Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 (Exams 70-331 & 70-332) — Questions and Answers

Question 1: What is the purpose of the SharePoint 2013 Design Manager?

Configure search result page designs
Manage SharePoint theme color schemes
Import HTML designs and convert them to SharePoint master pages and page layouts (Correct answer)
Manage site permission design

Correct answer: Import HTML designs and convert them to SharePoint master pages and page layouts

Design Manager in SharePoint 2013 enables web designers to upload HTML/CSS designs which SharePoint converts into master pages and page layouts for Publishing sites.

Question 2: 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 3: Which SharePoint 2013 API allows mobile apps to interact with SharePoint using JSON responses?

WCF SharePoint API
SharePoint REST API with OData (Correct answer)
SOAP Services
ASMX Web Services

Correct answer: SharePoint REST API with OData

The SharePoint 2013 REST API supports OData queries and returns JSON responses, making it ideal for mobile and JavaScript applications.

Question 4: What is the role of the Workflow Manager in a SharePoint 2013 farm?

Schedule workflows to run at specified times
Provide an external execution environment for SharePoint 2013 workflows (Correct answer)
Monitor and restart failed workflows automatically
Manage workflow permissions and security

Correct answer: Provide an external execution environment for SharePoint 2013 workflows

Workflow Manager is an external service that SharePoint 2013 connects to for executing SharePoint 2013 platform workflows, providing scalability and new workflow features outside the SharePoint process.

Question 5: What is the purpose of the SharePoint 2013 BCS (Business Connectivity Services)?

Provide backup connectivity to SQL Server
Synchronize SharePoint content with Office 365
Enable cross-farm site collection access
Connect SharePoint to external data sources as if they were SharePoint lists (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Connect SharePoint to external data sources as if they were SharePoint lists

Business Connectivity Services (BCS) allows SharePoint 2013 to surface data from external systems like SAP, Siebel, or custom databases as native SharePoint content.

Question 6: In SharePoint 2013, what does a Content Enrichment Web Service allow?

Enrich search result display with additional web parts
Add metadata to documents during crawl before indexing (Correct answer)
Add external content to SharePoint libraries
Enhance content with social tags automatically

Correct answer: Add metadata to documents during crawl before indexing

The Content Enrichment Web Service in SharePoint 2013 allows external systems to add or modify managed property values during the crawl pipeline before content is indexed.

Question 7: Which SharePoint 2013 feature records user actions such as viewing, editing, and deleting documents for security and compliance auditing?

Change tracking
Event log
Version history
Audit log (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Audit log

SharePoint 2013's Audit log records user actions including viewing, editing, deleting, and checking documents in/out, providing a trail for security and compliance reviews.

Question 8: What is the new workflow engine introduced in SharePoint 2013 that replaces the Windows Workflow Foundation engine?

Microsoft Flow integration
Workflow Manager 1.0 with Azure Workflow (Correct answer)
SharePoint Designer Workflow 2.0
SharePoint Workflow Service

Correct answer: Workflow Manager 1.0 with Azure Workflow

SharePoint 2013 introduced Workflow Manager 1.0, an external Azure-based workflow engine that replaces the legacy Windows Workflow Foundation engine used in SharePoint 2010.

Question 9: In SharePoint 2013, what is a crawl rule used for?

Include or exclude specific URLs from being crawled and configure authentication (Correct answer)
Set the priority order of content sources
Define which users can trigger crawls
Define how crawled properties map to managed properties

Correct answer: Include or exclude specific URLs from being crawled and configure authentication

Crawl rules in SharePoint 2013 Search allow administrators to exclude specific URLs from crawling or to provide authentication credentials for crawling secured content.

Question 10: Which SharePoint 2013 feature requires documents to be reviewed and approved by designated users before they become visible to general site visitors?

Content Approval (Correct answer)
Workflow notification
Version control
Document rating

Correct answer: Content Approval

Content Approval in SharePoint 2013 requires documents to be approved by authorized users before they become visible to all users who have read permission.

Question 11: Which SharePoint 2013 object model namespace is used for server-side code?

System.SharePoint
SharePoint.Server
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client
Microsoft.SharePoint (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Microsoft.SharePoint

Microsoft.SharePoint is the primary namespace for server-side SharePoint 2013 object model, while Microsoft.SharePoint.Client is for CSOM.

Question 12: What SharePoint 2013 API endpoint format is used to access list items via REST?

