Bugs in Software

Question 1

What are input controls?

Answer 1

Checkboxes, radio buttons, dropdown lists, list boxes, buttons, toggles, text fields, date field

Question 2

What are navigational components?

Answer 2

Breadcrumb, slider, search field, pagination, tags, icons

Question 3

What are Information components?

Answer 3

Tooltips, icons, progress bar, notifications, message boxes, modal windows

Question 4

What’s a container?

Answer 4

Accordion

Question 5

Input controls, navigational components, information components, and containers are examples of what?

Answer 5

Interface elements

Question 6

What are the most popular interface elements?

Answer 6

checkbox, radio button, drop-down list, toggle button, text fields, breadcrumbs, icons, a slider, search box, pagination, tags, tooltips, progress bars, cards, notifications, modal windows, message boxes, accordion

Question 7

What is a checkbox?

Answer 7

An interface element that allows the user to select one of more options from a set, either in columns or a vertical list

Question 8

What is the term used to describe a graphical control element that allows the user to choose only one of a predefined set of mutually exclusive options?

Answer 8

radio button

Question 9

What is a drop-down list?

Answer 9

a user interface that allows a user to select one item at a time similar to a radio button, but is in a more compact form allowing the developer to save space

Question 10

What kind of control displays checked/unchecked (On/Off) state as a button?

Answer 10

Toggle button

Question 11

What is a text field?

Answer 11

a place where user can enter and edit text

Question 12

What is the name for the clickable trail of pages that displays a user’s current location?

Answer 12

breadcrumbs

Question 13

What is an icon?

Answer 13

a simplified image serving as an intuitive symbol that helps a user navigate a system or software

Question 14

What is another name for a track bar?

Answer 14

Slider

Question 15

What is a slider?

Answer 15

a user interface control that allows a user to set or adjust a value. this does not change the format of the interface or any other info on the screen

Question 16

This is a style of text box which is optimized for text-based searches in large collections of values

Answer 16

search box

Question 17

What is pagination?

Answer 17

A way to divide content up between pages, and allow users to skip between pages, or go in order through the content.

Question 18

What do tags do?

Answer 18

Allow users to find content in the same category

Question 19

What is the purpose of a tooltip?

Answer 19

To allow the user to see hints when they hover over an item, usually the name a purpose of the item

Question 20

What indicates where a user is in a process, as they advance through the series of steps to complete that process?

Answer 20

Progress bar

Question 21

What’s a notification?

Answer 21

An update message that announces something new for the user to see, such as a completed task or an error

Question 22

Which interface element contains content and actions about a single subject, usually serving as an overview or entry point for more detailed information?

Answer 22

Cards

Question 23

What is a modal window?

Answer 23

A web page element that displays in front of all the other page content, turning off everything else until an action is performed or the window is closed. A request to sign up for a website’s newsletter would be an example of a modal window

Question 24

What element is a small window that provides information and requires users to take an action before moving forward?

Answer 24

Message Box

Question 25

What’s an accordion, other than a musical instrument?

Answer 25

A vertically-stacked list that uses show/hide functionality. When a label in an accordion is clicked, that section expands to show content

Question 26

What is ad hoc testing?

Answer 26

A method of software testing that uses no planning or documentation. Tests are conducted randomly and informally

Question 27

How is ad hoc testing performed?

Answer 27

The tester improvises the steps and arbitrarily executes them

Question 28

Monkey testing and Random testing are other terms for what process?

Answer 28

Ad hoc testing

Question 29

What are some of the disadvantages to ad hoc testing?

Answer 29

The results are often harder to reproduce, and the method relies on the creativity and tenacity of the tester

Question 30

What are the advantages of ad hoc testing?

Answer 30

Interesting bugs can be found which might otherwise not have been detected