5.4 Configuration Management

Question 1

In testing, configuration management (CM) provides a discipline for:
- “id…”
- “con…”
- tracking w… ,

such as:
- test “p…”
- test “s…”
- test “c…”
- test “ca…”
- test “sc…”
- test “r…”
- test “l…”
- test reports as c…

Answer 1

• identifying
• controlling
• work products
• plans
• strategies
• conditions
• cases
• scripts
• results
• logs
• configuration items.

Question 2

For a complex configuration item (e.g. a test environment), CM reports the items it consists “ “, their “r…“, and “ “.

Answer 2

of
relationships
versions.

Question 3

If the configuration item is approved for testing, it becomes a baseline and can o… through a formal c…

Answer 3

only be changed
change control process.

Question 4

Configuration management keeps a record of changed configuration items when a n…

Answer 4

new baseline is created.

Question 5

It is possible to revert to a previous baseline to r…

Answer 5

reproduce previous test results.

Question 6

To properly support testing, CM ensures the following:
- All configuration items, including test items (individual parts of the test object), are uniquely “i…“, version “ “, tracked for “c…“, and related to other c… so that traceability can be “ “ throughout the t…

• All identified documentation and software items are referenced unambiguously in “ “.

Answer 6

• identified,
  controlled,
  changes
  configuration items
  maintained
  test process
• testware.

Question 7

Continuous integration, continuous delivery, continuous deployment, and associated testing are typically implemented as part of an automated D… in which automated “ “ is n…

Answer 7

DevOps pipeline
CM
normally included.