Microsoft Windows 98 Quality Control & Assurance 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Windows 98 tool logs application errors and stack traces to help diagnose crashes during QA testing?
- Event Viewer
- Dr. Watson (Correct answer)
- System Monitor
- Device Manager
Correct answer: Dr. Watson
Dr. Watson captures detailed crash information including stack traces and loaded modules, creating log files useful for QA analysis.
Question 2: During QA, a tester wants to verify that all core Windows 98 system files are intact and unmodified. Which tool should they use?
- ScanDisk
- System File Checker (SFC) (Correct answer)
- Disk Defragmenter
- CHKDSK
Correct answer: System File Checker (SFC)
System File Checker (SFC) scans Windows system files and restores any that have been corrupted or replaced with incorrect versions.
Question 3: A QA engineer notices a Windows 98 system's registry has become bloated with orphaned entries. Which built-in approach helps maintain registry integrity?
- Running REGEDIT /clean
- Using the Registry Checker tool (SCANREGW) (Correct answer)
- Deleting SYSTEM.DAT manually
- Running DEFRAG on the C: drive
Correct answer: Using the Registry Checker tool (SCANREGW)
Registry Checker (SCANREGW) scans, backs up, and repairs the Windows 98 registry, automatically running at each startup.
Question 4: Which Windows 98 diagnostic utility provides real-time graphs of CPU usage, memory, and disk I/O for performance QA testing?
- Task Manager
- System Monitor (Correct answer)
- Resource Meter
- Performance Monitor
Correct answer: System Monitor
System Monitor displays real-time performance charts for CPU, memory, disk, and network resources, useful for QA performance benchmarking.
Question 5: When validating a Windows 98 deployment, a QA technician runs ScanDisk in Thorough mode. What additional check does Thorough mode perform over Standard mode?
- Checks the Master Boot Record
- Scans the disk surface for physical bad sectors (Correct answer)
- Verifies all installed DLL files
- Tests RAM modules
Correct answer: Scans the disk surface for physical bad sectors
Thorough mode adds a physical surface scan of the disk platters to detect bad sectors, in addition to the file system checks done in Standard mode.
Question 6: A QA team is testing Windows 98 application compatibility. Which compatibility layer in Windows 98 allows older 16-bit DOS and Windows 3.x applications to run?
- Win32 subsystem
- Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) and NTVDM equivalent
- WOW (Windows on Windows) (Correct answer)
- DirectX compatibility shim
Correct answer: WOW (Windows on Windows)
WOW (Windows on Windows) provides a 16-bit subsystem within Windows 98 that allows legacy Windows 3.x applications to run in a virtual environment.
Question 7: During acceptance testing of a Windows 98 machine, the QA engineer uses MSINFO32. What is the primary purpose of this tool?
- To repair corrupted system files
- To collect and display comprehensive system hardware and software configuration information (Correct answer)
- To benchmark CPU performance
- To defragment system memory
Correct answer: To collect and display comprehensive system hardware and software configuration information
Microsoft System Information (MSINFO32) collects and displays detailed information about hardware resources, components, and software environment for diagnostic purposes.
Microsoft Windows 98 Quality Control & Assurance 2
Which Windows 98 tool logs application errors and stack traces to help diagnose crashes during QA testing?