Software Testing Cheat Sheet Vocabulary

Flashcards covering key concepts in software testing, technical reviews, and testing strategies.

Answer: what was reviewed, who reviewed it, what were the findings

1. A review summary report answers which three questions?

74 errors

A technical review for a Generate Report function has identified the following parameters - 425 LOC, 73 minor erro and 8 major errors. A rework for the same function has created 388 LOC. How much error was identified during the rework?

0.2 error

A technical review for a Generate Report function has identified the following parameters - 425 LOC, 73 minor errors and 8 major errors. A rework for the same function has created 388 LOC. How much error was identified per LOC?

End users

Acceptance tests are normally conducted by the

All of the above

Black-box testing attempts to find errors in which of the following categories

No stubs need to be written

Bottom-Up Integration Testing Advantage: Bottom-up integration testing has as its major advantage(s) that

True

By collecting software metrics and making use of existing software reliability models it is possible to develop meaningful guidelines for determining when software testing is done

False

Client/server architectures cannot be properly tested because network load is highly variab

exercise the logical conditions in a program module

Condition testing is a control structure testing technique where the criteria used to design test cases is that they

select test paths based on the locations and uses of variables

Data flow testing is a control structure testing technique where the criteria used to design test cases is that they

True

Debugging is not testing, but always occurs as a consequence of testing

True

Defect density can be estimated for any software engineering work product.

True

In any type of technical review, the focus of the review is on the product and not the producer.

True

In general, the earlier a software defect is discovered and corrected the less costly to the overall project budget.

False

In software quality assurance work there is no difference between software verification and software validation

focus on testing the validity of loop constructs

Loop testing is a control structure testing technique where the criteria used to design test cases is that they

False

Performance testing is only important for real-time or embedded systems.

time

Real-time applications add which of the following new and potentially difficult element to the testing mix?

True

Recovery testing is a system test that forces the software to fail in a variety of ways and verifies that software is able to continue execution without interruption.

True

Review metrics can be used to assess the efficacy of each review activity.

False

Sample driven reviews only make sense for very small software development projects.

True

Security testing attempts to verify that protection mechanisms built into a system protect it from improper penetration

True

Since many WebApps evolve continuously, the testing process must be ongoing as well.

rolling integration testing

Smoke testing might best be described as

True

Software validation is achieved through a series of tests performed by the user once the software is deployed in his or her work environment.

state transition diagram

Test derived from behavioral class models should be based on the

the conflicts of interest between developers and testers is reduced

The best reason for using Independent software test teams is that

True

The focus of validation testing is to uncover places that a user will be able to observe failure of the software to conform to its requirements.

groups of classes that collaborate or communicate in some way

The OO testing integration strategy involves testing

black-box testing

The testing technique that requires devising test cases to demonstrate that each program function is operational is called

major decision points are tested early

Top-down integration testing has as its major advantage(s) that

all of the above

Which of the following are characteristics of testable software?

uncover errors in software work products

Which of the following are objectives for formal technical reviews?

False

With thorough testing it is possible to remove all defects from a program prior to delivery to the customer.