Microsoft Sharepoint 2013 Core Solutions of Microsoft Sharepoint Server 3

Question 1

In SharePoint 2013, which topology component is responsible for rendering pages and handling HTTP requests from end users?

Accepted Answer

Web front-end server

Answer

Web front-end (WFE) servers handle all incoming HTTP/HTTPS requests from clients and render SharePoint pages.

Question 2

What is the function of the SharePoint 2013 Distributed Cache service?

Accepted Answer

Providing fast, in-memory caching for newsfeeds, authentication tokens, and other transient data

Answer

The Distributed Cache service (based on Windows Server AppFabric) stores transient data like social feeds, security tokens, and page output cache in memory.

Question 3

Which SharePoint 2013 claim type is used to represent a Windows user account in claims-based authentication?

Accepted Answer

Windows Security Identifier (SID) claim

Answer

Windows claims authentication encodes the user's Windows SID as a claim within the security token.

Question 4

In SharePoint 2013, what does 'throttling' in list view settings prevent?

Accepted Answer

Queries that would return more items than the List View Threshold (default 5,000) from overloading the database

Answer

List view throttling stops queries from retrieving more items than the configured threshold, protecting database performance.

Question 5

Which SharePoint 2013 authentication method uses security tokens issued by a trusted identity provider external to SharePoint?

Accepted Answer

SAML-based claims authentication

Answer

SAML-based claims authentication federates identity to an external Security Token Service (STS) such as AD FS.

Microsoft Sharepoint 2013 Practice Test

Microsoft Sharepoint 2013 Practice Test

Microsoft Sharepoint 2013 Core Solutions of Microsoft Sharepoint Server 3