Microsoft Windows 98 Quality Control & Assurance 5

Question 1

Which Windows 98 QA process involves installing the OS on a wide variety of hardware configurations to ensure broad compatibility?

Accepted Answer

Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) validation testing

Answer

HCL validation testing verifies that Windows 98 installs and operates correctly on hardware configurations listed on Microsoft's Hardware Compatibility List.

Question 2

A QA engineer uses WINIPCFG in Windows 98 to verify network configuration. What is the equivalent command-line tool that provides similar information?

Accepted Answer

IPCONFIG

Answer

IPCONFIG is the command-line equivalent of the graphical WINIPCFG tool, displaying IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway for network adapters.

Question 3

During Windows 98 QA, a tester uses the MSCONFIG Startup tab to disable all non-Microsoft startup items, then re-enables them one by one. This process is formally called what?

Accepted Answer

Clean boot troubleshooting

Answer

Clean boot troubleshooting involves starting Windows with a minimal set of drivers and startup programs to isolate conflicts, then reintroducing items systematically.

Question 4

Windows 98 Second Edition introduced a key improvement over the original release. What was the primary QA-relevant enhancement in Windows 98 SE?

Accepted Answer

Added support for USB mass storage devices and improved Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)

Answer

Windows 98 SE added Internet Connection Sharing, improved USB support, bundled Internet Explorer 5, and fixed numerous bugs identified after the original Windows 98 release.

Question 5

A QA tester checks Windows 98 memory usage and finds the system slows significantly after running many applications. Which Windows 98 limitation causes this, even when physical RAM is available?

Accepted Answer

The fixed-size 16-bit System and GDI resource heaps (64KB each)

Answer

Windows 98 inherited 16-bit User and GDI resource heaps capped at 64KB each; running many applications exhausts these heaps regardless of available physical RAM.

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Microsoft Windows 98 Quality Control & Assurance 5