IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0 Solution Development - C2040-911 Exam Questions [2026]

QUESTION NO: 1
MegaCorp is working on integrating one of their applications existing in non-IBM WebSphere Portal environments into WebSphere Portal. Which of the following options should they use for this purpose?

A. WebClipping Portlet B. IntegrationPortlet_jsEnabled C. WebClipping Portlet International Edition D. IntegrationPortlet

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 2
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. Emery can use the call to ensure the portlet is hidden for thegeography to block. B. 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. C. 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. D. Emery can use Personalization Rules to hide the portlet, leveraging information in the user repository regarding the user's geographiclocation.

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 3
PreferencePortlet is Portlet Specification 2.0-compliant and the system is running IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0. What is the output of the following code? public PreferencePortlet extends GenericPortlet{ protected void processAction(ActionRequest actionRequest, ActionResponse){ actionRequest.getPreferences().setValue("test","ViewModePreferenceValue"); actionRequest.getPreferences().store(); } protected void doView(RenderRequest renderRequest, RenderResponse renderResponse) throws PortletException, IOException { // Generate action URL }

A. The container throws java.lang.IllegalStateException because it is not allowed to change preferences in the processAction() method. B. The code compiles and executes fine. It stores a "test" preference at the end of the processAction() method call. C. The container throws javax.portlet.ReadOnlyException because it is only allowed to view preferences in the processAction() method. D. This code results in a compiler error because PortletPreference does not have the store() method.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 4
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 an iw:content element with a mode attribute of 'help' in the iw:widget element. B. 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. 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. No change needs to be made. All iWidgets in WebSphere Portal already have a Help mode.

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 5
The following code sample is an excerpt from an implementation of a custom ExplicitLoginFilter.

Evan needs to implement custom logic to check whether the user needs to accept an updated user agreement. Which one of the following lines of code allows the user to be sent the friendly IBM WebSphere Portal URL 'acceptAgreement,' if the checkUser method returns true?

A. RequestDispatcher rd = req.getRequestDispatcher("/wps/myportal/acceptAgreement"); rd.include(req, resp); B. portalLoginContext.setRedirectURL("/wps/myportal/acceptAgreement"); C. resp.sendRedirect("/wps/myportal/acceptAgreement"); D. RequestDispatcher rd = req.getRequestDispatcher("/wps/myportal/acceptAgreement"); rd.forward(req, resp);

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 6
A client wants to write several portlets for their new website. Each portlet must be labeled and record some trace information whenever it is accessed. The portlets must share common information with each other as well. When discussing best practices options with the client, which of the following would not be recommended?

A. Each portlet can be labeled by its own title bar. B. Trace information can be logged to log files. C. JSPs should be used to separate output and functionality of the portlets. D. Portlets communicate via writing to a common file in the root directory.

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 7
Carl is trying to create a theme based on a modularized IBM WebSphere Portal theme. He is ready for deployment, but is unsure of the structure he needs to use to accomplish this. What would be the proper deployment structure for this theme?

A. Create a folder for the theme in the file store, and create a WAR file containing an exact copy of this theme. All associations between static anddynamic content will be made once both are associated by sharing similar context roots. B. Create a custom version of the dynamic content from the modularized theme as a new EAR file and a custom version of the static content bycreating a folder in the file store for it. C. Create a WAR file that contains an ZIP file containing an EAR file that includes both static and dynamic content. D. Create an ZIP file that contains one WAR file containing the dynamic content of the theme and one JAR file containing a .content filereferencing the static content.

Correct Answer: B