A web application is experiencing slow response times. The architecture consists of a load balancer, multiple web servers running a PHP application, a shared database, and a Redis cache. The database CPU is at 90% while the web servers are at 30%. Which optimization is most likely to reduce database load?

Cache frequently accessed query results in Redis and set appropriate expiration times.

Enable HTTP compression on the web servers.

Add more web servers to the load balancer pool.

Move the database to a larger instance with more CPU.

Which component of a web application architecture acts as an intermediary that processes requests and executes business logic before returning results to the client?

Web server (application server)

Which of the following is a server-side programming language commonly used to generate dynamic web content?

Python (with frameworks like Django or Flask)

A company's web application is built with a server-side framework that generates HTML dynamically based on user requests. The application also exposes a RESTful API for mobile clients. Which component is responsible for processing the API requests and returning JSON responses?

The server-side application framework

The web server's middleware layer

The client-side JavaScript code

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A web application is experiencing slow response times. The architecture consists of a load balancer, multiple web servers running a PHP application, a shared database, and a Redis cache. The database CPU is at 90% while the web servers are at 30%. Which optimization is most likely to reduce database load?
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Which component of a web application architecture acts as an intermediary that processes requests and executes business logic before returning results to the client?
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13foundation · easy
Which of the following is a server-side programming language commonly used to generate dynamic web content?
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14application · medium
A web application uses cookies to maintain user sessions. After a user logs in, the server sets a session cookie. The security team wants to reduce the risk of session hijacking via cross-site scripting (XSS). Which cookie attribute should be set?
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15application · medium
A company's web application is built with a server-side framework that generates HTML dynamically based on user requests. The application also exposes a RESTful API for mobile clients. Which component is responsible for processing the API requests and returning JSON responses?
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Which component of a web application architecture acts as an intermediary that processes requests and executes business logic before returning results to the client?

Which of the following is a server-side programming language commonly used to generate dynamic web content?

A web application uses cookies to maintain user sessions. After a user logs in, the server sets a session cookie. The security team wants to reduce the risk of session hijacking via cross-site scripting (XSS). Which cookie attribute should be set?

A company's web application is built with a server-side framework that generates HTML dynamically based on user requests. The application also exposes a RESTful API for mobile clients. Which component is responsible for processing the API requests and returning JSON responses?

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