.Net Assemblies Interview Questions and Answers - 2

Question: 6

What is the use of manifest?

It describes what is in the assembly

Identification information (Name, Version)

Types and resources in the assembly.

List of modules.

Map to connect public types with the implementing code.

List of assemblies referenced by this assembly.

Question: 7

Define Metadata?

Metadata is information stored in the assembly that describes the types and methods of the assembly and provides other useful information about the assembly.

Question: 8

What is called PE Files?

It is same as normal windows PE file.

They are implemented as DLL or EXE files. DLL are collections of classes and methods that are linked together to run when they are needed.

Question: 9

What are strong names?

Strong names must be globally unique and use public key encryption.

It is a string of hexadecimal digits and it is not meant to be human readable.

Question: 10

Define permission set?

Permission Set is a collection class that groups permissions and contains methods to manipulate them.