Software Testing Strategies

Flashcards for Software Testing Strategies based on lecture notes.

Software Testing

The process of exercising a program with the specific intent of finding errors prior to delivery to the end user.

Verification

Ensures that software correctly implements a specific function.

Validation

Ensures that the software that has been built is traceable to customer requirements.

Unit Testing

Testing focusing on interface, local data structures, boundary conditions, independent paths, and error handling paths.

Integration Testing

Testing that can be performed using the "big bang" approach or an incremental construction strategy.

Top Down Integration

The top module tested with stubs; stubs are replaced depth-first, subset of tests is re-run as modules integrate.

Bottom-Up Integration

Drivers are replaced depth-first; worker modules grouped into builds and integrated.

Regression Testing

Re-execution of some subset of tests already conducted to ensure that changes have not propagated unintended side effects.

Interface Integrity

Internal and external module interfaces are tested as each module or cluster is added to the software.

Functional Validity

Testing to uncover functional defects in the software.

Information Content Testing

Testing for errors in local or global data structures.

Performance

Verifies specified performance bounds are tested.

MobileApp Testing

Includes user experience, device compatibility, performance, connectivity, security, testing-in-the-wild, and certification testing.

Validation Testing

Focuses on software requirements.

System Testing

Focuses on system integration.

Alpha/Beta Testing

Focuses on customer usage.

Recovery Testing

Forces the software to fail and verifies proper recovery.

Security Testing

Verifies that protection mechanisms built into a system will protect it from improper penetration.

Stress Testing

Executes a system in a manner that demands resources in abnormal quantity, frequency, or volume.

Performance Testing

Tests the run-time performance of software within the context of an integrated system.

Debugging

A diagnostic process to identify and correct errors in software.