Software Testing MCQ Questions Answers

1. A measure that results in drastically different ratings over time lacks _____ reliability.

2. When installing new software, it is recommended to install it in/on ____.

3. What do you understand by the term 'Monkey test'?

4. Which of the following are the objectives of using a 'test harness'?

5. Which of the following are benefits of automated testing?

6. Which of the following types of errors are uncovered in White-box testing?

7. Test planning has which of the following major tasks?i. Determining the scope and risks, and identifying the objectives of testing.ii. Determining the test approach (techniques. test items. coverage. identifying and interfacing the teams involved in testing , testware)iii. Reviewing the Test Basis (such as requirements. architecture, design, interface)iv. Determining the exit criteria. 

8. Which of the following is not a Static testing methodology?

9. Which of the following test activities provides the maximum potential cost savings from the use of Computer-Aided Software Testing (CAST)?

10. Identify the defect which can be detected by Equivalence Partitioning Technique:

11. Which of the following is true regarding Static Analysis tools?

12. Which of the following is NOT part of system testing?

13. Beta testing is performed by:

14. What is Boundary value testing?

15. Which of the following types of testing emulates the real world use of a system and verif‌ies that the product fulf‌ills the intended requirements?

16. in which of the following testing methodologies does the automatic generation of eff‌icient test procedures/vectors use models of system requirements and specified functionality?

17. Which of the following statements holds true for Verification and Validation?

18. Based on the IEEE Standard for Software Test Documentation (IEEE Std 829-1998), which sections of the test incident report should the following items be recorded? Sections a)Test incident report identif‌ier b)Summary c)lncident description d)lmpact Items 1.lmpact on test plans 2.Unique identifier 3.Anomalies 4.Procedure step 5.Environment 6.References to other relevant documents

19. In Bottom-up integration testing,

20. Which of the following models of software development incorporates testing of Verification and Validation phases of software development life cycle?

21. The review of a technical document such as requirements specs or a test plan, with the purpose of looking for problems and seeing what is missing, without fixing anything is called:

22. Which of the following tools supports traceability, recording of incidents, and scheduling of tests?

23. Which of the following is false about software testing?

24. Choose the correct description of a Stub in software testing:

25. Which of the following statements is incorrect in relation to Code coverage?

26. The determination of adherence or non-adherence to compliance is carried out during:

27. Performance testing is used for real-time systems only.

28. Selecting the test inputs that are likely to reveal a failure associated with a particular defect is an example of the use of:

29. Which of the following strategies are used for Integration testing?

30. Match every stage of the software Development Life cycle with the Testing Life cycle:

31. Which of the following Security testing concepts deals with the process of determining whether a requester is allowed to receive a service or perform an operation?

32. Which of the following statements is incorrect in relation to Test Automation?

33. What is the normal order of activities in which software testing is carried out?

34. The testing performed by external organizations or standards bodies to give greater guarantee of compliance is called:

35. Which of the following resources are tested by most of the Stress testing tools?

36. What is the difference between Regression testing and Retesting?

37. testing is used to evaluate and understand the application's reliability, scalability and interoperability when more users are added or the volume of data is increased.

38. Which of the following is written by a programmer and is meant to call the function to be tested by passing test data to it?

39. Given the following types of tool, which tools would typically be used by developers and which by an independent test team:i.static analysisii.performance testingiii.test managementiv.dynamic analysisv.test runningvi.test data preparation

40. Which of the following is incorrect for Black-box testing?

41. Exit Criteria may consist of: -i. Thoroughness measures, such as coverage of code, functionality or riskii. Estimates of Defect density or reliability measures.iii. Residual risk such as defects not fixed or lack of test coverage in certain areasiv. Verifying the Test Environment.

42. The main focus of Black-box testing is:

43. Which of the following testing occurs outside the development environment?

44. Which of the following statements is not true regarding capture/replay tools?

45. The testing phase in which individual software modules are combined and tested as a group is called:

46. What would be the appropriate result of a Stress test at its peak?

47. Which of the following is not included in Non-functional testing?

48. The cursory examination of all the basic components of a software system to ensure that they work is called:

49. From the options given below which of the dynamic program analysis technique is aimed at improving application performance?

