REST API MCQs (Chapterwise Multiple Choice Questions)

What is the modern specification for describing an API?

OpenAPI (Swagger)

WADL

WSDL

OAuth

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: OpenAPI (Swagger)

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If you were to add versioning by using the Accept and Content-Type header, what would be the correct format of the header value?

Application/json

Application/json_version2

Text/html

Application/vnd.myapp.v2+json

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Application/vnd.myapp.v2+json

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APIs commonly use webhooks to _.

Notify other systems of an event

Catch error faster

Improve error logging

Log additional data

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Notify other systems of an event

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When dealing with JSON web Tokens (JWTs), what is a claim?

Data in the token

Ownership

A permission

And integer

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Data in the token

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What is OAuth?

An authorization framework for granted delegated access

An approach to single sign-on for APIs

A method for API authentication

HTTP Basic Authentication 2.0

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: An authorization framework for granted delegated access

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What should you add to a Cache-Control response header to specify that a response should not be stored in an intermediary cache?

No-proxy

Client-only

Restricted

Private

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Private

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API traffic that is entirely internal to your organization is normally called _?

Inbound traffic

North-south traffic

Internal traffic

East-west traffic

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Internal traffic

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What is the purpose of a link relation?

To describe relationships between resources or actions

To describe subresources related to the current one

To link two resources together

To describe a resource and its purpose

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: To link two resources together

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Which is a common command-line tool for using or exploring an API?

Bash

Curl

Ssh

PowerShell

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Curl

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What is the concept that allows an API client to explore an API via links embedded in payloads?

Hypermedia

Link relations

Parsing

Browsing

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Link relations

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