IBM C9520-911 Value Pack (Frequently Bought Together)

Which of the following statements is true when using a resource URL in AJAX?

• A. Portlet preferences can be set during the serveResource() method.
• B. The portlet mode and window state can be changed during the serveResource() method.
• C. New render parameters can be set during the serveResource() method.
• D. Changing state of the portlet is not allowed during the serveResource() method.

Mr. Mosby is developing several different custom themes for the different brands his company offers. He's developed a custom theme WAR that provides the JSPs to be shared among the different themes. He has a JSP named brandNav.jsp and created a brandNav dynamic content spot that points to this JSP. However, for one particular theme he needs to use a different brandNav.jsp. Which one of the following is not a valid option?

• A. Create an override in the themes metadata:key=com.ibm.portal.theme.brandNav
  value="res:/CustomThemeContext/themes/html/MyTheme/custombrandNav.jsp"
• B. Include the new JSP directly in the theme_xx.html and bypass the dynamic content spot
  mapping:
  <@include file="res:/CustomThemeContext/themes/html/MyTheme/custombrandNav.jsp" %>
• C. Create a new Dynamic Content Spot pointing to the customBrandNav.jsp. Then modify the
  theme_xx.html to use this new dynamic content spot.
• D. Modify the theme_xx.html so that the html directly points to the new JSP:
  href="res:/CustomThemeContext/themes/html/MyTheme/customBrandNav.jsp">

On an ongoing basis, Ken wants to track status messages from an application that he is writing. Which one of the following options should he use as a best practice to make the status messages available?

• A. He should use the standard Java logger at an "info" level since "info" is the default trace level for IBM WebSphere Portal server.
• B. He should use the standard Java logger at an "error" level since they are status messages and could be considered errors.
• C. He should write messages to to SystemOut.log since it is the easiest to implement.
• D. He should write them to SystemError.log since they are status messages and could be considered errors.

Hershel wants to programmatically check if specific users have access to his company's new portlet application, in order to show a message in another portlet asking them to purchase a subscription. He is trying to do so with the least amount of performance overhead. What would be the best way for Hershel to accomplish this?

• A. He should read role assignments using the com.ibm.portal.ac.RoleData interface and ensure portlet caching is enabled.
• B. He should use the com.ibm.portal.ac.RoleData interface to verify explicit role assignments.
• C. He should use AccessControlRuntimeModel or AccessControlGlobalRuntimeModel to verify explicit role assignments.
• D. He should use the com.ibm.portal.ac.UserRoles interface to verify explicit role assignments.

Emery is trying to make it so users from a specific geographic location do not have access to a specific metrics application hosted on their IBM WebSphere Portal server. Which of the following options is provided within WebSphere Portal that Emery can use to this purpose?

• A. None of the above. Emery is going to need to create a page and assign metadata parameters to hide the specific portlet from users fromgeographies that are not allowed to see it.
• B. Emery can use the call to ensure the portlet is hidden for thegeography to block.
• C. Emery can use Personalization Rules to hide the portlet, leveraging information in the user repository regarding the user's geographiclocation.
• D. Emery's users must register as being from a specific geography and Emery can develop workflow methods leveraging thePortalUserIdentityBean (or PUIB) object to ensure the portlet does not generate markup for the user in this geography.