ATG Interview Questions (Repository)

Qs. What is a repository in ATG?

Qs. Why do we need Repository when we have database/JDBC? 
Asked By: Wipro, TAISTech, Sapient

Qs. What do you know about "data anywhere architecture" ? 
Asked By: Wipro, HCL

Qs. How to create a non-versioned repository in ATG from scratch ?

Qs. What is "multi" table in ATG Repository? 
Asked By: Wipro, Sapient, HCL, Nvizion Solutions, TAISTech

Qs. What is "multi-column-name" attribute in ATG Repository? 
Asked By: Nvizion Solutions, Wipro, TAISTech

Qs. What is the difference between "data-type", "component-data-type", "item-type" and "component-item-type" in ATG?

Qs. What are derived properties in ATG? 
Asked By: Wipro, Sapient, Nvizion Solutions

Qs. Why are different types of repository cache? 
Asked By: Nvizion Solutions

Qs. What is ClientLockManager in ATG? 
Asked By: Sapient, Nvizion Solutions, TAISTech

Qs. Do we need a ClientLockManager if none of the item-descriptors uses "locked" cache mode? 
Asked By: Nvizion Solutions, TAISTech, Sapient

Qs. What is ServerLockManager in ATG?

Qs. Name any four out of the box Repositories.
Asked By: Nvizion Solutions, Wipro

Qs. What are inherited properties in an ATG Repository?

Qs. How to query a property specific to sub-type of an item-descriptor? 
Asked By: HCL, Nvizion Solutions, Wipro

Qs. Apart from xml-combine="append", what other XML combination modes are supported by ATG?
Asked By: Nvizion Solutions, Sapient

Qs. How to replace an entire out of the box repository without using xml-combine tags?
Asked By: Nvizion Solutions

Qs. What happens if we layer a repository XML, and do not define "xml-combine" attribute?
Asked By: HCL, Wipro