4. Test analysis and design

Question 1

acceptance criteria

Answer 1

The criteria that a work product must satisfy to be accepted by the stakeholders.

Question 2

acceptance test-driven development

Answer 2

A collaboration-based test-first approach that defines acceptance tests in the stakeholders’ domain language.

Question 3

black-box test technique

Answer 3

A test technique based on the specification of a component or system.

Question 4

boundary value analysis

Answer 4

A black-box test technique in which test cases are designed based on boundary values.

Question 5

branch coverage

Answer 5

The coverage of branches in a control flow graph.

Question 6

checklist-based testing

Answer 6

An experience-based test technique in which test cases are designed to exercise the items of a checklist.

Question 7

collaboration-based test approach

Answer 7

An approach to testing that focuses on defect avoidance by collaborating among stakeholders.

Question 8

coverage item

Answer 8

An attribute or combination of attributes derived from one or more test conditions by using a test technique.

Question 9

decision table testing

Answer 9

A black-box test technique in which test cases are designed to exercise the combinations of conditions and the resulting actions shown in a decision table.

Question 10

equivalence partitioning

Answer 10

A black-box test technique in which test conditions are equivalence partitions exercised by one representative member of each partition.

Question 11

error guessing

Answer 11

A test technique in which tests are derived on the basis of the tester’s knowledge of past failures, or general knowledge of failure modes.

Question 12

experience-based test technique

Answer 12

A test technique based on the tester’s experience, knowledge and intuition.

Question 13

exploratory testing

Answer 13

An approach to testing in which the testers dynamically design and execute tests based on their knowledge, exploration of the test item and the results of previous tests

Question 14

state transition testing

Answer 14

A black-box test technique in which test cases are designed to exercise elements of a state transition model.

Question 15

statement coverage

Answer 15

The coverage of executable statements.

Question 16

test technique

Answer 16

A procedure used to define test conditions, design test cases, and specify test data.

Question 17

white-box test technique

Answer 17

A test technique based on the internal structure of a component or system.