
+        int pos = 2;
+        int mask = 1 << pos;
+        boolean isSet = (val & mask) > 0;
+
+        assertTrue(isSet);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAnIntValue_whenUsingALeftShiftedValue1_thenGetBitValue() {
+        int val = 0b0110_0100;
+        int pos = 2;
+        boolean isSet = ((val << (31 - pos)) < 0);
+
+        assertTrue(isSet);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAnIntValue_whenUsingALeftShiftedValue2_thenGetBitValue() {
+        int val = 0b0110_0100;
+        int pos = 2;
+        boolean isSet = ((val << (~pos & 31)) < 0);
+
+        assertTrue(isSet);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAnIntValue_whenUsingALeftShiftedValue3_thenGetBitValue() {
+        int val = 0b0110_0100;
+        int pos = 2;
+        boolean isSet = ((val << ~pos) < 0);
+
+        assertTrue(isSet);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAnIntValue_whenUsingARightShiftedValue_thenGetBitValue() {
+        int val = 0b0110_0100;
+        int pos = 2;
+        boolean isSet = ((val >> pos) & 1) == 1;
+
+        assertTrue(isSet);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAnIntValue_whenUsingBigInteger_thenGetBitValue() {
+        int val = 0b0110_0100;
+        int pos = 2;
+        boolean isSet = BigInteger.valueOf(val).testBit(pos);
+
+        assertTrue(isSet);
+    }
+
+}