Exam Prep Flashcards

Pass Confluence Certified Administrator Exam

1
Q

What types of permissions can be given to a user in Confluence?

A

Global, Space and Page

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Who can assign Global Permissions?

A

Confluence administrators

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What two permissions can you give Anonymous users?

A

Use Confluence, View User Profile

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Who manages space permissions?

A

Space Admins

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

When is the first system administrator created?

A

During setup

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What is the difference between being a member of the confluence-administrators group and having confluence administrator permissions?

A

The confluence-administrators group is a super user group that can perform site-wide administrations and see content of all pages regardless of space permissions or page restrictions. It has complete access to all functions and content.

Confluence administrators only have access to a sub-set of administration tools. They cannot see all spaces or restricted pages.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Can you change the permissions of the confluence-administrators group?

A

No. You would have to create a new group and give it the specific permissions you desire.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Are permissions and group names case-sensitive?

A

Yes.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

What is the difference between a System Administrator and a Confluence Administrator?

A

Confluence Administrators can perform fewer administrative functions than System Administrators, who can perform all administrative functions.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Who can add people to the confluence-administrators group?

A

Only people with global system administrator permissions.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What is wrong with this and how can you correct it?

ID;APPLICATION_ID;DIRECTORY_ID;ALLOW_ALL;LIST_INDEX
12779521;8290305;12746753;T;0
13041665;8290305;13008897;T;1
10780673;8290305;10747905;T;2
10387459;8290305;10354691;T;3
11698177;8290305;11665409;T;4
10158081;8290305;10125313;T;5
8355841;8290305;8323073;T;7
A

User directory order error - at the end the last user should be 6 instead of 7. following SQL query:

UPDATE cwd_app_dir_mapping
SET LIST_INDEX=6
WHERE ID=8355841;

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What happens if the user directory has an incorrect order?

A

User cannot log in and a null pointer exception appears in the atlassian-confluence log

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Does Atlassian recommend you delete or deactivate a user account when the user leaves the company?

A

Deactivate

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What are two ways to integrate Confluence with your own single sign-on (SSO) infrastructure?

A
  1. Install Atlassian Crowd

2. Write a custom Seraph authenticator

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

How can you have user signup enabled and still make sure only people in your company can become users?

A

Restrict user sign up by domain. You need to set up a mail server for confluence before you can do this.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

When can you delete a user?

A

When the user has not yet added or edited any content on the site.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

What is the UPM

A

Universal Plugin Manager

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

What is a template?

A

A template is a predefined page that can be used as a prototype when creating new pages.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

What is a blueprint?

A

A blueprint is a set of page templates with added functionality to help you create, manage and organize content in Confluence more easily.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Give an example of a default blueprint.

A

Meeting notes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

What is the user limit for Confluence Cloud?

A

5,000 per site.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

What data is imported when you migrate from server to cloud?

A
Site data (spaces, pages, attachments, comments)
Users and groups
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

What data is not imported when you migrate from server to cloud?

A
Global settings and permissions
Apps
Application links
User avatars
Passwords (users will need to reset their passwords after migrating to cloud)
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

What is another term for Add-ons in UPM?

A

Apps

25
Q

What are reasons the Add-ons or Manage Apps link would not show up in the top navigation bar?

A

UPM is not in online mode or the application cannot connect to the internet through the firewall.

26
Q

What are the three types of apps?

A
Plugins
Plugins 2 (Server/Data Center applications)
Atlassian Connect (Cloud applications)
27
Q

What types of app files can be installed by upload?

A

JAR or OBR files

28
Q

What port does Synchrony run on

A

8091

29
Q

What is the maximum number of users that can edit a page at the same time when collaborative editing is turned on?

A

12

30
Q

Where do you really have to look to disable collaborative editing

A

Gear > Add-Ons > System > Confluence Collaborative Editor Plugin.

31
Q

What security authentication is recommended for linking applications?

A

OAuth

32
Q

What types of OAuth are there and when should you use each?

