Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows 98 MCQ 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Windows 98 registry hive stores hardware configuration data including installed devices and drivers?
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (Correct answer)
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
- HKEY_USERS
Correct answer: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKLM) stores system-wide configuration including hardware profiles, installed drivers, and software settings.
Question 2: What Windows 98 feature automatically detected newly connected hardware and guided users through driver installation?
- Hardware Wizard
- Plug and Play (Correct answer)
- Device Manager
- Add New Hardware
Correct answer: Plug and Play
Plug and Play (PnP) automatically detected and configured newly installed hardware, then prompted for drivers if needed.
Question 3: Which networking component in Windows 98 acted as the translator between application data and the network adapter?
- Network Adapter Driver
- Protocol Stack (TCP/IP, NetBEUI) (Correct answer)
- Client for Microsoft Networks
- Network Binding
Correct answer: Protocol Stack (TCP/IP, NetBEUI)
The protocol stack (such as TCP/IP or NetBEUI) translated application data into network packets and handled delivery to and from the adapter.
Question 4: In Windows 98, which configuration file stored startup commands that loaded real-mode device drivers?
- WIN.INI
- CONFIG.SYS (Correct answer)
- AUTOEXEC.BAT
- SYSTEM.INI
Correct answer: CONFIG.SYS
CONFIG.SYS was processed at boot time to load real-mode device drivers and set system parameters before Windows 98 took over.
Question 5: What does the 'Safe Mode with Network Support' option in Windows 98 allow that plain Safe Mode does not?
- Loading all device drivers
- Loading network drivers to access shared resources (Correct answer)
- Running DirectX applications
- Using the full screen resolution
Correct answer: Loading network drivers to access shared resources
Safe Mode with Network Support loads basic network drivers so the user can access network shares or the internet for troubleshooting, unlike plain Safe Mode.
Question 6: Which Windows 98 applet managed fonts installed on the system and allowed previewing and adding new typefaces?
- Display Properties
- Fonts folder in Control Panel (Correct answer)
- WordPad Options
- Printer Setup
Correct answer: Fonts folder in Control Panel
The Fonts folder in Control Panel showed all installed fonts, provided previews, and allowed installing or removing typefaces.
Question 7: What Windows 98 feature allowed the operating system to use hard disk space as an extension of physical RAM?
- RAM Doubler
- Virtual Memory (swap file) (Correct answer)
- DriveSpace
- MemMaker
Correct answer: Virtual Memory (swap file)
Virtual memory uses a paging file (swap file) on the hard disk to extend the available address space beyond installed physical RAM.
Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows 98 MCQ 4
Which Windows 98 registry hive stores hardware configuration data including installed devices and drivers?