Render and redirect_to in rails

Question

I just answered a question on a quiz and the question is as follows:

Which of the following is an invalid statement regarding render and redirect_to?

• render doesn't send a new request but redirect_to does
• redirect_to doesn't send a new request but render does
• render will not cause the current action to stop executing
• redirect_to will not cause the current action to stop executing

I selected the Option 1 as my answer but it came out to be wrong. I checked online and found this link where it's clearly stated that redirect_to sends a new request to browser:

There is an important difference between render and redirect_to: render will tell Rails what view it should use (with the same parameters you may have already sent) but redirect_to sends a new request to the browser.

Answer 1

Option two will be the right answer as in question clearly written: Which of the following is an invalid statement

As you understood and know redirect_to send a new request but in option it says that doesn't send so it becomes invalid statement and your answer should be

redirect_to doesn't send a new request but render does

Note:

Kindly read question properly and understand it first before give the answer..

Answer 2

I guess you missed the invalid word in the question, the correct answer would be Option 4

redirect_to will not cause the current action to stop executing

Option 1 render doesn't send a new request but redirect_to does is valid, since redirect_to sends a get request to an action of type get , but render just renders the view , it has nothing to do with the other action