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Angular Router FormsDifficulty 2
Why does Angular provide both RouterModule.forRoot(routes) and RouterModule.forChild(routes)?
  • aforRoot is for standalone components and forChild is only for NgModules — a distinction that doesn't reflect how RouterModule actually works in either API style.
  • bThey are interchangeable aliases kept for backward compatibility
  • cIt provides the Router service once at the root, while forChild adds a feature module's routes to it.✓
  • dforChild is required only when using lazy loading, and has no effect otherwise
Explanation:forRoot() is meant to be called once at the root, since it provides the Router and its configuration. forChild() only adds route definitions to the existing router without re-providing the service, which avoids duplicate router instances when feature modules import RouterModule.
Angular Router FormsDifficulty 1
<a [routerLink]="['/products', product.id]">{{ product.name }}</a>

What does routerLink do here compared to a plain href?
  • aIt has no practical effect; <a> tags always cause a full page reload in Angular apps
  • bIt performs client-side navigation to the given route without a full page reload✓
  • cIt only works inside <button> elements, not <a> tags
  • dIt requires manually calling preventDefault() in the template to avoid a page reload
Explanation:The routerLink directive intercepts the click, prevents the browser's default full navigation, and asks the Angular Router to perform the navigation internally, updating the URL and rendering the matched component without a page reload.
Angular Router FormsDifficulty 2
What is the difference between route.snapshot.paramMap.get('id') and route.paramMap.subscribe(...) inside a component?
  • aThe snapshot reads params once; the observable emits again if the same instance is reused for new params.✓
  • bThere is no difference; both update automatically on every navigation
  • cparamMap as an observable only exists for query parameters, not route parameters
  • dThe snapshot is asynchronous while paramMap is synchronous, meaning snapshot.paramMap.get() might not have a value ready on the first change detection cycle.
Explanation:ActivatedRoute.snapshot provides a point-in-time, non-reactive read. When Angular reuses the same component instance across a param-only navigation (e.g. /products/1 to /products/2), route.snapshot is replaced with the new snapshot, but a value read earlier from the old snapshot receives no notification and does not update itself. Subscribing to route.paramMap receives new emissions for the updated params.
Angular Router FormsDifficulty 1
this.router.navigate(['/orders', orderId], { queryParams: { tab: 'details' } });

What does this call do?
  • aIt only updates query params, ignoring the /orders/:id segment
  • bIt throws a compile-time error because queryParams cannot be combined with an array path
  • cIt reloads the whole page and then navigates to /orders
  • dIt navigates to /orders/<orderId> and appends ?tab=details as a query string✓
Explanation:Router.navigate() takes a commands array to build the path (here /orders/<orderId>) plus a NavigationExtras object where queryParams is appended to the URL as query string parameters, without a full page reload.
Angular Router FormsDifficulty 2
const routes: Routes = [
  { path: 'products/:id', component: ProductDetailComponent },
  { path: '**', component: NotFoundComponent }
];

What is the purpose of the ** route?
  • aIt matches only URLs that literally contain two asterisks
  • bIt acts as a wildcard catch-all for URLs unmatched by earlier routes.✓
  • cIt matches the root / path exclusively, the same way an empty string path does, making it redundant with path: ''.
  • dIt must always be the first route in the array to work correctly
Explanation:** is Angular Router's wildcard path; it matches any URL. Because route matching is order-dependent (first match wins), it must be placed last so it only catches URLs that fell through every more specific route above it — typically used for a 404/not-found page.
Angular Router FormsDifficulty 2
What is the main benefit of using loadComponent (Angular 14+) or loadChildren for a route instead of eagerly importing the component/module?
  • aIt disables change detection for that route to improve rendering speed
  • bIt forces the component to always be rendered inside a <router-outlet> even if declared elsewhere
  • cIt automatically caches the component's HTTP requests for the app's lifetime, similar to how a service worker caches static assets.
  • dIt splits that route into a separate lazy chunk, reducing the initial bundle; the chunk is loaded on demand or may be fetched earlier by a configured preloading strategy.✓
Explanation:loadComponent/loadChildren commonly use a dynamic import() that the build tooling turns into a separate lazy chunk, reducing the initial bundle size. With the default NoPreloading strategy it is fetched when needed for navigation; PreloadAllModules or a custom preloading strategy can fetch eligible loadChildren and loadComponent chunks earlier in the background.

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