Flask-RESTful quiz

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What does `add_resource(UserResource, '/users', '/users/<int:user_id>')` (multiple URL rules for one resource) accomplish?

1. What does `add_resource(UserResource, '/users', '/users/<int:user_id>')` (multiple URL rules for one resource) accomplish?
2. What is the purpose of custom exception classes combined with Flask-RESTful's error handling (e.g. registering handlers via `errors` dict on the `Api` object)?
3. What is a common reason a team building a REST API in Python today might choose FastAPI over Flask-RESTful for a new project?
4. What kind of application is Flask-RESTful generally well suited for, compared to a heavier full-stack framework like Django REST Framework?
5. What consideration should a team weigh before choosing Flask-RESTful for a brand-new greenfield API project in the current Python ecosystem?
6. How does Flask-RESTful typically handle serializing a Python object (like a database model) into a JSON response?
7. What is the role of Flask's underlying WSGI, synchronous request-handling model in how Flask-RESTful behaves under concurrent load?
8. What is a Flask-RESTful "Resource" class, e.g. `class UserResource(Resource): ...`?
9. How does a Flask-RESTful Resource class map an HTTP method to a Python method?
10. How is a Flask-RESTful Resource registered to a specific URL route?
11. What does it mean that Flask-RESTful is described as a "thin" layer of conventions on top of Flask, rather than a fully separate framework?
12. What is `reqparse.RequestParser` (Flask-RESTful's request parsing tool) used for?

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