12 real Errors & Content Negotiation questions from the REST API bank, as asked in Indian campus drives and tech interviews. Every question has a verified answer and an AI-tutor explanation on placd — free to start.
1. What is Accept Header?
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A.a request header by which a client states which media types it can handle, driving the server's choice of representation
B.a standardized JSON error format (RFC 7807) with fields like type, title, status, and detail for machine-readable error responses
C.the mechanism by which client and server agree on the representation format of a resource using Accept and related headers
D.a response header telling the client how long to wait before retrying, commonly paired with rate-limit or unavailability responses
A.Content Negotiation — a request header by which a client states which media types it can handle, driving the server's choice of representation
B.Content Negotiation — the mechanism by which client and server agree on the representation format of a resource using Accept and related headers
C.Content Negotiation — a standardized JSON error format (RFC 7807) with fields like type, title, status, and detail for machine-readable error responses
D.Content Negotiation — a response header telling the client how long to wait before retrying, commonly paired with rate-limit or unavailability responses
8. Which term means: "a standardized JSON error format (RFC 7807) with fields like type, title, status, and detail for machine-readable error responses"?
11. Which term means: "a response header telling the client how long to wait before retrying, commonly paired with rate-limit or unavailability responses"?
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