/api/v1/lists/ListName
/_vti_bin/lists.asmx
/rest/lists/ListName/items
/_api/lists/getbytitle('ListName')/items (Correct answer)

Correct answer: /_api/lists/getbytitle('ListName')/items

The SharePoint 2013 REST API uses the /_api/ path prefix, and list items are accessed via /_api/lists/getbytitle('ListName')/items.

Question 13: Which PowerShell cmdlet backs up a SharePoint 2013 farm?

Backup-SPFarm (Correct answer)
Archive-SPFarm
Save-SPFarm
Export-SPFarm

Correct answer: Backup-SPFarm

Backup-SPFarm is the PowerShell cmdlet used to create a backup of a SharePoint 2013 farm.

Question 14: Which SharePoint 2013 BI feature allows users to create and publish interactive dashboards from Excel workbooks?

Power View for SharePoint
SQL Server Reporting Services
PerformancePoint Services
Excel Services (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Excel Services

Excel Services in SharePoint 2013 allows users to publish Excel workbooks to SharePoint, enabling browser-based interactive viewing and data analysis without a local Excel installation.

Question 15: In SharePoint 2013 Central Administration, where do you configure outgoing email settings?

System Settings (Correct answer)
Security
Monitoring
Application Management

Correct answer: System Settings

Outgoing email settings in SharePoint 2013 are configured under System Settings in Central Administration.

Question 16: What is the maximum number of site collections that can reside in a single SharePoint 2013 content database?

25,000
10,000
1,000
5,000 (Correct answer)

Correct answer: 5,000

Microsoft supports up to 5,000 site collections per content database in SharePoint 2013 for optimal performance.

Question 17: Which SharePoint 2013 feature enables federated search queries to external search engines or data sources?

Remote Result Source (Correct answer)
External Search Provider
Cross-Farm Search
Federated Locations

Correct answer: Remote Result Source

Result Sources in SharePoint 2013 can be configured as Remote Result Sources to federate search queries to external OpenSearch-compatible engines or SharePoint farms.

Question 18: What SharePoint 2013 technology allows pages to update sections without full page reloads?

Web Part Refresh
Minimal Download Strategy (MDS) (Correct answer)
Async Page Loading
AJAX Page Parts

Correct answer: Minimal Download Strategy (MDS)

Minimal Download Strategy (MDS) in SharePoint 2013 reduces page load time by downloading only the changed portions of a page rather than reloading the entire page.

Question 19: In SharePoint 2013, what does a Provider-Hosted App use to communicate with SharePoint?

SOAP web services
Direct database access
SharePoint Client-Side Object Model (CSOM) or REST API (Correct answer)
Server-side code running in the farm

Correct answer: SharePoint Client-Side Object Model (CSOM) or REST API

Provider-Hosted Apps in SharePoint 2013 communicate with SharePoint using CSOM or the REST API over OAuth authentication.

Question 20: In an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) forest, you oversee a SharePoint farm. You put SharePoint Online into action. <br> Users of AD DS must be able to access SharePoint Online resources as well as sites hosted on-premises without needing to log in each time. For the SharePointfarm to validate incoming tokens, you change the default certificate. <br> Make that SharePoint is using the new certificate. <br> What service do you need to restart?

Certificate Service
SharePoint Timer Service (Correct answer)
Component Services
Security Token Service

Correct answer: SharePoint Timer Service

When changing the default certificate for a SharePoint farm to validate incoming tokens, such as for SharePoint Online access, the SharePoint Timer Service needs to be restarted. This service is responsible for executing scheduled jobs, including those that refresh security configurations and certificate trusts. Restarting it ensures that the farm picks up the new certificate configuration and applies it correctly for token validation, enabling seamless authentication.

Question 21: Which SharePoint 2013 permission type explicitly blocks access to a resource regardless of other permissions a user may have through group membership?

Deny permissions (Correct answer)
View Only
Limited Access
Restricted Read

Correct answer: Deny permissions

Deny permissions explicitly block access to a resource and override any other access grants the user may have through group membership.

Question 22: In SharePoint 2013, what does the 'Check Permissions' feature allow administrators to do?

View all permission levels a specific user has on a resource (Correct answer)
Audit all recent permission changes
Compare two users' access rights
Reset a user's password

Correct answer: View all permission levels a specific user has on a resource

The 'Check Permissions' feature allows administrators to see exactly which permission levels a specific user has on a particular site or item.

