Microsoft Windows 98 Quality Control & Assurance 2

Question 1

Which Windows 98 tool logs application errors and stack traces to help diagnose crashes during QA testing?

Accepted Answer

Dr. Watson

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

System File Checker (SFC)

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Using the Registry Checker tool (SCANREGW)

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

System Monitor

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Scans the disk surface for physical bad sectors

Answer

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.

Microsoft Windows 98 Practice Test

Microsoft Windows 98 Practice Test

Microsoft Windows 98 Quality Control & Assurance 2