Testing Strategies

Question 1

Black Box

Answer 1

Testing which examines functionality of an application, without looking at its internal code/structures

Question 2

White Box

Answer 2

Tests internal structure of an application rather than functionality

Question 3

Top Down

Answer 3

Testing of modules and sections of code that aren’t yet implement. Testing the behaviour between modules

Question 4

Bottom Up

Answer 4

Testing each part of the application individually then testing the parts that rely on the section/module

Question 5

Usability

Answer 5

Testing how easy a system is to use by testing with real users, it shows how somebody without a working knowledge of the application would use the system and any problems they might find

Question 6

Test Data

Answer 6

A range of test data must be used to properly test a system, it should include:

• Normal Data
• Boundary Data
• Standard Incorrect Data, incorrect data that could easily be entered
• Standard invalid data, e.g. text into numeric fields
• Extreme data that would never be entered normally, used to test the limits of a system.