LARAVEL Communication & Stakeholder Relations 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Laravel class is used to send HTTP requests to external APIs and stakeholder services?
- Illuminate\Http\Client\Http
- Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http (Correct answer)
- Illuminate\Http\Request
- Illuminate\Support\Facades\Curl
Correct answer: Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http
Laravel's Http facade (Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http) wraps Guzzle to provide a fluent API for making outbound HTTP requests.
Question 2: When broadcasting a Laravel event to WebSocket clients, which method on the event class defines the channel?
- broadcastOn() (Correct answer)
- broadcastWith()
- broadcastAs()
- broadcastQueue()
Correct answer: broadcastOn()
The broadcastOn() method returns the channel(s) on which the event should be broadcast to connected clients.
Question 3: A stakeholder requests real-time dashboard updates in your Laravel app. Which driver is NOT a valid Laravel broadcasting driver?
- Pusher
- Ably
- Socket.io (Correct answer)
- Reverb
Correct answer: Socket.io
Socket.io is a JavaScript library, not a Laravel broadcasting driver; Laravel supports Pusher, Ably, and its own Reverb server.
Question 4: You need to send a Slack notification to a project channel when a build fails. Which Laravel notification channel package handles this?
- laravel/slack-notification-channel (Correct answer)
- laravel/socialite
- laravel/horizon
- laravel/echo
Correct answer: laravel/slack-notification-channel
The laravel/slack-notification-channel package provides the Slack channel for Laravel notifications.
Question 5: What does the `via()` method return in a Laravel Notification class?
- The notification payload array
- An array of delivery channel strings (Correct answer)
- The notifiable model instance
- The queue connection name
Correct answer: An array of delivery channel strings
The via() method returns an array of channel names (e.g., ['mail', 'database', 'slack']) through which the notification should be delivered.
Question 6: Which artisan command generates a new Laravel Notification class?
- php artisan make:event
- php artisan make:mail
- php artisan make:notification (Correct answer)
- php artisan make:listener
Correct answer: php artisan make:notification
php artisan make:notification generates a new Notification class in the app/Notifications directory.
Question 7: A client wants webhook callbacks when orders ship. Where in Laravel should you validate the incoming webhook signature?
- In the Eloquent model's booted() method
- In a dedicated middleware or controller before processing (Correct answer)
- In the AppServiceProvider register() method
- In the route's cache configuration
Correct answer: In a dedicated middleware or controller before processing
Webhook signature validation belongs in middleware or at the top of the controller action before any business logic is executed.
LARAVEL Communication & Stakeholder Relations 2
Which Laravel class is used to send HTTP requests to external APIs and stakeholder services?