Sharepoint Interview Questions and Answers
Question - 91 : - Differentiate between CustomMasterUrl & MasterUrl?
Answer - 91 : - MasterUrl is used to change the layout of all end user pages while CustomMasterUrl is used for changing the layout of admin pages.
Question - 92 : - What are the various zones in SharePoint?
Answer - 92 : - Zones provide the separate logical paths of authentication for the same web application.
5 zones can be created for each web application :
a. Default
b. Intranet
c. Extranet
d. Internet and
e. Custom
Question - 93 : - Explain Farm in SharePoint.
Answer - 93 : - Farm is a collection of SharePoint servers with same configuration database.
All the required information to run the farm is carried in Configuration DB. There exists only one configuration database for each farm.
Central administration is used for the administration of each farm.
Question - 94 : - Explain WebApplication.
Answer - 94 : - WebApplication is a IIS website. Content database is created for each WebApplication
WebApplication can be created from central admin.
Once a web application is created, it can be extended to different zones.
Question - 95 : - Differentiate between WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007.
Answer - 95 : - WSS 3.0 is freely available with Windows Server while MOSS 2007 is a paid product.
- MOSS 2007 has some more features like Enterprise Search, Business Data Catalog(BDC), User Profile, Excel Services, Single-Sign on, additional Workflows, My site feature etc. in addition to those in WSS 3.0.
Question - 96 : - What tools can be used to back up a SharePoint 2010 environment?
Answer - 96 : - SharePoint farm backup and recovery
SQL Server
Question - 97 : - Explain a.) BDC b.) BCS
Answer - 97 : - a.) BDC also called Business Data Catalogue is used to connect to an external database and read it in SharePoint.
b.) BCS also called Business connectivity Services is new in SharePoint2010. BCS aids in reading and writing into the external Database.
Question - 98 : - Explain Content types in Sharepoint.
Answer - 98 : - A content type is a WSS type definition which is flexible and reusable.
It is used to define the columns and behavior for an item in a list or a document in a document library.
Question - 99 : - Differentiate between Library vs List.
Answer - 99 : - Library is used to store the document whereas Lists are the container of similar items in the form of rows and columns.
Core documents like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint can be created using a Library while you can not create a document in a List. List can be used to attach a document.
Question - 100 : - What do you mean by Field Control ?
Answer - 100 : - Field controls are ASP.NET 2.0 server controls. They provide basic field functionality in SharePoint.
They also provide basic general functionality such as displaying or editing list data as it appears on SharePoint list pages.