070-488 Real Exam Prep DEMO

Question 4: You are developing a site-provisioning engine for a company. You create a site request page
that employees use to specify the site template, title, and URL for a site. The site request page stores
site requests in a list named Site Requests that is at the root of the site collection. You configure an
approval workflow for the list.
Site creation must start at 3:00 AM each day. You must create sites in batches of no more than 10
sites. You must not create sites until they are approved.
You need to create the site-provisioning engine.
Which two actions would you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
A. Create an ItemUpdated event receiver for the Site Requests list. Initiate site provisioning if the
value of the ModerationInformation property is set to the value SPModerationStatusType.Approved.
B. Create a new timer job that derives from SPWorkItemJobDefinition. Schedule the timer job to run
at 3:00 AM.
C. Create a new timer job that derives from SPJobDefinition. Schedule the timer job to run at 3:00
AM.
D. Create an ItemAdded event receiver for the Site Requests list. Initiate site provisioning if the value
of the ModerationInformation property is set to the value SPModerationStatusType.Approved.
E. Create an ItemUpdated event receiver for the Site Requests list. Create a new work item if the
value of the ModerationInformnation property is set to the value
SPModerationStatusType.Approved.
Correct Answer: A,B
Explanation:
A: Site provivison only initiated if it is approved.
B: A Work Item Job can be scheduled to run operations in SharePoint. A Work Item Timer Job is
essentially a queue where you add list items that need to be processed. When the Work Item Timer
Job runs, it pulls items from the queue and process the item.
Incorrect:
Not C: An SP Job would not be able to process items from a queue.
Reference: All About Sharepoint Work Item Timer Jobs
http://www.ericgregorich.com/blog/2014/1/25/using-work-item-timer-jobs-in-sharepoint