A

OAuth where both applications have different userbases.
OAuth (impersonation) if both applications share the same userbase, typically managed with an external directory using LDAP.

33
Q

What port does Confluence use by default?

A

8090

34
Q

Someone shares a restricted page with you and makes sure the restrictions settings allow you to edit and view the page. You can access the page, but not edit it. Why?

A

You do not have the Add Pages permission in the space.

35
Q

Are view permissions inherited from the parent page?

A

Yes

36
Q

Are edit permissions inherited from the parent page?

A

No

37
Q

You have created a new global group and added users to it, but the users are unable to sign in. What could be the cause?

A

New groups do not automatically have permissions to log in. You must add the group to Application Access.

38
Q

What permissions do new groups need in order to log in?

A

Global Can Use

39
Q

What are the three levels of Confluence permissions?

A

Global, Space, Page

40
Q

What does the View space permission do?

A

The View space permission determines whether a user or group access to the space as a whole. Users who do not have ‘View’ permissions to the space will not see the space via the Confluence space directory, and will not be able to access pages in the space linked to from other locations.

41
Q

Who is an administrator of a space?

A

The person who created the space, anyone they give Space Admin permission to, confluence-administrators

42
Q

Should you rename the confluence-administrators group?

A

No, if you do some permissions will not be available.

43
Q

Who can see restricted pages?

A

People given view or view and edit access by the creator. The creator. confluence administrators can give themselves permission to view them, but they won’t automatically be able to to do so.

44
Q

What things are NOT copied when you copy a space?

A

page history, blog posts, email

45
Q

A user has exported several pages to PDF, but the company logo is not showing up in the header. What might be causing the problem?

A

PDF customization only applies to space exports, not single page exports via Tools > Export to PDF

46
Q

What does changing the Favicon do?

A

It changes the icon that shows up in your browser tab.

47
Q

A space is not displaying the default space logo. Why?

A

A custom space logo has been defined for that space. Default space logos apply only to spaces that don’t have a custom space logo applied.

48
Q

The client wants their logo and tagline to show on every page. How will you accomplish this?

A

Change the site logo. Choose Show Logo and Title and put the tagline in the title.

49
Q

You’ve added a new site logo and suddenly the site color scheme has changed. What has happened?

A

Auto Look and Feel has detected the colors in your new logo and changed the site color scheme to match.

50
Q

What will Confluence do if a user tries to attach a file bigger than 100 MB?

A

It will not extract text or index the file contents. Only the filename will be searchable.

51
Q

How do you reduce the maximum attachment size a user can add

A

Change the following property:

atlassian.indexing.attachment.maxsize

52
Q

What is the maximum size of attachment Confluence will extract text from for Excel (.xlsx) tables?

A

1 MB

53
Q

What is the maximum size of attachment Confluence will extract text from for PDFs?

A

8 MB

54
Q

What is the maximum size of attachment Confluence will extract text from for Word documents (.docx)?

A

16 MB

55
Q

What is the maximum size of attachment Confluence will extract text from for non-Word text files (including .txt, .xml, .html, .rtf etc)?

A

10 MB

56
Q

What happens when a user account is disabled?

A

Unable to log in.
Not included in license count.
Not visible in People directory, unable to mention them, or select their name/username as a search filter.
Full name will still appear on any spaces or content they created.
Remain in User Management admin screens.
Account can be re-enabled (this will restore the connection to their content).
Content they created will be maintained.

57
Q

What happens if a user is unsynced?

A

unable to log in
not included in license count
unable to mention, see in people directory, search for them
username will still appear on spaces/content they have created
only listed on the Unsynced tab of the User Mgt admin screens
Account will be restored if they are resynced
Content will be maintained

58
Q

What happens if a user account is deleted?

A

User can’t log in
not included in license count
not visible in directory, mention or search
content they created will have an anonymous alias
Not listed in User Mgt admin screens
permanent deletion, cannot be restored
content created will be maintained

59
Q

A user complains that they cannot mention a coworker in Confluence. What things should you check?

A

Is the user disabled?
Is the user unsynced?
Is a user deleted?