KD 1 – Test Principles and Concepts

Answers:

True Or False

1)You can’t test quality into software - True (page 6)

2)Testing itself is error-prone - True (page 5)

Fill in the blanks

1)Testing activities are the core of the _______________ component of the PDCA cycle .
Ans : Check (page 7)

Part II – Test Principles and Concepts

True Or False

1) As the cost of testing increases, the number of undetected defects decreases - True (page 26)
2) Establishment of a testing policy is an IT management responsibility – True (page 30)
3) A defect identified in system test phase is 100 times costly to fix than a defect found in design state - False
(page 47)
4) Design review is a validation exercise – False (page 51)
5) Users Perform Requirements review – True (page 51)
6) Structural Testing is also called as white box testing – True (page 53)
7) Condition coverage is a technique used for performing white box testing – True (page 63)
8) Thread testing is used during early unit testing - False (page 65)
9) Test managers are responsible for preparing test documentation - False (page 68)
10) Test engineers are responsible for reviewing design artifacts - True (page 68)
11) The product is reviewed not the producer - True (page 72)

Fill in the blanks

1) _______________ is related to the Probability that a loss will occur.

Ans : Risk (page 11, 25)

2) Problems associated with testing occur due to __________ , __________ and

__________________
Ans : Failure to define test objectives , Testing at the wrong phase in the life cycle and use of
ineffective test techniques. (page 13, 26)

3) Four criteria involved in framing a testing policy are ________,_______,_______ and

___________
Ans : Definition of testing , Testing system , Evaluation and Standards (page 30)

4) The objective of testing is to reduce the __________ inherent in computer systems.

Ans : risks (page 36)

5) Two components of the testing strategy are __________ and ___________.

Ans : Test Factor and Test Phase (page 36)

6) Two types of defects are _______________ and ____________________.

 Ans : Variance from specifications and Variance from what is desired (page 46)

7) Verification exercises include ________,___________,__________ and ___________

Ans : Requirements review,Design Reviews,Code Walkthroughs and code inspections. (page 51)

8) Structural tests are primarily conducted using _____________ techniques

Ans : Verification (page 53)

9) Examples of functional testing are _____,_______,_________ and ________

Ans: Unit testing, Integrated testing , System testing and User acceptance (page 54)

10) _________________ is a way of illustrating and documenting how a specific activity has to be
performed.
Ans : Work bench (page 55)

11) Black box testing techniques include ________,________ and ____________

Ans : Equivalence Partitioning, Boundary analysis and Error guessing (page 64)

12) Two types of incremental testing are _________ and ______________

Ans : Top down and Bottom Up (page 64)

13) Types of regression testing are _______,__________ and ______________

Ans : Unit Regression , Full Regression and Regional regression testing (page 69)

14) _____________________ is performed when multiple changes have been made to critical
components of the application.
Ans : Full Regression testing (page 69)

15) ___________________ reviews look at the product during a specific time period of a life cycle.
Ans : In – Process (page 70)

16) _______________________ review is performed when the application components are near completion .
Ans : Test readiness (page 70)

17) According to the review rules , defects and issues are ___________ , not corrected
Ans : Identified (page 72)

18) Three general classes of reviews are _________,____________ and ___________

Ans : Informal , Semi Formal and Formal (page 71)

19) The cost of poor quality is between _______ % and __________% of the cost of doing business
Ans : 15 % and 50 % (page 83)

20) Money spent to review completed products against requirements is _____________ cost .
Ans : Appraisal costs (page 87)

21) C (page 68)

22) C&B (page 68)
23) B (page 69)
24) C (page 2)
25) B&C (page 74)