Web services

What is the primary purpose of web services?

To design user interfaces

To provide a platform for gaming

To enable communication and data exchange between applications

To develop mobile apps

Which of the following is an advantage of web services?

Tight coupling between systems

Platform-dependent communication

Interoperability

Rapid development

Which protocol is commonly used for web service communication?

HTTP

FTP

SMTP

DNS

Which component of web services allows for the discovery and description of available services?

WSDL

SOAP

XML

REST

Which web service architecture is known for its simplicity and widespread use on the internet?

SOAP

REST

JSON

XML-RPC

What is the purpose of a web service endpoint?

To define the structure of the SOAP message

To specify the URL for accessing the web service

To list all available web services in a registry

To validate XML data

Which HTTP method is commonly used for retrieving data from a server?

GET

POST

PUT

DELETE

What does REST stand for in the context of web services?

Representational State Transfer

Rapid Environment for Service Testing

Remote Execution and State Transition

Reliable and Efficient Service Technology

In a RESTful API, what does a resource represent?

The server's hostname

A piece of data or an object

The client's IP address

The HTTP status code

Which HTTP status code indicates a successful response in a GET request?

200 OK

201 Created

404 Not Found

500 Internal Server Error

What does SOAP stand for in the context of web services?

Simple Object Access Protocol

Secure Online Application Protocol

Stateful Object and Access Protocol

Service-Oriented Application Platform

Which language is commonly used to describe the structure of SOAP messages?

HTML

XML

JSON

SQL

What is the purpose of the SOAP envelope in a SOAP message?

To specify the message encoding

To encapsulate the message content

To define the transport protocol

To identify the sender and receiver

Which protocol is commonly used for adding security features to SOAP web services?

HTTP

WS-SECURITY

REST

XML

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