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Net Interview Question and Answers

1.

What is VB.NET?

VB.Net is a windows based programming language.It supports oops

concept.
2.

What are all the parts of .Net Framework?

Common Language Runtime

.Net Framework Class Library
3.

What is Difference between Namespace and Assembly?

Namespace is a collection of different classes. Whereas an
assembly is the basic building blocks of the .net framework.
4.

What is the difference between early binding and late binding?

Calling a nonvirtual method, decided at a compile time is known
as early binding. Calling a virtual method (Pure Polymorphism), decided
at a runtime is known as late binding.
5.

What is Intermediate Langauge?

Microsoft Intermediate Language(MSIL or IL) is the CPU independent instruction set into which .Net framework programs are
compiled. It contains instructions for loading, storing initializing, and
calling methods on objects.

6.

What is Commom Language Runtime?

CLR also known as Common Language Run time provides a

environment in which program are executed, it activate object, perform
security check on them, lay them out in the memory, execute them and
garbage collect them.
7.What is Common Type System?
The common type system is a rich type system, built into the common
language runtime, which supports the types and operations found in
most programming languages.
8.

What is Common Language Specification?

The Common Language Specification is a set of constructs and

constraints that serves as a guide for library writers and compiler
writers.
9.

Whats the difference between private and shared assembly?

Private assembly is used inside an application only and does not

have to be identified by a strong name.
Shared assembly can be used by multiple applications and has to have a
strong name.
10.

What are the technology areas that Microsoft.Net contains?

Net Framework

.Net Enterprise Servers

.Net Languages and language tools
11.

What is an Assembly?

Assembly are the basic buiding blocks of the .net framework.They

are the logical grouping of the functionality in a physical file.
12.

What are the advantages of an assembly?

Increased performance. Better code management and

encapsulation. It also introduces the n-tier concepts and business logic.
13.

What is Code Access Security?

CAS - Code Access Security is the part of the .NET security model
that determines whether or not a piece of code is allowed to run, and
what resources it can use when it is running.
difference between Structure and Class?
Structures are value type and Classes are reference type
Structures can not have constructors or destructors.
Classes can have both constructors and destructors.
Structures do
Inheritance.

not

support

Inheritance,

while

Classes

support

15.

What is the differences between dataset.clone and dataset.copy?

Dataset.clone copies just the structure of dataset (including all the

datatables, schemas, relations and constraints.); however it doesnt copy
the data.
Dataset.copy, copies both the dataset structure and the data.
16.

What is the use of Internal keyword?

Internal keyword is one of the access specifier available in .Net

framework , that makes a type visible in a given assembly , for e.g : a
single dll can contain multiple modules.
17.

What is the difference between the Debug class and Trace class?

Use Debug class for debug builds, use Trace class for both debug and
release builds.

16.

What is the use of Internal keyword?

Internal keyword is one of the access specifier available in .Net

framework , that makes a type visible in a given assembly , for e.g : a
single dll can contain multiple modules.
17. What is the difference between the Debug class and Trace class?

Use Debug class for debug builds, use Trace class for both debug and
release builds.
18. What are class access modifiers?
Access modifiers are keywords used to specify the declared accessibility
of a member or a type. This section introduces the four access modifiers :
Public
Protected
Internal
Protected inertnal
Private
19.

What is portable executable?

The file format used for executable programs and for files to be
linked together to form executable programs.
20. What
is
the
difference
System.StringBuilder classes?

between

System.String

and

System.String is immutable, System.StringBuilder was designed

with the purpose of having a mutable string where a variety of
operations can be performed.

21.

What is tracing?

Tracing refers to collecting information about the application

while it is running. You use tracing information to troubleshoot an
application.
22.

What is the difference between a Thread and a Process?

A Process is an instance of an running application. And a thread is

the Execution stream of the Process. A process can have multiple Thread.
23.

What is serialization?

Serialization is the process of converting an object into a stream of

bytes.
De-serialization is the opposite process of creating an object from a
stream of bytes.
Serialization/De-serialization is mostly used to transport objects.
24.

How a base class method is hidden?

Hiding a base class method by declaring a method in derived class

with keyword new. This will override the base class method and old
method will be suppressed.
25.

What do you mean by .Net framework?

The .Net Framework is a software development framework from

Microsoft.

It is a collection of tools, technologies and languages that provides

an environment to build and deploy robust enterprise application easily.
26.

What is the main purpose of Garbage collector?

