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Basic Twitter-Development MCQ

1.
Which of the following request headers can be used for making the Status API calls?

a.X-Twitter-Client

b.X-Twitter-Client-type

c.X-Twitter-Client-Version

d.X-Twitter-Client-URL

Answer

Correct Answer: a.X-Twitter-Client

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2.
Which of the following are necessary to make a request for whitelist?

a.You should have a Twitter account

b.You must be signed in

c.Your Twitter account should be 6 months older

d.You must be a developer

Answer

Correct Answer: a.You should have a Twitter account

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3. What will be the output of the following API call?

http://twitter.com/account/rate_limit_status.xml

It will return the number of remaining API requests allowed before exceeding the rate limit.

It will reset your request count to zero.

It will add you to the whitelist for an enhanced rate limit.

It will return the number of API requests posted in the last one hour.

Answer

Correct Answer: It will return the number of remaining API requests allowed before exceeding the rate limit.

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4. What is the purpose of requesting whitelisting?

To approve the API created by the developer

To increase the rate limit

To send requests for adding a friend

To approve of the requests of friends

Answer

Correct Answer: To approve the API created by the developer

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5. What will the following API call return?

http://twitter.com/statuses/friends_timeline.xml

It will return the 10 most recent statuses posted by the authenticating user and that user's friends.

It will return the 20 most recent statuses posted by the authenticating user and that user's friends.

It will return the 30 most recent statuses posted by the authenticating user and that user's friends.

It will return the 40 most recent statuses posted by the authenticating user and that user's friends.

Answer

Correct Answer: It will return the 20 most recent statuses posted by the authenticating user and that user's friends.

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6. You can update the status of the authenticated users using the update status method. What is the maximum length allowed for the text for your status update?

It should not be more than 100 characters.

It should not be more than 140 characters.

It should not be more than 200 characters.

It depends upon the text. There is no such character limit.

Answer

Correct Answer: It should not be more than 140 characters.

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7. What will the following API call return?

http://twitter.com/blocks/destroy/john.xml

It will block john from the authenticating user.

It will un-block john for the authenticating user.

It will display all of john's blocked users.

It will display all of john's un-blocked users.

Answer

Correct Answer: It will un-block john for the authenticating user.

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8. The Notification Methods require the authenticated user to already be friends with the specified user otherwise the error "there was a problem following the specified user" will be returned?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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9. What is the data type of the favorited data element?

Integer

Character

Boolean

Varchar

Answer

Correct Answer: Boolean

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10. What is the maximum number of results per page that can be displayed by the Search API?

100

There is no limit

Answer

Correct Answer: 100

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11. What is the data type of the recipient_id data element?

Varchar

Character

Boolean

None of the a

Answer

Correct Answer: None of the a

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12. Suppose you want to use the Search API for returning results pertaining to the keyword 'French'. The results should be returned in German and there should be 50 results per page.

Which API call will you use?

http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?lang=en&q=French&rpp=50

http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?lang=fr&q=French&rpp=50

http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?lang=de&q=French&rpp=50

http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?lang=gr&q=French&rpp=50

http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?lang=fr&q=German&rpp=50

Answer

Correct Answer: http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?lang=de&q=French&rpp=50

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13. By default, how many API requests can a client send per hour?

100

150

Answer

Correct Answer: 150

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14. What will be returned by the following API call?

https://api.twitter.com/1/direct_messages.format

It will return the detailed information about the authenticated user and the user's friend

It will return a list of the 20 most recent direct messages sent to the authenticating user.

It will return a list of all the recent direct messages sent to the authenticating user.

Answer

Correct Answer: It will return a list of all the recent direct messages sent to the authenticating user.

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15. What will the search API call return if the search parameter "q" is provided with the keyword "movie:("?

It will search tweets containing "movie:("

It will search tweets containing "movie:(" and with a negative attitude

It will search tweets containing "movie:(" and with a positive attitude

It will search tweets containing "movie:(" and asking a question

Answer

Correct Answer: It will search tweets containing "movie:(" and with a negative attitude

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16. What will be the API call to return the IDs of the authenticating user's followers?

http://api.twitter.com/1/friends/ids.format

http://api.twitter.com/1/followers/ids.format

http://api.twitter.com/1/friendships /ids.format

http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/friends_timeline/ids.fo

Answer

Correct Answer: http://api.twitter.com/1/followers/ids.format

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17. State whether the following statement is true or false

Twitter applications are not allowed to be hosted on sites having personal data or blogs.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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18. What functions will the following API call perform?

http://twitter.com/friendships/create/karl.json?follow=true

It will send a request for the authenticating user to follow karl.

