6. Identify the Parts of an HTTP Response (response Code, Headers, Body) 200-901 Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16application · medium

   A network automation engineer is troubleshooting a script that calls a REST API on a Cisco device. The script receives a response with a status line that begins with 'HTTP/1.1 302'. The script currently treats any non-2xx status as an error and logs the response body. What is the most appropriate next step?

   • ACheck the Content-Type header to determine how to parse the response body.
   • BRetry the request with the same method and headers after a short delay.
   • CTreat the 302 as a client error and inspect the response body for error details.
   • DFollow the URL in the Location header and process the final response.
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2. 17application · medium

   A network automation script receives a response with status code 401 Unauthorized. The response includes a WWW-Authenticate header. What does this combination indicate?

   • AThe client's credentials are valid, but the client lacks permission for the resource.
   • BThe server encountered an internal error while processing the request.
   • CThe client must provide authentication credentials, and the WWW-Authenticate header indicates the authentication scheme.
   • DThe requested resource has moved permanently to a new URL.
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4. 18application · medium

   An automation script receives an HTTP response with a status code of 304 Not Modified. What should the script do with the cached copy of the resource?

   • ATreat the response as an error and log a failure.
   • BUse the cached copy because the server indicates it is still valid.
   • CDiscard the cached copy and request the resource again without conditional headers.
   • DReplace the cached copy with the response body.
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5. 19foundation · easy

   In an HTTP response, what information is contained in the status line?

   • AHTTP version, status code, and reason phrase
   • BStatus code, headers, and body length
   • CHTTP version, request method, and URI
   • DStatus code, reason phrase, and server name
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6. 20expert · hard

   A developer is debugging a REST API call that returns a 500 Internal Server Error with a body containing an HTML error page. The API is supposed to return JSON. What is the most likely reason for the HTML body?

   • AThe server encountered an unhandled exception and returned a default error page.
   • BThe server is redirecting to a login page.
   • CThe client is using the wrong HTTP method.
   • DThe client sent an Accept header of text/html.
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