Which statement about a POST request is true?

• A. It retrieves data from a server
• B. It never carries payload
• C. It is identical to GET
• D. It sends data to a server

Answer: (D)

POST requests are used to send data to the server. The data you want to transmit is placed in the request body as the payload (for example, form fields, JSON, or binary data), and the server processes it to create or update a resource. This is different from a GET request, which retrieves data and typically has no body. So statements saying POST retrieves data or never carries a payload are incorrect, and saying POST is identical to GET is also wrong. The defining idea is that a POST sends data to the server.