IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0 Solution Development Sample Questions:

1. The following code defines the selectEmployee() method in a portlet: @processAction(name=select) void selectEmployee(ActionRequest, ActionResponse) throws PortletException, java.io.IOException { } To use the portlet action dispatching, which of the following key-value pairs must be set as a parameter in the HTML form?

A) processAction / selectEmployee
B) javax.portlet.action / select
C) javax.portlet.action / selectEmployee
D) processAction / select

2. The JSR 286 Portlet Specification PLT.C appendix defines the Cascading Style Sheet classes for a variety of logical units in the markup. It follows the styles defined by the OASIS Web Services for Remote Portlets Technical Committee. What is the prefix used for the name of the CSS classes defined in this appendix?

A) portal- (for example portal-font, portal-form-field, portal-table-body)
B) portlet- (for example portlet-font, portlet-form-field, portlet-table-body)
C) css- (for example css-font, css-form-field, css-table-body)
D) wsrp- (for example wsrp-font, wsrp-form-field, wsrp-table-body)

3. Sanjeev wants to add a Help mode to his iWidget. At a minimum, what changes will he need to make to his iWidget definition XML so that IBM WebSphere Portal will enable a Help option for it?

A) Add 'help' to the supportedModes attribute of the iw:widget element. Add an iw:content element with a mode attribute of 'help' in the iw:widgetelement. Add an 'onhelp' Javascript method.
B) No change needs to be made. All iWidgets in WebSphere Portal already have a Help mode.
C) Add 'help' to the supportedModes attribute of the iw:widget element. Add an iw:content element with a mode attribute of 'help' in the iw:widgetelement.
D) Add an iw:content element with a mode attribute of 'help' in the iw:widget element.

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

5. Given the following code in the portlet.xml file, what line of code returns the value of the "test" initparam. <portlet-class>MyPortlet</portlet-class> <init-param> <name>test</name> <value>test_init_parameter</value> </init-param>

A) renderResponse.getInitParameter("test");
B) renderRequest.getPortalContext().getInitParameter("test");
C) renderRequest.getInitParameter("test");
D) portletConfig.getInitParameter("test");

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