IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5 Solution Development - C9520-423 Exam Questions [2026]

QUESTION NO: 1
Frank has a portlet that accesses PUMA to retrieve some details about a user to control what is displayed in his custom portlet (user categories). After some analysis, he sees that performance is poor and feels that this issue is because of PUMA. Frank would like to store some of the PUMA objects in the session.
Which PUMA object can be stored safely in the session?

A. PumaProfile B. PumaHome C. PumaController D. PumaLocator

Correct Answer: B

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QUESTION NO: 2
What is the first step?

A. Create a new EAR and new WAR project, copy the WebDAV entire Portal 8.5 directory into the WAR project, then deploy using IBM WebSphere Integrated Solutions Console. B. Create a new folder in WebDAV for the new theme using the /mycontenthandler/dav/fstype1 entry point. C. Run the XMLAccess script to enable and register the new theme. D. Create a new EAR and new WAR project then deploy it using the IBM WebSphere Portal Administration Console.

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 3
Which life cycle method of a portlet do the doView, doEdit and doHelp methods represent?

A. processAction B. init C. render D. destroy

Correct Answer: A

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QUESTION NO: 4
John, an IBM WebSphere Portal developer, is writing a portlet to help support specialists with reproducing users' issues.
Which WebSphere Portal feature can John use to run his task?

A. People Awareness B. User Impersonation C. Personalization D. User and Groups Management

Correct Answer: B

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QUESTION NO: 5
John wants to change the default behavior of IBM WebSphere Portal so that any user who authenticates by using an explicit login is redirected to a particular page.
Which option is a valid implementation of this custom behavior?

A. Specify the URL of the page in the redirect .login, url property in the authentication service. B. Specify the URL of the page in the redirect, login, url property in the configuration service. C. Specify the URL of the page in the redirect, login, authenticated, url property in the authentication service. D. Specify the URL of the page in the redirect, login, authenticated, url property in the configuration service.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 6
What notable difference does a custom portlet service have that is compatible with earlier versions of IBM WebSphere Portal?

A. The services are retrieved differently depending on the type of portlet in use. B. Both services are retrieved by using a JNDI call, but they always return different implementations. C. Standard portlet services are synchronized, but IBM Portlet API services are not synchronized. D. Legacy services are stored in the session, and standard services are stored in the application object.

Correct Answer: B