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If you have just joined an organization as a QA person, what would you look for to determine whether there QA process works or not?
kurtz182
- Dec 23rd, 2009
If you have just joined an organization as a QA person, what would you look for to determine whether their QA processes work or not? How does a company know whether its QA processes are wor...
sbgeek
- Jul 17th, 2007
As a QA person your responsibility is to ensure that a project's performance meets the baseline. If the company has set standard process like CMMi, then it would be easier to do this. You nee...
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QA Most Important Impact
What is the most important impact QA can have on a product development process?
kurtz182
- Dec 23rd, 2009
First of all, how do you define QA? Are you referring only to the portion of the team that takes measures to prevent defects, or are you referring to the entire test team? Different c...
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Scope of preparing the Test Plan
What is the scope of preparing the Test Plan Document?
kurtz182
- Dec 23rd, 2009
This depends on the industry, company, and project. Generally my test plan includes:1 INTRODUCTION1.1 Purpose1.2 Context1.3 Target readership1.4 Source material and references2 OBJECTIVE AND SCO...
sandip_genius
- Mar 27th, 2009
Test Plan says how to schedule the testing along with different testing to be included with all deliverables. Basically it contains the scope of testing, what to test and what not to. Testing everyth...
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Testing Responsiblities
What are the things that testing team are involved in other than software?
kurtz182
- Dec 18th, 2009
Some testing responsbilities which do not relate with software include:1) Establishing processes to organize and control the test effort2) Building and maintaining relationships with others3) Handling issues and projects that involve hardware
sandeep_jat
- Sep 11th, 2008
Testing responsibilities are: To check that the software should be bugless, accourding to our standard, within budget, should satisfy client's need. Overall main thing is client's satisfication, do as client said, if possible.
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Diff b/w metric and measurement?
kurtz182
- Dec 18th, 2009
A measurement is the act of comparing something to a standard in order to ascertain a particular characteristic about that thing. A metric is the degree to which something possesses a particular...
SureshBV
- Mar 5th, 2007
The simplified answer is…… Metric is two dimensional (Ex: Distance covered per hour)Measurement is a single dimension (Ex: Distance covered)Suresh
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What is the difference between checked and verified?
kurtz182
- Dec 18th, 2009
There is a subtle but significant difference between the terms "check" and "verify".CHECK: An critical observation... To examine something in order to determine something.&nb...
saisivaraam
- Feb 9th, 2007
Vijjijjub's - For checking you have described about the verification. Here you are verifing the code is written as per the requirement, it may be stanard, check list or template.Where as in verificat...
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What is backend and frontend testing?
kurtz182
- Dec 18th, 2009
Front-end testing: This is the customer-facing part of the system under test. Here we test an application's GUI and functionality. Back-end testing: This is the part o...
Roopa
- Feb 21st, 2007
FrontEnd Testing is something where in you test the GUI/functionality.GUI will take care of sending requests to the server and getting response from the same .Here we don' have accesss t...
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What are the boundary conditions for an OK button?
vk1978
- Apr 18th, 2009
Boundary value analysis is done on range values and Boundary Values for any field should be consider with Minimum value -1 Minimum value Minimum value +1 Middle value Maxmium value -1 Maxmium value Maxmium value +1 on OK button we can do functional Testing
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What is the differences between verifying and validating data.
kurtz182
- Dec 18th, 2009
VALIDATION: Answers the question, "Are you building the right thing?" Validation is a core responsibility of Quality Assurance (QA).VERIFICATION: Answers th...
roopa
- Dec 27th, 2006
Validation: Are we building the product right?Verification: Are we building the right product?
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How do you ensure comprehensive test coverage?
kurtz182
- Dec 18th, 2009
The answer to this question depends what is meant by "comprehensive test coverage"? Do you want comprehensive code coverage, or do you want to comprehensively cover the requirements?&n...
Nitaa
- Oct 31st, 2006
Thank you for your reply .I have an idea now .
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How do you determine what to test?
kurtz182
- Dec 17th, 2009
This varies by industry, company and project, but you can generally determine what to test by reviewing 1) requirements, 2) specifications, 3) work-flow diagrams, and 4) wireframes.
Prakash Nepal
- Apr 10th, 2007
Answer: First of all we have the test cases (or test scripts) that are written based on the requirement document. This pretty much covers what functionalities to test. Therefore, looking at the test cases tells us what to test in the application.ThanksPrakash
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What do we do when there is a known bug at the time of software release?
kurtz182
- Dec 17th, 2009
What do I do when there is a known bug at the time of a software release?1) Verify the issue is clearly and completely documented and labeled as a known bug in our defect tracking system.2) Ensur...
vk1978
- Mar 6th, 2009
If i find a defect at the time of software release, I will first escelate the defect to the Higher level Management, and based on their decession, i will raise the bug and High level managem...
