Sharepoint Interview Questions and Answers
Question - 81 : - What are the integration differences between SPS 2003 and the various Office versions?
Answer - 81 : - SPS webpage can detect you have installed the Office 2003 and run local dll to implement some SPS function, e.g. multi-file upload only works when you have office 2003 installed.
Integration with Office XP is gone.
You will get guys telling you that you can integrate with SPSv2 if you install a backwards compatible document library - but that’s really just putting a bit of SPS 2001 on the server.
Believe me, check-in, check-out, which are themselves very basic, are not available from inside Office XP, or even from the context menu in Windows Explorer.
The ONLY option you have is to use the web interface to check-in or check-out.
Question - 82 : - What do you mean by MOSS ?
Answer - 82 : - MOSS stands for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.
It is the complete version of a portal-based platform for collaboratively creating, managing and sharing documents and Web services.
Question - 83 : - Explain the following: a.) SPSite b.) SPWeb
Answer - 83 : - a.) SPSite -
i.)It is a site collection and an be represented as SPSite class in the object model.
ii.)SPSite object is a primary entry points to the server object model.
iii.)It is used frequently in SharePoint application development.
b.) SPWeb -
i.) It is a specific site under site collection in Sharepoint.
ii.) It is represented as SPWeb class in the server object model.
Question - 84 : - What are the various classes in Server Object Model from development point of view?
Answer - 84 : - Following are the classes in Server Object Model from development point of view:
-SPFarm
-SPWebApplication
-SPSite
-SPWeb
-SPList
-SPListItem
-SPDocumentLibrary
Question - 85 : - Which class is used to retrieve data from multiple lists?
Answer - 85 : - Â SPSiteDataQuery class is used to retrieve data from multiple lists.
It queries the data from multiple lists across different sites in a collection.
Usually it is used in list aggregation, where list data from team sites or other subsites is collated and presented in a single interface.
It aggregates the data from SharePoint lists only while ignoring data from external lists.
Question - 86 : - What do you mean by WSP?
Answer - 86 : - WSP stands for Web Solution Package. It is a cabinet file that contains assemblies, resource files, features, images, application pages, site definitions etc. into single file.
Whenever any customization or upgradation or updation is carried out in SharePoint, various items like assemblies, resource files, features, images, application pages, site definitions etc. are required to deployed.
It becomes difficult to deploy these items separately in development, staging and production. This called for a powerful deployment tool in the form of WSP.
Question - 87 : - How is AllowUnsafeUpdates used?
Answer - 87 : - When a developer updates the content database without requiring a security validation AllowUnsafeUpdates property is set to true.
One the operation is carrried out, the property is again set to false .
Question - 88 : - What is CAML?
Answer - 88 : - CAML - also called as Collaborative Application Markup Language is the custom XML language in SharePoint.
It is used to define key objects such as lists, columns, and content types.
Question - 89 : - Which is better - SPS or STS?
Answer - 89 : - Before we begin - let us see what do these two abbreviations stand for.
- SPS means SharePoint Portal Services
- STS means SharePoint Team Services
i.) Document management system in SPS is better than STS.
ii.)The search engine in SPS is better, more efficient and possesses the capability to crawl multiple content sources in comparison to STS.
iii.) If Document Management is not required, STS is easier to manage for team environment while SPS is better for an organization where Document Management is required.
Question - 90 : - Name the various input forms that can be created for a workflow ?
Answer - 90 : - Association form
Initiation form
Modification form
Task edit form.