IBM Assessment: IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0 Solution Development Sample Questions:

1. Roger has been discussing iWidgets with a prospective client and has been highlighting certain aspects of the specification. Which of the following statements is false and thus ill-advised?

A) The iDescriptor is a special ManagedItemSet which is always persisted by the iContext.
B) Three modes are defined in the iContext Constants (VIEW, EDIT and HELP). An iWidget does not need to support all three modes.
C) iScope is a mechanism to support encapsulation of an iWidget's assests.
D) Overall page management components are provided by the iContext. These include iWidget coordination, page layout and controls, andbackend service interaction.

2. Sanjeev wants to add a Help mode to his iWidget. At a minimum, what changes will he need to make to his iWidget definition XML so that IBM WebSphere Portal will enable a Help option for it?

A) No change needs to be made. All iWidgets in WebSphere Portal already have a Help mode.
B) Add 'help' to the supportedModes attribute of the iw:widget element. Add an iw:content element with a mode attribute of 'help' in the iw:widgetelement. Add an 'onhelp' Javascript method.
C) Add an iw:content element with a mode attribute of 'help' in the iw:widget element.
D) Add 'help' to the supportedModes attribute of the iw:widget element. Add an iw:content element with a mode attribute of 'help' in the iw:widgetelement.

3. When creating and registering a custom portlet service, it is possible to set initialization parameters. What code would Adrienne use to access a parameter with the name sample.portletservice.HelloServiceImpl2.message?

A) public void init(Preferences servicePreferences) {
String message = servicePreferences.get("message",
"Hello");
}
B) public void sayHello(RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response)
{
String message = request.getAttribute("message");
}
C) public void init(Preferences servicePreferences) {
String message = servicePreferences.getInitParam("message",
"Hello");
}
D) public void sayHello(RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response)
{
String message = request.getParameter("message");
}

4. A client named Rudy's Rocking Hot Rods sells high-end motor vehicles through its customized portal. When a user logs in, they are presented with several combinations of portlets and iWidgets. The user can select a car model, color, customize finishes, and perform other applicable actions. As part of a new development phase, the client has requested two updates: 1) Wire Portlet ABC to send an event to the iWidget XYZ. 2) Wire iWidget XYZ to send an event to the Portlet RSA. What option below is not correct, assuming all portlets on the page are JSR 286compatible?

A) When passing a mashup type from iWidget XYZ to Portlet RSA, which uses XSD types, that type must be manually converted because IBM WebSphere Portal does not provide an automatic type conversion mechanism.
B) iWidget XYZ will be able to receive events from Portlet ABC and send events to Portlet RSA.
C) If Portlet ABC uses a custom type defined as follows: org.za.StrongTypedthen the iWidget XYZ needs to have a corresponding payload definition as such:
D) If Portlet ABC defines a Java class in its portlet.xml under the element as "java.lang.String," it is able to pass that value to iWidgetXYZ.

5. Matt is developing an interactive AJAX widget that will allow content approvers to review content without leaving their home page. Which IBM Web Content Manager API feature should he use?

A) Managed Pages
B) JSP Tags
C) Web Services
D) REST Services

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