It will enable notifications in addition to becoming friend.

It will add karl. to the favorite list in addition to becoming friend.

It will give access to karl to view direct messages in addition to becoming fri

Answer

Correct Answer: It will send a request for the authenticating user to follow karl.

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19. Supposing that in your direct message box, you have 25 messages, and you want to display the messages after the twentieth message.

What will be the requesting API call?

http://twitter.com/direct_messages.xml?page=1

http://twitter.com/direct_messages.xml?page=2

http://twitter.com/direct_messages.xml?page=3

http://twitter.com/direct_messages.xml

Answer

Correct Answer: http://twitter.com/direct_messages.xml?page=2

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20. Which API call will you use to return the authenticating user's friends in the order by which the user followed them ,most recently followed first?

statuses/friends

statuses/followers

statuses/show

statuses/friends_

Answer

Correct Answer: statuses/friends

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21. What does the friends_count element describe?

The number of users following a user's updates

A Boolean value indicating if a user is following a given user

The number of users a user is following

Answer

Correct Answer: The number of users a user is following

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22. Which of the following is not a parameter of the update_profile account method?

name

location

url

description

Answer

Correct Answer: id

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23. Which method will you use to enable notifications for updates from the specified user to the authenticating user?

notifications/follow

notifications/leave

notifications/no

Answer

Correct Answer: notifications/follow

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24. Which HTTP Status code will be returned by the Twitter API if the client exceeds the rate limit of sending requests?

400

401

402

403

Answer

Correct Answer: 400

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25. Does the Twitter API provide a method for the authenticating user to get a notification from a specified user?

Yes

Answer

Correct Answer: Yes

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26. What will the test function of the help method return?

It will return the string "No Content" in the requested format with a 200 No Content HTTP status code.

It will return the string "ok" in the requested format with a 200 OK HTTP status code.

It will return the string "ok" in the requested format with a 202 OK HTTP status code.

It will return the string "No Content" in the requested format with a 202 No Content HTTP status code.

Answer

Correct Answer: It will return the string "ok" in the requested format with a 200 OK HTTP status code.

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27. Twitter requests return data in the following formats:

xml

json

rss

atom

Answer

Correct Answer: xml

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28. State whether the following statement is true or false.

There is no API call method available to an authenticating user for unblocking a specified user.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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29. What will the following API call return?

http://twitter.com/friends/ids/john.xml

It will return the id of john.

It will return the ids of all the friends of john.

It will return the ids of the mutual friends of john and the authenticating user.

It will return an error notification.

Answer

Correct Answer: It will return the ids of all the friends of john.

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30. Which function you will use to mark a status as un-favorite?

favorites

unfavorites

destroy

Answer

Correct Answer: destroy

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31. True or False? Embedded objects are stale and inaccurate.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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32. When should you get a user's permission for using tweet content?

Using their content on a commercial good or product

Using content in a manner that is inconsistent with Twitter's display requirements

When implying sponsorship or endorsement on behalf of the user

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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33. How do you add the "Tweet This" button to your website?

Paste the Twitter logo onto the home page of your website

Put your URL in a tweet

Paste the URL into a blog post on your website

Paste the official Twitter generated code snippet into the appropriate section of your website's HTML code

Answer

Correct Answer: Paste the official Twitter generated code snippet into the appropriate section of your website's HTML code

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34. How do I properly navigate a timeline?

GET statuses/user_timeline.

GET statuses/home_timeline

GET statuses/mentions

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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35. To ensure a website is accompanied by a Twitter Card when tweeted, developers must what?

Provide a callback function for the API in the head section of any HTML document.

Include and validate page-level metadata.

Add specific schema.org hinting for content.

Implement "rich snippets" on all shareable pages.

Answer

Correct Answer: Include and validate page-level metadata.

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36. The Twitter API is entirely based on which protocol?

APPC

Finger

Atom

HTTP

Answer

Correct Answer: HTTP

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37. Which of these methods could you employ to avoid being rate limited?

Caching

Adapt to the search results

All of these

Prioritize active users

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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38. Which parameter is a comma-separated list of phrases which will be used to determine what Tweets will be delivered on the stream?

tweets

track

phrases

Answer

Correct Answer: track

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39. How long are t.co links?

HTTP-based t.co links are 20 chars long

HTTP-based t.co links are 140 chars long

HTTP-based t.co links are 22 chars long

Charachter length is calculated based on the length of the underlying link.

Answer

Correct Answer: HTTP-based t.co links are 20 chars long

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40. What are public streams?

Contain roughly all of the data corresponding with a single user's view of Twitter.

Twitter does not offer public streaming.

