MCP Servers and Clients

1. What is the primary role of the MCP client in an MCP system?

To own the conversation and decision-making To wrap a real system and expose its resources To speak the MCP protocol and manage server connections To serve as a network service for shared systems

2. Which of the following is NOT a role defined by MCP?

Host application MCP client MCP manager MCP server

3. In what scenario would an MCP server typically be hosted?

As an in-memory service As a localhost child process As a network service in a cloud environment As a desktop application

4. What happens after the model decides to call a tool in an MCP interaction?

The client directly communicates with the real system The host applies policy and possibly human approval The model retrieves the data without further processing The server automatically executes the call

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