5.4 Configuration Management

Question 1

In testing, configuration management (CM) provides a discipline for:
- id…
- con…
- tracking

such as:
- test p…
- test s…
- test c…
- test ca…
- test sc…
- test r…
- text l…
- test reports as …

Answer 1

• identifying
• controlling
• work products
  .
• plans
• strategies
• conditions
• cases
• scripts
• results
• logs
• configuration items.

Question 2

For a complex configuration item (e.g. a test environment), CM reports the items …

Answer 2

it consists of, their relationships, and versions.

Question 3

If the configuration item is approved for testing, it becomes a baseline and can …

Answer 3

only be changed through a formal change control process.

Question 4

Configuration management keeps a record of changed configuration items when …

Answer 4

a new baseline is created.

Question 5

It is possible to revert a previous baseline to …

Answer 5

reproduce previous test results.

Question 6

To properly support testing, CM ensures the following:
- All configuration items, including test items (individual parts of the test object), are uniquely … so that traceability …

• all identified documentation and software items are …

Answer 6

• identified, version controlled, tracked for changes and related to other configuration items

can be maintained throughout the test process

• referenced unambiguously in testware.

Question 7

Continuous integration, continuous delivery, continuous deployment, and associated testing are typically implemented as part of an … in which automated …

Answer 7

automated DevOps pipeline

CM is normally included.