2.3 Maintenance Testing

Question 1

There are different categories of maintenance, it can be:
- “c…”,
- adaptive to changes in the “ “
- or improve p… ,

so maintenance can involve p… and un…

Answer 1

• corrective
• in the environment
• performance or maintainability

planned releases/deployments
unplanned releases/deployments (hot fixes).

Question 2

Impact analysis may be done before a change is “m…”, to help decide if the change should be “ “, based on the potential consequences in other areas of the “s…“.

Answer 2

made
made
system

Question 3

Testing the changes to an operational system includes both evaluating the success of the c… and the checking for possible “ “ in parts of the system that remain “u…” (usually most of the “ “).

Answer 3

change implementation
regressions
unchanged
system

Question 4

The scope of maintenance testing typically depends on:
- the degree of the c…
- the size of the e…
- the size of the “c…”

Answer 4

• change risk
• existing system
• change

Question 5

The triggers for maintenance and maintenance testing can be classified as follows:

• Modifications such as planned “e…“ (I.e. release-based), corrective “ “ or h…

Answer 5

• enhancements
  changes
  hot fixes

Question 6

The triggers for maintenance and maintenance testing can be classified as follows:

• Upgrades or migrations of the o… , such as from one p… , which can require tests associated with the n… as well as of the c… , or tests of data conversion when data from a… is migrated into the s…

Answer 6

• operational environment
  platform to another
  new environment
  changed software
  another application
  system being maintained.

Question 7

The triggers for maintenance and maintenance testing can be classified as follows:

• Retirement, such as when an “ “ reaches the e…

When a system is retired, this can require t… if long data retention p…

Testing of restore and r… after archiving may also be n… that certain data is r…

Answer 7

• application
  end of its life.

testing of data archiving
periods are required.

retrieval procedures
needed in the event
required during the archiving period.