Chapter 4 Vocabulary

Question 1

Acceptance criteria

Answer 1

Criteria that a component or system must meet to be accepted by a user, customer, etc.

Question 2

Acceptance test-driven development

Answer 2

A collaboration-based, test-first approach that defines acceptance tests in the stakeholder’s domain language.

Question 3

Black-box test technique

Answer 3

A test technique based on the analysis of the specification of a component or system.

Synonyms:
* Black-box test design technique
* Spec-based test design technique

Question 4

Boundary value analysis

Answer 4

Black-box test technique in which test cases are designed based on boundary values.

Question 5

Branch Coverage

Answer 5

The coverage of branches in a control flow diagram

(Branch testing is a white-box technique)

Question 6

Checklist-based testing

Answer 6

Experience-based test technique based on a checklist.

Question 7

Collaboration-based test approach

Answer 7

Focuses on defect avoidance by collaborating among stakeholders.

Question 8

Coverage

Answer 8

The degree to which specified coverage items are exercised by a test suite, expressed as a percentage.

Synonyms:
* Test coverage

Question 9

Decision table testing

Answer 9

Black-box test technique in which test cases are designed to exercise the combinations of conditions and resulting actions shown in a decision table.

Question 10

Equivalence partitioning

Answer 10

Black-box test technique in which test conditions are equivalence partitions exercised by one representative member of each partition.

Question 11

Error guessing

Answer 11

Tests are derived on the basis of the tester’s knowledge of past failure or general knowledge of failure modes.

Question 12

Experience-based test technique

Answer 12

Based on the tester’s knowlege, experience, and intuition.
* Relies heavily on tester’s skills
* Complementary to white-box and black-box techniques
* May catch errors that were missed by above techniques
* Great in scenarios where there are unclear, ambigous requirements

Synonyms:
* Experienced-based test design technique
* Experience-based technique

Question 13

Exploratory Testing

Answer 13

Testers dynamically design and execute tests based on:
* knowledge
* exploration of the test item
* results of previous tests

Question 14

State Transition testing

Answer 14

Black-box test technique in which test cases are designed to exercise elements of a state transition model.

• Tests are independent of how software is implemented
• Test cases will still be useful if behavior stays same after implementation change.

Synonyms:
* Finite state testing

Question 15

Statement coverage

Answer 15

Coverage of executable statements

Question 16

Test technique

Answer 16

Procedure used to define:
* Test conditions
* Test cases
* Test data

during test analysis and design.

Classifications
* Black-box
* White-box
* Experience-based

Synonyms:
* Test design technique

Question 17

White-box test technique

Answer 17

Based on the internal structure of a component or system.
* Dependent on how software is implemented
* Tests are created after the design and implementation of test object.

Synonyms:
* White-box test design technique
* Structure-based test technique

Question 18

Statement testing

Answer 18

White-box test technique designed to execute statements

Question 19

Branch testing

Answer 19

White-box test technique in which test conditions are branches.