Razor Views and Layouts

1. What is the primary purpose of Razor in ASP.NET Core?

To create desktop applications To handle server-side logic only To combine C# and HTML in a templating language To manage database connections

2. What does the `@RenderSection` method do in a Razor layout?

Executes a block of C# code Inserts content defined in a section from a view Defines global variables for all views Renders a partial view

3. Why should you always pass an explicit model to a partial view instead of allowing it to read from the parent model?

It reduces the size of the final HTML output Partial views should always be independent for reusability It prevents syntax errors It makes debugging easier

4. What does Razor do to protect against XSS vulnerabilities when rendering HTML output?

Automatically sanitizes all user input HTML-encodes everything it outputs Disables script tags Validates all models before rendering

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