Sharepoint Interview Questions and Answers
Question - 11 : - how are web parts developed?
Answer - 11 : - Web parts are developed in Visual Studio .Net. VS.Net offers many web part and page templates and can also be downloaded from the Microsoft site.
Question - 12 : - what is a site definition?
Answer - 12 : - It’s a methods for providing prepackaged site and list content.
Question - 13 : - what is a template?
Answer - 13 : - A template is a pre-defined set of functions or settings that can be used over time. There are many templates within SharePoint, Site Templates, Document Templates, Document Library and List Templates.
Question - 14 : - how do you install web parts?
Answer - 14 : - Web Parts should be distributed as a .CAB (cabinet) file using the MSI Installer.
Question - 15 : - what is CAML?
Answer - 15 : - tands for Collaborative Application Markup Language and is an XML-based language that is used in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services to define sites and lists, including, for example, fields, views, or forms, but CAML is also used to define tables in the Windows SharePoint Services database during site provisioning.
Question - 16 : - what is a DWP?
Answer - 16 : - he file extension of a web part.
Question - 17 : - what is the GAC?
Answer - 17 : - Global Assembly Cache folder on the server hosting SharePoint. You place your assemblies there for web parts and services.
Question - 18 : - what are the differences between web part page gallery, site gallery, virtual server gallery and online gallery?
Answer - 18 : - Web Part Page Gallery is the default gallery that comes installed with SharePoint. Site Gallery is specific to one site. Virtual Server gallery is specific to that virtual server and online gallery are downloadable web parts from Microsoft.
Question - 19 : - what is the difference between a site and a web?
Answer - 19 : - The pages in a Web site generally cover one or more topics and are interconnected through hyperlinks. Most Web sites have a home page as their starting point. While a Web is simply a blank site with SharePoint functionality built in; meaning you have to create the site from the ground up.
Question - 20 : - What is Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services? How is it related to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007?
Answer - 20 : - Windows SharePoint Services is the solution that enables you to create Web sites for information sharing and document collaboration. Windows SharePoint Services — a key piece of the information worker infrastructure delivered in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 — provides additional functionality to the Microsoft Office system and other desktop applications, and it serves as a platform for application development.
Office SharePoint Server 2007 builds on top of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to provide additional capabilities including collaboration, portal, search, enterprise content management, business process and forms, and business intelligence.