Testing FAQs

Hi there Repository is the place where we keep something and when require we can take back those things. Likewise Object repository is a place in QTP tool where test objects are stored while recordi...

Object Repository is a term frequently used in QTP which is an automation testing tool. Object Repository contains of items which can be a click button, a web-edit field, etc. i.e. which QTP identifi...

Volume test is order to find the tress point of the application. Where the application failed to respond properly .
Interface testing is GUI testing .

Volume testing is conducted once load point known to us that is till that point Responce time is stable,in case client requires irrespective of responce time he or she wants deadline of the project th...

severity: severity is nothing but seriousness of the defect. It is further divided into 4 parts. i.e, fatal, major minor and suggestions.
priority: priority is nothing but importance of defect.

severity is how much effects in tracking of all defects

priority means on which defect is affected at first

Plan before you do. This should be the procedure followed by a tester. Tester should make a mindmap before starting a formal testprocess.

Here is where experience and creativity counts in terms of testing. If you have experience in and have worked in similar kind of project, then it really helps to test a similar kind of project which ...

Test scenario: Think of a scenario as a workflow. It tests a series of test cases some real time situations or work flow or real existence of work that how we going to do that thing. e.g.:- we decided...

Security testing is a process to determine that an information system protects data and maintains functionality as intended. The six basic security concepts that need to be covered by security testin...

Security testing is a non-functional testing type. It tests how secure the application is. It guarantees security in the application so that the user can trust the application and can provide with ve...

ReTesting: we will test the fixed bug/failed test case with multiple test data whether the issue working as per the functionality Regression Testing: we will test total or related scenarios/functiona...

Retest is the process of checking whether the reported bugs are been fixed or not by the development team

Where as Regression is conducted after few changes in build we have to verify those changes are effected to some other places in application/not?

Sanity testing means developer to finish developing the software tester to test the software whether it can properly developed or not.it is called sanity testing.

smoke testing means:-before send the build to maintenance team finely to test the positive testing that is called smoke testing.

Smoke Test: When a build is received, a smoke test is run to ascertain if the build is stable and it can be considered for further testing. Smoke testing can be done for testing the stability of an...

Entry and Exit criteria is completely task dependent. Means, it depends on what task you need to do or you have to perform. In general, entry criteria is a set of conditions that permits a task to p...

Entry criteria: 1)All source codes are unit tested 2)All QA resource has enought functional knowledge 3)H/W and s/w are in place 4)Test plans and test cases are reviewed and signed off Exit crite...

System testing of software or hardware is testing conducted on a complete, integrated system to evaluate the systems compliance with its specified requirements. System testing falls within the scope o...

System testing is done after the complete integration of all the components in the application. It is a complete end to end testing of the complete application. System testing includes both functiona...

A document showing the relationship between test test requirements and test cases.

It is the comparision document between F.R.S and Test Cases

Random testing is a form of functional testing that is useful when the time needed to write&run directed tests is too long (or the complexity of the problem makes it impossible to test every combinati...

Hi,

In Random Testing there are a set of test cases from where certain test cases are selected randomly by using certain random generation algorithm. Thats why the name Random Testing.

It can be used for testing certain non-functional attributes of testing.

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The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) is a way to develop and refine an organizations software development process. A maturity model is a structured collection of elements that describe characteristics ...

What is the difference between ISO an ISI ?

Tools are categorized by keeping eyes on different factors. So they are good at their ways. But if we mention tools good at their fields. For automation testing:QTP(comercial) , Selenium (Open sourse...

For Automation Testing: Selenium, QTP

For Performance Testing: JMeter, LoadRunner

For Security Testing: Firebug, WebScarap

Software Version Control is a system or tool that captures the changes to a source code elements: files, folders, images or binaries.

Version Control Tools track these changes and allows manipulation of versions and baselines.

A version control system (or revision control system) is a combination of technologies and practices for tracking and controlling changes to a projects files, in particular to source code, documentation, and web pages.

Black box Testing: It completely tests the functional and non-functional attributes of the application without getting access to code. i.e. application is tested without getting access to code. White...

Black box testing is something like a black box....... about which i don know wht is inside this one. We just know that if we give this type of input it results this type of out put. How ...........I ...

1) Good knowledge about the domain he/she is working on 2) He/she should be a good observer 3) Should be able to identify where the number of errors found is maximum 4) Should have good communication ...

A Good Test Engineer should have following skills:1. Great observation skills - Hypersensitivity to little things2. Intelligence , Quick learing skills3. Diligence - conscientiousness in paying proper...

If we understand the user needs completely and appropriately it becomes easier to write Test Cases. For writing Test Cases we need to think from the point of view of an end user. Normally the follo...

1)input domain
2)cause effect
2)state transition

Static testing is done without/before executing the code (say for eg reviewing the SRS or reviewing the code) to find out errors if any. Here it is very useful to find out flaws in user requirements. ...

Static Testing & Dynamic TestingStatic Testing: Static Testing is the process of Verification. Static Testing is done by QA(Quality Assurance) teamStatic Testing technique do not execute the ...

As the word suggests "V Model" has two parts i.e. "" which contains the development activities i.e. SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) and "/" which contains the associated testing activities i.e....

In the V Model SDLC, both the Development activity and the testing activities start almost at the same time with the same information. The development team does design and development and test team do...