SITECORE 9 CERTIFICATION
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
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)
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,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.
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,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.
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, 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.
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QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
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)
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,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.
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,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.
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, 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.
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