Suitable for following specific users or topics, and data mining.

Intended for servers which must connect to Twitter on behalf of many users.

Answer

Correct Answer: Suitable for following specific users or topics, and data mining.

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41. When should HTML be filtered out?

When you're noticing an unexpected spike in errors

When it isn't needed for some user-facing form

Never, filtering HTML will cause your app to fail

Only when the user requests it

Answer

Correct Answer: When it isn't needed for some user-facing form

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42. Why would you want to connect to the API through SSL?

It preserves user privacy by protecting information between the user and the API

It creates a much faster connection than you would otherwise create

You wouldn't, connecting through SSL is not recommended

It allows for a much richer app creation experience

Answer

Correct Answer: It preserves user privacy by protecting information between the user and the API

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43. If the "suppress_response_code" parameter is present, how will all responses be returned?

That is not a valid parameter

With a 404 error

With a 200 OK status code

With the appropriate HTTP header

Answer

Correct Answer: With a 200 OK status code

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44. What standards does the Twitter API 1.1 support?

JSON, XML

JSON, XML, HTML

JSON

JSON, XML, SGML

Answer

Correct Answer: JSON

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45. Which of the following are NOT Streaming API request parameters?

filter_tweets

count

stall_warning

locations

Answer

Correct Answer: filter_tweets

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46. What does the current_user_retweet object do?

A collection of brief user objects (usually only one) indicating users who contributed to the authorship of the tweet, on behalf of the official tweet author.

Details the Tweet ID of the user's own retweet (if existent) of this Tweet.

Surfaces entities which have been parsed out of the text of the Tweet

If the represented Tweet is a retweet, this field will contain the screen name of the original Tweet's author

Answer

Correct Answer: Details the Tweet ID of the user's own retweet (if existent) of this Tweet.

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47. What will the follow parameter NOT return

Manual replies, created without pressing a reply button (e.g. “@twitterapi I agree”).

Replies to any Tweet created by the user.

Tweets which are retweeted by the user.

Tweets mentioning the user (e.g. “Hello @twitterapi!”).

Answer

Correct Answer: Tweets mentioning the user (e.g. “Hello @twitterapi!”).

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48. How do you get Whitelisted?

REST & Search API Whitelisting is not provided

Apply to the Whitelist Program and pay a small fee if accepted

Whitelisting was allowed in version 1 but not 1.1

Operate for a minimum of six months without a complaint from users

Answer

Correct Answer: REST & Search API Whitelisting is not provided

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49. Twitter Platform objects include

Tweets, Users, Entities, Places

Actors, Applications, Objects, Entities

Users, Follower Relationships, Retweets, Places

Tweets, Users, Actions, Objects

Answer

Correct Answer: Tweets, Users, Entities, Places

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50. What is the string "source"?

Indicates whether this Tweet has been retweeted by the authenticating user.

The user who posted this Tweet

A set of key-value pairs indicating the intended contextual delivery of the containing Tweet

Utility used to post the Tweet, as an HTML-formatted string

Answer

Correct Answer: Utility used to post the Tweet, as an HTML-formatted string

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51. When a user authenticates, which logic applies?

You must notify the user that they are now using security features, using a 550x400 popup window.

Your application has the option of showing a user's avatar, name or one of many Twitter graphics. Often what to show is decided by the user's interaction.

You must display the user's avatar, user name, and the designated Twitter icon

Your application is allowed to make unlimited, automated tweets on behalf of the user.

Answer

Correct Answer: You must display the user's avatar, user name, and the designated Twitter icon

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52. What is the query parameter for the share tweet url that, if set to true, will prevent twitter from returning tailored content to your users?

text

count

via

dnt

Answer

Correct Answer: dnt

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53. The Twitter API v 1.1 requires all applications to authenticate all of their requests with OAuth 1.0a

TRUE

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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54. Which of these is not part of the REST API?

POST update/account

GET statuses/firehose

GET statuses/sample

POST favorites/destroy

Answer

Correct Answer: POST update/account

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55. What is cursoring?

Reading an entire timeline in two requests by setting a page size of 5 elements and requesting the first page, then the second page.

Reading a timeline relative to the IDs of Tweets it has already processed

Reading a timeline relative to the IDs of the newest Tweets in the timeline, so the application can fetch the most up-to-date information.

The process of making subsequent API calls redundant because each call fetches new Tweets plus Tweets the application has fetched in previous calls.

