API REST API Fundamentals 2

Question 1

Which HTTP method is used to retrieve headers without a response body?

Accepted Answer

HEAD

Answer

GET

Answer

OPTIONS

Answer

TRACE

Question 2

What is the purpose of the OPTIONS HTTP method?

Accepted Answer

Describe communication options for the target

Answer

Delete a resource

Answer

Update a resource

Answer

Retrieve cached data

Question 3

Which HTTP status code range indicates client-side errors?

Accepted Answer

4xx

Answer

1xx

Answer

2xx

Answer

3xx

Question 4

What does a 500 Internal Server Error typically indicate?

Accepted Answer

An unexpected condition on the server

Answer

Invalid request format

Answer

Resource not found

Answer

Unauthorized access

Question 5

Which constraint of REST requires that each request contain all information needed to process it?

Accepted Answer

Statelessness

Answer

Cacheability

Answer

Layered system

Answer

Uniform interface

Question 6

What media type is most commonly used in REST API responses?

Accepted Answer

application/json

Answer

text/html

Answer

application/xml

Answer

text/plain