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What is the strenght and weakness in testing
kurtz182
- Dec 17th, 2009
The strength of testing is its potential to improve the value of something that is important to customers and company. The weakness of testing that it is human-based and prone to error.
skumar
- Jul 12th, 2006
Strength: Hard Work ( Test on Huge Data) patience ( Retesting) Quality( Error Free) Judgement ( Caliculations).Weakness : Lazyness ( On Modifications- regression testing time)
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What is the difference between Quality Assurance and Quality Control?
kurtz182
- Dec 17th, 2009
Quality Assurance (QA) attempts to improve and stabilize processes in order to minimize the issues that produce defects. QA processes also strive to assure that a product, service, or system meets its...
Manvi Arora
- May 22nd, 2008
QC (Quality Controller) involves in the testing of the Application. Quality control ensures that equipment is working properly, the operator is performing appropriately.Qc is product oriented. QA (Qua...
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How do you decide when you have 'tested enough?'
kurtz182
- Dec 17th, 2009
You have tested enough when the company's Exit Criteria have been met. This typically includes (not an exhaustive list):1) All test cases have been run or are otherwise accounted for2) There...
M.Vimal Danish
- Jun 6th, 2007
Its never ending process. Still the testing process can be stopped (1) Based on the Testing dead line and Release dead lines(2) Based on the number of test cases covered with certain percentage passed...
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Challenges in testing.
What are the challenges you face as a manual tester?
kurtz182
- Dec 17th, 2009
Some challenges in testing are:1) Inaccurate, incomplete or entirely missing requirements2) Application not delivered to test on time constricting the time to test3) Deliverables from 3rd-party vendor...
ashishks
- Sep 9th, 2009
1. Incomplete/Changing requirements.2. Limited time for delevery.3. In-sufficient testing team.4. Configuration problems (like s/w, h/w and networking problems)
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How do u conduct boundary analys testing for "ok"pushbutton
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QA Process
1. In QA team, What does the term Process refer to?2. What are the different type of process?
kurtz182
- Dec 17th, 2009
Process refers to a set of interdependent procedures that serve to produce a desired result. Its meaning is no different in QA than anywhere else. QA processes include:1) Te...
sameerponkshe
- Oct 8th, 2009
Process means Quality proceses followed during the project executions, the high level processes are 1. Project Management Processes2. Change Management Processes3. Defect Management Processes4. Requirement Management Processes
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Risk Management Plan
What are the contents of Risk management Plan? Have you ever prepared a Risk Management Plan ?
kurtz182
- Nov 24th, 2009
Risk is the likelihood and impact (positive or negative) that an event or series of events may occur. It analyzes the probability that these event(s) become an issue as well as their impact. Risk mana...
ShwetaSai
- Jun 30th, 2009
1. Risk Identification – the Risk Manager conducts risk identification meetings and uses the Risk Identification report and questionnaire to assist with initial identification of risks. 2. Risk ...
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HiI need answers for these questions1. What automating testing tools are you familiar with? 2. How did you use automating testing tools in your job? 3. Describe some problem that you had with automating testing tool. 4. How do you plan test automation? 5. Can test automation improve test effectiveness? 6. What is data - driven automation? 7. What are the main attributes of test automation? 8. Does automation replace manual testing? 9. How will you choose a tool for test automation? 10. How you will evaluate the tool for test automation? 11. What are main benefits of test automation? 12. What could go wrong with test automation? 13. How you will describe testing activities? 14. What testing activities you may want to automate? 15. Describe common problems of test automation. 16. What types of scripting techniques for test automation do you know? 17. What are principles of good testing scripts for automation? 18. What tools are available for support of testing during software development life cycle? 19. Can the activities of test case design be automated? 20. What are the limitations of automating software testing? 21. What skills needed to be a good test automator? 22. How to find that tools work well with your existing system? 23. Describe some problem that you had with automating testing tool. 24. What are the main attributes of test automation? 25. What testing activities you may want to automate in a project? 26. How to find that tools work well with your existing system? 27. What are some of the common misconceptions during implementation of an automated testing tools for the first time?
quality_guy
- Oct 23rd, 2009
1. What automating testing tools are you familiar with? It depends upon which tool u r familiar with.2. How did you use automating testing tools in your job?As per the requirement, manager will alloca...
Sameera
- Oct 18th, 2007
Hi Nik & Aparna, I would like to add additional comments wrt to ur replys, Absolutely Regression testing is not an Automation testing. And automation testing is not only meant for runn...
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