Software testing

Define software testing

To test functionality

An activity designed to uncover faults in software

To find out if a software is good

None of the above

What is software testing concerned with

Exercising and observing product behaviour

Finding faults

If anything works

None of the above

What are software inspections concerned with

Why code was written in a certain way

Analysis of the static system representation to discover problems in code

How the programmer wrote his code

None of the above

Define development testing

Where the system is tested during development to discover bugs and defects

When developers employ testers to play around with the system

Where a system is tested before being released to users

None of the above

Define release testing

Where the system is tested during development

Where a separate testing team test a complete vesion of the system before being released

Where users or potential users of a system test the system in their own environment

None of the above

Define user testing

Where the system is tested during development

Where a separate testing team test a complete vesion of the system before being released

Where users or potential users of a system test the system in their own environment

None of the above

What is black box testing

The system is viewed as a ‘black-box’ generating tests on the basis of the specification or requirements

Also called clear-box testing: generating tests on the basis of the code

We insist that certain constructs are covered/executed during testing, e.g. We want all statements or branches to be covered

None of the above

What is white box testing

The system is viewed as a ‘black-box’ generating tests on the basis of the specification or requirements

We insist that certain constructs are covered/executed during testing, e.g. We want all statements or branches to be covered

Also called clear-box testing: generating tests on the basis of the code

None of the above

Define alpha testing

A release of the software is made available to users to experiment at their own site

Users of the software work with the development team to test the software at the developer’s site

The influences from the user’s working environment have a major effect on the reliability, performance, usability and robustness of a system. These cannot be replicated in a testing environment

None of the above

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