IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0 Solution Development Sample Questions:

1. Which of the following statements is true about the Unified Task List portlet?

A) The Unified Task List portlet offers built-in integration with IBM WebSphere Process Server workflows and IBM Web Content Managerworkflows.
B) The Unified Task List portlet integrates only with IBM WebSphere Process Server workflows.
C) The Unified Task List portlet can be customized to access, retrieve, and format tasks from multiple different backend workflow managementsystems.
D) The Unified Task List portlet can integrate with any standard Java JCA connectors.

2. Wendy's theme was recently installed on a server. A colleague provided her with theme components to deploy, which given design requirements, is packaged as an EAR file inside a compressed ZIP file. Which of the following is a valid option for deploying these components?

A) EAR files must be deployed using the WebSphere Integrated Solutions console, so she must remove it from the ZIP archive and install itdirectly.
B) Use the web-dav-deploy-zip-file to deploy the compressed file and use the XMLAccess command to run the script. Use the WebSphereIntegrated Solutions console to add the runtime configuration.
C) Use the web-dav-deploy-zip-file to deploy the compressed file. Use the IBM WebSphere Integrated Solutions console or scripts to deploy theEAR file. Use XMLAccess to import the components into the IBM WebSphere Portal server.
D) Use the web-dav-deploy-zip-file to deploy the compressed file. Use the webdav-expand-ear command to unpackage the EAR on the server,then register the new EAR on the WebSphere Integrated Solutions console.

3. Evan wants to develop a portlet to act as a target using click-to-action. He wants to develop a client-side click-to-action handler. Which best describes the ways that he can get the source data submitted by the source portlet?

A) Either of the above.
B) None of the above.
C) He can retrieve the source form and the input inside from the page Document Object Model.
D) He can retrieve the source data from the window.ibm.portal.c2a.event.value global variable.

4. Corrie needs to create several iWidgets that will interact with each other. She is evaluating the mechanisms that she can use to share state information between the iWidgets. Which one of the following options is the best way to accomplish this?

A) Store state information in the user's session.
B) Implement public render parameters.
C) Use the JSR 286 defined event and payload mechanism.
D) Declare the state sharable in the ItemSet definition and register listeners in the individual iWidgets to be informed when shared state changes.

5. Ted is developing a module that will provide content to the Markup sub-contribution type. This Markup sub-contribution will contain some inline JavaScript. What will happen if Ted makes this module deferred rather than non-deferred?

A) The server-side combiner framework will not allow JavaScript inside of the Markup contribution type.
B) The script code inside the markup will not be evaluated and run when the deferred module is loaded.
C) The script code inside the markup will be evaluated and run. However, it will throw an exception since its being loaded from a different domain.
D) The script code inside the markup will be evaluated and run without error when the deferred module is loaded.

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