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Questions To Be Lucky Dipped
Lesson 1: Navigating the File System
C2L1Q1: How do you enumerate the drives in a system?
Answer: Call the DriveInfo.GetDrives method.
C2L1Q2: How do you enumerate the files in a particular directory?
Answer:
- Create a new DirectoryInfo object, specifying the directory in the constructor.
- Call the GetFiles method on the DirectoryInfo object, which returns a collection of FileInfo objects.
C2L1Q3: How would you determine the size of a particular file in the file system?
Answer:
- Create a new FileInfo object, specifying the path to the file in the constructor.
- Examine the FileInfo's Length property.
C2L1Q4: How do you copy a file?
Answer:
- Create a new FileInfo object, specifying the path to the source file in the constructor.
- Call the FileInfo's CopyTo method, specifying the path to the destination file.
C2L1Q5: What are the high level steps required to monitor a directory for changes?
Answer:
- Create a FileSystemWatcher object.
- Set the Path property.
- Register for the event that you are interested in.
- Set the EnableRaisingEvents property to true.
C2L1Q6: How do you create a DriveInfo object for a specific drive?
Answer: Create a new DriveInfo object, specifying the drive letter in the constructor.
C11L1Q5: What must an assembly have before its trust can be increased?
Answer: A strong name.
C10L2Q1: How can you programmatically signal a break to the debugger?
Answer: Call the Debugger.Break method.
C9L2Q3: Other than overriding methods and responding to events, what else needs to be done to create a custom Installer class?
Answer: Add the RunInstallerAttribute to the custom class and set the runInstaller parameter to true.
C11L2Q6: CAS declarations are only significant in what type of assemblies?
Answer: Partially trusted assemblies.
C7L1Q9: How do you prevent new threads from getting the execution context?
Answer: Call the ExecutionContext.SurpressFlow before the new thread is created and call the ExecutionContext.RestoreFlow afterwards.
C11L3Q9: What are the three security actions that are applicable to assembles and what are their equivalent security actions that are applicable to classes and methods?
Answer:
- RequestRefuse (assembly) is equivalent to Deny (class and methods).
- RequestOptional (assembly) is equivalent to PermitOnly (class and methods).
- RequestMinimum (assembly) is equivalent to Demand (class and methods).