Answer

Correct Answer: Reading a timeline relative to the IDs of Tweets it has already processed

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56. Which parameter controls the types of messages delivered to User and Site Streams client

locations

filter_tweets

with

track

Answer

Correct Answer: with

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57. Which of these are not properties of tweet box may access?

hashtags

dnt

votes

count

Answer

Correct Answer: votes

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58. Whic parameter is a comma-separated list of user IDs, indicating the users whose Tweets should be delivered on the stream?

locations

track

count

Answer

Correct Answer: follow

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59. What does PHP use for SSL communication?

CURL

Verisign

Cafile

Libcurl

Answer

Correct Answer: Libcurl

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60. What is Snowflake?

A service you can use to enhance the aesthetic design of your app

The project codename for the next version of the API

A service Twitter uses to generate unique Tweet IDs

The programming language framework the API is built on

Answer

Correct Answer: A service Twitter uses to generate unique Tweet IDs

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61. Using synchronous JavaScript is an advantage in which situation?

A display element containing data from the Twitter API is featured in the users view.

A display element containing data from the Twitter API contains error information.

A display element containing data from the Twitter API requires you to reply with an API key.

A display element containing data from the Twitter API is loaded dynamically using AJAX

Answer

Correct Answer: A display element containing data from the Twitter API is featured in the users view.

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62. Opening more than one connection to a public endpoint will cause what to happen?

Usage charges for your application's Twitter account will increase.

Previous connections are closed.

The API key used to open the connection will be banned.

The Twitter server will start a multi-threaded connection handler.

Answer

Correct Answer: Previous connections are closed.

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63. Which of these parts make up the Twitter API?

One Semantic Web API

Two REST APIs and a Streaming API

All of these

One POSIX API and two Streaming APIs

Answer

Correct Answer: Two REST APIs and a Streaming API

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64. When reconnecting to a streaming endpoint, elevated access clients may include the _______ parameter to attempt to backfill missed messages which occurred during the disconnect period.

stall_warning

connect

delimted

count

Answer

Correct Answer: count

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65. Where does streaming occur?

(none of these)

Between a user and Twitter's API servers

Between a user and your HTTP server

Between your HTTP server and Twitter's API servers

Answer

Correct Answer: Between your HTTP server and Twitter's API servers

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66. Why wont results containing the withheld_copyright property set to true deliver the contents of any tweet?

There has been a DCMA request against the content.

Both B & D

The user has placed a non-free license on the content.

The user has set a flag in their account settings.

Answer

Correct Answer: There has been a DCMA request against the content.

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67. Using asynchronous JavaScript is an advantage in which situation?

The user refreshes a page

Display elements require the user's interaction with a session to happen out of any order.

A new user initiates their first session.

Display elements require what the user sees to be delivered before starting any process.

Answer

Correct Answer: Display elements require what the user sees to be delivered before starting any process.

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68. Which of these are NOT supported Web Intent languages?

Korean

Russian

Italian

Spanish

Answer

Correct Answer: Russian

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69. What purpose does twitter.com/intent/favorite serve?

Allows users to mark another user profile as on of their favorites.

Delivers a list of the user's current favorite tweets.

Fetches the list of a user's favorite profiles.

Updates the user's profile, allowing them to track a tweet as one of their favorites.

Answer

Correct Answer: Updates the user's profile, allowing them to track a tweet as one of their favorites.

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70. What must occur for every occurance of a Twitter stream?

Pull batches of tweets from defined Twitter profile.

Using a modal, obtain the user's authorization to access their Twitter account.

Connection to twitter is opened, begin listening to stream.

Deliver the viewer the Twitter API instance cookie.

Answer

Correct Answer: Connection to twitter is opened, begin listening to stream.

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71. How can a developer solve the redundant API call problem when fetching Tweets in a timeline?

Use the stall_warning parameter

Use the max_id parameter

Use the filter_tweets parameter

Use the count parameter

Answer

Correct Answer: Use the max_id parameter

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72. Do web intents require JavaScript?

No, you should not use JavaScript due to performance loss.

No, but JavaScript enhances their delivery

Yes, unless the user has already used your application and retains a cookie.

Yes, web intents always require JavaScript.

Answer

Correct Answer: No, but JavaScript enhances their delivery

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73. What does in_reply_to_user_id_str do?

If the represented Tweet is a reply, this field will contain the integer representation of the original Tweet's ID.

If the represented Tweet is a reply, this field will contain the string representation of the original Tweet's author ID

If the represented Tweet is a reply, this field will contain the string representation of the original Tweet's ID.

Details the Tweet ID of the user's own retweet (if existent) of this Tweet.

Answer

Correct Answer: If the represented Tweet is a reply, this field will contain the string representation of the original Tweet's author ID

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74. What is a Player Card?

A special type of response from the Twitter API servers.

A virtual item used in Twitter apps to display an online gaming profile.