The main purpose of Garbage collector isto destroy the variables

and other objects that were used by the application hence releasing the
memory blocked by them.
27.

What is an Interface?

An interface has no implementation; it only has the signature or in

other words, just the definition of the methods without the body.
28.

What is the difference between an EXE and a DLL?

Dll is an In-Process Component whereas EXE is an OUt-Process

Component.Exe is for single use whereas you can use Dll for multiple
use.
Exe can be started as standalone where dll cannot be.
29. What is the GAC?
Each computer where the common language runtime is installed
has a machine-wide code cache called the global assembly cache. The
global assembly cache stores assemblies that are to be shared by several
applications on the computer. This area is typically the folder under
windows or winnt in the machine.

30.

How does CAS work?

The CAS security policy revolves around two key concepts - code
groups and permissions. Each .NET assembly is a member of a particular
code group, and each code group is granted the permissions specified in
a named permission set.
31.

What is difference between MetaData and Manifest?

Metadata and Manifest forms an integral part of an assembly( dll /

exe ) in .net framework . Out of which Metadata is a mandatory
component , which as the name suggests gives the details about various
components of IL code viz : Methods , properties , fields , class etc.
32.

What is the top .NET class that everything is derived from?

System.Object

33.

How is method overriding different from method overloading?

When overriding a method, you change the behavior of the method

for the derived class. Overloading a method simply involves having
another method with the same name within the class.
34.

What are the benefits of.NET Framework?

.NET Framework offers many benefits to application developers.

Some of these benefits are as follows:

Consistent programming model

Language interoperability
Automatic management of resources
Ease of deployment

35.

What is an ArrayList?

The ArrayList object is a collection of items containing a single data

type values.

36.

Define Naming convention?

Naming Conventions are simply agreed upon standards for how

elements will be named in a program.

37.

What is Overloading?

A process of creating different implementation of a method having

a same name as base class, in a derived class. It implements Inheritance.

38.

When do you use virutal keyword?

When we need to override a method of the base class in the sub

class, then we give the virtual keyword in the base class method. This
makes the method in the base class to be overridable. Methods,
properties, and indexers can be virtual, which means that their
implementation can be overridden in derived classes.

39.

What is the purpose of XML Namespaces?

An XML Namespace is a collection of element types and attribute

names. It consists of 2 parts
The first part is the URI used to identify the namespace
The second part is the element type or attribute name itself.

40.

What is a constructor?

A constructor is invoked when you use the new operator, or use

the various methods of reflection to create an instance of a class.
41. What
is
the
difference
System.StringBuilder classes?

between

System.String

and

System.String is immutable, System.StringBuilder was designed

with the purpose of having a mutable string where a variety of
operations can be performed.

42.

What is the use of JIT ?

JIT (Just - In - Time) is a compiler which converts MSIL code to

Native Code (ie. CPU-specific code that runs on the same computer
architecture).
43.

What is the difference between early binding and late binding?

Calling a non-virtual method, decided at a compile time is known

as early binding. Calling a virtual method (Pure Polymorphism), decided
at a runtime is known as late binding.

44. Which method do you invoke on the DataAdapter control to load

your generated dataset with data?
DataAdapters fill () method is used to fill load the data in dataset.

45.

What is the purpose of an Assembly?

An assembly controls many aspects of an application. The

assembly handles versioning, type and class scope, security permissions,
as well as other metadata including references to other assemblies and
resources. The rules described in an assembly are enforced at runtime.

46.

What is Authentication and Authorization?

Authentication is the process of identifying users. Authentication is

identifying/validating the user against the credentials (username and
password).
Authorization performs after authentication. Authorization is the
process of granting access to those users based on identity.
Authorization allowing access of specific resource to user.

47.

What languages does the .Net Framework support?

The four core languages supported by .NET Framework are
Visual Basic.Net
C#.Net
Visual J#.Net
Jscript.Net

48

What is a Literal Control?

The Literal control is used to display text on a page. The text is

programmable. This control does not let you apply styles to its content.

49.

What are the namespace available in .net?

Namespace is a logical grouping of class.
System
System.Data
System.IO
System.Drawing
System.Windows.Forms
System.Threading

50.

What is Side-by-Side Execution?

The CLR allows any versions of the same-shared DLL (shared

assembly) to execute at the same time, on the same system, and even in
the same process. This concept is known as side-by-side execution.

51.

What are the different types of Caching?

