Software Testing

Question 1

Name 7 types of Software testing

Answer 1

1. Unit
   2.Smoke(aka:BVT-build verification test)
   3.Intergation
   4.System
   5.Regression
   6.Performance/Load
   7.UAT(user acceptance testing)

Question 2

Unit Testing- define.

Answer 2

Tests individual components/units of software Purpose is to validate that each unit performs as expected

Question 3

Smoke Testing- define.

Answer 3

Ensures that the prioritized and most important functions work properly.

Question 4

Integration testing- define.

Answer 4

Modules are integrated logically and then tested together as a group to see how well they work together.

Question 5

System testing- define.

Answer 5

Focuses on all components interacting properly together. Validates the COMPLETE and fully Integrated product.

Question 6

Regression testing- define.

Answer 6

Confirms that a recent change in code or program hasn’t adversely affected existing features. *Could be full or partial.

Question 7

Performance/ Load testing- define.

Answer 7

Tests the performance of software with big volumes of loads. EX: When 50,000 users login simultaneously.

Question 8

UAT(User Acceptance testing) - define.

Answer 8

Testing a program as a user of the program. Ex: logging into a banking app.

Question 9

Name 6 types of Functional testing:

Answer 9

1. Unit Testing
2. Integration Testing
3. System Testing
4. Interface Testing
5. Regression Testing
6. UAT

Question 10

NAME 8 Non Functional types of Testing

Answer 10

1.Documentation Testing
2.Installation Testing
3.Performance Testing
4.Reliability Testing
5.Security Testing
6.Load Testing
7.Stress Testing
8.Spike Testing

Question 11

What is a software bug?

Answer 11

A) The software doesn’t do something that the product specifications say its supposed to do.
B) software does something that the product specifications say it shouldn’t do
C) software does something not mentioned in the product specifications
D) software does something not mentioned in the product specifications but should have been mentioned
E) Software is difficult to understand, hard to use, slow, or viewed by the user as not right.

Question 12

Synonymous to Bug:

Answer 12

Defect
Variance
Fault
Failure
Problem
Inconsistency
Error
Feature incident
Anomaly

Question 13

STLC

Answer 13

Software Testing Life Cycle

Question 14

SEO

Answer 14

Search Engine Optimization

Question 15

SDLC

Answer 15

Software Development Life Cycle

Question 16

5 main stages of SDLC

Answer 16

1. Requirement Analysis
2. Design
3. Implementation/ Coding
4. Testing
5. Evolution/ Deployment (Production)

Question 17

What are the Verification phases of SDLC? (Asks: are we building the right product?)

Answer 17

1. Requirement Design
2. System Design
3. Architecture Design
4. Module Design

Question 18

What are the validation phases of SDLC? ( Asks: are we building the product right?)

Answer 18

1. Acceptance testing
2. System testing
3. Integration testing
4. Unit testing

Question 19

3 components of any website:

Answer 19

A) HTML
B) CSS
C) JAVA

Question 20

Positive testing

Answer 20

Testing performed to check if program will work with valid input data

Question 21

Negative testing

Answer 21

Testing performed to check if program will work with invalid input data

Question 22

Agile Methodology

Answer 22

Used more commonly in computer programming to create products in a more efficient and comprehensive way that is continuously improving.

Question 23

Waterfall Methodology

Answer 23

A way of project management that focuses on completing each step of the SDLC in a consecutive manner(step by step manufacturing). Can’t move on to next step till the previous one is completed.