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What is Basis Path Testing

A white box test case design technique that uses the algorithmic flow of the program to design tests.

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Last Update: November 01, 2007

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July 30, 2005 09:54:29

Ram

RE: What is Basis Path Testing

Basis path testing is a hybrid between path testing and branch testing:

Path Testing: Testing designed to execute all or selected paths
through a computer program

Branch Testing: Testing designed to execute each outcome of
each decision point in a computer program

Basis Path Testing: Testing that fulfills the requirements of
branch testing & also tests all of the independent paths that
could be used to construct any arbitrary path through the
computer program

A path through the software is a sequence of instructions or statements that starts at an entry junction or decision and ends at another or possibly the same junction decision or exit. A path may go through several junctions processes or decisions one or more times.

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August 01, 2005 19:08:36

Sam

RE: What is Basis Path Testing

This method enables the designer to derive a logical complexity measure of a procedural design and use it as a guide for defining a basis set of execution paths. Test cases that exercise the basis set are guaranteed to execute every statement in the program at least once during testing.

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September 28, 2005 02:37:04

neenuksr

Member Since: September 2005 Contribution: 2

RE: What is Basis Path Testing

White Box testing Basically done by the developers

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March 01, 2006 16:30:59

mummasani

Member Since: March 2006 Contribution: 18

RE: What is Basis Path Testing

Testing the applicaiton (module) whether all the loops and conditions giving the proper outputs or not and dataflow and control flow are existing correctly or not

This tesing is done by development team

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September 11, 2006 09:39:05

sudhakar2068

Member Since: July 2006 Contribution: 390

RE: What is Basis Path Testing

Basis Path Testing: Execution of all possible blocks in a program.To verify

the execution of every statement in that program.

Step for Progam Runing:

prepare program depending on design document.

Draw flow graph for that program.

calculate cyclomatic complexity.(No of Independent paths in that program)

Run program more than one time to cover each Independent

path execution.

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March 20, 2007 01:18:28

Sujatars

Member Since: December 2006 Contribution: 217

RE: What is Basis Path Testing

Path Testing is a whote box testing technique which ensures that each logical path of the program are executed

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November 01, 2007 07:32:01

Rahul S Kulkarni

RE: What is Basis Path Testing

Basic path testing is how to reach to the particular destination for testing.
This can also have path from and path to.
Path from is the Path to the screen or to the object for what the testing will be done?

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