Question 23: In SharePoint 2013, which service is responsible for synchronizing user profiles from Active Directory?

Identity Management Service
Active Directory Import
Directory Sync Service
User Profile Synchronization Service (Correct answer)

Correct answer: User Profile Synchronization Service

The User Profile Synchronization Service in SharePoint 2013 synchronizes user profile properties from Active Directory and other LDAP sources.

Question 24: Which SharePoint 2013 service application must be running for MySite and social features to function?

Managed Metadata Service
Access Services
Business Data Connectivity Service
User Profile Service Application (Correct answer)

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.

Question 25: Which SharePoint 2013 authentication provider uses Active Directory credentials to authenticate users?

Basic authentication
Windows authentication (Correct answer)
Forms-based authentication
SAML token-based authentication

Correct answer: Windows authentication

Windows authentication uses Active Directory credentials, making it the native and default authentication method for on-premises SharePoint in corporate environments.

Question 26: In SharePoint 2013, what is Continuous Crawl?

A crawl mode that prioritizes new documents over existing ones
A crawl that monitors changes via event notifications
A crawl schedule that runs at short, frequent intervals to keep the index nearly real-time (Correct answer)
A crawl that runs without stopping to index all content

Correct answer: A crawl schedule that runs at short, frequent intervals to keep the index nearly real-time

Continuous Crawl in SharePoint 2013 is a crawl mode that automatically runs incremental crawls at frequent 15-minute intervals to minimize the delay between content changes and search availability.

Question 27: In SharePoint 2013, which permission level includes the ability to edit and approve pages, list items, and documents for publishing?

Contribute
Design
Approve (Correct answer)
Edit

Correct answer: Approve

The Approve permission level in SharePoint 2013 grants users the ability to edit and approve content for publication in addition to standard contribute rights.

Question 28: In SharePoint 2013, what is the default content database size warning threshold?

500 GB
200 GB (Correct answer)
100 GB
50 GB

Correct answer: 200 GB

SharePoint 2013 issues a warning when a content database reaches 200 GB, though it can technically support up to 4 TB.

Question 29: What is the purpose of Visio 2013's integration with SharePoint Designer 2013 workflows?

Generate Visio diagrams from SharePoint site maps
Allow workflows designed in Visio to be exported to SharePoint Designer for implementation (Correct answer)
Visualize SharePoint farm topology in Visio
Create org charts from the User Profile Service

Correct answer: Allow workflows designed in Visio to be exported to SharePoint Designer for implementation

Visio 2013 can be used to visually design workflow diagrams that can be exported to SharePoint Designer 2013, where they are converted into functional workflows.

Question 30: Make that the supplied files may be published by the content creators. What ought you to do?

Create multiple authoring site collections. Create a site that contains multiple lists, document libraries, and Pages libraries. Create an asset library in a new site collection, and enable anonymous access to the library on the publishing web application.
Create multiple authoring site collections. Create a site that contains lists, document libraries, and 3 Pages library. Create an asset library in a new site collection, and enable anonymous access to the library on the publishing web application.
Create one authoring site collection. Create a site that contains multiple lists, document libraries, and Pages libraries. Create an asset library in a new site collection, and enable anonymous access to the library on the publishing web application.
Create multiple authoring site collections. Create a site that contains lists, document libraries, and 3 Pages library. Create an asset library in the authoring site collection, and enable anonymous access to the library on the authoring web application. (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Create multiple authoring site collections. Create a site that contains lists, document libraries, and 3 Pages library. Create an asset library in the authoring site collection, and enable anonymous access to the library on the authoring web application.

To enable content creators to publish files effectively, a well-structured authoring environment is crucial. Creating multiple authoring site collections provides organizational flexibility, and an asset library within the authoring site collection is essential for storing media. Enabling anonymous access to this asset library on the *authoring* web application ensures creators can easily access and link to assets during the content creation process, streamlining their workflow.

Question 31: Which SharePoint 2013 administration feature allows setting permission policies for specific users across an entire web application, overriding all other permissions?

Central Administration Permission Manager
Web Application User Policy (Correct answer)
Site Collection Administration
Farm-level security policy

Correct answer: Web Application User Policy

The Web Application User Policy in Central Administration allows administrators to set permission policies that apply to specific users across the entire web application, overriding all site-level permissions.

Question 32: Which SharePoint 2013 Search topology component handles the transformation and mapping of crawled content into index items?