A shareable badge given to Twitter users through select sites and applications.

A tweet with embedded media such as video or audio.

Answer

Correct Answer: A tweet with embedded media such as video or audio.

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75. Authenticating using signatures means using what kind of encryption?

OpenPGP

None, the signature is not encrypted but only encoded in base64.

AES

HMAC-SHA1

Answer

Correct Answer: HMAC-SHA1

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76. True or False? Site Streams does NOT offer the ability to track real-time "searches" on public tweets, mixed in with the "me feed."

False

True

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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77. What does the REST API enable?

It is a suite of products that enables websites to easily integrate Twitter. Ideal for site developers looking to quickly and easily integrate very basic Twitter function.

Allows a user to query for Twitter content. This may include finding a set of tweets with specific keywords, finding tweets referencing a specific user, or finding tweets from a particular user.

Enables developers to access some of the core primitives of Twitter including timelines, status updates, and user information

Answer

Correct Answer: Enables developers to access some of the core primitives of Twitter including timelines, status updates, and user information

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78. When are links wrapped with t.co?

Links will be wrapped when Twitter receives a tweet using POST statuses/update or a direct message using POST direct_messages/new.

Links will be wrapped when Twitter receives a tweet using POST url/update or a direct message using POST url/new.

Links will be wrapped when Twitter receives a tweet using POST links/update or a direct message using POST links/new.

Links will be wrapped when Twitter receives a tweet using POST wrap_url/update or a direct message using POST wrap_url/new.

Answer

Correct Answer: Links will be wrapped when Twitter receives a tweet using POST statuses/update or a direct message using POST direct_messages/new.

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79. What are endpoints ?

A JSON formatted string sometimes appended to the end of API return values.

Structured URLs to Twitter API web services

Special tweets suggesting the application cease to load new tweets from a timeline.

The final step during user authentication.

Answer

Correct Answer: Structured URLs to Twitter API web services

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80. When storing a numeric Twitter user id in an 3rd party database, what type should the value be?

64 bit integer

SQL enum

32 bit, unsigned integer

32 bit, signed integer

Answer

Correct Answer: 64 bit integer

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81. What is the Twitter supplied cipher default?

Helix

RC4

FISH

A5/1

Answer

Correct Answer: RC4

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82. Non-space separated languages, such as CJK and Arabic, are supported by the Streaming API

TRUE

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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83. How do you count favorites?

Use count_fav

Favorite counts aren't available throughout the API at this time

Use GET favorites/show/id

Use the id_fav object

Answer

Correct Answer: Favorite counts aren't available throughout the API at this time

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84. After validating your network and code, what should you do before anything else if you are having connection difficulties?

Immediately contact Twitter support staff. Support charges may be associated to your application's API key.

Switch to using the REST API.

Check Twitter's developer site for useful status information.

Contact your project manager for authorization to submit a help ticket.

Answer

Correct Answer: Check Twitter's developer site for useful status information.

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85. What is the Search API limit?

3000 queries per 30 minute window

There is no limit

180 queries per 15 minute window

1000 queries per hour

Answer

Correct Answer: 180 queries per 15 minute window

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86. What types of character-encoding is accepted by the Twitter API?

UTF-8

US-ASCII (7 bit unit)

EBCDIC

UTF-16

Answer

Correct Answer: UTF-8

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87. What does the field "possibly_sensitive" denote, in regards to tweets?

The user the tweet originated from has a potentially at risk operating system

The URL contained in a tweet may contain content identified as sensitive

The photo in the link will only be hosted for a short period of time

The number of times a tweet has been retweeted

Answer

Correct Answer: The URL contained in a tweet may contain content identified as sensitive

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88. What does Twitter use for character encoding?

EBCDIC

UTF-16

US-ASCII

UTF-8

Answer

Correct Answer: UTF-8

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89. In what format does the API return error messages?

JSON and XML

None of these

XML

JSON

Answer

Correct Answer: JSON and XML

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90. If you want to attach media experiences to Tweets that link to your content, which Twitter Platform tool do you use?

Embedded Tweets

Twitter Cards

Embedded Timelines

Twitter Buttons

Answer

Correct Answer: Twitter Cards

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91. True or False? The "page" parameter begins on 1, not 0.

False

True

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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92. The Twitter API is not meant for use in mobile/smart phone applications

Only for serving authenticated users.

Only with special permission from Twitter.

TRUE

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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93. What are Twitter Cards

They allow websites to generate copy and paste-able HTML markup to render a Tweet on any website.

They provide simple interfaces for most Twitter functionality.

They make it possible to display public timelines on your website with a single line of code.

They make it possible for you to attach media experiences to Tweets that link to your content.

