What happens when this Flask caching code runs? from flask import Flask from flask_caching import Cache import time app = Flask(name) app.config['CACHE_TYPE'] = 'SimpleCache' app.config['CACHE_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT'] = 300 cache = Cache(app) @cache.memoize(timeout=300) def expensive_calculation(user_id): time.sleep(5) return f"Result for user {user_id}" @app.route('/api/data/ ') def get_data(user_id): return expensive_calculation(user_id) If requests for user IDs 1, 2, 1 are made within 5 minutes, what's the total response time?

Modern Application Development II · End Term · 31 Aug 2025 · May 2025 term · Set QDB1

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What happens when this Flask caching code runs?

python

1from flask import Flask
2from flask_caching import Cache
3import time
4
5app = Flask(__name__)
6app.config['CACHE_TYPE'] = 'SimpleCache'
7app.config['CACHE_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT'] = 300
8
9cache = Cache(app)
10
11@cache.memoize(timeout=300)
12def expensive_calculation(user_id):
13    time.sleep(5)
14    return f"Result for user {user_id}"
15
16@app.route('/api/data/<int:user_id>')
17def get_data(user_id):
18    return expensive_calculation(user_id)

If requests for user IDs 1, 2, 1 are made within 5 minutes, what's the total response time?

A
15 seconds
B
10 seconds
C
5 seconds
D
0 seconds

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B
10 seconds

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Question 27 of 32 in the IIT Madras BS Modern Application Development II (MAD 2) End Term paper sat on 31 Aug 2025, in the May 2025 term (IIT M IMPROVEMENT AN EXAM QIB3 31 Aug 2025). It carries 4.5 marks.

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