Software Testing Quiz - II

Smoke Testing ensures:

• Deep functional coverage

• Build stability

• User acceptance

• System security

Alpha Testing is performed by:

• End users

• Developers/QA inside org

• Beta testers

• Vendors only

Beta Testing is performed by:

• QA team

• Selected real users

• Developers only

• Marketing team

Performance Testing ensures:

• Code readability

• Speed, stability, scalability, reliability

• Marketing campaigns

• Sales targets

Load Testing checks system behavior under:

• Sudden traffic

• Normal expected load

• Hardware failure

• Alpha phase

Stress Testing is used to:

• Check breaking point

• Test build stability

• Reduce cost

• Validate GUI

Spike Testing focuses on:

• Gradual increase in load

• Sudden sharp increase or decrease in load

• Testing in small increments

• UAT

Soak Testing is also called:

• Volume testing

• Endurance testing

• Regression

• Beta testing

Volume Testing checks:

• Large amounts of data

• High number of users only

• Client satisfaction

• Security vulnerabilities

Scalability Testing ensures:

• System grows with added resources

• System fails under stress

• More test cases

• Manual execution only