Software Testing and Quality Assurance

Question 1

Why needed?

Answer 1

What’s the worst that can happen if the software doesn’t work?

Question 2

Schools of testing thought

Answer 2

• Traditional Testing (write and execute tests scripts and repeatedly executing them manually)
• Context-driven Testing (driven by context, testing where you don’t just follow a plan)
• Agile Testing (collaborative and iterative)

Question 3

Five-fold Testing system

Answer 3

Testers: Who is testing
Coverage: What is tested
Potential Problems: Why you’re testing
Activities: How you’re testing
Evaluation: How results are determined

Question 4

Black Box Testing vs White Box Testing

Answer 4

Black –> from the user’s perspective.
White –> knowledge of how the system is built.

Question 5

Ad hoc testing

Answer 5

Testing an application without any plan or specific objectives

Question 6

Potential opportunities for improvement

Answer 6

Maybe this is better to use rather than a term bug.

Question 7

Integration vs Unit test

Answer 7

Integration test uses external dependencies (eg external database) while unit testing is sort of local

Question 8

Subcutaneous Tests

Answer 8

Include everything except for the UI components.

Question 9

Gherkin (гёркин)

Answer 9

Business readable DSL (Domain Specific Language) that describes the software’s behaviour without going into details about how the behaviour is implemented.