Integrative Programming Quiz

What is the primary goal of system integration?

• Increase system redundancy

• Ensure seamless data exchange between different systems

• Replace legacy systems

• Reduce cybersecurity risks

Which of the following is a challenge in system integration?

• Improved efficiency

• Increased data security risks

• Simplified data management

• Enhanced scalability

In a hub-and-spoke architecture, what is the role of the hub?

• Directly connects every system to each other

• Acts as a central mediator for data exchange

• Eliminates the need for data transformation

• Ensures that each system has a direct point-to-point connection

Which integration architecture uses a central messaging system for communication?

• Point-to-point

• Hub-and-spoke

• Message bus

• Direct database integration

Which technology allows different systems to communicate over a network using HTTP requests?

• API

• File Transfer Protocol

• Load Balancer

• Proxy Server

What is the main advantage of using web services in system integration?

• Requires no internet connection

• Ensures direct hardware communication

• Allows interoperability between different platforms

• Only works for cloud-based systems

Which data format is best suited for human-readable structured data with support for attributes?

• CSV

• JSON

• XML

• Binary

What Python module is commonly used for handling CSV files?

• xml.etree.ElementTree

• csv

• json

• os

When using the json module in Python, which function is used to convert a dictionary to a JSON string?

• json.dump()

• json.dumps()

• json.loads()

• json.parse()

In Python, which mode should be used when opening a file for both reading and writing?

• 'r'

• 'w'

• 'r+'

• 'a'