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MAD I · REST APIs with Flask-RESTful

13 questions · 46 marks · 5 papers

Answer key

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

BS Degree Programme · Examination & Study Paper

Modern Application Development I

REST APIs with Flask-RESTful

Official Paper

Examination Instructions & Guidelines

Solve on notebook/paper first before checking solutions.
MCQ: Exactly 1 option is correct. Negative marking applies.
MSQ: One or more options correct. Select all to score.
Scientific calculator allowed for all calculations.
Official answer key is sealed at the end of this sheet.

End Term · 31 Aug 2025 (FN)End Term

Q1MCQ2 Marks·Choose one option
Key ↓
You're designing an API to update a user's profile picture but your database has 4 records in a row, profile picture is one of them. Which HTTP method is most appropriate?
1. APOST
2. BPATCH
3. CPUT
4. DDELETE
Q2MSQ2 Marks·Choose all correct options
Key ↓
Which statements about REST API design are correct?
1. APUT requests should be idempotent
2. BGET requests can have request bodies for complex queries
3. CPATCH is used for partial updates
4. DDELETE must return the deleted resource

End Term · 31 Aug 2025 (AN)End Term

Q3MSQ3 Marks·Choose all correct options
Asked 3 times Key ↓
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
Read the passage below, then answer Q4–Q5
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Q4MCQ4.5 Marks·Choose one option
Asked 3 times Key ↓
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
Q5MCQ3 Marks·Choose one option
Key ↓
1. ARequest 1: 400, Request 2: 201, Request 3: 204
2. BRequest 1: 201, Request 2: 201, Request 3: 204
3. CRequest 1: 400, Request 2: 405, Request 3: 204
4. DRequest 1: 201, Request 2: 405, Request 3: 200

Quiz 2 · 3 Aug 2025 (AN)Quiz 2

Q6MSQ3 Marks·Choose all correct options
Key ↓
Which of the following statements is/are false about caching in REST APIs?
1. ACaching allows storing server responses in a proxy or frontend so that a client need not make requests to the server for the same resources repeatedly.
2. BCaching degrades the overall quality of service and increases load on the servers.
3. CBrowsers treat all GET and POST requests cacheable by default.
4. DCaching optimizes the network by increasing the latency.
Q7MSQ4.5 Marks·Choose all correct options
Key ↓
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. E

End Term · 13 Apr 2025 (FN)End Term

Q8MCQ3 Marks·Choose one option
Asked 3 times Key ↓
1. AOnly 3
2. BOnly 3 and 4
3. COnly 5 and 6
4. DOnly 3, 4, 5 and 6
Q9MSQ4.5 Marks·Choose all correct options
Key ↓
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D

End Term · 22 Dec 2024 (FN)End Term

Read the passage below, then answer Q10–Q11
Q10MCQ4.5 Marks·Choose one option
Key ↓
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
Q11MCQ4.5 Marks·Choose one option
Key ↓
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
Read the passage below, then answer Q12–Q13
Use the Python code given below for answering the subquestions:
Q12MCQ4.5 Marks·Choose one option
Key ↓
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
Q13MCQ3 Marks·Choose one option
Key ↓
1. A201
2. B404
3. C500
4. DNone of these

Official Key

Master Answer Key & Explanations

Official answer keys from IIT Madras BS past papers. Click any question to review.

Reveal Key

Q1B

Q2A, C

Q3A, C

Q4C

Q5A

Q6B, C, D

Q7A, B, E

Q8A

Q9A, B

Q10A

Q11D

Q12B

Q13D

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