eXtensible Markup Language >> Using Python to Access Web Data
1. What is “serialization” when we are talking about web services?
- Sorting all the data stored in a tuple
- The act of taking data stored in a program and formatting it so it can be sent across the network
- Marking each network packet so it can be put back into order on the receiving system
- Making it so that dictionaries can maintain their keys in sorted order
2. Which of the following are not commonly used serialization formats?
- HTTP
- Dictionaries
- XML
- TCP
- JSON
3. In this XML, which are the “simple elements”?
<people>
<person>
<name>Chuck</name>
<phone>303 4456</phone>
</person>
<person>
<name>Noah</name>
<phone>622 7421</phone>
</person>
</people>
- person
- people
- phone
- Noah
- name
4.In the following XML, which are attributes?
Chuck
+1 734 303 4456
- type
- person
- hide
- name
5. In the following XML, which node is the parent node of node e
X Y
Z
- e
- c
- b
- a
6. Looking at the following XML, what text value would we find at path “/a/c/e”
X Y
Z
- e
- Z
- b
- Y
- a
7. What is the purpose of XML Schema?
- A Python program to tranform XML files
- To compute SHA1 checksums on data to make sure it is not modified in transit
- To transfer XML data reliably during network outages
- To establish a contract as to what is valid XML
8. If you were building an XML Schema and wanted to limit the values allowed in an xs:string field to only those in a particular list, what XML tag would you use in your XML Schema definition?
- xs:complexType
- xs:sequence
- xs:element
- xs:enumeration
- maxOccurs
9. What is a good time zone to use when computers are exchanging data over APIs?
- The local time zone of the receiving computer
- Universal Time / GMT
- The local time zone of the sending computer without daylight savings time
- The local time zone of the sending computer
10. Which of the following dates is in ISO8601 format?
- 05/30/2002
- May 30, 2002
- 2002-May-30
- 2002-05-30T09:30:10Z
