Chapter 1: test process

Question 1

What test process does this activity belong in? :
Designing and prioritizing test cases and sets of test cases

Answer 1

Design

Question 2

What test process does this activity belong in? :
Identifying necessary test data to support test conditions and test cases

Answer 2

Design

Question 3

What test process does this activity belong in? :
Designing the test environment and identifying any required infrastructure and tools

Answer 3

Design

Question 4

What test process does this activity belong in? : ○ Capturing bi-directional traceability between the test basis, test conditions, and test cases (see section 1.4.4)

Answer 4

Design

Question 5

What test process does this activity belong in?:
Developing and prioritizing test procedures, and, potentially, creating automated test scripts

Answer 5

Implementation

Question 6

What test process does this activity belong in?:
Creating test suites from the test procedures and (if any) automated test scripts

Answer 6

Implmentation

Question 7

What test process does this activity belong in?:
Arranging the test suites within a test execution schedule in a way that results in efficient test execution (see section 5.2.4)

Answer 7

Implementation

Question 8

What test process does this activity belong in?:
Building the test environment (including, potentially, test harnesses, service virtualization, simulators, and other infrastructure items) and verifying that everything needed has been set up correctly

Answer 8

Implementation

Question 9

What test process does this activity belong in?:
Preparing test data and ensuring it is properly loaded in the test environment

Answer 9

Implementation

Question 10

What test process does this activity belong in?:
Verifying and updating bi-directional traceability between the test basis, test conditions, test cases, test procedures, and test suites (see section 1.4.4)

Answer 10

Implementaiton

Question 11

What test process does this activity belong in?:
Recording the IDs and versions of the test item(s) or test object, test tool(s), and testware

Answer 11

Execution

Question 12

What test process does this activity belong in?:
Executing tests either manually or by using test execution tools

Answer 12

Execution

Question 13

What test process does this activity belong in? :
Comparing actual results with expected results

Answer 13

Execution

Question 14

What test process does this activity belong in? :
Analyzing anomalies to establish their likely causes (e.g., failures may occur due to defects in the code, but false positives also may occur (see section 1.2.3)

Answer 14

Execution

Question 15

What test process does this activity belong in?:
Reporting defects based on the failures observed (see section 5.6)

Answer 15

Execution

Question 16

What test process does this activity belong in?:
Logging the outcome of test execution (e.g., pass, fail, blocked)

Answer 16

Execution

Question 17

What test process does this activity belong in?:
Repeating test activities either as a result of action taken for an anomaly, or as part of the planned testing (e.g., execution of a corrected test, confirmation testing, and/or regression testing)

Answer 17

Execution

Question 18

What test process does this activity belong in?:
Verifying and updating bi-directional traceability between the test basis, test conditions, test cases, test procedures, and test results.

Answer 18

Execution & implementation

Question 19

What test process does this activity belong in?:
Checking whether all defect reports are closed, entering change requests or product backlog items for any defects that remain unresolved at the end of test execution

Answer 19

Completion

Question 20

What test process does this activity belong in?:
Creating a test summary report to be communicated to stakeholders

Answer 20

Completion

Question 21

What test process does this activity belong in?:
Finalizing and archiving the test environment, the test data, the test infrastructure, and other testware for later reuse

Answer 21

Completion

Question 22

What test process does this activity belong in?:
Handing over the testware to the maintenance teams, other project teams, and/or other stakeholders who could benefit from its use

Answer 22

Completion

Question 23

What test process does this activity belong in?:
Analyzing lessons learned from the completed test activities to determine changes needed for future iterations, releases, and projects

Answer 23

Completion

Question 24

What test process does this activity belong in?:
Using the information gathered to improve test process maturity

Answer 24

Completion

Question 25

What does traceability support?

Answer 25

• Analysing the impact of change
• Making testing auditable
• Meet IT governance standards
• Improving the understandability of test progress reports and test summary reports to include the status of elements of the test basis (e.g., requirements that passed their tests, requirements that failed their tests, and requirements that have pending tests)
• Relating the technical aspects of testing to stakeholders in terms that they can understand
• Providing information to assess product quality, process capability, and project progress against business goals