Studying for the Comptia Data+ exam and in one of the practice questions it showed a JSON. The 'correct' answer is that it was creating a search box. My understanding is that a JSON is used to transmit data. When I asked them about this I got this response.
"A subject matter expert has thoroughly reviewed this concern, and they feel that the content is accurate and representative of the exam objective that it is addressing. JSON in and of itself does not create things. Rather, it is parsed by something else to create things. So if the underlying code that takes that JSON input is used to create things, it would create a search box."
I'm struggling to understand what they are saying.
Spoke with my professor and they are not able to explain why a json is used to 'create a searchbox' is the correct answer either.
Studying for the Comptia Data+ exam and in one of the practice questions it showed a JSON. The 'correct' answer is that it was creating a search box. My understanding is that a JSON is used to transmit data. When I asked them about this I got this response.
"A subject matter expert has thoroughly reviewed this concern, and they feel that the content is accurate and representative of the exam objective that it is addressing. JSON in and of itself does not create things. Rather, it is parsed by something else to create things. So if the underlying code that takes that JSON input is used to create things, it would create a search box."
I'm struggling to understand what they are saying.
Spoke with my professor and they are not able to explain why a json is used to 'create a searchbox' is the correct answer either.
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Reset to default 0JSON is a notation for encoding data, so just a way to write down data in a structured way. This data can then be transferred or stored it in such a way that you (or somebody else) can easily parse it again later.
So it could be that a piece of JSON is used as input in the generation of a search box. For example, the JSON could contain a list of search queries to pick from, or configuration on what options are available.
But you're right that JSON is just static data, and JSON itself doesn't create (or transfer) anything.
I haven't seen the exam question, so it depends on the exact wording if it's correct, of course. A question like "What is this JSON used for" - "To create a search box" would still be correct.