Practice The Server – The Heart Of The Back-end (3.3) - The Back-End and the Request/Response Cycle
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The Server – The Heart of the Back-End

Practice - The Server – The Heart of the Back-End

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does a server do?

💡 Hint: Think about the role of a waiter in a restaurant.

Question 2 Easy

What is the request/response cycle?

💡 Hint: What happens when you click a button on a website?

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Question 1

What is the main function of a server?

To store files
To process requests
To send emails

💡 Hint: Think about what happens when you access a webpage.

Question 2

True or False: A server only needs to be active when it is responding to requests.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the role of a restaurant server.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Analyze a scenario where a web application fails to fetch data from a database upon user request. What could be the potential server-side issues?

💡 Hint: Consider the request/response cycle and potential points of failure.

Challenge 2 Hard

Create a new server using Node.js that handles both GET and POST requests. Explain how you would ensure that it accurately distinguishes between the two.

💡 Hint: Remember the simple server example code we reviewed.

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