Mock question regarding session

[Parameswaran Thangavel]

hi
i came across the below question.
i doubt more than one answer is right. can any one explain which is right option.

In which of the following situations will a session be definitely invalidated?

Select 2 correct options.

1) The container is shutdown and brought up again.
2) No request comes from the client for more than "session timeout" period.
3) A servlet explicitly calls invalidate() on a session object.
4) If the session time out is set to 0 using setMaxInactiveInterval() method,
the session will never be invalidated automatically.

[Shivani Chandna]

Answer 2 &3 :
2) No request comes from the client for more than "session timeout" period.
3) A servlet explicitly calls invalidate() on a session object.

Regards,
Shivani

[Firas Zuriekat]

2) No request comes from the client for more than "session timeout" period

I don't understand why 2 is correct. I think for it to be correct it should be worded correctly (in terms of grammer and syntax). For it to be correct, it should be worded as follows (for e.g.):

2) No request comes from the client

You just can't talk apple and oranges. I mean you can't talk request and period. This is because request is not a form of time (period).

Please correct me if I am wrong.

[Mohd Fuzail]

2) No request comes from the client

Question is till when container will wait for request for client, before it decides to invalidate the session being create for that client.

Here 'Session Timeout' comes into picture. Container will wait till 'Session Timeout' time and if no request comes from Client till then, Session is invalidated.

Hope it helps