API API Authentication and Security

Question 1

What does JWT stand for?

Accepted Answer

JSON Web Token

Answer

Java Web Token

Answer

JavaScript Widget Token

Answer

Joint Web Transfer

Question 2

Which part of a JWT contains the claims about the entity?

Accepted Answer

Payload

Answer

Header

Answer

Signature

Answer

Prefix

Question 3

What is OAuth 2.0 primarily used for?

Accepted Answer

Delegated authorization to APIs

Answer

Encrypting API responses

Answer

Hashing passwords

Answer

Compressing request bodies

Question 4

Which HTTP header is used to send a Bearer token in API requests?

Accepted Answer

Authorization

Answer

X-API-Key

Answer

Token

Answer

Access-Token

Question 5

What is an API key?

Accepted Answer

A unique identifier passed with requests to authenticate the client

Answer

A public RSA key used for encryption

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A secret stored in the server database

Answer

A session cookie

Question 6

Which attack involves injecting malicious scripts through API inputs that are reflected in responses?

Accepted Answer

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Answer

SQL Injection

Answer

CSRF

Answer

Man-in-the-Middle