Microsoft Sharepoint 2013 SharePoint 2013 Social and Collaboration Features 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In SharePoint 2013, what is the purpose of the Newsfeed on a user's MySite?
- Display RSS feeds from external news sites
- Aggregate activity from people, documents, and sites the user follows (Correct answer)
- Show system notifications and alerts
- Display recent documents from all SharePoint sites
Correct answer: Aggregate activity from people, documents, and sites the user follows
The MySite Newsfeed in SharePoint 2013 aggregates social activity including posts, follows, likes, and mentions from the user's social network within SharePoint.
Question 2: What SharePoint 2013 feature allows colleagues to endorse skills listed on a user's profile?
- Skill Endorsement (Correct answer)
- Expertise Ratings
- Skills Verification
- Profile Voting
Correct answer: Skill Endorsement
Skill Endorsement in SharePoint 2013 MySites allows colleagues to validate and endorse skills listed on a user's profile, similar to LinkedIn endorsements.
Question 3: In SharePoint 2013, what does the 'mention' feature in Newsfeed allow?
- Mention external users via email notification
- Tag another user in a post using @username to notify them (Correct answer)
- Mention and link to documents in posts
- Create a meeting invitation from a post
Correct answer: Tag another user in a post using @username to notify them
The mention feature in SharePoint 2013 Newsfeed allows users to tag colleagues using @username syntax, which notifies the mentioned user and creates a link to their profile.
Question 4: What is a SharePoint 2013 SkyDrive Pro (now OneDrive for Business) used for?
- Syncing SharePoint document libraries to a user's local computer (Correct answer)
- Backing up SharePoint content to Microsoft cloud
- Sharing documents with external users via a public link
- Archiving older documents to secondary storage
Correct answer: Syncing SharePoint document libraries to a user's local computer
SkyDrive Pro (renamed OneDrive for Business) in SharePoint 2013 provides a sync client that allows users to synchronize SharePoint document libraries and their MySite documents to their local computer.
Question 5: Which SharePoint 2013 social feature allows users to mark a document or page as liked?
- Ratings (Like) (Correct answer)
- Social Bookmark
- Content Favorite
- Item Endorsement
Correct answer: Ratings (Like)
SharePoint 2013 provides a Ratings feature that can be configured as a 'Like' system, allowing users to indicate appreciation for content which appears in activity feeds.
Question 6: In SharePoint 2013, what is the purpose of the 'About Me' section on a MySite profile?
- Display system-assigned attributes from Active Directory only
- Allow users to provide a personal bio and information about their expertise and interests (Correct answer)
- Show the user's SharePoint permissions and group memberships
- Display the user's recent document activity
Correct answer: Allow users to provide a personal bio and information about their expertise and interests
The 'About Me' section on a SharePoint 2013 MySite profile is a free-form area where users can write personal biographies, describe their expertise, interests, and past experiences.
Microsoft Sharepoint 2013 SharePoint 2013 Social and Collaboration Features 2
In SharePoint 2013, what is the purpose of the Newsfeed on a user's MySite?