Practice Questions

Question 1Which of the following is the best description of the general purpose of SOAP?

  • A. SOAP is used to automatically discover the properties and methods of a Web Service.

  • B. SOAP is used to create a proxy class for a Web Service.

  • C. SOAP is used to encapsulate objects as XML messages.

  • D. SOAP is used to clean data before it is consumed by a Web Service.

A1: Answer C is correct. SOAP is used to encapsulate objects as XML messages so that their properties and methods can be transferred over a network using protocols such as HTTP, FTP, or SMTP. Answer A is incorrect because SOAP is used to translate the properties and methods of an object into XML, and it cannot directly perform discovery of Web Services and their properties. ...

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