Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows 98 MCQ 4

Question 1

Which Windows 98 registry hive stores hardware configuration data including installed devices and drivers?

Accepted Answer

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Plug and Play

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Protocol Stack (TCP/IP, NetBEUI)

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

CONFIG.SYS

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Loading network drivers to access shared resources

Answer

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.

Microsoft Windows 98 Practice Test

Microsoft Windows 98 Practice Test

Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows 98 MCQ 4