5.1.6 Test Pyramid

Question 1

The test pyramid is a model showing that different tests …

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may have different granularity.

Question 2

The test pyramid model supports the team in … and in … by showing that … are supported by …

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test automation

test effort allocation

different test objectives

different levels of test automation.

Question 3

The pyramid layers represent …

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groups of tests.

Question 4

The higher the layer, the … the lower the test isolation (i.e. the d… on other elements … and the higher the …

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lower the test granularity,

degree of dependency

of the system),

test execution time.

Question 5

Tests in the bottom layer are “ “, “ “, “ “, and check a small … so usually a lot of them are needed to …

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small, isolated, fast,

piece of functionality

achieve a reasonable coverage.

Question 6

The top layer represents:
- c…
- h…
- e…

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• complex
• high-level
• end-to-end tests.

Question 7

These high-level tests are generally slower than … and they typically check … so usually just a few of them are needed to …

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tests from the lower layers,

a large piece of functionality

achieve a reasonable level of coverage.

Question 8

The number and naming of the …

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layers may differ.

Question 9

Example: the original pyramid model defines three layers:
- un…
- s…
- UI …

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• unit tests
• service tests
• tests.

Question 10

example : another popular model defines:
- un…
- in…
- e…

Other test levels can also …

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• unit (component) tests
• integration (component integration) tests
• end-to-end tests.

be used.