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Networking And Restful Apis
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Which THREE of the following are true regarding the use of 'threading' and 'requests' in Python?
Hard2Which of the following headers is commonly used in REST APIs to indicate the format of the request body?
Easy3Which module provides a high-level API for working with URLs, such as parsing and unparsing them?
Medium4Which TWO of the following exceptions might be raised during socket operations?
Medium5Which TWO of the following represent common data formats used for REST API request/response payloads?
Easy6Which THREE of the following are attributes of the 'requests.Response' object?
Medium7In the 'requests' library, which HTTP method is typically used to update an existing resource on a server?
Easy8What is the purpose of the 'socket.shutdown()' method in Python?
Medium9When receiving data from a TCP socket using 'recv(buffer_size)', what does the returned value represent?
Easy10Which THREE of the following steps are required to initialize a TCP server socket?
Hard11When sending a JSON payload with 'requests.post()', which argument should you use to automatically set the 'Content-Type' to 'application/json'?
Medium12When using 'requests.get()', how can you include a custom HTTP header in your request?
Easy13You need to send binary data over a socket. Which method should you use on the socket object to ensure all data is sent?
Medium14You are developing a multithreaded HTTP scraper. When using the 'requests' library inside 'threading.Thread' objects, what is the recommended practice for handling session persistence?
Hard15Which status code indicates that a requested resource has been successfully created?
Easy16You 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'?
Medium17What is the primary difference between the 'socket.AF_INET' and 'socket.AF_INET6' address families?
Easy18In a multithreaded network application, you observe 'ConnectionResetError'. What is the most likely cause when using Python sockets?
Hard19You 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?
Medium20Which TWO of the following are true regarding the HTTP 'User-Agent' header?
Hard21Which THREE of the following are correct regarding socket buffer sizes?
Medium22Which THREE of the following are valid HTTP request methods commonly used in RESTful API design?
Easy23Which TWO of the following are commonly used for debugging REST API integrations?
Easy24When implementing a timeout in 'requests.get()', what is the consequence of setting it as a single float (e.g., timeout=5)?
Hard25When working with raw sockets, what does the 'socket.SOCK_STREAM' constant represent?
Medium26Which standard Python library module is used for lower-level networking and creating server/client sockets?
Easy27You are parsing a JSON response that contains a large list of objects. Which technique is most memory-efficient for processing these objects?
Medium28Which TWO of the following are potential pitfalls when using multithreading for network operations in Python?
Medium29Which THREE of the following are standard ways to handle API authentication?
Easy30You 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?
Hard31When using the 'socket' module, what is the effect of calling 'socket.settimeout(5.0)' on a socket object?
Medium32In Python socket programming, what does the 'SO_REUSEADDR' socket option achieve?
Hard33You are using 'concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor' to fetch data from multiple REST APIs. What happens if an exception is raised inside a thread?
Hard34Which TWO of the following statements about the Python 'requests' library are correct?
Hard35You 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?
Hard36When 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?
Easy37You 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?
Medium38How do you properly handle a non-200 status code when using 'requests' if you want to avoid manual status code checking?
Medium39You are building a custom HTTP client and need to handle persistent connections (keep-alive). What is the primary role of the 'Connection' header?
Hard40Which THREE of the following are valid ways to pass data to a REST API using 'requests'?
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