Sitecore Certification Questions And Answers

Name two key components that make up Sitecore XP. - ANS Experience CMS and marketing platform What should you do before contacting support? - ANS Refer to Help Desk best practices What are your responsibilities as a developer? - ANS Build according to recommended practices Name three Sitecore interfaces - ANS Desktop, Content Editor, Experience Editor Everything in Sitecore is an... - ANS Item An item is not a... - ANS File An item's URL is determined by... - ANS It's position in the Content tree Name the process by which items are synchronized between the master and web database - ANS Publishing Which Experience Editor mode would you use to add a new component? - ANS Designing Mode Which Experience Editor mode would you use to add an image or edit text? - ANS Editing mode When a request comes in, Sitecore... - ANS maps URL to an item in the content tree and dynamically assembles presentation Name the three databases that are installed by default. - ANS master, web, and core Name some foundation features that Sitecore provides out of the box. - ANS Content versioning, multi-language support, Devices (adaptive design) support What is the name of the digital marketing management part of the Experience Platform that collects and aggregates contact information? - ANS xDB (or Experience Database) An item's type is determined by the __________ used to create it. - ANS Data template What is an item composed of? - ANS Field sections and fields What do you need to specify when creating a new field? - ANS Field name and type In the Content Editor, where can you find out which data template an item is based on? - ANS The Quick Info section on that item Some examples of field types are... - ANS Single-line text, rich text, image, date In which scenario would you use data template inheritance? - ANS When fields are repeated in multiple data templates Why is it important to think of your data template creation and inheritance structure from the beginning? - ANS Refactoring template inheritance may cause data loss By default, all data templates eventually inherit from which Sitecore data template? - ANS Standard Template What happens if the same field section name is used in multiple templates in a data template's inheritance tree? - ANS -The field sections will merge -Fields will be listed under this single section What happens if the same field name is used in two separate inherited data templates? - ANS -Fields do not merge -Both fields will appear -Best to avoid reusing the same field names Describe the Standard values item. - ANS -Always named _StandardValues -Child item of owning data templates -Is a special instance of an item --contains all fields What type of settings can be applied to standard values? - ANS Default field values, default insert options, Default presentation, Default Workflow What are two types of default field values? - ANS Dynamic (uses tokens) and Static How do tokens work? - ANS Tokens are replaced when an item is created. For example, there are tokens for the name of the item or the ID of the parent item. Name three tokens: - ANS $name, $date, $id, $parentid, $parentname, $time, $now What are the Insert Options? - ANS A list of item types (data templates) that can be created under a specific item Where should Insert Options be configured? - ANS On the data template's standard values which can be overridden at item level Why is it a good idea to configure Insert Options on standard values? - ANS All items using that data template will have the same Insert Options. What are presentation details? - ANS Configuration that determines what an item looks like when requested by the browser Describe how Sitecore resolves a page in comparison to a static HTML site. - ANS Normally, a URL points to an HTML file. In Sitecore, a request maps to an item and the page is dynamically assembled from smaller pieces. What is the name of the main Sitecore .dll? - ANS Sitecore.K What happens if you do not set Copy Local to False for your Sitecore.Kernel reference? - ANS Some dll's in bin folder will be deleted and you will need to get the full set from another installation to continue working. In a Sitecore context, what is the name given to an .aspx file? - ANS A Layout How is a Layout definition item connected to a Layout file? - ANS The Path field on the Layout definition item points to the location of the .aspx file. How do you configure an item's presentation details in Sitecore Rocks? - ANS Right-click->Tasks->Design Layout or CTRL+U. You can also use Command How many Layouts can you assign to a single item? - ANS One -- Per Device Name three different types of Sitecore components - ANS Sublayout, XSLT rendering, web control What type of file is a Sitecore Sublayout - ANS .ascx A component consists of a file on the file system and... - ANS A definition item in Sitecore How does a component definition item know where to find the associated file? - ANS By a Path field on the definition item