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1

Which THREE of the following are true regarding the use of 'threading' and 'requests' in Python?

Hard
2

Which of the following headers is commonly used in REST APIs to indicate the format of the request body?

Easy
3

Which module provides a high-level API for working with URLs, such as parsing and unparsing them?

Medium
4

Which TWO of the following exceptions might be raised during socket operations?

Medium
5

Which TWO of the following represent common data formats used for REST API request/response payloads?

Easy
6

Which THREE of the following are attributes of the 'requests.Response' object?

Medium
7

In the 'requests' library, which HTTP method is typically used to update an existing resource on a server?

Easy
8

What is the purpose of the 'socket.shutdown()' method in Python?

Medium
9

When receiving data from a TCP socket using 'recv(buffer_size)', what does the returned value represent?

Easy
10

Which THREE of the following steps are required to initialize a TCP server socket?

Hard
11

When sending a JSON payload with 'requests.post()', which argument should you use to automatically set the 'Content-Type' to 'application/json'?

Medium
12

When using 'requests.get()', how can you include a custom HTTP header in your request?

Easy
13

You need to send binary data over a socket. Which method should you use on the socket object to ensure all data is sent?

Medium
14

You are developing a multithreaded HTTP scraper. When using the 'requests' library inside 'threading.Thread' objects, what is the recommended practice for handling session persistence?

Hard
15

Which status code indicates that a requested resource has been successfully created?

Easy
16

You need to perform a HEAD request to check if a file exists on a server without downloading the body. How is this done with 'requests'?

Medium
17

What is the primary difference between the 'socket.AF_INET' and 'socket.AF_INET6' address families?

Easy
18

In a multithreaded network application, you observe 'ConnectionResetError'. What is the most likely cause when using Python sockets?

Hard
19

You are using the socket module to create a TCP client. After creating the socket object, which method call is required to establish a connection to a remote server listening on 192.168.1.50 at port 8080?

Medium
20

Which TWO of the following are true regarding the HTTP 'User-Agent' header?

Hard
21

Which THREE of the following are correct regarding socket buffer sizes?

Medium
22

Which THREE of the following are valid HTTP request methods commonly used in RESTful API design?

Easy
23

Which TWO of the following are commonly used for debugging REST API integrations?

Easy
24

When implementing a timeout in 'requests.get()', what is the consequence of setting it as a single float (e.g., timeout=5)?

Hard
25

When working with raw sockets, what does the 'socket.SOCK_STREAM' constant represent?

Medium
26

Which standard Python library module is used for lower-level networking and creating server/client sockets?

Easy
27

You are parsing a JSON response that contains a large list of objects. Which technique is most memory-efficient for processing these objects?

Medium
28

Which TWO of the following are potential pitfalls when using multithreading for network operations in Python?

Medium
29

Which THREE of the following are standard ways to handle API authentication?

Easy
30

You are investigating a network bottleneck in your Python application using `requests`. If you aren't using a `Session` object, what performance-related behavior should you expect?

Hard
31

When using the 'socket' module, what is the effect of calling 'socket.settimeout(5.0)' on a socket object?

Medium
32

In Python socket programming, what does the 'SO_REUSEADDR' socket option achieve?

Hard
33

You are using 'concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor' to fetch data from multiple REST APIs. What happens if an exception is raised inside a thread?

Hard
34

Which TWO of the following statements about the Python 'requests' library are correct?

Hard
35

You are building a REST client that needs to handle 429 Too Many Requests status codes. Which strategy is most effective when implementing an automatic retry mechanism?

Hard
36

When using the 'requests' library to perform a GET request, which parameter should be passed to the 'params' argument to include query string parameters in the URL?

Easy
37

You are consuming a REST API that returns data in JSON format. After calling response.json(), you notice the data contains nested dictionaries. What is the most Pythonic way to handle a missing key in the response dictionary safely?

Medium
38

How do you properly handle a non-200 status code when using 'requests' if you want to avoid manual status code checking?

Medium
39

You are building a custom HTTP client and need to handle persistent connections (keep-alive). What is the primary role of the 'Connection' header?

Hard
40

Which THREE of the following are valid ways to pass data to a REST API using 'requests'?

Easy

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