Automation Testing API Test Automation

Question 1

Which HTTP status code indicates a successful API request that returned data?

Accepted Answer

200 OK

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201 Created

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204 No Content

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301 Moved Permanently

Question 2

What is REST in the context of API testing?

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Representational State Transfer — an architectural style for distributed hypermedia systems

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A testing methodology

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A programming language

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A database query language

Question 3

Which tool is most commonly used in the US for manual and automated API testing with a GUI?

Accepted Answer

Postman

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SoapUI

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Insomnia

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curl

Question 4

What does the REST API verb PUT do?

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Replaces an entire resource with the provided data

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Creates a new resource

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Retrieves a resource

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Partially updates a resource

Question 5

In API testing, what is a JSON schema used for?

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Validating the structure and data types of an API response

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Storing API credentials

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Generating API requests

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Documenting API endpoints

Question 6

What is the purpose of an API authentication header like Authorization: Bearer <token>?

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To provide credentials proving the caller is allowed to access the API resource

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To specify the response format

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To set the request content type

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To enable CORS