Index component
Content Processing component (Correct answer)
Crawl component
Query Processing component

Correct answer: Content Processing component

The Content Processing component in SharePoint 2013 Search processes crawled items by extracting text, applying crawled property mappings, and transforming content before it reaches the index.

Question 33: What SharePoint 2013 feature allows colleagues to endorse skills listed on a user's profile?

Skills Verification
Expertise Ratings
Profile Voting
Skill Endorsement (Correct answer)

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 34: What is the purpose of the SharePoint 2013 Health Analyzer?

Analyze search crawl performance
Identify and alert on farm configuration problems (Correct answer)
Monitor user activity
Monitor server hardware health

Correct answer: Identify and alert on farm configuration problems

The SharePoint 2013 Health Analyzer automatically identifies and alerts administrators to configuration problems and best-practice violations in the farm.

Question 35: In SharePoint 2013 Search, what does KQL stand for?

Knowledge-base Query Logic
Key Query Level
Keyword Query Language (Correct answer)
Knowledge Query Language

Correct answer: Keyword Query Language

KQL stands for Keyword Query Language, the primary query syntax used in SharePoint 2013 Search for constructing search queries.

Question 36: In SharePoint 2013, what is a Display Template used for?

Managing user profile display settings
Configuring calendar event display formats
Controlling how search results and Content Search Web Part items are rendered (Correct answer)
Defining how records are displayed in the Records Center

Correct answer: Controlling how search results and Content Search Web Part items are rendered

Display Templates in SharePoint 2013 are HTML/JavaScript files that control how search results and Content Search Web Part items are rendered to end users.

Question 37: What is the SharePoint 2013 Search component responsible for crawling content sources?

Content Processing component
Index component
Crawl component (Correct answer)
Query Processing component

Correct answer: Crawl component

The Crawl component in SharePoint 2013 Search is responsible for discovering and fetching content from configured content sources for indexing.

Question 38: Which SharePoint 2013 feature enables creating KPI indicators that display status icons based on thresholds?

Status Indicator Web Part
Scorecard Builder
PerformancePoint KPI designer
Key Performance Indicator List (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Key Performance Indicator List

The Key Performance Indicator (KPI) List in SharePoint 2013 allows users to create visual status indicators with traffic-light icons based on configurable threshold values.

Question 39: Which log file in SharePoint 2013 contains detailed Unified Logging System (ULS) trace information?

HIVE\logs\trace*.log
SharePoint.log
14\LOGS\*.log (Correct answer)
C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\*.log

Correct answer: 14\LOGS\*.log

SharePoint 2013 ULS logs are stored by default in the 14 hive's LOGS folder with timestamped filenames.

Question 40: The current managed metadata service application needs to be configured for term store management. Which three things ought you to do? (Select three; each accurate response contains a component of the answer.)

Grant the Read Access to Term Store permission to the Local Farm account.
Grant the Read and Restricted Write Access to Term Store permission to the Local Farm account. (Correct answer)
Grant the Full Access to Term Store permission to the Blue Yonder application pool account. (Correct answer)
Add the managed metadata service connection to the application proxy group that is assigned to all three web applications. (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Grant the Read and Restricted Write Access to Term Store permission to the Local Farm account.

To configure a managed metadata service application for term store management, several permissions and connections are crucial. Granting 'Full Access to Term Store' to the application pool account running the consuming web application ensures it can manage terms. Adding the managed metadata service connection to the application proxy group makes the term store accessible across relevant web applications. Finally, granting 'Read and Restricted Write Access to Term Store' to the Local Farm account allows the farm to perform necessary operations while maintaining security.

Question 41: In SharePoint 2013, what does the 'Publish to PerformancePoint' feature in SharePoint Designer allow?

Publish list data directly to PerformancePoint dashboards
Export workflow diagrams as PerformancePoint KPI charts
Connect SharePoint Designer data connections to PerformancePoint data sources (Correct answer)
Export designed forms to PerformancePoint for business intelligence reporting

Correct answer: Connect SharePoint Designer data connections to PerformancePoint data sources

SharePoint Designer 2013 allows BI developers to connect data connections and publish them to PerformancePoint Services for use in dashboards and scorecards.

Question 42: What is the purpose of a Result Source in SharePoint 2013 Search?

