Website Interaction GPYC Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11foundation · easy

   Why is it necessary to use a tool like Selenium or Playwright when scraping a page that loads content via JavaScript?

   • ABecause HTTP requests cannot be sent to such websites
   • BBecause the server blocks all non-browser requests
   • CBecause the HTML content is generated or modified by JavaScript after the initial page load
   • DBecause the website uses HTTPS
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2. 12expert · hard

   A Python script needs to download a large file from a URL that requires authentication and may redirect. The script must handle authentication, follow redirects, and stream the file to disk to avoid memory issues. Which approach is correct?

   • AUse requests.Session() with auth credentials, set stream=True, and iterate over response.iter_content() to write to a file.
   • BUse requests.get() with stream=True but do not use a session, and manually handle cookies.
   • CUse urllib.request.urlopen() with a custom opener that handles authentication and then read the entire response.
   • DUse requests.get() with auth credentials and then use response.content to write to a file.
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4. 13foundation · easy

   Which Python library provides a high-level, human-friendly interface for making HTTP requests, including methods like get() and post()?

   • Arequests
   • Bjson
   • Csocket
   • Dre
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5. 14foundation · easy

   In BeautifulSoup, which method would you use to find the first occurrence of a <div> tag with a specific class attribute?

   • Asoup.get('div', class_='myclass')
   • Bsoup.find_all('div', class='myclass')
   • Csoup.find('div', class_='myclass')
   • Dsoup.select_one('div.myclass')
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6. 15application · medium

   A Python script logs into a website using a POST request with credentials, then needs to access multiple pages that require the session cookie. The script must maintain the session across requests. Which approach is most reliable?

   • AUse requests.Session() to POST the login credentials and then use the same session object for subsequent GET requests.
   • BUse urllib.request with an HTTPCookieProcessor to handle cookies, but create a new opener for each request.
   • CUse requests.post() to log in, manually extract the session cookie from the response, and pass it in the headers of each subsequent request.
   • DUse requests.get() with the auth parameter set to the login credentials for every request.
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