Sitecore 9 certification UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is a WCMS? - CORRECT ANSWER - A web content management system is a
platform that provides:
- Website authoring
- Collaboration
- Administration tools
What are the pillars of a WCMS - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Data Definition: Basic data
infrastructure for website content
2. Content: The actual data required to show the website
3. Presentation: The content in a format to be consumed (look and feel of the web pages)
How are the WCMS pillars apply to Sitecore? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Data
Definition: Templates = data schema
2. Content: Items, defined by templates and info in stored fields (in a tree structure)
3. Presentation: Layout & Components to transform content into desired format (HTML, JSON,
XML, ...)
What marketing functionalities are offered by Sitecore eXperience WCMS? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. Analytics: Track visitors activity
2. Insights: Analyze the collected info
3. Decisions: targeted and personalized content
4. Automation: Individual conversation according to the visitor's online and offline behavior
What are the technologies the Sitecore is based on? - CORRECT ANSWER - Sitecore is
an ASP.net, you build your app wit VS and deploy it to IIS. It supports WebForms and MVC
paradigms.
,How do you access the login screen? - CORRECT ANSWER - Add /sitecore to the base
URL
You will access the Launcepad which is the main screen to access Sitecore applications base on
your access level.
What are the main editing applications? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Experience editor: an
authoring tool for non-technical users. Shows the content as live website visitors see it.
2. Content Editor: Provides more command and more functionality compared to experience
editor and displays the content in the stored format.
etc: Media Library (Only-media-item content editor) & Workbox
What would you use the Field Source for in Image - CORRECT ANSWER - Rich Text,
and Droplink fields?,Image: Set the folder in the Media Library
Rich Text: toolbar and Rich Text Editor configuration
Droplink: the item ID of the parent item of the Items to be displayed
What is the name of the template that all templates inherit from? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Standard Template
What field type would you use for formatted HTML? - CORRECT ANSWER - Rich Text
Field
In content editor - CORRECT ANSWER - How do you inherit from a base
template?,Select the template and go to build tab. When build tab is selected, a new section
called Builder/Options appears in the ribbon.
, What is the convention for naming abstract templates? - CORRECT ANSWER -
_BaseTemplateName
How the content of the website - CORRECT ANSWER - settings, and configurations are
stored?,They are stored as items.
What is the base part of all content and how are they stored? - CORRECT ANSWER -
They are all stored under /sitecore/conent in a tree structure
How can you identify items? - CORRECT ANSWER - Using their ID property.
Items might have the same path as it is possible to have two items with the same name in the
same location in the tree.
Which one of Content Editor and Experience Editor handles locking automatically? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Content Editor: Manual locking and unlocking
Experience Editor: Automatical ...
What are the 6 sections of the Sitecore tree? - CORRECT ANSWER - Content: all website
contents
Forms: web forms
Layout: presentation-related item
Media Library: Digital Assets
System: Configurations
Templates: Definition of the system and your templates (do not modify system templates)
Admins can use Insert from template to add a template. What should be specified to create a new
item? - CORRECT ANSWER - Location, template, and name.
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is a WCMS? - CORRECT ANSWER - A web content management system is a
platform that provides:
- Website authoring
- Collaboration
- Administration tools
What are the pillars of a WCMS - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Data Definition: Basic data
infrastructure for website content
2. Content: The actual data required to show the website
3. Presentation: The content in a format to be consumed (look and feel of the web pages)
How are the WCMS pillars apply to Sitecore? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Data
Definition: Templates = data schema
2. Content: Items, defined by templates and info in stored fields (in a tree structure)
3. Presentation: Layout & Components to transform content into desired format (HTML, JSON,
XML, ...)
What marketing functionalities are offered by Sitecore eXperience WCMS? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. Analytics: Track visitors activity
2. Insights: Analyze the collected info
3. Decisions: targeted and personalized content
4. Automation: Individual conversation according to the visitor's online and offline behavior
What are the technologies the Sitecore is based on? - CORRECT ANSWER - Sitecore is
an ASP.net, you build your app wit VS and deploy it to IIS. It supports WebForms and MVC
paradigms.
,How do you access the login screen? - CORRECT ANSWER - Add /sitecore to the base
URL
You will access the Launcepad which is the main screen to access Sitecore applications base on
your access level.
What are the main editing applications? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Experience editor: an
authoring tool for non-technical users. Shows the content as live website visitors see it.
2. Content Editor: Provides more command and more functionality compared to experience
editor and displays the content in the stored format.
etc: Media Library (Only-media-item content editor) & Workbox
What would you use the Field Source for in Image - CORRECT ANSWER - Rich Text,
and Droplink fields?,Image: Set the folder in the Media Library
Rich Text: toolbar and Rich Text Editor configuration
Droplink: the item ID of the parent item of the Items to be displayed
What is the name of the template that all templates inherit from? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Standard Template
What field type would you use for formatted HTML? - CORRECT ANSWER - Rich Text
Field
In content editor - CORRECT ANSWER - How do you inherit from a base
template?,Select the template and go to build tab. When build tab is selected, a new section
called Builder/Options appears in the ribbon.
, What is the convention for naming abstract templates? - CORRECT ANSWER -
_BaseTemplateName
How the content of the website - CORRECT ANSWER - settings, and configurations are
stored?,They are stored as items.
What is the base part of all content and how are they stored? - CORRECT ANSWER -
They are all stored under /sitecore/conent in a tree structure
How can you identify items? - CORRECT ANSWER - Using their ID property.
Items might have the same path as it is possible to have two items with the same name in the
same location in the tree.
Which one of Content Editor and Experience Editor handles locking automatically? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Content Editor: Manual locking and unlocking
Experience Editor: Automatical ...
What are the 6 sections of the Sitecore tree? - CORRECT ANSWER - Content: all website
contents
Forms: web forms
Layout: presentation-related item
Media Library: Digital Assets
System: Configurations
Templates: Definition of the system and your templates (do not modify system templates)
Admins can use Insert from template to add a template. What should be specified to create a new
item? - CORRECT ANSWER - Location, template, and name.