There are three types of Caching :
Output Caching
Fragment Caching
Data Caching.

52.

What is Reference type and value type?

Reference Type : Reference types are allocated on the managed

CLR heap, just like object types. A data type that is stored as a reference
to the values location. Reference types can be self-describing types,
pointer types, or interface types.

Value Type : Value types are allocated on the stack just like primitive
types in VBScript, VB6 and C/C++. Value types are not instantiated using
new go out of scope when the function they are defined within returns.

53.

What is Delegates?

Delegates are a type-safe, object-oriented implementation of

function pointers and are used in many situations where a component
needs to call back to the component that is using it.

54.

What is Authentication and Authorization?

Authentication is the process of identifying users. Authentication is

identifying/validating the user against the credentials (username and
password).
Authorization performs after authentication. Authorization is the
process of granting access to those users based on identity.
Authorization allowing access of specific resource to user.

55.

What is a Static class?

Static class is a class which can be used or accessed without

creating an instance of the class.

56

Define Manifest?

Manifest is the set of metadata that describes the contents of the

assembly.

57.

What are the two main parts of the .NET Framework?

There are the two main parts of the .NET Framework are :
The common language runtime (CLR).
The .NET Framework class library.

58. What is the advantage of using System.Text.StringBuilder over

System.String?
StringBuilder is more efficient in cases where there is a large
amount of string manipulation. Strings are immutable, so each time it's
being operated on, a new instance is created.

59.

What is reflection?

All .NET compilers produce metadata about the types defined in

the modules they produce. This metadata is packaged along with the
module (modules in turn are packaged together in assemblies), and can
be accessed by a mechanism called reflection.

60.

What is an Application Domain? How they get created?

An Application Domain can be thought of as a lightweight

processes controlled by the .Net runtime. Application Domains are
usually created by hosts like Windows Shell, ASP.NET and IE. When you
run a .NET application from the command-line, the host is the Shell. The
Shell creates a new Application Domain for every application.

61.

What is the difference between Compiler and Interpreter?

Compiler :

A compiler is a program that translates program (called source code)

written in some high level language into object code.
Interpreter:

An interpreter translates high-level instructions into an intermediate

form, which it then executes. Interpreter analyzes and executes each line
of source code in succession, without looking at the entire program; the
advantage of interpreters is that they can execute a program
immediately. .

What is a class?
Class is concrete representation of an entity. It represents a group
of objects, which hold similar attributes and behavior. It provides
abstraction and encapsulations.

63.

What is an Object?

Object represents/resembles a Physical/real entity. An object is

simply something you can give a name.

64

What is Abstraction?

Hiding the complexity. It is a process of defining communication

interface for the functionality and hiding rest of the things.

65.

How do you convert a string into an integer in .NET?

Int32.Parse(string)

Convert.ToInt32()

66.

Describe the compilation process for .NET code?

Source code is compiled and run in the .NET Framework using a

two-stage process. First, source code is compiled to Microsoft
intermediate language (MSIL) code using a .NET Framework-compatible
compiler, such as that for Visual Basic .NET or Visual C#. Second, MSIL
code is compiled to native code.

67.

What Is Boxing And Unboxing?

Boxing :

Boxing is an implicit conversion of a value type to the reference type.

Examples : Stuct Type, Enumeration Type
UnBoxing :

Unboxing is an explicit conversion from the reference to a value type.

Examples : Class , Interface.

68. How do you create threading in .NET? What is the namespace for
that?
System.Threading.Thread

69.

What is Method overloading?

Method overloading occurs when a class contains two methods

with the same name, but different signatures.

70.

What is Method Overriding?

An override method provides a new implementation of a member

inherited from a base class. The method overridden by an override
declaration is known as the overridden base method.

71.

What is difference between inline and code behind?

Inline code written along side the html in a page. Code-behind is

code written in a separate file and referenced by the .aspx page.

72.

What is an abstract class?

An abstract class is a class that must be inherited and have the

methods overridden. An abstract class is essentially a blueprint for a
class without any implementation.

73.

What is the difference between datagrid and gridview?

Datagrid is used in windows application and gridview is used in

web and in datagrid we cannot write the code for datagrid properties
where as for grid view we can write the code like template column item
template etc this will not be done in datagrid.

74.

What is the use of System.Diagnostics.Process class?

The System.Diagnostics namespace provides the interfaces,

classes, enumerations and structures that are used for tracing.

