Microsoft Sharepoint 2013 Core Solutions of Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2013 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In SharePoint 2013, what is the purpose of configuring a 'host-named site collection'?
- To assign a unique DNS hostname to each site collection instead of using path-based URLs (Correct answer)
- To dedicate a physical host server to a single site collection
- To enable host header authentication for extranet scenarios
- To map a site collection to a specific content database
Correct answer: To assign a unique DNS hostname to each site collection instead of using path-based URLs
Host-named site collections allow each site collection to have its own unique hostname (e.g., hr.contoso.com) rather than a path like /sites/hr.
Question 2: Which component in SharePoint 2013 search architecture is responsible for processing crawled content and extracting metadata before writing to the index?
- Crawl component
- Content processing component (Correct answer)
- Query processing component
- Analytics processing component
Correct answer: Content processing component
The content processing component processes items from the crawl store, extracts metadata and entities, and feeds data to the index component.
Question 3: In SharePoint 2013, what is the maximum size of a single content database recommended by Microsoft for manageability?
- 100 GB
- 4 TB
- 200 GB
- 1 TB (Correct answer)
Correct answer: 1 TB
Microsoft recommends keeping content databases under 200 GB for general use and sets a supported limit of 4 TB, but 1 TB is the practical recommendation for most scenarios.
Question 4: Which SharePoint 2013 feature allows a farm administrator to delegate the administration of a specific service application to a non-farm-administrator user?
- Site Collection Administrator delegation
- Service Application Administrator role (Correct answer)
- Secondary Site Collection Admin
- Web Application policy
Correct answer: Service Application Administrator role
The Service Application Administrator role can be granted to users, allowing them to manage a specific service application without farm-level rights.
Question 5: In SharePoint 2013, what mechanism allows a user to follow documents, sites, and people and receive updates in a social feed?
- Alerts and RSS Feeds
- My Site and User Profile Service social features (Correct answer)
- SharePoint Workspace synchronization
- Document Set notifications
Correct answer: My Site and User Profile Service social features
The My Site and User Profile Service social features power the follow functionality and the activity feed in SharePoint 2013.
Question 6: Which SharePoint 2013 feature must be activated at the site collection level to allow the use of in-place records management within document libraries?
- Content Organizer
- In Place Records Management (Correct answer)
- Document ID Service
- SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure
Correct answer: In Place Records Management
The 'In Place Records Management' site collection feature must be activated to enable declaring items as records within their existing library location.
Question 7: In a SharePoint 2013 multi-tenant hosting scenario, which object defines the administrative and policy boundary for a tenant?
- Web application
- Site subscription (Correct answer)
- Site collection
- Managed path
Correct answer: Site subscription
A site subscription is the SharePoint 2013 object that groups site collections under a single tenant boundary with shared policies and features.
In SharePoint 2013, what is the purpose of configuring a 'host-named site collection'?