Software Testing Quiz # 4

Testing should be stopped when

All the planned testcases have been run

All faults have been fixed correctly

Time has run out

It depends on the risks for the system been tested

Testing an object without execution on a computer is known as _____.

stub testing

static testing

non-functional system testing

Which of the following is NOT a common resolution type for a defect?

Could not reproduce

As designed

Refactored

Reopened

Closed - fixed

Which of the following is a good way to grade a tester?

most ship stopper bugs

on time test delivery

bug count / no repro count

What is mutation testing?

Purposely modifying an application in order to see if the testing suite will reject it

Testing the functionality of an application without knowledge of the application's code/internal structure

Testing with the specific purpose of seeing how a system will perform in the future

A technique in which all possible branches of the program's source code are tested at least once

True or false? All WC3 errors should be fixed to ship.

False

TRUE

Running a system at high load for an extended period of time is called:

Smoke testing

Soak testing

Drive testing

Structural testing

Stress testing hardware must be _____

any old server will work fine

scaled appropriately to the test load

exactly the same as production to get the right results

A system includes a database server, a caching server, and an application server. How many integration points are there?

need more information

six

three

______ is a method of testing where the software isn't used that checks the sanity of the code or algorithm.

Static testing

Performance testing

Dynamic testing

Beta testing

RC1 stands for ______.

releasable code milestone 1

RC cola baby!

release candidate #1

regression certification level one

Test driven development (TDD) refers to what?

Writing one method and then thoroughly writing tests for it

Writing new code alongside already tested code

Writing a failing test first and then writing the minimum amount of code to make it pass

Writing tests for untested legacy code before introducing new features

Executing the same test case by changing the input on the same build is called:

Sanity Testing

Ad-hoc Testing

Regression Testing

Re-testing

Which of the following is NOT a way stress may be placed on a piece of software?

Take the database offline, then restart it

Test all user input fields

Run processes that consume a lot of resources

Double the baseline number of concurrent users

What is the other name of All-Pairs Testing?

Pairwise Testing

Parallel Testing

Null Testing

Combined Testing

All of Them

Who should perform validation testing?

Project Manager

Technical Lead

Customer

Developer

Which of the following is NOT a reason to believe two test cases will produce the same result and fall in the same equivalence class?

If one catches a bug, the other probably will not.

They involve the same input variables.

They result in similar operations in the program.

They affect the same output variables.

‘Be bugging’ is known as

Preventing the defects by inspection

Fixing the defects by debugging

Adding known defects by seeding

A process of fixing the defects by tester

When should the test environment setup be done?

During the requirements phase

In parallel with test execution

In parallel with test case development

After test case development is completed

Which of the following is a structure-based (white-box) technique?

Boundary value analysis

Decision table testing

State transition testing

Statement testing

Verification is:

Making sure that it is what the user really wants

Checking that we are building the right system

Performed by an independent test team

Checking that we are building the system right

An operator verifies that all production jobs are run. This is:

Quality Control

Disaster recovery

Production planning

Quality Assurance

True or False? CAST stands for Computer-Aided Simple Testing?

True

False

Testing only the changes or modifications is called

Emigration

Adoptation

Progression

Retesting

Regression

Which of the following is NOT a form of dynamic testing?

Data Flow Analysis

Exploratory testing

Use case testing

Equivalence Partitioning

A sports team plays 3 games a season. How many tests does a comprehensive test plan need to cover all the possible season results?

11

4

3

5

How stable is the ZBB build?

the least stable

sort of stable

very stable

Power outage testing is part of ________.

performance testing

stress testing

integration testing

edge case testing

Which of the following can inspections NOT find?

Spelling and grammar faults in the documents

Variables not defined in the code

How much of the code has been covered

Requirements that have been omitted from the design documents

Resource hog tools are part of ________.

integration testing

stress testing

performance testing