Define a scope that limits search queries to specific locations or content types (Correct answer)
Specify which content databases to search
Configure which search result template to use
Set the search index partition location

Correct answer: Define a scope that limits search queries to specific locations or content types

Result Sources in SharePoint 2013 Search define scoped queries that limit results to specific locations, content types, or other criteria, replacing the 'Scopes' feature from previous versions.

Question 43: For typical usage scenarios, you must put into practice corporate sizing and performance criteria. Which three things ought you to do? (Select three; each accurate response contains a component of the answer.)

For the Remote BLOB Storage (RBS) storage subsystem on network attached storage (NAS), limit the maximum time-to-ﬁrst-byte (TTFB) of any response from the NAS to 20 milliseconds. (Correct answer)
Limit the number of documents in each content database to 10 million. (Correct answer)
Limit the number of documents in each document library to 20 million.
Limit the maximum size of each content database to 200 GB. (Correct answer)

Correct answer: For the Remote BLOB Storage (RBS) storage subsystem on network attached storage (NAS), limit the maximum time-to-ﬁrst-byte (TTFB) of any response from the NAS to 20 milliseconds.

Adhering to Microsoft's recommended limits is crucial for meeting corporate sizing and performance criteria in SharePoint 2013. Limiting content databases to 10 million documents and a maximum size of 200 GB helps maintain optimal database performance and manageability. For Remote BLOB Storage (RBS) on NAS, ensuring a maximum time-to-first-byte (TTFB) of 20 milliseconds is vital for fast retrieval of large files, directly impacting user experience and overall system responsiveness.

Question 44: Which SharePoint 2013 workflow type is associated with a list or library and runs on items within that list?

Site Workflow
List Workflow (Correct answer)
Reusable Workflow
Global Workflow

Correct answer: List Workflow

A List Workflow in SharePoint 2013 is associated with a specific list or library and is designed to automate processes on items within that specific list.

Question 45: Which PowerShell cmdlet is used to create a new SharePoint 2013 web application?

Add-SPWebApplication
New-SPSite
Create-SPWebApplication
New-SPWebApplication (Correct answer)

Correct answer: New-SPWebApplication

New-SPWebApplication is the PowerShell cmdlet used to create a new web application in SharePoint 2013.

Question 46: What is the purpose of search scopes in legacy SharePoint compared to Result Sources in SharePoint 2013?

Scopes and Result Sources are identical features with different names
Result Sources are simpler but less powerful than scopes
Scopes still exist in 2013 alongside Result Sources
Result Sources replaced scopes and provide more granular control with query transforms (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Result Sources replaced scopes and provide more granular control with query transforms

SharePoint 2013 replaced search scopes with Result Sources, which offer more flexibility through query transforms and support both local and remote search sources.

Question 47: What SharePoint 2013 feature allows site owners to grant users outside the organization access to collaborate on a site?

Guest access tokens
External sharing (Correct answer)
Anonymous access
Federated browsing

Correct answer: External sharing

SharePoint 2013's external sharing feature allows site owners to invite external users to collaborate, provided it is enabled at the web application and site collection level.

Question 48: 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)
Archiving older documents to secondary storage
Backing up SharePoint content to Microsoft cloud
Sharing documents with external users via a public link

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 49: What SharePoint 2013 search feature automatically corrects misspelled query terms?

Fuzzy Matching
Query Spelling Correction (Correct answer)
Smart Query Correction
Auto-Suggest

Correct answer: Query Spelling Correction

Query Spelling Correction in SharePoint 2013 Search automatically detects and corrects misspelled search terms using a dictionary built from crawled content.

Question 50: In SharePoint 2013, what is PerformancePoint Services used for?

Measuring page load performance for sites
Analyzing search performance metrics
Creating KPI scorecards, dashboards, and analytical reports for business intelligence (Correct answer)
Monitoring SharePoint server performance

Correct answer: Creating KPI scorecards, dashboards, and analytical reports for business intelligence

PerformancePoint Services in SharePoint 2013 is a BI service application that provides tools for building KPI scorecards, dashboards, analytical charts, and reports connected to data sources.

Question 51: What SharePoint 2013 workflow action pauses a workflow until a specific date and time?

Pause Until Date (Correct answer)
Wait for Field Change
Delay For
Hold Until

Correct answer: Pause Until Date

The 'Pause Until Date' action in SharePoint 2013 workflows suspends workflow execution until a specified date and time value is reached.

Question 52: What is the SharePoint 2013 feature that enables administrators to set policies for site collection storage limits?

