Sitecore Certification Exam 2026 | Practice
Questions & Verified Answers | CMS
Developer & Marketing Platform Prep
Name two key components that make up Sitecore XP. - Precise
Answer ✔✔Experience CMS and marketing platform
What should you do before contacting support? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Refer to Help Desk best practices
What are your responsibilities as a developer? - Precise Answer
✔✔Build according to recommended practices
Name three Sitecore interfaces - Precise Answer ✔✔Desktop,
Content Editor, Experience Editor
Everything in Sitecore is an... - Precise Answer ✔✔Item
An item is not a... - Precise Answer ✔✔File
An item's URL is determined by... - Precise Answer ✔✔It's
position in the Content tree
Name the process by which items are synchronized between the
master and web database - Precise Answer ✔✔Publishing
Which Experience Editor mode would you use to add a new
component? - Precise Answer ✔✔Designing Mode
,Which Experience Editor mode would you use to add an image
or edit text? - Precise Answer ✔✔Editing mode
When a request comes in, Sitecore... - Precise Answer ✔✔maps
URL to an item in the content tree and dynamically assembles
presentation
Name the three databases that are installed by default. - Precise
Answer ✔✔master, web, and core
Name some foundation features that Sitecore provides out of the
box. - Precise Answer ✔✔Content versioning, multi-language
support, Devices (adaptive design) support
What is the name of the digital marketing management part of
the Experience Platform that collects and aggregates contact
information? - Precise Answer ✔✔xDB (or Experience
Database)
An item's type is determined by the __________ used to create
it. - Precise Answer ✔✔Data template
What is an item composed of? - Precise Answer ✔✔Field
sections and fields
What do you need to specify when creating a new field? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Field name and type
In the Content Editor, where can you find out which data
,template an item is based on? - Precise Answer ✔✔The Quick
Info section on that item
Some examples of field types are... - Precise Answer ✔✔Single-
line text, rich text, image, date
In which scenario would you use data template inheritance? -
Precise Answer ✔✔When fields are repeated in multiple data
templates
Why is it important to think of your data template creation and
inheritance structure from the beginning? - Precise Answer
✔✔Refactoring template inheritance may cause data loss
By default, all data templates eventually inherit from which
Sitecore data template? - Precise Answer ✔✔Standard Template
What happens if the same field section name is used in multiple
templates in a data template's inheritance tree? - Precise Answer
✔✔-The field sections will merge
-Fields will be listed under this single section
What happens if the same field name is used in two separate
inherited data templates? - Precise Answer ✔✔-Fields do not
merge
-Both fields will appear
-Best to avoid reusing the same field names
Describe the Standard values item. - Precise Answer ✔✔-
Always named _StandardValues
, -Child item of owning data templates
-Is a special instance of an item --contains all fields
What type of settings can be applied to standard values? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Default field values, default insert options,
Default presentation, Default Workflow
What are two types of default field values? - Precise Answer
✔✔Dynamic (uses tokens) and Static
How do tokens work? - Precise Answer ✔✔Tokens are replaced
when an item is created. For example, there are tokens for the
name of the item or the ID of the parent item.
Name three tokens: - Precise Answer ✔✔$name, $date, $id,
$parentid, $parentname, $time, $now
What are the Insert Options? - Precise Answer ✔✔A list of item
types (data templates) that can be created under a specific item
Where should Insert Options be configured? - Precise Answer
✔✔On the data template's standard values which can be
overridden at item level
Why is it a good idea to configure Insert Options on standard
values? - Precise Answer ✔✔All items using that data template
will have the same Insert Options.
What are presentation details? - Precise Answer
✔✔Configuration that determines what an item looks like when
Questions & Verified Answers | CMS
Developer & Marketing Platform Prep
Name two key components that make up Sitecore XP. - Precise
Answer ✔✔Experience CMS and marketing platform
What should you do before contacting support? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Refer to Help Desk best practices
What are your responsibilities as a developer? - Precise Answer
✔✔Build according to recommended practices
Name three Sitecore interfaces - Precise Answer ✔✔Desktop,
Content Editor, Experience Editor
Everything in Sitecore is an... - Precise Answer ✔✔Item
An item is not a... - Precise Answer ✔✔File
An item's URL is determined by... - Precise Answer ✔✔It's
position in the Content tree
Name the process by which items are synchronized between the
master and web database - Precise Answer ✔✔Publishing
Which Experience Editor mode would you use to add a new
component? - Precise Answer ✔✔Designing Mode
,Which Experience Editor mode would you use to add an image
or edit text? - Precise Answer ✔✔Editing mode
When a request comes in, Sitecore... - Precise Answer ✔✔maps
URL to an item in the content tree and dynamically assembles
presentation
Name the three databases that are installed by default. - Precise
Answer ✔✔master, web, and core
Name some foundation features that Sitecore provides out of the
box. - Precise Answer ✔✔Content versioning, multi-language
support, Devices (adaptive design) support
What is the name of the digital marketing management part of
the Experience Platform that collects and aggregates contact
information? - Precise Answer ✔✔xDB (or Experience
Database)
An item's type is determined by the __________ used to create
it. - Precise Answer ✔✔Data template
What is an item composed of? - Precise Answer ✔✔Field
sections and fields
What do you need to specify when creating a new field? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Field name and type
In the Content Editor, where can you find out which data
,template an item is based on? - Precise Answer ✔✔The Quick
Info section on that item
Some examples of field types are... - Precise Answer ✔✔Single-
line text, rich text, image, date
In which scenario would you use data template inheritance? -
Precise Answer ✔✔When fields are repeated in multiple data
templates
Why is it important to think of your data template creation and
inheritance structure from the beginning? - Precise Answer
✔✔Refactoring template inheritance may cause data loss
By default, all data templates eventually inherit from which
Sitecore data template? - Precise Answer ✔✔Standard Template
What happens if the same field section name is used in multiple
templates in a data template's inheritance tree? - Precise Answer
✔✔-The field sections will merge
-Fields will be listed under this single section
What happens if the same field name is used in two separate
inherited data templates? - Precise Answer ✔✔-Fields do not
merge
-Both fields will appear
-Best to avoid reusing the same field names
Describe the Standard values item. - Precise Answer ✔✔-
Always named _StandardValues
, -Child item of owning data templates
-Is a special instance of an item --contains all fields
What type of settings can be applied to standard values? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Default field values, default insert options,
Default presentation, Default Workflow
What are two types of default field values? - Precise Answer
✔✔Dynamic (uses tokens) and Static
How do tokens work? - Precise Answer ✔✔Tokens are replaced
when an item is created. For example, there are tokens for the
name of the item or the ID of the parent item.
Name three tokens: - Precise Answer ✔✔$name, $date, $id,
$parentid, $parentname, $time, $now
What are the Insert Options? - Precise Answer ✔✔A list of item
types (data templates) that can be created under a specific item
Where should Insert Options be configured? - Precise Answer
✔✔On the data template's standard values which can be
overridden at item level
Why is it a good idea to configure Insert Options on standard
values? - Precise Answer ✔✔All items using that data template
will have the same Insert Options.
What are presentation details? - Precise Answer
✔✔Configuration that determines what an item looks like when