50. What is the name of the testing method in which (for each pair of input parameters) all the possible discrete combinations of parameters are passed on?

51. Which of the following types of testing is likely to benefit the most from the use of test tools that provide the test capture and replay facilities?

52. When a defect is detected and f‌ixed, the software should be retested to confirm that the original defect has been successfully removed. This is called:

53. Which of the following statements about Equivalence partitioning is correct?

54. Which of the following is true about Sanity Testing?

55. Select the Incorrect Statement involves in Performance Testing Process?1.Right testing environment: Figure out the physical test environment before carry performance testing, like hardware, software and network configuration2.Identify the performance acceptance criteria: It contains constraints and goals for throughput, response times and resource allocation3.Plan and design Performance tests: Define how usage is likely to vary among end users, and f‌ind key scenarios to test for all possible use cases4.Test environment configuration: Before the execution, prepare the testing environment and arranges tools, other resources, etc.5.Test design implementation: According to your test design. create a performance test6.Run the tests: Execute and monitor the tests7.Analyze, tune and retest: Analyze, consolidate and share test results. After that, fine tune and test again to see if there is any enhancement in performance. Stop the test. if CPU is causing bottlenecking.

56. What is the main reason for testing a software immediately before releasing it?

57. In which type of testing is random data generated for input into the software?

58. Which of the following is not a type of Incremental testing approach?

59. Which one of the following is a major benefit of verification early in the software development life cycle?

60. Non-functional system testing includes:

61. Which of the following metrics can be collected from a code review? (choose all that apply)

62. The cost of fixing a fault:

63. A failure is:

64. Which of these activities provides the biggest potential cost savings from the use of CAST?

65. The most important thing about early test design is that it:

66. what should a tester report?

67. In Test Process Management, test processes are highly visible to __. (choose all that apply)

68. Independent Verification & Validation is

69. Junit is a framework for performing unit testing of _____ programs?

70. In software engineering the term “waterfall” refers to?

71. One Key reason why developers have difficulty testing their own work is:

72. A domain error can be caused by?

73. A test harness is a:

74. Which of the following statements is not true?

75. The theory establishes a relationship between three sets of entities specifications ___ and tests?

76. In Level 2:Phase Institutionalize basic testing techniques and methods can initiate a test planning process by: (choose all that apply)

77. Which is not a testing principle?

78. Test cases are designed during:

79. Choose the statement that best describes “Smoke Test”.

80. The difference between re-testing and regression testing is:

81. A hardware engineering process consists of?

82. In the context of software testing what is a “Sanity check”?

83. Choose the correct statement as applies to load and stress testing.

84. What are the typical test activities in software development? (choose all that apply)

85. In Metrics, service level agreements require that participating sites must deploy a common user environment, such as the TeraGrid _____ , which includes a software stack and default user environment.

86. Choose the best description for the difference between manual and automated testing.

87. Which option below would be included in a Smoke Test for an API?

88. Choose the correct statement that describes the role tests for “Requirements analysis” in a scrum methodology.

89. Components of automation infrastructure consist of the following?

90. Choose the statement that best describes ‘Test Case’.

91. Which of the following functions is typically supported by a software quality information system?

92. In which order should tests be run?

93. What are the types of Beta Testing? (choose all that apply)

94. Choose the statement that best describes “Integration Test”

95. Success Factors for a review include:i. Each Review does not have a predefined objectiveii. Defects found are welcomed and expressed objectivelyiii. Management supports a good review process.iv. There is an emphasis on learning and process improvement.

96. Which of the following activities would NORMALLY be undertaken during test planning?a. Scheduling test analysis and design.b. Designing Test Conditions.c. Monitoring test progress.d. identifying the objectives of testing.e. Evaluating test tools.f. Selecting test metrics for monitoring and control.

97. Benchmark Testing: It is the method of comparing performance of your system performance against an industry standard that is set by other organization Whereas Baseline Testing: It is the procedure of running a set of tests to capture performance information. When future change is made in the application. this information is used as a reference

98. Which is a true prevention mechanism

99. Which of the following statements is correct?

100. Which of the following options correctly def‌ines the term 'test harness'?