Home » Microsoft » 70-486 v.2 » Which data store should you use?
You are designing a distributed banking application that handles multiple customers. A user may log on to the site to perform activities such as checking balances, performing transactions, and other activities that must be done securely.
The application must store secure information that is specific to an individual user. The data must be automatically and securely purged when the user logs off.
You need to save transient information in a secure data store.
Which data store should you use?
A. NET session state
B. NET profile properties
C. NET application state
D. Shared database
Correct Answer: A
Explanation/Reference:
ASP.NET session state enables you to store and retrieve values for a user as the user navigates ASP.NET pages in a Web application. HTTP is a stateless protocol. This means that a Web server treats each HTTP request for a page as an independent request. The server retains no knowledge of variable values that were used during previous requests. ASP.NET session state identifies requests from the same browser during a limited time window as a session, and provides a way to persist variable values for the duration of that session.
References: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178581.aspx