Experience-based Test Techniques (K2)

Question 1

Error Guessing ?

Answer 1

Error guessing is a test technique used to anticipate the occurence of errors, defects, and failures, based on the tester’s knowledge, including :
-How the application has worked in the past
-The types of errors the devs tend to make and the types of defects that result from these errors
-The types of failures that have occured in other, similar applications

Question 2

Exploratory Testing ?

Answer 2

In exploratory testing, tests are simultaneously designed, executed, and evaluated while the tester learns
about the test object. The testing is used to learn more about the test object, to explore it more deeply with focused tests, and to create tests for untested areas.
Exploratory testing is sometimes performed using session-based testing to structure the testing.

Question 3

Checklist-based Testing ?

Answer 3

In checklist-based testing, a tester designs, implements, and executes tests to cover test conditions from a checklist. Checklists can be built based on experience, knowledge about what is important for the user, or an understanding of why and how software fails. Checklists should not contain items that can be checked automatically, items better suited as entry criteria, exit criteria, or items that are too general.