Section 4

Question 1

acceptance criteria

Answer 1

The criteria that a component or system must satisfy in order to be accepted by a user, customer, or other authorized entity.

Question 2

acceptance test-driven development

Answer 2

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

Question 3

black-box test technique

Answer 3

A test technique based on an analysis of the specification of a component or system.
Synonyms
black-box test design technique, specification-based test technique

Question 4

boundary value analysis

Answer 4

A 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 graph.

Question 6

checklist-based testing

Answer 6

An experience-based test technique in which test cases are designed to exercise the items of a checklist.

Question 7

collaboration-based test approach

Answer 7

An approach to testing that 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.

Question 9

coverage item

Answer 9

An attribute or combination of attributes derived from one or more test conditions by using a test technique.

Question 10

decision table testing

Answer 10

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

Question 11

equivalence partitioning

Answer 11

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

Question 12

error guessing

Answer 12

A test technique in which tests are derived on the basis of the tester’s knowledge of past failures, or general knowledge of failure modes.

Question 13

experience-based test technique

Answer 13

A test technique based on the tester’s experience, knowledge and intuition.

Synonyms
experience-based test design technique, experience-based technique

Question 14

exploratory testing

Answer 14

An approach to testing in which the testers dynamically design and execute tests based on their knowledge, exploration of the test item and the results of previous tests.

Question 15

state transition testing

Answer 15

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

Synonyms
finite state testing

Question 16

statement coverage

Answer 16

The coverage of executable statements.

Question 17

test technique

Answer 17

A procedure used to define test conditions, design test cases, and specify test data.

Synonyms
test design technique

Question 18

white-box test technique

Answer 18

A test technique only based on the internal structure of a component or system.

Synonyms
white-box test design technique, structure-based test technique