Answer

Correct Answer: They make it possible for you to attach media experiences to Tweets that link to your content.

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94. Rate limits are what?

A limit on the amount of interactions, such as Tweet or Follow, initiated by users in an application.

A limit on how much a user may be charged for applications using the Twitter API.

A limit on the visibility and frequency of advertisements in the same window as the Twitter app stream.

A limit on how many requests Twitter's API servers will accept in a given timeframe.

Answer

Correct Answer: A limit on how many requests Twitter's API servers will accept in a given timeframe.

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95. True of False? Search queries need to be authenticated in version 1.1.

False

True

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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96. True or False? It is a best practice to always store user passwords?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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97. Which parameter is a comma-separated list of longitude,latitude pairs specifying a set of bounding boxes to filter Tweets by?

filter_tweets

locations

count

phrases

Answer

Correct Answer: locations

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98. What does the field "created_at" denote, in regards to tweets?

The UTC time when a tweet was created

This is not a valid field

The scheduled time a tweet will send

The physical coordinates where a tweet was created

Answer

Correct Answer: The UTC time when a tweet was created

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99. How are rate limits determined on the Streaming API?

You set the rate limit when constructing the app

The public streaming APIs cap the number of messages sent to your client to a small fraction of the total volume of Tweets at any given moment

There is no rate cap

The limit is determined by the popularity and traffic generated by your app

Answer

Correct Answer: The public streaming APIs cap the number of messages sent to your client to a small fraction of the total volume of Tweets at any given moment

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100. Which of these is NOT an example of a Twitter card?

App

Game

Photo

Summary

Answer

Correct Answer: Game

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101. Twitter API uses signatures for some forms of authenticated requests. Signatures must maintain compatibility with what ?

OpenID API

OpenGraph API

Twitter Snowflake

OAuth API

Answer

Correct Answer: OAuth API

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102. When do Twitter's OAuth 1.1A access tokens expire?

After 100 requests

This is set by the end-user

After seven days

There is no explicit expiration datetime attached to them.

Answer

Correct Answer: There is no explicit expiration datetime attached to them.

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103. How do I walk a timeline by date or time?

GET statuses/user_timeline.

GET statuses/home_timeline

There are no explicit methods to do so. Use since_id and max_id to consume a timeline linearly

GET statuses/mentions

Answer

Correct Answer: There are no explicit methods to do so. Use since_id and max_id to consume a timeline linearly

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104. What does REST stand for?

Representational State Transfer

Recreational Symbol Transfer

Really Simple Timeline

Roaming Ethernet State Test

Answer

Correct Answer: Representational State Transfer

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105. Which parameter, when set to the string true, will cause periodic messages to be delivered if the client is in danger of being disconnected?

filter_tweets

stall_warning

delimited

replies

Answer

Correct Answer: stall_warning

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106. What is an Embedded Tweet?

Device independant HTML with optional JavaScript and web intents

A method of placing tweets inside of other tweets

Saving information about a tweet to an internal database.

Using the information from a tweet on the server.

Answer

Correct Answer: Device independant HTML with optional JavaScript and web intents

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107. Which of these are not APIs that Twitter offers?

Search API

REST API

Java API

Streaming API

Answer

Correct Answer: Java API

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108. What does GET search/tweets return?

Returns a single Tweet, specified by the id parameter

Returns a collection of relevant Tweets matching a specified query

Returns information allowing the creation of an embedded representation of a Tweet on third party sites.

Returns a collection of up to 100 user IDs belonging to users who have retweeted the tweet specified by the id parameter.

Answer

Correct Answer: Returns a collection of relevant Tweets matching a specified query

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109. What is CURL frequently used for?

Testing web applications and communication with the API

Setting up secure connections, like HTTPS

Preventing spam and bots, like CAPTCHA

Running error code diagnostics

Answer

Correct Answer: Testing web applications and communication with the API

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110. What purpose does twitter.com/intent/retweet serve?

Removes a tweet from the user's timeline.

Allow users to post an existing tweet to their own profile.

Refetch the most recently fetched tweet data. Usually for error handling

Updates and repost a specific tweet instance

Answer

Correct Answer: Allow users to post an existing tweet to their own profile.

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111. Which API allows allows access to the nouns and verbs of Twitter such as reading timelines, tweeting, and following?

The PLATform API

The Streaming API

The REST API

The Ads API

Answer

Correct Answer: The REST API

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112. How should connection errors be handled?

Return a descriptive error message to the user

Keep an encrypted log of users who continually have issues for future testing

Instruct your user to set up a proxy

Immediately contact Twitter about an expired certificate

Answer

Correct Answer: Return a descriptive error message to the user

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113. Twitter was originally developed using what programming framework?

