IBM C9520-421 Actual Free Exam Questions & Community Discussion

Exam Code/Number: C9520-421
Exam Name/Title: IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5 System Administration Core A
Certification Provider: IBM
Corresponding Certification: IBM Certified System Administrator

Exam Questions: 58
Updated On: May 28, 2026

Question #13

When a federated repository is configured, what information must be provided so that Virtual Member Manager can locate groups in the repository at run time?

A. A search of the base for the Group entity type

B. The object class for the OrgContainer entity type

C. A relative distinguished name for the OrgContainer entity type

D. The object class for the Group entity type

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #14

Bill's company created and tuned an IBM WebSphere Portal clustered application, which also serves a large amount of static content.
Which action will significantly improve the user response time?

A. Move all the relevant static content from portal nodes to the web servers.

B. Store all the static content in a separate portal cluster and access it via WSRP implementation.

C. Increase the JVM heap size and further tune the environment.

D. Store static content in the JCR database as IBM Web Content Manager content.

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question #15

The command to change the Portal Admin User ID must be run from which directory?

A. wp_profile_root/bin

B. wp_profile_root

C. wp_profile_root/ConfigEngine

D. wp_profile_root/configuration

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question #16

Mark must configure the portal to use IBM Tivoli Access Manager in a clustered environment
Which is the first command to be run, and where?

A. validate-pdadmin-connection task on Deployment manager

B. validate-pdadmin-connection task on primary node

C. validate-pdadmin-credential task on each node in the cluster

D. validate-pdadmin-connection task on each node in the cluster

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

Question #17

Which file must be changed before running the database-transfer task?

A. The wpconfig.properties file

B. The wkplc_dbdomain.properties file

C. The setup-database.ini file

D. The database-transfer.properties file

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

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Question #18

IBM WebSphere Portal supports the use of external security managers (ESMs).
Which statement is true when using ESMs to manage single sign-on (SSO) within a WebSphere Portal environment?

A. Using ESMs to perform both authentication and authorization is not supported.

B. Using ESMs to perform only authorization issupported.

C. Using ESMs to perform SSO services to external applications are not supported.

D. Using ESMs to perform only authentication is not supported.

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

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