Hands-On RESTful Python Web Services - Second Edition

Test your knowledge

Let's see whether you can answer the following questions correctly:

1. Which HTTP verb is meant to replace an entire resource:
   1.  PATCH
   2. POST
   3. PUT

2. Which HTTP verb is meant to apply a delta to an existing resource:
   1. PATCH
   2. POST
   3. PUT

3. By default, the passlib library will use the SHA-512 scheme for 64-bit platforms with the minimum number of rounds set to:
   1. 135,000
   2. 335,000
   3. 535,000

4. The flask.g object is:
   1. A proxy that provides access to the current request
   2. An instance of the flask_httpauth.HTTPBasicAuth class
   3. A proxy that allows us to store on this whatever we want to share for one request only

5. The passlib package provides:
   1. A password hashing framework that supports more than 30 schemes
   2. An authentication framework ...