Interview Questions

Steps to step through the code in .NET:

1. Start the program in debug mode.


2. When the first breakpoint is reached then step through can be done in one of the two ways:

•  Press F10 to move to next line.


•  Select debug menu and click on step over. This would step over the breakpoint to next level.

       3. Other options are: “Step Into” and “Step Out”.

public delegate void Del<T>(T item);

Del<int> d1 = new Del<int>(Notify);

A delegate declares a ref type that references a named of anonymous method. Delegates are secure and type-safe. Consider them as type safe function pointers.

ContextMenu component provides the users with the ability to access some very frequently used commands. Context menu works by right click of mouse. They mainly provide access to commands particular to the control that has been clicked upon.

.NET’s Base class library exists in order to encapsulate huge number of common functions and makes them easily accessible to the developer. .NET base class library provides the functionality like ADO.NET, XML, Threading, IO, Security, Diagnostics, Resources, Globalization, collections etc. It serves as the main point of interaction between developer and runtime.

Any code written in any .NET complaint languages when compiled, converts into MSIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language) code in form of an assembly through CLS, CTS. IL is the language that CLR can understand. On execution, this IL is converted into binary code by CLR’s just in time compiler (JIT) and these assemblies or DLL are loaded into the memory.

Information provided by Assembly Manifest:

1.  Assembly Name


2.  Version Number


3.  Culture


4.  Strong name


5.  List of files inside the assembly


6.  Reference information

Assembly Manifest is a file that contains data that describes how the elements present inside an assembly are connected to each other. The assembly manifest contains assembly metadata to define the scope of the assembly and resolve references to resources and classes.