Chapter 5

Question 1

content-based model

Answer 1

A process model that provides a detailed description of good engineering practices, such as, for example, test practices

Question 2

Critical Testing Processes (CTP)

Answer 2

A content-based model for test process improvement built around 12 critical processes

Question 3

Systematic Test and Evaluation (STEP)

Answer 3

A structured testing methodology, also used as a content-based model for improving the testing process

Question 4

Test Maturity Model integration (TMMi)

Answer 4

A five-level staged framework for test process improvement that is related to the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) and describes the key elements of an effective test process

Question 5

TPI Next

Answer 5

A continuous business-driven framework for test process improvement that describes the key elements of an effective and efficient test process

Question 6

Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)

Answer 6

A framework that describes the key elements of an effective product development and maintenance process. The Capability Maturity Model Integration model covers best practices for planning, engineering, and managing product development and maintenance.

Question 7

suitability

Answer 7

The capability of the software product to provide an appropriate set of functions for specified tasks and user objectives

Question 8

interoperability testing

Answer 8

The process of testing to determine the interoperability of a software product

Question 9

interoperability

Answer 9

The capability of the software product to interact with one or more specified components or systems

Question 10

security testing

Answer 10

Testing to determine the security of the software product

Question 11

security

Answer 11

Attributes of software products that bear on its ability to prevent unauthorized access, whether accidental or deliberate, to programs and data

Question 12

accessibility testing

Answer 12

Testing to determine the ease by which users with disabilities can use a component or system

Question 13

usability testing

Answer 13

Testing to determine the extent to which the software product is understood, easy to learn, easy to operate, and attractive to the users under specified conditions

Question 14

usability

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The capability of the software to be understood, learned, used, and attractive to the user when used under specified conditions

Question 15

heuristic evaluation

Answer 15

A static usability test technique to determine the compliance of a user interface with recognized usability principles (the so-called “heuristics”).

Question 16

Software Usability Measurement Inventory (SUMI)

Answer 16

A questionnaire-based usability test technique to evaluate the usability, e.g., user-satisfaction, of a component or system

Question 17

reliability growth model

Answer 17

A model that shows the growth in reliability over time during continuous testing of a component or system as a result of the removal of defects that result in reliability failures

Question 18

reliability

Answer 18

The ability of the software product to perform its required functions under stated conditions for a specified period of time or for a specified number of operations

Question 19

reliability testing

Answer 19

The process of testing to determine the reliability of a software product

Question 20

operational profile

Answer 20

The representation of a distinct set of tasks performed by the component or system, possibly based on user behavior when interacting with the component or system and their probabilities of occurrence. A task is logical rather that physical and can be executed over several machines or be executed in noncontiguous time segments

Question 21

operational acceptance testing

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Operational testing in the acceptance test phase, typically performed in a simulated real-life operational environment by operator and/or administrator focusing on operational aspects, e.g. recoverability, resource-behavior installability, and technical compliance

Question 22

operational environment

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Hardware and software products installed at users’ or customers’ sites where the component or system under test will be used. The software may include operating systems, database management systems, and other applications

Question 23

recoverability testing

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The process of testing to determine the recoverability of a software product

Question 24

recoverability

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The capability of the software product to reestablish a specified level of performance and recover the data directly affected in case of failure

Question 25

efficiency testing

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The process of testing to determine the efficiency of a software product. efficiency: The capability of the software product to provide appropriate performance, relative to the amount of resources used under stated conditions

Question 26

maintainability testing

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The process of testing to determine the maintainability of a software product

Question 27

maintainability

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The ease with which a software product can be modified to correct defects, modified to meet new requirements, modified to make future maintenance easier, or adapted to a changed environment

Question 28

portability testing

Answer 28

The process of testing to determine the portability of a software product

Question 29

portability

Answer 29

The ease with which the software product can be transferred from one hardware or software environment to another