ISTQB - CTFL 3.1 Chapter 2 Key Terms

Acceptance Testing

A test level that focuses on determining whether to accept the system.

Alpha Testing

A type of acceptance testing performed in the developer's test environment by roles outside the development organization.

Beta Testing

A type of acceptance testing performed at an external site to the developer's test environment by roles outside the development organization.

Change-related testing

A type of testing initiated by modification to a component or system.

Commercial off-the-shelf

A type of product developed in an identical format for a large number of customers in the general market.

Component integration testing

The integration testing of components.

Component testng

A test level that focuses on individual hardware or software components.

Confirmation testing

A type of change-related testing performed after fixing a defect to confirm that a failure caused by that defect does not reoccur.

Contractual acceptance testing

A type of acceptance testing performed to verify whether a system satisfies its contractual requirements.

Functional testing

Testing performed to evaluate if a component or system satisfies functional requirements.

Impact analysis

The identification of all work products affected by a change, including an estimate of the resources needed to accomplish the change.

integration testing

A test level that focuses on interactions between components or systems.

Maintenance testing

Testing the changes to an operational system or the impact of a changed environment to an operational system.

non-functional testing

Testing performed to evaluate that a component or system complies with non-functional requirements.

operational acceptance testing

A type of acceptance testing performed to determine if operations and/or systems administration staff can accept a system.

regression testing

A type of change-related testing to detect whether defects have been introduced or uncovered in unchanged areas of the software.

regulatory acceptance testing

A type of acceptance testing performed to determine the compliance of the test object.

sequential development model

A type of software development lifecycle model in which a complete system is developed in a linear way of several discrete and successive phases with no overlap between them.

system integration testing

The integration testing of systems.

system testing

A test level that focuses on verifying that a system as a whole meets specified requirements.

test basis

The body of knowledge used as the basis for test analysis and design.

test case

A set of preconditions, inputs, actions (where applicable), expected results and postconditions, developed based on test conditions.

test environment

An environment containing hardware, instrumentation, simulators, software tools, and other support elements needed to conduct a test.

test level

A specific instantiation of a test process.

test object

The work product to be tested.

test objective

The purpose for testing.

test type

A group of test activities based on specific test objectives aimed at specific characteristics of a component or system.

user acceptance testing

A type of acceptance testing performed to determine if intended users accept the system.

white-box testing

Testing based on an analysis of the internal structure of the component or system.