Site Limits
Quota Templates (Correct answer)
Storage Policies
Capacity Manager

Correct answer: Quota Templates

Quota Templates in SharePoint 2013 allow administrators to set storage limits and warning levels that can be applied to site collections.

Question 53: In SharePoint 2013, what is the primary purpose of the 'Limited Access' permission level?

Restricting administrators from full site control
Providing read-only access to specific documents
Allowing access to a specific item when a user has no direct site-level access (Correct answer)
Granting temporary access to external users

Correct answer: Allowing access to a specific item when a user has no direct site-level access

Limited Access is automatically assigned by SharePoint when users are given access to a specific item within a site to which they otherwise have no access.

Question 54: What is the purpose of the Unattached Content Database Recovery feature in SharePoint 2013?

Repair corrupted content databases
Recover deleted items from Recycle Bin
Reconnect orphaned site collections
Restore data from a content DB not attached to the farm (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Restore data from a content DB not attached to the farm

The Unattached Content Database Recovery feature allows administrators to restore content from a content database without attaching it to the farm.

Question 55: In SharePoint 2013, what is the Access Services application used for?

Controlling user access permissions across the farm
Managing access control lists for document libraries
Providing API access to SharePoint data
Publishing Microsoft Access databases as SharePoint web applications (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Publishing Microsoft Access databases as SharePoint web applications

Access Services in SharePoint 2013 enables users to publish Access 2013 database applications to SharePoint, where they run as browser-based apps stored in SQL Azure or SQL Server.

Question 56: What is the new app model introduced in SharePoint 2013 that replaces traditional farm solutions?

Sandbox Solutions
Feature Framework
Web Parts
SharePoint Add-ins (Apps) (Correct answer)

Correct answer: SharePoint Add-ins (Apps)

SharePoint 2013 introduced the SharePoint Add-ins (formerly called Apps) model as the recommended approach for extending SharePoint without farm-level deployment.

Question 57: In SharePoint 2013, what is the role of the _layouts virtual directory?

Host SharePoint application pages shared across all sites (Correct answer)
Manage page layout templates for publishing
Store site collection-specific layouts
Store user-uploaded page designs

Correct answer: Host SharePoint application pages shared across all sites

The _layouts virtual directory in SharePoint 2013 hosts application pages (ASPX files) that are shared across all sites and site collections in the farm.

Question 58: Which SharePoint 2013 feature allows end users to request access to a site they cannot currently reach?

User invitation
Access Request (Correct answer)
Self-service site creation
Permission elevation

Correct answer: Access Request

The Access Request feature sends an email notification to site administrators when a user attempts to access a site without sufficient permissions.

Question 59: In SharePoint 2013, what happens to a subsite's permissions by default when the parent site's permissions are changed?

Subsite permissions are unaffected
Subsite permissions are deleted
Subsite permissions are automatically updated to match the parent (Correct answer)
Subsite permissions require manual updates

Correct answer: Subsite permissions are automatically updated to match the parent

By default, SharePoint sites inherit permissions from their parent site, so changes to parent permissions automatically propagate to child sites.

Question 60: Which SharePoint 2013 collaboration feature allows teams to capture meeting agendas, attendees, and decisions in a structured format?

Calendar Event Detail Page
Meeting Workspace site template (Correct answer)
Outlook Meeting Export
Meeting Notes Page

Correct answer: Meeting Workspace site template

The Meeting Workspace site template in SharePoint 2013 provides structured templates for capturing meeting objectives, agendas, attendees, tasks, and decisions.

Question 61: Which SharePoint 2013 BI component provides a data connection library for centrally storing and managing data source connections?

BI Connection Store
Connection Manager
Data Connection Library (DCL) (Correct answer)
Central Data Repository

Correct answer: Data Connection Library (DCL)

The Data Connection Library (DCL) in SharePoint 2013 is a specialized document library for storing Office Data Connection (.odc) and Universal Data Connection (.udcx) files for reuse across Excel and PerformancePoint.

Question 62: In SharePoint 2013, what is the function of the Secure Store Service for BI scenarios?

Securely store and map credentials for accessing external data sources used in BI reports (Correct answer)
Store encrypted content in locked document libraries
Provide secure external access to SharePoint sites
Encrypt workflow variables containing sensitive data

Correct answer: Securely store and map credentials for accessing external data sources used in BI reports

The Secure Store Service in SharePoint 2013 stores credentials that are mapped to target application IDs, enabling Excel Services and other BI services to access external data sources using stored credentials.

