Microsoft Sharepoint 2013 SharePoint 2013 Social and Collaboration Features 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the SharePoint 2013 social feature that allows users to share brief updates visible to followers?
- Blog Posts
- Microblogging via Newsfeed (Correct answer)
- Discussion Boards
- Wiki Pages
Correct answer: Microblogging via Newsfeed
SharePoint 2013 introduced a Microblogging feature through the Newsfeed, allowing users to post brief status updates that appear in the feeds of their followers.
Question 2: In SharePoint 2013, where is a user's personal site (MySite) typically hosted?
- In the root site collection of the main web application
- In a dedicated My Site Host site collection (Correct answer)
- In each user's own separate web application
- In the Central Administration site collection
Correct answer: In a dedicated My Site Host site collection
SharePoint 2013 MySites are hosted in a dedicated My Site Host site collection, typically on a separate web application provisioned for personal sites.
Question 3: What SharePoint 2013 feature allows users to tag content with keywords and share those tags socially?
- Content Tagging
- Social Tagging and Bookmarks (Correct answer)
- Folksonomy Labels
- Metadata Pinning
Correct answer: Social Tagging and Bookmarks
Social Tagging and Bookmarks in SharePoint 2013 allow users to apply social tags and bookmarks to content, making those associations visible in activity feeds and user profiles.
Question 4: In SharePoint 2013, what is the Community Site template designed for?
- External community portals
- Discussion-based communities with reputation points and badges (Correct answer)
- Project team collaboration
- Knowledge base publishing
Correct answer: Discussion-based communities with reputation points and badges
The Community Site template in SharePoint 2013 provides a discussion-forum experience with reputation management, badges, and a member directory for communities of practice.
Question 5: What SharePoint 2013 feature allows users to follow sites, documents, and people to receive activity updates?
- Subscribe
- Alert Me
- Follow (Correct answer)
- Watch
Correct answer: Follow
The Follow feature in SharePoint 2013 allows users to follow sites, documents, tags, and people, aggregating their activity into the user's personal Newsfeed.
Question 6: Which SharePoint 2013 service application must be running for MySite and social features to function?
- Access Services
- User Profile Service Application (Correct answer)
- Managed Metadata Service
- Business Data Connectivity Service
Correct answer: User Profile Service Application
The User Profile Service Application is required for MySite provisioning, social tagging, following, and the Newsfeed features in SharePoint 2013.
What is the SharePoint 2013 social feature that allows users to share brief updates visible to followers?