Sitecore 9 certification Exam questions and
Answers
What is a WCMS? - ANSWER-A web content management system is a platform that
provides:
- Website authoring
- Collaboration
- Administration tools
What are the pillars of a WCMS - 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? - 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? - 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? - 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? - 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? - 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 - 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? - ANSWER-Standard
Template
What field type would you use for formatted HTML? - ANSWER-Rich Text Field
In content editor - 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? - ANSWER-
_BaseTemplateName
How the content of the website - ANSWER-settings, and configurations are
stored?,They are stored as items.
What is the base part of all content and how are they stored? - ANSWER-They are all
stored under /sitecore/conent in a tree structure
How can you identify items? - 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? -
ANSWER-Content Editor: Manual locking and unlocking
Experience Editor: Automatical ...
What are the 6 sections of the Sitecore tree? - 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? - ANSWER-Location, template, and name.
, What are Insert Options? - ANSWER-The options of templates users have for inserting
content.
It is a property of an item and defines the types of items that user can create as the
child of that item.
Insert Options can be also calculated automatically or based on user access.
How to lock and unlock an item as a non-admin user? - ANSWER-Click on Edit button,
do the editing and then click Edit again to unlock it.
What is a Standard Value? - ANSWER-- An item named __Standard Values
- Placed as the child of the template it is based on
- Used to define default values and settings for all items based on that template
- It is a value to use when the field value is null
Regarding __Standard Values and template inheritance - ANSWER-how the value of a
field is calculated?,1. If the field has a value, it will be set
2. If not, then the value of the same field in __Standard Values of the Template is used
if it is not null.
3. If not, then the value of the base template will be check and this scalation continuous
a value is found
4. If not, then it is set to null
What is an Initial Value? - ANSWER-Both default values and initial values are defined
by Standard Values but:
1. Initial values are only set when the field is created
(if you set a Standard Value field to an initial value, it will not affect created fields)
2. They defined by these $ token: $Name, $Date, and $Now
What are $Name - ANSWER-$Date, and $Now?,$Name: name of the content item
$Date: current date
$Now: date and time at the moment
How to set the value of a field to null? - ANSWER-Use the Reset button. Null and empty
are not the same in the Sitecore.
In Content Editor - ANSWER-How do you set Insert Options?,Configuration/Assign
button when the item is selected
What are the field versioning options? - ANSWER-Versioned: default, the field is
capable of having different data for each version and each language
Unversioned: Only one single copy of data exists for each language.
Answers
What is a WCMS? - ANSWER-A web content management system is a platform that
provides:
- Website authoring
- Collaboration
- Administration tools
What are the pillars of a WCMS - 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? - 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? - 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? - 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? - 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? - 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 - 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? - ANSWER-Standard
Template
What field type would you use for formatted HTML? - ANSWER-Rich Text Field
In content editor - 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? - ANSWER-
_BaseTemplateName
How the content of the website - ANSWER-settings, and configurations are
stored?,They are stored as items.
What is the base part of all content and how are they stored? - ANSWER-They are all
stored under /sitecore/conent in a tree structure
How can you identify items? - 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? -
ANSWER-Content Editor: Manual locking and unlocking
Experience Editor: Automatical ...
What are the 6 sections of the Sitecore tree? - 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? - ANSWER-Location, template, and name.
, What are Insert Options? - ANSWER-The options of templates users have for inserting
content.
It is a property of an item and defines the types of items that user can create as the
child of that item.
Insert Options can be also calculated automatically or based on user access.
How to lock and unlock an item as a non-admin user? - ANSWER-Click on Edit button,
do the editing and then click Edit again to unlock it.
What is a Standard Value? - ANSWER-- An item named __Standard Values
- Placed as the child of the template it is based on
- Used to define default values and settings for all items based on that template
- It is a value to use when the field value is null
Regarding __Standard Values and template inheritance - ANSWER-how the value of a
field is calculated?,1. If the field has a value, it will be set
2. If not, then the value of the same field in __Standard Values of the Template is used
if it is not null.
3. If not, then the value of the base template will be check and this scalation continuous
a value is found
4. If not, then it is set to null
What is an Initial Value? - ANSWER-Both default values and initial values are defined
by Standard Values but:
1. Initial values are only set when the field is created
(if you set a Standard Value field to an initial value, it will not affect created fields)
2. They defined by these $ token: $Name, $Date, and $Now
What are $Name - ANSWER-$Date, and $Now?,$Name: name of the content item
$Date: current date
$Now: date and time at the moment
How to set the value of a field to null? - ANSWER-Use the Reset button. Null and empty
are not the same in the Sitecore.
In Content Editor - ANSWER-How do you set Insert Options?,Configuration/Assign
button when the item is selected
What are the field versioning options? - ANSWER-Versioned: default, the field is
capable of having different data for each version and each language
Unversioned: Only one single copy of data exists for each language.
