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Alpha and Beta testing.
Can any one briefly explain what is the difference between alpha testing and beta testing in terms of product and application?
yuganr
- Jan 6th, 2011
Alpha testing - this testing comes under UAT(user acceptance testing). The team for this testing includes development team, testing team and customer. It is conducted at developers organisation with r...
kurtz182
- Dec 8th, 2009
Alpha testing is the final in-house testing before the software is released to production. The first phase of Alpha testing is typically performed by in-house developers. In the second stage, th...
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Exploratory Testing
Where does Exploratory Testing Fit? What are the Pros and Cons in Exploratory Testing?
yuganr
- Jan 6th, 2011
Exploratory testing comes in picture due to lack of documentation. When there is no availability of documentation?then testing team depends on similar project browsing, contacts with customer site pe...
amitmba32
- Apr 28th, 2010
Exploratory Testing is to explore product without having any knowledge of product and test it as per the best understanding without having any document.
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Version Control Tool
How will you use version control tool as a tester for example Visual source safe?
Ravi raj
- Jan 29th, 2011
Version Control Tool is used for maintaing the data in different versions like V1.0 and V1.1 like etc for each and every change or add in the particular XL sheet or document.1. Suppose if you created ...
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Verification Review
When do you review verification activity?
gsrmohan
- Feb 21st, 2011
Generally it is done by the Quality Assurance people who took care of process.
gorbysbm
- Feb 1st, 2011
I'm not 100% sure if I understood the question, but the verification stage can come as early as during the code review, and can also be done at the Specs and requirements stage (e.g. do the wireframes of the product match what the client asked for?).
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Project Verification
Who has the rights to do verification work in your project?
gsrmohan
- Feb 21st, 2011
Project Manager has all rights to project verification work.Quality Assurance people can take care of process by setting standards like templates, and setting metrics, etc...Dev Lead will do Code reviews etc...Test Lead can take care of testing process.apart from this peer reviews also takes place.
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Test Manager
Does the Test Manager serve his manager or his test team? Discuss your rationale in your answer.
gsrmohan
- Feb 22nd, 2011
Actually he manages the test team and serves Project Manager.He has following responcibilities:Understand testing effortEstimate test effort and allocate resources and budget for testingOrganize test ...
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Tester Qualities
If you were hiring a tester, what qualities would you look for?
gsrmohan
- Feb 22nd, 2011
A Good Test Engineer should have following Qualities:1. Great observation skills - Hypersensitivity to little things2. Intelligence Quick learing skills3. Diligence - conscientiousness in paying prope...
testingquestion
- Oct 4th, 2010
Tester should at very first have strong communication skills. Tester also needs to have a Can Do Attitude and a keen eye towards finding bugs.
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Requirements Traceability in Product Testing
What is the importance of requirements traceability in a product testing?
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Geethika Gayathri- Member Since Mar-2010 | Mar 19th, 2010
Traceability matrix maps the requirements to the test cases written. The matrix will help us to check if we have attained 100% test coverage or not.
yuganr
- Mar 23rd, 2011
Requirements traceability matrix maps the requirements to the?prepared test cases?to estimate completion of requirements coverage?in product testing.
krishnagovinda
- Feb 3rd, 2011
Requirements Traceability is very impertant in Product Testing. We?acknowledge the?testing activity to be complete only when the RTM is complete. The Tester is assured that proper testing is done only when the test cases trace back to all the requirements.
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What is the purpose of software testing's - Bug removal, System's functionality working, quality or all?
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Answered by: Satya Prakash Itharaj.
- Oct 4th, 2005
The main purpose of Software testing, I think is not to remove the bug but to find the bug. Also ensuring the application works correctly as per the requirements and thereby increasing the quality of the product and increasing the confidence in the product.
manchoc
- Feb 18th, 2011
Its Quality. Testing is a Quality Control (QC) activity. Software testing is the process of finding the defects so as to improve the quality of software. It doesnt mean that the software is 100% defect free but the quality will be high after validating when compared before testing.
rohan.satpute
- Feb 6th, 2011
Purpose for Software Testing:1. To ensure whether the software Build is as per User Requirements/.2. To ensure reasonably Bug free Software, to uncover bugs withing software, if any.3. To improve qual...
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Best to solve defects - requirements, plan, design, code / testing phase?
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Answered by: Satya Prakash
- Oct 4th, 2005
In any phase, the sooner we see a defect, the less is the cost spent on rectifying the defect. It becomes a costlier affair in later stages. The best phase is Requirements phase. When the defect is found in later phases, it costs more for its correction.
rohan.satpute
- Feb 6th, 2011
As we are aware, in SDLC later the defects identified, costlier is the Project Delieverable. Earlier the defect identified & resolved, cheaper is the costing. So, as per the provided option, Best time to resolve the defects is during the Requirement Phase.
nitinjoshi226
- Jan 8th, 2011
The Best time to solve defect is at the requirement Phase - by business Analyst, plan, design - for developer using static analysis tools and testing phase by testers. Defects find at the in...
