MCTS - Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist SharePoint 2010 Application Development Questions and Answers

Question 1

A developer needs to implement a business rule that prevents users from deleting a document in a specific library if its 'Approval Status' is 'Approved'.
The operation must be cancelled before the item is moved to the recycle bin, and a custom error message must be shown.
Which type of event receiver is required to accomplish this?

Accepted Answer

A synchronous ItemDeleting event receiver

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An asynchronous ItemDeleted event receiver

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A synchronous ItemAdded event receiver

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An asynchronous ItemDeleting event receiver

Question 2

When constructing a Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML) query in SharePoint 2010 to filter list items, which element must be used to combine two separate conditions with a logical AND?

Accepted Answer

<And>

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<Where>

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<Both>

Question 3

A developer creates a SharePoint Feature containing a custom list definition and several associated site columns. The requirement is that this list template must be available for use on any site within a specific site collection, but should not be available in other site collections. What is the most appropriate scope for this Feature?

Accepted Answer

Site

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Web

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Farm

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WebApplication

Question 4

A developer is building a WPF desktop application that will run on client machines outside of the SharePoint farm. The application needs to retrieve and update list items from a SharePoint 2010 site without using legacy ASMX web services. Which API is specifically designed for this remote, managed code scenario?

Accepted Answer

.NET Client-Side Object Model (CSOM)

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Server-Side Object Model

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Business Connectivity Services (BCS)

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RESTful (ListData.svc) API

Question 5

You are creating a custom Web Part for a collaborative dashboard. The Web Part has a property that allows each user to specify their favorite report from a list. You need to ensure that when one user sets this property, it does not affect the view for other users. Which attribute must be applied to the property in the Web Part's code-behind?

Accepted Answer

[Personalizable(PersonalizationScope.User)]

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[WebBrowsable(true)]

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[Category("Settings")]

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[ExportMode(ExportMode.All)]

Question 6

You are developing a custom SharePoint 2010 timer job that needs to run in the background to perform maintenance tasks across multiple site collections in a web application. Which object from the server-side object model is the most appropriate starting point for your code, given that there is no HTTP context available?

Accepted Answer

SPFarm.Local

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SPContext.Current

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new SPSite(url)

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SPList