.NET Interview Questions

.NET crystal reports How do we access crystal reports in .NET? What are the various components in crystal reports? What basic steps are needed to display a simple report in crystal?........... Net Framework Explain the .Net Framework. Describe the .Net Framework Architecture. What are the components of the .Net Framework? Explain the role of assembly in the .Net Framework. Describe the GAC in the .Net Framework....... NET Assembly Define .Net Assembly. What does an assembly contain? Define a private assembly and a shared assembly. What are Satellite Assemblies? What do you understand by side-by-site execution of assembly?......... .NET multi-threading What is multi-threading? Why Multithreading? Advantages and disadvantages of using multithreading. How does multi-threading work in .NET? Benefits of using the Thread Pool. Limitations of using the Thread Pool............ Managed vs. unmanaged code Explain - consuming unmanaged DLL functions using PInvoke. Explain how managed code slower than unmanaged code............ NET Debug & Trace What is Break mode? What are the options for stepping through code? What is a Breakpoint? Define Debug and Trace Class. What are Trace switches? Explain how to configure Trace switches in the application's .config file............ NET Access Modifiers Define Data Access Modifier. What are the access modifiers available? What is the default access modifier for the member?......... NET Assemblies and Resources Define Assembly. What is manifest? Explain GAC. What is the use of SN.EXE? What is a Satellite assembly? Explain the different types of assemblies in .NET........... NET Base class library Describe the .Net base class library. What is the difference between value types and reference types?.......... NET Binding, viewing, filtering What is the role of data provider? Explain how to filter and sort data with the DataView component. What is DataViewManager?.......... NET Class and Structures What is user-defined data type?, Classes vs. Structures....... NET Common Language Runtime Explain CLR in brief. Describe how a .Net application is compiled and executed. Describe the parts of assembly......... NET Configuring and optimizing Describe the basic schema of a .config file. How to use performance monitor to diagnose bottlenecks in your application? Explain the different types of configuration files provided by .NET framework? What is AppSetting section in Web.Config file?......... NET Constants, Enum, Arrays Describe how to create and use array in .NET. Define Constants and Enumerations in .NET. Explain collection in .NET and describe how to enumerate through the members of a collection......... NET Constructors and destructors Explain constructor and destructor with an example using C#.NET........ NET Control Define base class control. What is inherited control? Define UserControl class......... NET Dataset objects   What is Dataset object? What are the various objects in Dataset? How to save data from dataset? Explain the difference between dataset clone and dataset copy?.......... NET Debugging Tools How do we step through code? What are the debugging windows available?........ NET Debug and trace classes What is Break mode? What are the options for stepping through code? What is a Breakpoint? Define Debug and Trace Class. What are Trace switches?............ NET Delegates and events What is an Event? Define Delegate. What is the purpose of AddHandler keyword?........... NET Exception handling Describe how exceptions are handled by the CLR? How to throw a custom exception?...........   NET Form Describe .NET form. What are Form properties? What are Form methods that control its lifecycle?........... NET Garbage collection What is garbage collection? Is it possible to force garbage collection to run? Define Dispose()........... NET Globalization and localization What is the difference between Localization and Globalization? What is Unicode? What are resource file and how do we generate resource file? Describe how to implement globalization and localization in the use interface in .NET.......... NET Menu Define context menu. What is the purpose of CloneMenu? Explain how to dynamically add items to a menu in .NET. Explain how to dynamically clone a menu in .NET.......... NET Project Deployment What is XCopy? What is the purpose of a bootstrapper application? What are the deployment features of the .NET Framework? What are Merge module projects?........... NET Properties Explain how to implement properties. Explain how to create a read-only or write-only property.......... NET Securing Application Explain what a permissiong is. What are the differences between declarative and imperative security. Explain role-based and code based security........... NET Using XML in ADO.NET Define XSLT. What is XPATH? Define XMLReader Class. Define XMLValidatingReader class.......... NET Validating User Input Explain Form level validation and Field level Validation............ NET Windows Communication Foundation, WCF What is Windows Communication Foundation, WCF? What are the components of WCF? What is the difference between WCF and Web services? What is duplex contracts in WCF?........... NET Windows Presentation Foundation, WPF What is Windows Presentation Foundation, WPF? What are the different documents supported in WPF? What is XAML?............ NET Windows Workflow Foundation, WWF What is Windows Workflow Foundation? What are different types of Workflow in Windows Workflow Foundation? What is the purpose of XOML file?......... ASP.NET interview Define assembly. Define .NET executable. Explain .net architecture. Name the ASP.NET objects. Briefly describe the life cycle of ASP.NET web form. Define .NET Framework base class library............ ASP.NET Authentication Define Authentication and Authorization. What is the authentication mode available in ASP.NET? How do you set authentication mode in the ASP.NET application? List out the difference between windows authentication and form authentication.......... ASP.NET Caching Define Caching in ASP.NET. Advantages of Caching. What are the types of Caching in ASP.NET? Explain in brief each kind of caching in ASP.NET............ ASP.NET Exception Handling Define Exception handling in ASP.NET. What are the ways of handling exceptions in ASP.NET? Explain Try/catch block method of exception handling. Define Error Events. Define Custom Error Pages........... Globalization-Localization What is Globalization and Localization in ASP.NET? What are the Globalization approaches possible in ASP.NET? Implementing ASP.NET Globalization. Define Resource Files and Satellite Assemblies............. ASP.NET Master Pages What is Master Page in ASP.NET? Advantages of using Master Page in ASP.NET Define Multiple Master Page. How do you create Master Page?.......... Session State Management Define Session, SessionId and Session State in ASP.NET. What is Session Identifier? Advantages and disadvantages of using Session State Management. What are the Session State Modes?............ State Management Interview Define state management in ASP.NET. Define Client-side state management and Server-side state management............. ASP.NET Validation Control Define Validation Control in ASP.NET. What are the validation types supported by ASP.NET? Describe the steps to use Validation Control........... VB.NET Interview Explain the difference and similarity between a class and a structure in VB.NET. What is implicit cast and explicit cast in .Net? Discuss about imperative and declarative security. Define Assembly in .NET. Define Anchoring and Docking in .NET........... C#.NET questions Define assembly. What is a Constructor? What is a Destructor? Define abstract class in C#.NET. Define serialization. C#.Net support multiple inheritance, comment. Can private virtual methods be overridden in C#.NET?............. Remoting.Net Interview Define Windows process. Define channels in .NET Remoting. What security means available for .NET Remoting in System.Runtime.Remoting? What is a formatter in .Net Remoting? .NET Remoting and Web services........... Ajax Interview What is AJAX and what problem does it solve? Explain ASP.NET Ajax Framework. Explain limitations of Ajax. What is the role of Script Manager in Ajax? List out differences between AJAX and JavaScript............