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Cost of solving a bug from requirements phase to testing phase - increases slowly, decreases, increases steeply or remains constant?
mithr17
- Nov 1st, 2011
If you are asking this question, it means you have not understood SDLC nor any of the QA concepts for that matter.
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Define Reliability?
kurtz182
- Dec 17th, 2009
Reliability refers to the liklihood that something will - do what you intend for it to do - when you intend for it to do it.
srinivasulub1981
- May 28th, 2009
Reliability has to do with the quality of measurement. In its everyday sense, reliability is the "consistency" or "repeatability" of your measures
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What is Bug Tracking Process, Reporting, Re-testing and Debugging?
kurtz182
- Dec 17th, 2009
This represents The Bug Life Cycle, but not in its proper order. Here is a very high level view of each phase in proper order:1) Finding the bug2) Reporting the bug <-...
kurtz182
- Nov 14th, 2009
BUG TRACKING PROCESS: This is a process used to manage defects from the time testers discover them to the time they are fixed by developers. When testers discover defects they open bug rep...
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What is Scalability Testing? Which tool is used?
srinivasulub1981
- May 28th, 2009
Scalability testing lets you ensure that your web application is scalable, that is, it can handle an increased workload with added resources and determine whether it best scales up, by upgrading the s...
truptirane
- May 29th, 2008
Scalability Testing, part of the battery of non-functional tests, is the testing of a software application for measuring its capability to scale up or scale out [1]- in terms of any of its non-functio...
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How much time is/should be alloated for Testing out of total Development time based on industry standards?
rohan.satpute
- Feb 6th, 2011
It depends upon following Factors:1. Type of Project/Delieverable.2. Scope of Testing.3. Types of Testing to be Performed.Testing can vary for 30%-50% of total Development Time. I have considered the case of Manual Tesing here. Automation can reduce the end delieverable timelines.
kurtz182
- Dec 16th, 2009
The answer to this question depends on the industry, software development model, company, and project. In my company and on most my projects, we allocate roughly 35 percent of total development resources on our test effort.
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Define Bug Life Cycle?What is Metrics
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Mallika Chintalapalli
- Apr 27th, 2011
Bug Life cycle is a process of identifying the defect and subject to rectification.Metrics means measures.(what are all the measures taken to identify the defect)
srinivasulub1981
- May 28th, 2009
Bug Life Cycle:New : Logged the bug by TEOpen: After review it by team lead then changed it's status to open Fixed : Once dev agree with that he can change the status to fixed once fixed that issueClo...
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Difference b/w retesting and regression testing?
Mallika Chintalapalli
- May 6th, 2011
Regression Testing:Regression testing is a testing conducted on the already tested functionality again and again.Retesting:Retesting is a testing done on the same functionality with multiple sets of data again and again.this starts from the first build and continues till the end
bunty prakash
- Aug 10th, 2007
Retesting : It means we are going to test only one portion of the our project to ensure that portion is working properly after fixing.
Regression testing : In this testing,we test the change of one portion has no bad effects on other portion of project. -
Define Quality - bug free, Functionality working or both?
manchoc
- Feb 18th, 2011
Quality of the software is what the?client pays for. It means it should perform the intended functions without any major flaws.
rohan.satpute
- Feb 6th, 2011
Quality Software Deliverable means:1. Delieverable meets User/Customer Requirements.2. Reasonably Bug-Free Software.3. Delivered within defined Timeline & Budget.4. Easily Maintainable. Also, Less Post Release Maintainence Activity, thus reducing Cost.
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What is the difference between an exception and an error?
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Answered by: Sameer
- Apr 26th, 2006
Exception:Exception as the name suggests anything that is unusal.For e.g. if i try to delete a file which doesn't exist then it is an exception.
Error:Error is caused if something is wrong with the program.For e.g. a syntax error,logical error or runtime error.
mithr17
- Nov 1st, 2011
@ deepasree - Really? I think the question was regarding "exce"ption and not "expe"ctation. LLOLL
srinivasulub1981
- May 28th, 2009
Exceptions: It's an unexpected error/issue whch needs to be handled by dev teamError : Problem in the coding interms of syntax
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In an application if i enter the delete button it should give an error msg "Are u sure u want to delete" but the application gives the message as "Are u sure". is it a bug. And if it is how would you rate its severity.
srikant.mudiyala
- May 21st, 2011
Severity is minor & priority can be low to fix this. But if it is a client request then this will become as major Severity & low priority.
kurtz182
- Dec 7th, 2009
Consider this hypothetical scenario: To your utter amazement, you are informed that you are the millionth customer who has visted this website and you are asked "Do you want a million dolla...
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