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Microsoft 70-331 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 |
| Exam Number: | 70-331 |
| Passing Score: | 700 (typical Microsoft standard) |
| Exam Price: | USD 165 |
| Related Certifications: | MCSE: SharePoint Certification Microsoft 70-332 (Advanced Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013) |
| Available Languages: | German, Spanish, French, Japanese, English |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Not applicable (retired exam once SharePoint 2013 lifecycle ended) |
| Exam Format: | Scenario Based, Drag and Drop, Multiple Choice |
| Real Exam Qty: | about 226 |
| Exam Duration: | 120 minutes |
| Sample Questions: | ![]() |
| Exam Way: | Onsite or Pearson VUE testing centre delivery (exam retired; previously delivered via Pearson VUE). |
| Pre Condition: | Typically requires experience administering SharePoint environments (often one or more years) and familiarity with Windows Server and Active Directory. |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/ignite-2015/brk3911 |
Microsoft 70-331 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Design a SharePoint topology | 20% | - Design logical architecture - Design information architecture - Plan SharePoint Online deployment - Design physical architecture |
| Topic 2: Install and configure SharePoint farms | 25% | - Install SharePoint Server 2013 - Configure farm settings - Use PowerShell for configuration |
| Topic 3: Plan security | 25% | - Plan and configure authorization - Plan platform and farm-level security - Plan and configure authentication |
| Topic 4: Create and configure web applications and site collections | 20% | - Configure site collections - Manage URLs and authentication - Create web applications |
| Topic 5: Maintain a core SharePoint environment | 15% | - Troubleshoot and optimise - Manage users and permissions - Manage service applications - Configure search and monitoring |
70-331 Exam FAQ — No Limits
The Microsoft Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 blueprint spans 5 domains — including Maintain a core SharePoint environment (15%), Plan security (25%), Install and configure SharePoint farms (25%). Weightings show where the exam concentrates; the full outline above covers every subtopic.
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The Microsoft Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 is Microsoft's certification exam for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013, at the MCSE Associate / Professional level. It demonstrates verified, job-relevant capability to employers. Related credentials include Microsoft 70-332 (Advanced Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013), MCSE: SharePoint Certification.
120 minutes for about 226 questions. Rehearse the format interactively: the ValidVCE online engine recreates the test atmosphere, so pacing is trained before it counts.
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Typically requires experience administering SharePoint environments (often one or more years) and familiarity with Windows Server and Active Directory. Eligibility rules change from time to time, so confirm the current requirements on the official page (official 70-331 exam page) before booking.
Microsoft Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Sample Questions:
You deploy a SharePoint Server 2013 server farm.
You receive a custom display template.
You need to ensure that the custom display template is available in a site collection.
What should you use to upload the template?
- A. variations
- B. Design Manager
- C. the Style Library
- D. result types
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
You have a SharePoint Server 2013 server farm. The farm has the following service applications:
Secure Store Service
Search Service Application
Word Automation Services
Managed Metadata Service
User Profile Service Application
You need to be able to send and receive email from a SharePoint site.
What should you do first?
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- A. Create an App Management Service application.
- B. Create a Work Management Service application.
- C. Configure self-service site creation.
- D. Configure alternate access mappings.
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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You need to configure SharePoint for the appropriate protection of merger documents.
What should you do?
- A. Configure Information Rights Management.
- B. Configure Web Part security.
- C. Configure document library permissions.
- D. Configure document conversions.
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
HOTSPOT
You have a SharePoint server 2013 server farm.
Users report that the past week, some pages were slow to render.
You need to identify the 10 pages in the farm that take the longest to load.
Which link should you select? (To answer, select the appropriate link in the answer area.)
Correct Answer:

Explanation:
view health reports
HOTSPOT
The application log in the Windows Event Viewer shows object caching errors. You resolve
the errors by modifying a web application in the farm.
After you resolve the errors, users are unable to access sites in the web application.
You need to restore user access to the sites.
On the Manage Web Applications page, which option should you configure? (To answer, select the appropriate option in the answer area.)
Correct Answer:

Explanation:
Note:
Add users to a permission policy
You might want to add users to a permission policy to ensure that all users are accessing
content with the same set of permissions.
- In the Policy group of the ribbon, clickUser Policy. - In the Policy for Web Application dialog box, select the check box next to the user or group that you want to manage, and then clickAdd Users. - In the Add Users dialog box, in theZonelist, click the zone to which you want the permission policy to apply and then clickNext. - In the Add Users dialog box, in theChoose Userssection, type the user names, group names, or e-mail addresses that you want to add to the permission policy. - In theChoose Permissionssection, select the permissions that you want the users to have.
- In theChoose System Settingssection, checkAccount operates as Systemif you want to specify whether a user account should be displayed as SHAREPOINT\System instead of the actual accounts that perform specific tasks within the SharePoint environment. - ClickFinish.



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