4.3.3 The Value of White-box Testing

Question 1

A fundamental strength that all white-box test techniques share is that the entire s… is taken into account during “ “ , which facilitates d… even when the s… is “ “, “o…“, or “ “.

Answer 1

software implementation
testing
defect detection
software specification
vague
outdated
incomplete

Question 2

A corresponding weakness is that if the software doesn’t implement one or more requirements, w… may not detect the resulting d…

Answer 2

white-box testing
defects of omission.

Question 3

White-box test techniques can be used in s… (during d… ).

Answer 3

static testing
dry runs of code

Question 4

White-box test techniques are well suited to review code not yet r… , p… and other h… or t… which can be modeled with a c…

Answer 4

ready for execution,
pseudo code
high-level
top-down logic
control flow graph.

Question 5

Performing only black-box testing doesn’t provide a measure of a…

Answer 5

actual code coverage.

Question 6

White-box coverage measures provide an objective mea… and the necessary information to allow add… to be generated to increase t… , subsequently increase c…

Answer 6

measurement of coverage
additional tests
this coverage
confidence in the code.