Sitecore 9 Developer Certification

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How does sitecore define a type of item (data schema)?

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Templates

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Why do we set icons on our templates?

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So authors can easily identify items that use that template.

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What is the default base template for all templates?

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Standard Template

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How do we make our changes appear on the live website?

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Publish

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What is xManagement?

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The CMS part of sitecore.

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What is the preferred way to modify the web.config?

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Using .config files in App_config/Include

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In what order are these changes (config patches) added by default?

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Alphabetically by file name

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How can you change order of .config file modifications?

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Using <loadOrder>

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What is stored in a Sitecore package?

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-Items

-Files

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What item setting needs to be specified for authors to be able to add content?

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Insert Options.

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Where are the default field values defined?

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On the Template Standard Values item

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What is the difference between Shared and Unversioned fields?

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Shared is across all versions, unversioned is language specific

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What is the recommended practice for setting Insert options?

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Insert Options are set on the Template Standard Values

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What setting determines whether or not an item can be viewed in the browser?

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Presentation Details

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What is the scaffolding of your presentation?

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Layout

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How do you register a layout with sitecore?

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Create a layout definition item

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What is the main DLL for developing in sitecore?

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Sitecore.Kernal.dll

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What are the two most common components in Sitecore MVC?

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-View Renderings

-Controller Renderings

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What is the difference between a view rendering and a controller rendering?

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Controller renderings follow the MVC pattern more closely

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What do you need to create to enable Dynamic Binding?

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A placeholder

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What parts of the page are typically added using Static Binding?

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Scaffolding (headers and footers, ect)

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What part of presentation details applies to all versions of an item?

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Shared Layout

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What is the name of the two fields that store presentation details?

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_Renderings

_Final Renderings

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Why would you use Dynamic Placeholders?

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To reuse a component containing placeholders

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What happens if you try to reuse a component containing a non-dynamic placeholder?

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Anything added to that placeholder is duplicated

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What property automatically prompts a user to choose a data source when adding a component in the Experience Editor?

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Datasource Location

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What two things does the Datasource Template do?

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-Restricts datasource selection by type

-Grants access to Create New Content

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How would you modify properties of a Dynamic Placeholder?

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Using the Rendering Parameter ph_<placeholderkey>_<propertyname>

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What does the Item Resolver do?

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Maps the URL to an item in the Content Tree

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How would you retrieve the URL of an item?

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Using LinkManager.GetItemUrl()

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What type of object does the GetChildren() method return?

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Sitecore.Collections.ChildList

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Why would you not use Axes.GetAncestors() when retrieving items?

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Poor performance when retrieving a large number of items?

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When would you use a Field's Source?

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To supply extra information to a field based on the Field's type such as options for:

-Multilist

-Treelist

-TreelistEx

-Droplist

-Droptree

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What would you use to render the contents of an Image, Text, Date, or Link field?

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The Render() method

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What Sitecore.Data.Fields namespace class would you use with a treelist field?

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MultilistField

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After rendering the contents of Treelist field, how would you enable authors to easily edit that field in the Experience Editor?

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Create an Edit Frame with a Field Editor button

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What is the biggest challenge when you post forms with Sitecore MVC?

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Having multiple controllers invoked in the same page request. Only one of them should handle the post.

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Why should you not create or modify items directly on the Web Database?

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If the changes only exist on the Web Database, they will be lost during the next publish operation.

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What three pieces of information do you require to create an item?

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-Name

-Template ID

-Location (parent node)

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What is the difference between a Profile Card and a Pattern Card?

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A Profile Card is assigned to content. A Pattern Card is assigned to a visitor.

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What do you need to do to support the use of Personalization?

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Componetize the page and use Data Sources whenever possible

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Why is Engagement Value so important?

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It measure the quality of the visitor traffic rather than simply the quantity. Other xDB tools use visitor's Engagement Value, such as Multivariant Tests.

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What two search providers does Sitecore ship with by default?

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-Solr

-Azure Search

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You are retrieving a large number of items using Axes.GetDescendant. what is a better alternative?

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Use Sitecore.ContentSearch API

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What happens when an item inside a bucket is not bucketable?

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The item is not hidden, it appears as a normal child item.

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Name some methods that are not supported by Sitecore's implementation of IQueryable<T>

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-GroupBy

-Aggregate

-Sum

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What happens if a role denied an access right and another allows it?

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It is denied

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How can you check the effective permission of an account?

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Using the Access Viewer

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What are two consequences if an item version is not in the final workflow state?

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-There is no automatic versioning

-That version is not publishable

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List the benefits of participating in the Sitecore Community?

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-Complete, reusable sample modules can be found on the Sitecore Marketplace and used in your own projects.

-Free 24/7 from a global community including Sitecore Employees, Certified Devs, and MVPs.

-Active contributors can become Sitecore MVPs. This gives you a lot of Sitecore-related benefits

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How can you make it easier to communicate with Sitecore Support?

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Use the Support Package Generator from the Sitecore Marketplace

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Why would you script your build process when you develop with Sitecore?

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To achieve automated, repeatable builds

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Why is it easier to work outside the webroot when it comes to deployment?

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It is easier to manage files that need to be deployed and configure deployment to multiple Sitecore installations.

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How should you persist your items in source control?

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By serializing them. How they are serialized depends on the tools you have at your disposal.