2.8.2 Testing and quality assurance methodologies to seek out problems and issues

Question 1

Fill The Blank:

Testing ensures a solution, software or network, meets the …..-……. requirements and …………. as intended

Answer 1

End-user, Functions

Question 2

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……… testing is used to understand the ………… and …………………. for a concept.

Answer 2

Concept, Strengths, Weaknesses

Question 3

State:

How concept testing is carried out

Answer 3

Internal/External stakeholders provided with information on the basic concept who then provide feedback which is collated (combined) and analysed to decide if development should be continued

Question 4

State:

One advantage of concept testing

Answer 4

Save a lot of unnecessary costs in the long term

Question 5

State:

One disadvantage of concept testing

Answer 5

Can cost lots of time and money

Question 6

Define:

Unit testing

Answer 6

Where individual components or units of a software program are tested individually

Question 7

State:

At what phase of a project is unit testing carried out

Answer 7

During development

Question 8

State:

Two examples that could be tested during unit testing

Answer 8

2 of:
* Individual function
* Procedure
* Method
* Module
* Object

Question 9

State:

What is another name for unit testing?

Answer 9

White box testing

Question 10

Define:

White Box Testing

Answer 10

Testing when the internal structure and design of the software is known to the tester (software development team)

Question 11

Fill The Blank:

……….. testing is carried out after all units have undergone unit testing

Answer 11

Integration

Question 11

Define:

Integration testing

Answer 11

Testing the interface between two software components (units)

Question 12

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Integration testing is used to to test the …………. between units

Answer 12

Interaction

Question 13

Define:

Big-bang integration

Types of Integration Testing

Answer 13

All units are put together and tested

Question 14

State:

“Where lower level units are tested with higher level units and the system is broken down into the different subsytems and the integration between the units in each subsytem is tested”

Types of Integration Testing

Answer 14

Bottom-up integration

Question 15

Define:

Top down integration

Types of Integration Testing

Answer 15

High level units are tested, using simulated low level units, and the low level units are then tested before being integrated and re-tested for functionality

Question 16

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……… integration is a combination of top-down and bottom-up testing. The ….-level units are tested then the ……-level units are tested and are then tested again once …………………

Types of Integration Testing

Answer 16

Mixed, Top, Bottom, Integrated

Question 17

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Mixed integration is effective for ……… products

Types of Integration Testing

Answer 17

Large

Question 18

State:

4 things that performance (perf) testing is used to test for

Answer 18

4 of:
* Speed
* Response Time
* Reliability
* Stability
* Scalability
* Resource Usage

Question 19

Fill The Blank:

Performance testing is used to ensure any performance issues are ……….. and ……….. while software is under a specific ……………

Answer 19

Identified, Rectified, Workload

Question 20

Define:

System testing

Answer 20

Testing the complete and fully integrated digital solution

Question 21

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System testing is …….. …… testing and is the ……. testing used to verify the system meets the required ………………. and tests the ………….. and non-…………….. requirements

Answer 21

Black Box, Final, Specification, Functional, (Non-) Functional

Question 22

Define:

Usability/Acceptance testing

Forms of system testing

Answer 22

Tests if a solution will make an end user have a positive experience and ensure the system will meet the requirements of the stakeholders

Question 23

Fill The Blank:

Load/Stress testing is a form of non-……………. testing which provides information on how the software/digital system performs under specific ………..

Forms of system testing

Answer 23

Functional, Loads

Question 24

Define:

Regression Testing

Forms of system testing

Answer 24

Confirm any changes or additions to code haven’t had an adverse impact on existing features

Question 25

Define:

Functionality Testing

Forms of system testing

Answer 25

Confirms that the software/digital system performs and functions according to the user specifications

Question 26

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…………….. testing is used when seeing if a program/system can be moved to a new digital system like a new ……………. or server. This testing checks that …….. and any …………. can still be accessed

Answer 26

Migration, Platform, Data, Dependencies

Question 27

Define:

Compatibility Testing

Answer 27

Test that the software will work on different platforms/environments etc.

Question 28

State:

“A series of tests using boundary values, a form of black box testing”

Answer 28

Boundary Testing

Question 29

Define:

Fuzz Testing

Answer 29

Introduce invalid, random or unexpected data as inputs to see what the result is

Question 30

State:

“Testing of software when the internal structure and design is unknown to a tester”

Answer 30

Black box testing