The System.Diagnostics namespace provides two classes named Trace

and Debug that are used for writing errors and application execution
information in logs.

75.

What is the difference between static or dynamic assemblies?

Assemblies can be static or dynamic.

Static assemblies :
can include .NET Framework types (interfaces and classes), as well as
resources for the assembly (bitmaps, JPEG files, resource files, and so
on).Staticassemblies are stored on disk in portable executable (PE) files.
Dynamic assemblies :
which are run directly from memory and are not saved to disk before
execution. You can save dynamic assemblies to disk after they have
executed.

76.

What are the difference between Structure and Class?

Structures are value type and Classes are reference type.

Structures can not have constructors or destructors. Classes can

have both contractors and destructors.

Structures do not support Inheritance, while Classes support

Inheritance

77.

What is difference between Class And Interface?

Class : is logical representation of object. It is collection of data and

related sub procedures with defination.
Interface : is also a class containg methods which is not having any
definations.Class does not support multiple inheritance. But interface
can support.

78.

What is the use of ErrorProvider Control?

The ErrorProvider control is used to indicate invalid data on a data

entry form.

79.

How many languages .NET is supporting now?

When .NET was introduced it came with several languages. VB.NET,

C#, COBOL and Perl, etc. 44 languages are supported.

80.

How many .NET languages can a single .NET DLL contain?

Many.

81.

What is metadata?

Metadata means data about the data i.e., machine-readable

information about a resource, . Such information might include details
on content, format, size, or other characteristics of a data source. In .NET,
metadata includes type definitions, version information, external
assembly references, and other standardized information.

82.

What is the difference between Custom Control and User Control?

Custom Controls are compiled code (Dlls), easier to use, difficult to

create, and can be placed in toolbox. Drag and Drop controls. Attributes
can be set visually at design time.
AUser Control is shared among the single application files.

83. What keyword is used to accept a variable number of parameter in

a method?
params keyword is used as to accept variable number of
parameters.

84.

What are different types of JIT ?

There are three types of jit :
pre - jit
Econo - jit
Normal - jit.

85.

What is difference between C# And Vb.net?

C# is case sensitive while VB is not case sensitive.
vb.net does not support xml while c# support xml
vb.net supports with constructor while c# do not.

86.

What does assert() method do?

In debug compilation, assert takes in a Boolean condition as a

parameter, and shows the error dialog if the condition is false. The
program proceeds without any interruption if the condition is true.

87.

Why string are called Immutable data Type?

The memory representation of string is an Array of Characters, So

on re-assigning the new array of Char is formed & the start address is
changed . Thus keeping the Old string in Memory for Garbage Collector
to be disposed.

88. What is the difference between Convert.toString and .toString()

method?
Convert.toString handles null while i.tostring() does not handles
null.

89.

How many types of Transactions are there in COM + .NET ?

There are 5 transactions types that can be used with COM+.
Disabled
Not Supported
Supported
Required
Required New

90.

What is a DataTable?

A DataTable is a class in .NET Framework and in simple words a

DataTable object represents a table from a database.
91.

How many namespaces are in .NET version 1.1?

124.

92.

What is a DataSet?

A DataSet is an in memory representation of data loaded from any

data source

93.

What is the difference between in-proc and out-of-proc?

An Inproc is one which runs in the same process area as that of the
client giving tha advantage of speed but the disadvantage of stability
becoz if it crashes it takes the client application also with it.
Outproc is one which works outside the clients memory thus giving
stability to the client, but we have to compromise a bit on speed.

94. What is the differnce between Managed code and unmanaged

code?
Managed Code: Code that runs under a "contract of cooperation"
with the common language runtime. Managed code must supply the
metadata necessary for the runtimeto provide services such as memory
management, cross-language integration, code access security, and
automatic lifetime control of objects. All code based on Microsoft
intermediate language (MSIL) executes as managed code.

Un-Managed Code:Code that is created without regard for the

conventions and requirements of the common language runtime.
Unmanaged code executes in the common language runtime
environment with minimal services (for example, no garbage collection,
limited debugging, and so on).

95.

What is difference between constants, readonly and, static?

Constants: The value cant be changed.

Read-only: The value will be initialized only once from the

constructor of the class.
Static: Value can be initialized once.
96. What is the difference between Convert.toString and .toString()
method?
Convert.toString handles null while i.tostring() does not handles
null.

97.

What are the advantages of VB.NET?

