Microsoft Sharepoint 2013 Core Solutions of Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which SharePoint 2013 feature allows users to follow documents, sites, and people to receive updates in their newsfeed?
- Social tagging
- Social following (Correct answer)
- Activity feeds
- Content alerts
Correct answer: Social following
The Social Following feature in SharePoint 2013 lets users follow documents, sites, and people, aggregating updates in their personal newsfeed.
Question 2: In SharePoint 2013, what is the purpose of the Content Type Hub?
- To store all site collection content types locally
- To publish content types across multiple site collections via the Managed Metadata Service (Correct answer)
- To manage document library templates
- To synchronize user profiles across farms
Correct answer: To publish content types across multiple site collections via the Managed Metadata Service
The Content Type Hub is a site collection that publishes content types to other site collections through the Managed Metadata Service Application.
Question 3: Which SharePoint 2013 service application enables cross-site collection search and taxonomy sharing?
- User Profile Service
- Managed Metadata Service (Correct answer)
- Business Connectivity Services
- PerformancePoint Services
Correct answer: Managed Metadata Service
The Managed Metadata Service Application provides shared taxonomy, content types, and keywords across site collections and farms.
Question 4: What is a SharePoint 2013 'App Part' used for?
- Deploying farm solutions
- Embedding an app's content within a SharePoint page using an IFrame (Correct answer)
- Creating managed metadata terms
- Publishing content types to sub-sites
Correct answer: Embedding an app's content within a SharePoint page using an IFrame
An App Part (Client Web Part) renders an app's UI inside an IFrame embedded on a SharePoint page.
Question 5: In SharePoint 2013, which permission level grants users the ability to view pages and list items but not edit them?
- Contribute
- Read (Correct answer)
- View Only
- Limited Access
Correct answer: Read
The Read permission level allows users to view pages, list items, and documents without making any changes.
Question 6: What does SharePoint 2013's 'Minimal Download Strategy' (MDS) do?
- Compresses images before storing them
- Downloads only the changed parts of a page to reduce bandwidth and improve navigation speed (Correct answer)
- Limits document download sizes
- Restricts downloads to authenticated users only
Correct answer: Downloads only the changed parts of a page to reduce bandwidth and improve navigation speed
MDS reduces page load times by downloading only the delta (changed content) between pages rather than full page reloads.
Question 7: Which SharePoint 2013 feature enables site administrators to require users to check out a document before editing it?
- Version History
- Require Check Out (Correct answer)
- Content Approval
- Document Sets
Correct answer: Require Check Out
The 'Require Check Out' library setting forces users to check out a document before editing, preventing simultaneous conflicting edits.
Microsoft Sharepoint 2013 Core Solutions of Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2
Which SharePoint 2013 feature allows users to follow documents, sites, and people to receive updates in their newsfeed?