CakePHP

Java

Django

Ruby on Rails

Answer

Correct Answer: Ruby on Rails

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114. True or False? the API only allows for one, Twitter approved, Tweet Button design.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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115. What does it mean to "tweet" a blog article?

A user viewing a blog article click on the tweet button. The Twitter API connects to the application provider's Twitter account through the API key and the URL gets +1 votes or 'tweets'.

The document.ready event has just been raised by a user viewing a blog article. The Twitter API connects to the application provider's Twitter account through the API key presenting the user with an interactive advertisement, or "tweet".

A user viewing a blog article clicks on the tweet button. The user must sign in to their Twitter account if they are logged on. Users are then presented with options to share the URL with their follows.

A user viewing a blog article reach the end of the article. The user must sign in to their Twitter account if they are logged on. Users are then presented with option to comment directly on the article, or "tweet", using their Twitter account.

Answer

Correct Answer: A user viewing a blog article clicks on the tweet button. The user must sign in to their Twitter account if they are logged on. Users are then presented with options to share the URL with their follows.

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116. An entity result has the following value for the "hashtag" property: "hashtags":[{"indices":[32,36],"text":"lol"}] What does this value mean?

Indices are values used as reference pointers in databases. The content of the hashtag is "lol".

The user has 36 total tweets. Out of these, the user has added the #lol hashtag to user tweet 32.

This result has invalid JSON and will not parse.

The user commented in the lol topic stream. The parser found #lol between the 32nd and 36th characters in the user's tweet.

Answer

Correct Answer: The user commented in the lol topic stream. The parser found #lol between the 32nd and 36th characters in the user's tweet.

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117. When consuming the API using JSON, it is important to always use which field instead of "id?"

id_int

id_true

id_par

id_str

Answer

Correct Answer: id_str

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118. What action can help avoid rate limits?

Place the API result in a cache.

Place all advertisements in specialized containers sharing common screen space.

Allow users to "opt-in" to your application, waiving fee limits.

Send users to your Twitter profile instead of using the Follow button.

Answer

Correct Answer: Place the API result in a cache.

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119. How should you Check CRLs and the OCSP status?

Sanitize your parameters before creating the statements

Ensure that your application or SSL library is configured to force verification

Set your application to accept the Twitter certificate first

Use the OAuth 1.5 access tokens

Answer

Correct Answer: Ensure that your application or SSL library is configured to force verification

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120. What is the purpose of embeddable timelines?

You cannot embed timelines

Syndicate any public timeline to your website

Reduce the overall footprint of your app

Allow you to exceed the 140 character limit

Answer

Correct Answer: Syndicate any public timeline to your website

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121. Twitter servers prefer to respond in JSON format.

Both C and D

True only when working with single user profiles.

True only when using a Twitter account as login creditials for another site or app.

True

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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122. True of False? There is a limit to how many calls and changes you can make in a day.

False

True

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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123. What does API stand for?

Application Programming Integer

Application Product Interface

Application Programming Interface

Application Post Interface

Answer

Correct Answer: Application Programming Interface

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1. Which of the following request headers can be used for making the Status API calls?

2. Which of the following are necessary to make a request for whitelist?

3. What will be the output of the following API call?http://twitter.com/account/rate_limit_status.xml

4. What is the purpose of requesting whitelisting?

5. What will the following API call return?http://twitter.com/statuses/friends_timeline.xml

6. You can update the status of the authenticated users using the update status method. What is the maximum length allowed for the text for your status update?

7. What will the following API call return?http://twitter.com/blocks/destroy/john.xml

8. The Notification Methods require the authenticated user to already be friends with the specified user otherwise the error "there was a problem following the specified user" will be returned?

9. What is the data type of the favorited data element?

10. What is the maximum number of results per page that can be displayed by the Search API?

11. What is the data type of the recipient_id data element?

12. Suppose you want to use the Search API for returning results pertaining to the keyword 'French'. The results should be returned in German and there should be 50 results per page. Which API call will you use?

13. By default, how many API requests can a client send per hour?

14. What will be returned by the following API call?https://api.twitter.com/1/direct_messages.format

15. What will the search API call return if the search parameter "q" is provided with the keyword "movie:("?

16. What will be the API call to return the IDs of the authenticating user's followers?

17. State whether the following statement is true or false Twitter applications are not allowed to be hosted on sites having personal data or blogs.

18. What functions will the following API call perform?http://twitter.com/friendships/create/karl.json?follow=true

19. Supposing that in your direct message box, you have 25 messages, and you want to display the messages after the twentieth message.What will be the requesting API call?

