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Which HTTP Method is equivalent to updating a resource?

What does REST stand for?

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1
What does REST stand for?
Representational State Transfer
Reliable Encoding Standard Technique
Responsive Execution System Transformation
Rapid Execution Service Transmission
2
Which HTTP Method is equivalent to updating a resource?
GET
PUT
DELETE
POST
3
What is the purpose of using "limit" and "offset" parameters in a REST API?
None of the above
Both A & B
To limit the number of resources returned
To specify the starting point for pagination
4
What is an endpoint?
Part of response that contains information about the status of a request
A device that communicates with server
An identifier that allows other software to authenticate a user or API
Digital location of an API to which requests are sent
5
Which of the following is not an HTTP Method/Operation?
DELETE
PUT
GET
SET
6
What is the purpose of versioning a REST API?
To confuse the API consumers
To make the API more complex
To introduce breaking changes without warning
To provide backward compatibility
7
What is the benefit of a REST API being stateless?
It requires the client to store session information
It leads to web applications that are easy to scale and well-behaved
It makes the API more complex
It makes the API less secure
8
What does the acronym CRUD stand for?
Construct, Revise, Unify, Discard
Craft, Retrieve, Upgrade, Destroy
Create, Read, Update, Delete
Collect, Refine, Utilize, Dispose
9
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a RESTful API?
Organized by nouns
Stores session information
Utilizes HTTP verbs
Stateless