The main advantages of .net are :

.NET is a language independent

Automatic memory management(garbage collection)
Disconnected architecture
Object Oriented.
98.

What is strong-typing versus weak-typing?

Strong type is checking at the variables in compile time.

Weak typing is checking the variables at run-time.

99.

What is the root class in .Net?

system.object is the root class in .net .

100. What is the maximum size of the textbox?

65536
101. What is managed code execution?

The .Net framework loads and executes the .Net applications, and
manages the state of objects during program execution. This also
provides automatically garbage collections.

102. What is the strong name in .net assembly?

Strong Name is similar to GUID (It is supposed to be unique in
space and time).
In COM components. Strong name is only needed when we need to
deploy assembly in GAC.
Strong names use public key cryptography (PKC) to ensure that no
one can spoof it. PKC use public key and private key concept. Following
are the step to generate a strong name and sign an assembly:

103. How to run a Dos command in Vb.net?

Shell("cmd.exe /c c:\first.exe < in.txt > out.txt")

104. What are the assembly entry points?

An assembly can have only one entry point from DllMain, WinMain
or Main.

105. What are remotable objects in .NET Remoting?

Remotable objects are the objects that can be marshaled across the
application domains. You can marshal by value, where a deep copy of the
object is created and then passed to the receiver. You can also marshal
by reference, where just a reference to an existing object is passed.

106. What are the types of Authentication?

There are 3 types of Authentication.
Windows Authentication
Forms Authentication
Passport Authentication.

107. What namespaces are necessary to create a localized application?

System.Globalization

System.Resources

106. What are the types of Authentication?

There are 3 types of Authentication.
Windows Authentication
Forms Authentication
Passport Authentication.

107. What namespaces are necessary to create a localized application?

System.Globalization
System.Resources

108. Which namespaces are used for data access?

System.Data
System.Data.OleDB
System.Data.SQLClient

109. What is a SESSION and APPLICATION object?

Session object store information between HTTP requests for a
particular user.
Session variables are used to store user specific information where as in
application variables we cant store user specific information.
while application object are global across users.

110. What is static constructor?

A static constructor is used to initialize a class. It is called
automatically to initialize the class before the first instance is created or
any static members are referenced.

111. What is the base class of .net?

System.Object

112. What namespace does the Web page belong in the .NET Framework
class hierarchy?
System.Web.UI.Page

113. What is a formatter?

A formatter is an object that is responsible for encoding and
serializing data into messages on one end, and deserializing and
decoding messages into data on the other end.

114. What is static member?

The member defined as static which can be invoked directly from
the class level, rather than from its instance.

115 What is sealed class?

Sealed classes are those classes which can not be inherited and
thus any sealed class member can not be derived in any other class. A
sealed class cannot also be an abstract class.

116. What is reflection?

All .NET compilers produce metadata about the types defined in
the modules they produce. This metadata is packaged along with the
module (modules in turn are packaged together in assemblies), and can
be accessed by a mechanism called reflection.

117. What is managed code execution?

The .Net framework loads and executes the .Net applications, and
manages the state of objects during program execution. This also
provides automatically garbage collections.

118. What is Remoting?

Remoting is a means by which one operating system process, or

program, can communicate with another process. The two processes can
exist on the same computer or on two computers connected by a LAN or
the Internet. Web services are probably the best known type of
remoting, but they are not the only option.

119. What is the main use of a namespace?

Namespaces are useful to avoid collision or ambiguity among the
classes and type names.
Another use of the namespace is to arrange a group of classes for a
specific purpose.

120. What is the difference between early binding and late binding?
Calling a non virtual method, decided at a compile time is known as
early binding.
Calling a virtual method (Pure Polymorphism), decided at a
runtime is known as late binding.
121. Can one DLL file contains the compiled code of more than one .NET
language?

No, a DLL file can contain the compiled code of only one
programming language.

122. Which is the base class for all the classes in .NET Framework?
The System.Object class

123. What are the different types of applications supported in .NET (or)
.NET Framework?
.NET or .NET Framework is a complete environment for developers
to develop, run, and deploy the following applications :
Console applications
Windows Forms applications
Windows Presentation Foundation applications (WPF)
Web applications (ASP.NET applications)
Web services
Windows services Service-oriented applications using Windows
Communication Foundation (WCF)

Workflow enabled
Foundation (WF)

applications

using

Windows

Workflow

124. Which method do you use to enforce garbage collection in .NET?

The System.GC.Collect() method.