20. Which API call will you use to return the authenticating user's friends in the order by which the user followed them ,most recently followed first?

21. What does the friends_count element describe?

22. Which of the following is not a parameter of the update_profile account method?

23. Which method will you use to enable notifications for updates from the specified user to the authenticating user?

24. Which HTTP Status code will be returned by the Twitter API if the client exceeds the rate limit of sending requests?

25. Does the Twitter API provide a method for the authenticating user to get a notification from a specified user?

26. What will the test function of the help method return?

27. Twitter requests return data in the following formats:

28. State whether the following statement is true or false.There is no API call method available to an authenticating user for unblocking a specified user.

29. What will the following API call return?http://twitter.com/friends/ids/john.xml

30. Which function you will use to mark a status as un-favorite?

31. True or False? Embedded objects are stale and inaccurate.

32. When should you get a user's permission for using tweet content?

33. How do you add the "Tweet This" button to your website?

34. How do I properly navigate a timeline?

35. To ensure a website is accompanied by a Twitter Card when tweeted, developers must what?

36. The Twitter API is entirely based on which protocol?

37. Which of these methods could you employ to avoid being rate limited?

38. Which parameter is a comma-separated list of phrases which will be used to determine what Tweets will be delivered on the stream?

39. How long are t.co links?

40. What are public streams?

41. When should HTML be filtered out?

42. Why would you want to connect to the API through SSL?

43. If the "suppress_response_code" parameter is present, how will all responses be returned?

44. What standards does the Twitter API 1.1 support?

45. Which of the following are NOT Streaming API request parameters?

46. What does the current_user_retweet object do?

47. What will the follow parameter NOT return

48. How do you get Whitelisted?

49. Twitter Platform objects include

50. What is the string "source"?

51. When a user authenticates, which logic applies?

52. What is the query parameter for the share tweet url that, if set to true, will prevent twitter from returning tailored content to your users?

53. The Twitter API v 1.1 requires all applications to authenticate all of their requests with OAuth 1.0a

54. Which of these is not part of the REST API?

55. What is cursoring?

56. Which parameter controls the types of messages delivered to User and Site Streams client

57. Which of these are not properties of tweet box may access?

58. Whic parameter is a comma-separated list of user IDs, indicating the users whose Tweets should be delivered on the stream?

59. What does PHP use for SSL communication?

60. What is Snowflake?

61. Using synchronous JavaScript is an advantage in which situation?

62. Opening more than one connection to a public endpoint will cause what to happen?

63. Which of these parts make up the Twitter API?

64. When reconnecting to a streaming endpoint, elevated access clients may include the _______ parameter to attempt to backfill missed messages which occurred during the disconnect period.

65. Where does streaming occur?

66. Why wont results containing the withheld_copyright property set to true deliver the contents of any tweet?

67. Using asynchronous JavaScript is an advantage in which situation?

68. Which of these are NOT supported Web Intent languages?

69. What purpose does twitter.com/intent/favorite serve?

70. What must occur for every occurance of a Twitter stream?

71. How can a developer solve the redundant API call problem when fetching Tweets in a timeline?

72. Do web intents require JavaScript?

73. What does in_reply_to_user_id_str do?

74. What is a Player Card?

75. Authenticating using signatures means using what kind of encryption?

76. True or False? Site Streams does NOT offer the ability to track real-time "searches" on public tweets, mixed in with the "me feed."

77. What does the REST API enable?

78. When are links wrapped with t.co?

79. What are endpoints ?

1.
Which of the following request headers can be used for making the Status API calls?

2.
Which of the following are necessary to make a request for whitelist?

3. What will be the output of the following API call?

http://twitter.com/account/rate_limit_status.xml

5. What will the following API call return?

http://twitter.com/statuses/friends_timeline.xml

7. What will the following API call return?

http://twitter.com/blocks/destroy/john.xml

12. Suppose you want to use the Search API for returning results pertaining to the keyword 'French'. The results should be returned in German and there should be 50 results per page.

Which API call will you use?

14. What will be returned by the following API call?

https://api.twitter.com/1/direct_messages.format

17. State whether the following statement is true or false

Twitter applications are not allowed to be hosted on sites having personal data or blogs.

18. What functions will the following API call perform?

http://twitter.com/friendships/create/karl.json?follow=true

19. Supposing that in your direct message box, you have 25 messages, and you want to display the messages after the twentieth message.

What will be the requesting API call?

28. State whether the following statement is true or false.

There is no API call method available to an authenticating user for unblocking a specified user.

29. What will the following API call return?

http://twitter.com/friends/ids/john.xml