Unit 2 Testing Throughout the Software Development Lifecycle

What are good practices for testing within the development life cycle?

• Early test analysis and design.

• Different test levels are defined with specific objectives.

• Testers will start to get involved as soon as coding is done.

• A and B above.

Which of these statements about functional testing is true?

• Structural testing is more important than functional testing as it addresses the code.

• Functional testing is useful throughout the life cycle and can be applied by business analysts, testers, developers and users.

• Functional testing is more powerful than static testing as you actually run the system and see what happens.

• Inspection is a form of functional testing.

Functional testing is mostly...

• Validation techniques

• Verification techniques

• Both of the above

• None of the above

Bonus Question!

Who is the first ghost to visit Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol?

• The Ghost of Christmas Past

• The Ghost of Christmas Present

• Jacob Marley

• The Ghost of Christmas Future

White Box Testing

• Same as glass box testing

• Same as clear box testing

• Both A. and B.

• None of the above.

A number of critical bugs are fixed in software. All the bugs are in one module, related to reports. The test manager decides to do regression testing only on the reports module.

• The test manager should do only automated regression testing.

• The test manager is justified in her decision because no bug has been fixed in other modules

• The test manager should only do confirmation testing. There is no need to do regression testing

• Regression testing should be done on other modules as well because fixing one module may affect other modules

Which of the following is a type of non-functional testing?

• Usability testing.

• Statement Coverage.

• Data flow testing.

• Cause-effect graphing.

Bonus Question!

In 1914 Winsor McCay produced which now-famous animated film about a dinosaur composed of more than 10,000 drawings?

• The Land Before Time

• Gertie the Dinosaur

• Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs!

• The Strong Man

Code Coverage is used as a measure of what?

• Defects

• Trends analysis

• Test Effectiveness

• Time Spent Testing

According to the ISTQB Glossary, regression testing is required for what purpose?

• To verify the success of corrective actions.

• To prevent a task from being incorrectly considered completed.

• To ensure that defects have not been introduced by a modification

• To motivate better unit testing by the programmers.