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Questions 1–10 of 10

1. What is a web service?
Question 1A. A hosting plan for static websitesB. A service offered by an application to enable communication and data exchange at an application levelC. A browser plug-in for viewing XMLD. A physical server located in a data centreE. A database backup schedule
2. Which two types of web services are mainly used when integrating applications?
Question 2A. HTTP and FTPB. JSON and XMLC. REST and SOAPD. WADL and WSDLE. GET and POST
3. What does REST stand for?
Question 3A. Remote Execution of Service TransactionsB. Resource Exchange and Synchronisation TechnologyC. Reliable Encoded Service TransferD. Representational State TransferE. Request-Enabled Stateless Transport
4. Why are sessions not required by REST web services?
Question 4A. Because REST only supports the GET methodB. Because REST uses XML exclusivelyC. Because REST runs only on private networksD. Because REST caches every responseE. Because REST employs a stateless protocol in a client-server architecture
5. Which HTTP method is described as safe because it is read-only and cannot change the target resource?
Question 5A. GETB. PUTC. POSTD. DELETEE. PATCH
6. Which data format is the most used with REST web services?
Question 6A. CSVB. JSONC. XMLD. YAMLE. Parquet
7. Which data format does SOAP use for its messages?
Question 7A. JSON onlyB. Plain textC. XML only, in predefined schemasD. Binary streamsE. Either JSON or XML
8. In a SOAP message, which part is optional and may carry authentication credentials?
Question 8A. The envelopeB. The bodyC. The fault elementD. The headerE. The encoding style
9. What is WSDL sometimes referred to as?
Question 9A. The web service cacheB. The REST resource locatorC. The SOAP envelopeD. The JSON schemaE. The web service signature
10. Which description language is described as the REST-side counterpart of WSDL for SOAP?
Question 10A. WADL (Web Application Description Language)B. XSDC. OpenAPID. UDDIE. RAML