IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0 Deployment and Administration Sample Questions:

1. John wants to upgrade his IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0 server that does not contain IBM Web Content Manager to one that does include Web Content Manager. To do this, John can:

A) Run the following ConfigEngine.sh upgrade-profile -DUpgradeServerToContent=true.
B) Run the following ConfigEngine.sh upgrade-profile.
C) The migration is not supported from different version of WebSphere Portal server.
D) Run the following ConfigEngine.sh upgrade-server-to-content-migration -DUpgradeServerToContent=true.

2. Holly's organization performs staging from a system without an external security manager to a system with an external security manager. All resources in the target system are managed internally. The external security manager is not used for managing authorization decisions in this scenario. Which of the following options occurs during staging of subsequent releases?

A) Resources with updated entitlements show in the XML configuration interface file as internally managed resources.
B) Resources have to be manually recreated each time a staging occurs.
C) Resources lose all attributes and security controls, but remain in the Portal Access Control as an externally managed resource.
D) Resources with updated entitlements show in the XML configuration interface file as externally managed resources.

3. After deploying a remote search service on a server, which of the following best describes how a portal administrator would configure portal search to use the remote search service?

A) Configure the remote search service parameters in the wkplc.properties file and run the ConfigEngine enable-remote-pse-service command.
B) For the WP Configuration service, set the pse.remote.type custom property to match the type of remote search service that was deployed.
C) From the Manage Search portlet, define a new search service and set the PSE_Type parameter to the remote search service type (i.e, SOAP).
D) Set the Portal Search Center portlet configuration parameter named search_type to remote and search_name to the hostname of the server where the remote search service has been deployed.

4. Peter wants to change the cache expiration time for the IBM WebSphere Portal internal cache for unauthenticated WebSphere Portal pages. What does he need to do?

A) Change the value of the public.expires property in the WP CacheManagerService resource environment provider using the deployment manager administrative console
B) Change the value of the public.expires property in the WP NavigatorService resource environment provider using the deployment manager administrative console.
C) Change the value of the public.expires property in the config/services/CacheManagerService.properties file.
D) Change the value of the public.expires property in the /config/services/NavigatorService.properties file.

5. IBM WebSphere Portal generates common names that consist of a user's first name followed by the last name. Scott needs to change this order so that the user's last name is followed by the first name. How does he make this change?

A) Reverse the parameter order for store.puma_default.puma.commonname for the Validation service.
B) Reverse the parameter order for store.puma_default.puma.commonname for the Puma Store service.
C) Change the common name order in the User Administration portlet on the Users and Groups page.
D) Scott cannot modify the way WebSphere Portal generates common names.

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