Types of Testing

Question 1

What is Black Box testing?

Answer 1

When we DON’T KNOW the system insides.
We test functionality.
We do exploratory testing.

Question 2

What is Grey Box testing?

Answer 2

We have SOME knowledge of the system.
Can use some tools (Chrome Dev Tools)

Question 3

What is White Box testing?

Answer 3

Have a FULL knowledge of the system.
Testing the system from the inside. NOT the outside like
(user interface)

Question 4

What is Functional Testing?

Answer 4

IF it works. If each function conforms with specifications.

Question 5

What is Non-Functional Testing?

Answer 5

How well it works. How nicely it performes. How user friendly.

Question 6

What is Positive Testing?

Answer 6

Feeding it good data & expecting it to be valid.

Question 7

What is Negative Testing?

Answer 7

Feeding it bad data & expecting an invalid response.

Question 8

Give an example of a Positive and Negative Boundary Test

Answer 8

Positive check INSIDE the range
Negative check OUTSIDE the range

Question 9

What is Unit Testing?

Answer 9

Developers make a new line of code and test it themselves.

Question 10

What is Integration Testing?

Answer 10

Developers add a new line of code to a group of code and test it all together.

Question 11

What is Acceptance Testing?

Answer 11

Tested for acceptability.
To evaluate whether the system is compliant with the business requirements.
Whether it’s acceptable for delivery.

Question 12

What is Alpha Testing?

Answer 12

To identify all possible bugs before product is released to the public.

Question 13

What is Beta-Testing?

Answer 13

Software is released to a limited number of users to obtain feedback on the product quality.

Question 14

What is End to End (e2e) Testing?

Answer 14

Checks whether an application flow is behaving as expected from start to finish.

Question 15

What is Smoke Testing?

Answer 15

Is performed after receiving a software build to make sure the critical functionalities of the program are working fine.

Question 16

What is Sanity Testing?

Answer 16

Performed after receiving a software build with changes in code or functionality, to make sure that bugs are fixed and that no other issues have been introduced due to these changes.

Question 17

What is Regression Testing?

Answer 17

To confirm a recent program or code change has not adversely affected existing features.
*ensures the old code still works once the new code changes are done.

Question 18

What is Performance Testing?

Answer 18

Determines the speed of a computer, network or device.
Checks the performance of the components of a system by passing different parameters in different load scenarios.

Question 19

What is Load Testing?

Answer 19

Simulates the actual user load on any application or website.
Checks how the application behaves during normal and high loads.