ASP.

NET Interview Questions

1. Describe the role of inetinfo.exe, aspnet_isapi.dll andaspnet_wp.exe in the page
loading process.
inetinfo.exe is theMicrosoft IIS server running, handling ASP.NET r
equests among other things.When an ASP.NET request is received (usually a file
with .aspx extension),
the ISAPI filter aspnet_isapi.dll takes care of it by passing the request tothe actual
worker process
aspnet_wp.exe.

2. What’s the difference between Response.Write()

andResponse.Output.Write()?
The latter one allows you to write formattedoutput.

3. What methods are fired during the page load?

Init() - when the pageis instantiated, Load() - when the page is loaded into server
memory,PreRender() –
the brief moment before the page is displayed to the user asHTML, Unload() - when
page finishes loading.

4. Where does the Web page belong in the .NET Framework class hierarchy?
System.Web.UI.Page

5. Where do you store the information about the user’s locale?

System.Web.UI.Page.Culture

andSrc="MyCode.aspx.cs"?
CodeBehind is relevant to Visual Studio.NET only.

7. What’s a bubbled event?

When you have a complex control, like DataGrid, writing an event processing routine
for each object
(cell, button, row, etc.) is quite tedious.
The controls can bubble up their eventhandlers, allowing the main DataGrid event
handler to take care of its constituents.

8. Suppose you want a certain ASP.NET function executed on MouseOver overa

certain button.
Where do you add an event handler? It’s the Attributesproperty, the
Add function inside that property. So
btnSubmit.Attributes.Add("onMouseOver","someClientCode();")

9. What data type does the RangeValidator control support? Integer,String and
Date.
9.
10. Explain the differences between Server-side and Client-side code? Server-side
code runs on the server.
Client-side code runs in the clients’ browser.

11. What type of code (server or client) is found in a Code-Behind class? Server-
side code.

12. Should validation (did the user enter a real date) occur server-side or client-
side? Why? Client-side.
This reduces an additional request to the server to validate the users input.

13. What does the "EnableViewState" property do? Why would I want it on or
off?
It enables the viewstate on the page. It allows the page to save the users input on a
form.

14. What is the difference between Server.Transfer and Response.Redirect?

Why would I choose one over the other? Server.Transfer is used to post a form to
another page.
Response.Redirect is used to redirect the user to another page or site.

15. Can you explain the difference between an ADO.NET Dataset and an ADO
Recordset?
· A DataSet can represent an entire relational database in memory, complete
with tables,
relations, and views.
· A DataSet is designed to work without any continuing connection to the
original data source.
· Data in a DataSet is bulk-loaded, rather than being loaded on demand.
· There's no concept of cursor types in a DataSet.
· DataSets have no current record pointer You can use For Each loops to move
through the data.
· You can store many edits in a DataSet, and write them to the original data
source in a single operation.
· Though the DataSet is universal, other objects in ADO.NET come in different
versions for different
data sources.
16. Can you give an example of what might be best suited to place in the
Application_Start and
Session_Start subroutines? This is where you can set the specific variables for the
Application
and Session objects.

17. If I’m developing an application that must accommodate multiple security

levels though
secure login and my ASP.NET web application is spanned across three web-
servers
(using round-robin load balancing) what would be the best approach to maintain
login-in
state for the users? Maintain the login state security through a database.

18. Can you explain what inheritance is and an example of when you might use
it?
When you want to inherit (use the functionality of) another class. Base Class
Employee.
A Manager class could be derived from the Employee base class.
19. Whats an assembly? Assemblies are the building blocks of the .NET
framework.
Overview of assemblies from MSDN

20. Describe the difference between inline and code behind.

Inline code written along side the html in a page. Code-behind is code written in a
separate file and referenced by the .aspx page.

21. Explain what a diffgram is, and a good use for one? The DiffGram is one of
the
two XML formats that you can use to render DataSet object contents to XML.
For reading database data to an XML file to be sent to a Web Service.

22. Whats MSIL, and why should my developers need an appreciation of it if at

all?
MSIL is the Microsoft Intermediate Language. All .NET compatible languages
will get converted to MSIL.
23. Which method do you invoke on the DataAdapter control to load your
generated dataset with data?
The .Fill() method

24. Can you edit data in the Repeater control? No, it just reads the information
from its data source
24. Which template must you provide, in order to display data in a Repeater
control? ItemTemplate

26. How can you provide an alternating color scheme in a Repeater control? Use
the AlternatingItemTemplate

27. What property must you set, and what method must you call in your code, in
order to bind the
data from some data source to the Repeater control? You must set the DataSource
property and call
the DataBind method.

28. What base class do all Web Forms inherit from? The Page class.
29. Name two properties common in every validation control?
ControlToValidate property and Text property.

30. What tags do you need to add within the asp:datagrid tags to bind columns
manually?
Set AutoGenerateColumns Property to false on the datagrid tag
31. What tag do you use to add a hyperlink column to the DataGrid?

32. What is the transport protocol you use to call a Web service? SOAP is the
preferred protocol.

33. True or False: A Web service can only be written in .NET? False

34. What does WSDL stand for? (Web Services Description Language)

35. Where on the Internet would you look for Web services?
(http://www.uddi.org)
36. Which property on a Combo Box do you set with a column name, prior to
setting the DataSource,

to display data in the combo box? DataTextField property