Chapter 2: Terminology

Question 1

Acceptance Testing

A. A test level that focuses on individual hardware or software components.

B. A test level that focuses on determining whether to accept the system.

Answer 1

A test level that focuses on determining whether to accept the system.

Question 2

Alpha Testing

A. A type of acceptance testing performed in the developer’s test environment by roles outside the development organization.

B. Testing in which the test items are interfaces and interactions between integrated components.

Answer 2

A type of acceptance testing performed in the developer’s test environment by roles outside the development organization.

Question 3

Beta Testing

A. A type of acceptance testing performed to verify whether a system satisfies its contractual requirements.

B. A type of acceptance testing performed at an external site to the developer’s test environment by roles outside the development organization.

Answer 3

A type of acceptance testing performed at an external site to the developer’s test environment by roles outside the development organization.

Question 4

Change-Related Testing

A. A type of testing initiated by modification to a component or system.

B. Testing the changes to an operational system or the impact of a changed environment to an operational system.

Answer 4

A type of testing initiated by modification to a component or system.

Question 5

Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS)

A. The identification of all work products affected by a change, including an estimate of the resources needed to accomplish the change.

B. A type of product developed in an identical format for a large number of customers in the general market.

Answer 5

A type of product developed in an identical format for a large number of customers in the general market.

Question 6

Component Integration Testing

A. A test level that focuses on interactions between components or systems.

B. Testing in which the test items are interfaces and interactions between integrated components.

Answer 6

Testing in which the test items are interfaces and interactions between integrated components.

Question 7

Component Testing

A. Testing performed to evaluate if a component or system satisfies functional requirements.

B. A test level that focuses on individual hardware or software components.

Answer 7

A test level that focuses on individual hardware or software components.

Question 8

Contractual Acceptance Testing

A. A type of acceptance testing performed to verify whether a system satisfies its contractual requirements.

B. A type of acceptance testing performed to verify whether a system conforms to relevant laws, policies and regulations.

Answer 8

A type of acceptance testing performed to verify whether a system satisfies its contractual requirements.

Question 9

Functional Testing

A. Testing performed to evaluate if a component or system satisfies functional requirements.

B. Testing performed to evaluate that a component or system complies with non-functional requirements.

Answer 9

Testing performed to evaluate if a component or system satisfies functional requirements.

Question 10

Impact Analysis

A. The set of interrelated activities comprising of test planning, test monitoring and control, test analysis, test design, test implementation, test execution, and test completion.

B. The identification of all work products affected by a change, including an estimate of the resources needed to accomplish the change.

Answer 10

The identification of all work products affected by a change, including an estimate of the resources needed to accomplish the change.

Question 11

Integration Testing

A. A test level that focuses on interactions between components or systems.

B. A test level that focuses on individual hardware or software components.

Answer 11

A test level that focuses on interactions between components or systems.

Question 12

Maintenance Testing

A. Testing in which the test items are interfaces and interactions between integrated components.

B. Testing the changes to an operational system or the impact of a changed environment to an operational system.

Answer 12

Testing the changes to an operational system or the impact of a changed environment to an operational system.

Question 13

Non-Functional Testing

A. Testing performed to evaluate if a component or system satisfies functional requirements.

B. Testing performed to evaluate that a component or system complies with non-functional requirements.

Answer 13

Testing performed to evaluate that a component or system complies with non-functional requirements.

Question 14

Operational Acceptance Testing

A. A type of acceptance testing performed to determine if operations and/or systems administration staff can accept a system.

B. A type of acceptance testing performed to verify whether a system satisfies its contractual requirements.

Answer 14

A type of acceptance testing performed to determine if operations and/or systems administration staff can accept a system.

Question 15

Regression Testing

A. A type of change-related testing to detect whether defects have been introduced or uncovered in unchanged areas of the software.

B. Testing performed to evaluate if a component or system satisfies functional requirements.

Answer 15

A type of change-related testing to detect whether defects have been introduced or uncovered in unchanged areas of the software.

Question 16

Regulatory Acceptance Testing

A. A type of acceptance testing performed at an external site to the developer’s test environment by roles outside the development organization

B. A type of acceptance testing performed to verify whether a system conforms to relevant laws, policies and regulations.

Answer 16

A type of acceptance testing performed to verify whether a system conforms to relevant laws, policies and regulations.

Question 17

Sequential Development Model

A. A type of software development lifecycle model in which a complete system is developed in a linear way of several discrete and successive phases with no overlap between them.

B. A type of change-related testing to detect whether defects have been introduced or uncovered in unchanged areas of the software.

Answer 17

A type of software development lifecycle model in which a complete system is developed in a linear way of several discrete and successive phases with no overlap between them.

Question 18

System Integration Testing

A. A test level that focuses on individual hardware or software components.

B. A test level that focuses on interactions between systems.

Answer 18

A test level that focuses on interactions between systems.

Question 19

System Testing

A. A test level that focuses on determining whether to accept the system.

B. A test level that focuses on verifying that a system as a whole meets specified requirements.

Answer 19

A test level that focuses on verifying that a system as a whole meets specified requirements.

Question 20

Test Environment

A. An environment containing hardware, instrumentation, simulators, software tools, and other support elements needed to conduct a test.

B. The work product to be tested.

Answer 20

An environment containing hardware, instrumentation, simulators, software tools, and other support elements needed to conduct a test.

Question 21

Test Level

A. The body of knowledge used as the basis for test analysis and design.

B. A specific instantiation of a test process.

Answer 21

A specific instantiation of a test process.

Question 22

Test Type

A. A group of test activities based on specific test objectives aimed at specific characteristics of a component or system.

B. A set of preconditions, inputs, actions (where applicable), expected results and postconditions, developed based on test conditions.

Answer 22

A group of test activities based on specific test objectives aimed at specific characteristics of a component or system.

Question 23

User Acceptance Testing

A. A type of acceptance testing performed to determine if intended users accept the system.

B. A source to determine an expected result to compare with the actual result of the system under test.

Answer 23

A type of acceptance testing performed to determine if intended users accept the system.

Question 24

White-Box Testing

A. Testing a work product without the work product code being executed.
B. Testing based on an analysis of the internal structure of the component or system.

Answer 24

Testing based on an analysis of the internal structure of the component or system.

Question 25

Iterative Model Types

4 Types

Answer 25

• Rational Unified Process - Each iteration tends to be relatively long and the feature increments are correspondingly large
• Scrum - Each iteration tends to be relatively short and the feature increments are correspondingly small
• Kanban - Implemented with or without fixed-length iterations, which can deliver either a single enhancement or feature upon completion, or can group features together to release at once
• Spiral - Involves creating experimental increments, some of which may be heavily re-worked or even abandoned in subsequent development work