Everyone who writes code

• Describe the difference between a Thread and a Process?
• What is a Windows Service and how does its lifecycle differ from a “standard” EXE?
• What is the maximum amount of memory any single process on Windows can address? Is this different than the maximum virtual memory for the system? How would this affect a system design?
• What is the difference between an EXE and a DLL?
• What is strong-typing versus weak-typing? Which is preferred? Why?
• Corillian’s product is a “Component Container.” Name at least 3 component containers that ship now with the Windows Server Family.
• What is a PID? How is it useful when troubleshooting a system?
• How many processes can listen on a single TCP/IP port?
• What is the GAC? What problem does it solve?

Mid-Level .NET Developer

• Describe the difference between Interface-oriented, Object-oriented and Aspect-oriented programming.
• Describe what an Interface is and how it’s different from a Class.
• What is Reflection?
• What is the difference between XML Web Services using ASMX and .NET Remoting using SOAP?
• Are the type system represented by XmlSchema and the CLS isomorphic?
• Conceptually, what is the difference between early-binding and late-binding?
• Is using Assembly.Load a static reference or dynamic reference?
• When would using Assembly.LoadFrom or Assembly.LoadFile be appropriate?
• What is an Asssembly Qualified Name? Is it a filename? How is it different?