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…
- test 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 it consists “ “, their “ “, and “ “.

Answer 2

of
relationships
versions.

Question 3

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

Answer 3

only be changed

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 to 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 “ “, version “ “, tracked for “ “, and related to other c… so that traceability can be “ “ throughout the t…

• all identified documentation and software items are referenced unambiguously in “ “.

Answer 6

• identified,
  controlled,
  changes
  configuration items

maintained
test process

• testware.

Question 7

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

Answer 7

DevOps pipeline

CM
normally included.