REST Interview Questions

Q: Which of the following is true about REST?

The correct answer is All of the above.

Q: Which of the following is correct about messaging in RESTful web services?

The correct answer is Both of the above.

Q: Which of the following component of HTTP response contains metadata for the HTTP Response message as key-value pairs?

The correct answer is Response Header

Q: Which of the following header of HTTP response provides control over caching?

The correct answer is Cache-Control

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Total Questions: 5

1. Which of the following is true about REST?

A. In REST architecture, a REST Server simply provides access to resources and REST client accesses and presents the resources.

B. Each resource is identified by URIs/ global IDs.

C. REST uses various representations to represent a resource like text, JSON and XML.

D. All of the above.

Correct Answer is : All of the above.

2. Which of the following is correct about messaging in RESTful web services?

A. A client sends a message in form of a HTTP Request and server responds in form of a HTTP Response.

B. These messages contain message data and metadata i.e. information about message itself.

C. Both of the above.

D. None of the above.

Correct Answer is : Both of the above.

3. Which of the following component of HTTP response contains metadata for the HTTP Response message as key-value pairs?

A. Status/Response Code

B. HTTP Version

C. Response Header

D. Response Body

Correct Answer is : Response Header

4. Which of the following HTTP method should be used to get status of method availability in RESTful web service?

A. GET

B. HEAD

C. PUT

D. OPTIONS

Correct Answer is : PUT

5. Which of the following header of HTTP response provides control over caching?

A. Date

B. Last Modified

C. Cache-Control

D. Expires

Correct Answer is : Cache-Control

REST interview questions