Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

Actual result

Answer 1

Behavior or result produced when something is tested

Question 2

Anomaly

Answer 2

A deviation from the expected result

Question 3

Alpha testing

Answer 3

An acceptance testing method occurring within the test environment by roles outside the developers organization

Question 4

Agile Software Development

Answer 4

Based on Iterative Incremental Development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing functional teams

Question 5

API Testing

Answer 5

Performed by submitting requests to the test object through API (application programming interface)

Question 6

Audit

Answer 6

Independent examination of a work product or process from third parties to assess compliance with specifications, standards, contractual agreements, or other criteria

Question 7

Availability

Answer 7

The degree to which a component or system is operational and accessible when required for use

Question 8

Behavior-driven development

Answer 8

The team focuses on expected behavior of the system based on expectations from the customer

Question 9

Acceptance Criteria

Answer 9

The criteria that a component or system must satisfy in order to be accepted by a user, customer, or other authorized entity.

Question 10

Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD)

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Beta Testing

Answer 11

A type of acceptance testing performed at an external site to the developer’s test environment by roles outside the development organization.

Question 12

Black-Box test technique

Answer 12

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

No source code or internals need to be seen for this kind of testing.

Question 13

Boundary Value

Answer 13

A minimum or maximum value of an ordered equivalence partition.

Question 14

Boundary Value Analysis

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Branch

Answer 15

A transfer of control between two consecutive nodes in the control flow graph of a test item.

Question 16

Branch Coverage

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The coverage of branches in a control flow graph.

Question 17

Branch Testing

Answer 17

A white-box test technique in which the test conditions are branches.

Question 18

Coverage

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The degree to which specified coverage items are exercised by a test suite, expressed as a percentage. Synonyms: test coverage

Question 19

Defect

Answer 19

An imperfection or deficiency in a work product where it does not meet its requirements or specifications.
Reference: After ISO 24765
Synonyms: bug, fault

Question 20

Debugging

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The process of finding, analyzing and removing the causes of failures in a component or system

Question 21

Error

Answer 21

A human action that produces an incorrect result.
Reference: ISO 24765
Synonyms: mistake

Question 22

Failure

Answer 22

An event in which a component or system does not perform a required function within specified limits.

Question 23

Quality

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The degree to which a work product satisfies stated and implied needs of its stakeholders.

Question 24

Quality Assurance

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Activities focused on providing confidence that quality requirements will be fulfilled.

Question 25

Root Cause

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A source of a defect such that if it is removed, the occurrence of the defect type is decreased or removed.

Question 26

Test Analysis

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The activity that identifies test conditions by analyzing the test basis

Question 27

Test Basis

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The body of knowledge used as the basis for test analysis and design.

Question 28

Test Case

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A set of preconditions, inputs, actions (where applicable), expected results and postconditions, developed based on test conditions.

Question 29

Test Completion

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The activity that makes testware available for later use, leaves test environments in a satisfactory condition and communicates the results of testing to relevant stakeholders.

Question 30

Test Condition

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A testable aspect of a component or system identified as a basis for testing.

Question 31

Test Control

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The activity that develops and applies corrective actions to get a test project on track when it deviates from what was planned. See also: test management

Question 32

Test Data

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Data needed for test execution. Synonyms: test dataset

Question 33

Test Design

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The activity that derives and specifies test cases from test conditions

Question 34

Test Execution

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The activity that runs a test on a component or system producing actual results.

Question 35

Test Implementation

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The activity that prepares the testware needed for test execution based on test analysis and design.

Question 36

Test Monitoring

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The activity that checks the status of testing activities, identifies any variances from planned or expected, and reports status to stakeholders.

Question 37

Test Object

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The work product to be tested. See also: test item

Question 38

Test Objective

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The purpose for testing. Synonyms: test goal

Question 39

Test Planning

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The activity of establishing or updating a test plan

Question 40

Test Procedure

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A sequence of test cases in execution order, and any associated actions that may be required to set up the initial preconditions and any wrap up activities post execution.

Question 41

Test Result

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The consequence/outcome of the execution of a test. Synonyms: outcome, test outcome, result

Question 42

Testing

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The process within the software development lifecycle that evaluates the quality of a component or system and related work products. See also: quality control

Question 43

Testware

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Work products produced during the test process for use in planning, designing, executing, evaluating and reporting on testing. Reference: After ISO 29119-1

Question 44

Validation

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Confirmation by examination that a work product matches a stakeholder's needs

Question 45

Verification

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Confirmation by examination and through provision of objective evidence that specified requirements have been fulfilled