Question 63: Which SharePoint 2013 site template is designed for team collaboration with document libraries, calendars, and tasks?

Community Site
My Site
Team Site (Correct answer)
Publishing Site

Correct answer: Team Site

The Team Site template in SharePoint 2013 is the standard collaboration site providing document libraries, calendars, tasks lists, and team newsfeeds.

Question 64: In SharePoint 2013, what is the Content Search Web Part primarily used for?

Displaying dynamically retrieved content based on a search query on any page (Correct answer)
Searching content within a document library only
Providing full-text search within a page
Displaying search results from the default search page

Correct answer: Displaying dynamically retrieved content based on a search query on any page

The Content Search Web Part in SharePoint 2013 executes a configured search query and displays the results on any SharePoint page, enabling search-driven content aggregation.

Question 65: For a site within a SharePoint site collection, you are configuring a query rule. Only for a specified time period do you need to advertise certain search results. What are the two things you should do? (Select two accurate answers; each one contributes to the answer.)

Add the rule with a source type.
Configure publishing options for the rule. (Correct answer)
Configure actions for the rule. (Correct answer)
Add the rule without a source type.

Correct answer: Configure publishing options for the rule.

To advertise specific search results only for a defined time period using a query rule in SharePoint, two main steps are required. First, you must 'Configure actions for the rule' to specify which results or blocks of results should be promoted. Second, you need to 'Configure publishing options for the rule,' which includes setting start and end dates for when the rule should be active, thereby controlling the time-bound visibility of those advertised results.

Question 66: In SharePoint 2013, what is a Sandboxed Solution?

A solution deployed only to test environments
A solution for SharePoint Online only
A solution deployed without administrator approval
A solution that runs in a restricted process isolated from the farm (Correct answer)

Correct answer: A solution that runs in a restricted process isolated from the farm

A Sandboxed Solution in SharePoint 2013 runs in an isolated worker process with restricted permissions, preventing it from affecting the entire farm.

Question 67: What SharePoint 2013 search feature promotes specific results to the top of search results for certain queries?

Best Bets
Featured Snippets
Query Rules with promoted results (Correct answer)
Priority Results

Correct answer: Query Rules with promoted results

In SharePoint 2013, Query Rules can be configured with 'Promoted Results' actions (the successor to Best Bets) to pin specific results at the top for matching queries.

Question 68: In SharePoint 2013, which authentication method supports federated identity scenarios, allowing users from partner organizations with different identity providers to authenticate?

Certificate authentication
Basic authentication
Windows authentication
SAML token-based authentication (Correct answer)

Correct answer: SAML token-based authentication

SAML token-based authentication in SharePoint 2013 supports federated identity scenarios, enabling users from trusted partner organizations with different identity providers to authenticate.

Question 69: You want to set up a server farm for SharePoint Server 2013. The farm will have two front-end Web servers set up as the following table illustrates. Use the front-end Web server with the least health threshold value to ensure that pages are rendered. Which service ought you to utilize?

Request Management (Correct answer)
Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Subscription Settings Service
Distributed Cache
Work Management Service

Correct answer: Request Management

Request Management in SharePoint Server 2013 is the service responsible for intelligently routing incoming requests to the most appropriate front-end Web server. To ensure pages are rendered by the server with the least health threshold value, Request Management can be configured to evaluate server health and distribute traffic accordingly. This optimizes performance, ensures high availability, and prevents overloading less healthy servers.

Question 70: In SharePoint 2013, what does Power View provide?

Interactive data visualization and reporting in browser through SQL Server Reporting Services integration (Correct answer)
A mobile-optimized view of SharePoint content
A read-only view for external users
A simplified view mode for sites with reduced navigation

Correct answer: Interactive data visualization and reporting in browser through SQL Server Reporting Services integration

Power View in SharePoint 2013 (through SSRS integration) provides interactive data visualization, enabling users to create charts, maps, and slicers from BI semantic model data sources.

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 (Exams 70-331 & 70-332)

Validates skills in deploying, configuring, and managing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 environments, covering infrastructure planning, security, search, business intelligence, workflows, and development customization across the MCSE: SharePoint certification track.

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learn.microsoft.com — Score validity, retake policy, passing score, score release, exam format · verified Nov 2026
pearsonvue.com — Test delivery · verified Nov 2026