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 Q31. Which version control system you are using in your current project ?Tools
Ans. We are using SVN and Git Hub.

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  Q32. Explain Application / Server architecture being used in your project ?

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Explain your project architecture ?
Ans. We are using cluster of Web servers and Application servers. Load Balancer is used to manage the load between them. Down the layer we have middleware server and then DB server to access database.

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 Q33. What should a class do if its implementing an interface ?Core Java
Ans. It should either implement all interface methods or declare unimplemented methods as abstract.

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 Q34. What is a static variable in Java ?Core Java
Ans. It is a class level variable that is shared among the objects of that class.

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 Q35. What are the disadvantages of multithreading ?Core Java
Ans. 1. Switching Overheads - Even though multi threading aims at improving performance by reducing the wait time and hence improving overall throughput, there is a cost of switching resources between threads and sometime this cost can surpass the benefits if there isnt much wait for IO or external communication.

2. Debugging is hard with multi threaded code.

3. Deadlock - Execution of multi threaded code many a times lead to deadlock due to shared resources.

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 Q36. What is the difference between Controller and Task Command ?IBM WCS
Ans. Controller Command is the command that gets called upon a request, just like We have actions in struts and controller in Spring. Task is a step in this bigger process. Task command are the commands that perform specific task for a controller command, like service classes in other frameworks. In order to complete the request, a controller command may invoke multiple task commands.

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Frequently asked Design Pattern interview question.
 Q37. What is a prototype design pattern ?Design
Ans. The prototype pattern is a creational design pattern. It is used when the type of objects to create is determined by a prototypical instance, which is cloned to produce new objects. Prototype is used when we need duplicate copies of objects.

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 Q38. What is difference between Product and Item ?IBM WCS
Ans. Item is a sale-able merchandise where as Product is a group of sale-able merchandise which share certain attributes. For example - Cell phone is a product whereas Samsung Galaxy S2 - White is an item.

Quantity is always attached to SKU ( Stock keeping unit ) or items. Product quantity has no relevance in terms of identify the current stock or reorder condition.

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 Q39. Write a Java Program to check Armstrong Number ?Core Java
Ans. http://www.programmingsimplified.com/java/source-code/java-program-armstrong-number

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 Q40. Explain Agile Software Development Methodology ?Process
Ans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development

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 Q41. How Promotions are created and stored in WCS ?IBM WCS
Ans. Promotions are created either using Management Center or Accelerator. PX_PROMOTION table is used to store Promotions. Complete Promotion is stored as an XML string within XMLPARAM column. Other tables which are used to store promotion related information are -

CATENTCALCD
CALCODE
CLCDPROMO

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 Q42. What is purchase condition and reward in promotions ?IBM WCS
Ans. Purchase condition is the condition that must be fulfilled before a promotion is applied and Reward is the benefit that is passed to customer.

For Example - If promotion is "Buy 2 Quantity of X, Get Y Free" , Purchase condition is inclusion of 2 qty of X in Cart. Reward in this case would be 1 qty of Y.

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 Q43. What steps are needed to create a new promotion type ?IBM WCS
Ans. a. Create necessary lzx files( template , object definition and properties ), make config entries and then Build open Laszlo project ( for LOBTools ) so that new promotion type should be displayed in management center.

b. Create a new promotion type xsl ( promotion type template ) and then map it to the promotion type.

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 Q44. How can you check the status of an ORDER ?IBM WCS
Ans. By querying the STATUS from the ORDERS table.

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 Q45. I want to collect email addresses of all Registered Users. Which table should I refer ?IBM WCS
Ans. ADDRESS

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 Q46. How can i get to know all the active promotions without going to management center ?IBM WCS
Ans. We can query the DB as follows

Select NAME from PX_PROMOTION where STATUS=1;

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 Q47. How can we remove a JSP page from getting cached ?IBM WCS
Ans. Remove the jsp entry from cachespec.xml.

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 Q48. Where do we store DB configuration and how can we change that ?IBM WCS
Ans. wc-server.xml stores the DB configuration. We can either change it manually or by using setdbtype command.

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 Q49. Which table holds the encrypted login password ?IBM WCS
Ans. USERREG

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 Q50. How can we enable promotion engine logs ?IBM WCS
Ans. By making Debug=true within WCSPromotionEngineConfig.xml

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 Q51. What are the steps to create a new business policy ?IBM WCS
Ans. Step 1 - Create a new policy definition by adding record in tables POLICY, POLICYDESC.
Step 3 - Associate commands to the new policy by adding records in POLICYCMD.
Step 2 - Associate the new policy with its terms and conditions by adding a record in relationship table POLICYTC.
Step 4 - Add reference to the policy in the repective contract xml file.

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 Q52. Define Business policy categories provided by WCS ?IBM WCS
Ans. Catalog business policies

Catalog business policies define the scope and characteristics of the catalog of products for sale in a store including prices and the categorization of products in a store's catalog.

Payment business policies

Invoicing, payment, and refund business policies define how a store accepts payments, pays refunds, and the format of a store's invoices.

Returns business policies

Returns business policies define if refunds are accepted, the time period they are accepted for, and any re-stocking fees applied to returns.

Shipping business policies

Shipping business policies define the shipping providers a store can use and the charges associated with each type.

Referral interface business policies

Referral interface business policies define the relationship between a proxy store and a remote store.

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 Q53. Where do we specify the buyer seller relationship ?IBM WCS
Ans. In the contract xml files.

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  Q54. What is an exception and exception handling in Java ?Core Java
Ans. An Exception in java is the occurrence during computation that is anomalous and is not expected.

Exception handling is the mechanism which is used to handle such situations.


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 Q55. How Access control Policies are implemented in WCS ?IBM WCS
Ans. There are three elements i.e Users ( Who want access ) , Actions ( What kind of Access ) and Resources ( Whose Access ). The relationship between resource and user is store in ACRELATION table and ACRESREL associate a resource and relationship.

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 Q56. What are the tables used for Access control ?IBM WCS
Ans. ACPOLICY , ACPOLDESC , ACACTION , ACRELATION , ACRESREL , ACRESGRP

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 Q57. Who manages the Access control policies and How ?IBM WCS
Ans. Site Administrator and through Org Admin Console.

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 Q58. What are the design patterns used in WCS ?IBM WCS
Ans. MVC , Display Design and Command.

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 Q59. What is reload interval and where it is defined ?IBM WCS
Ans. reload interval or jsp caching interval is a parameter that indicates how frequently a JSP should be recompiled.

It is defined within

Stores.warWEB-INFibm-web-ext.xmi

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 Q60. What information is stored in CACHEIVL table and How does this help in caching ? IBM WCS
Ans. This table records the changes to product or category information in the database. This is referred by WCS for invalidating dynacache.

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