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What is a "Good Tester"?
kurtz182
- Jan 1st, 2010
A good tester:1) is enthusiastic about his impact on product and service quality2) is an explorer and a tinkerer3) is a student for life4) is honest, dependable and trustworthy5) strives to ...
hari.c
- Aug 1st, 2006
Who has test to break attitude and Customer type of view on the application will become a good tester
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What is the role of QA in a development project?
kurtz182
- Dec 29th, 2009
The role of Quality Assurance (QA) in a software development project includes:1) Study past releases to isolate causes of process inefficiencies and ineffectiveness2) This includes studying ...
unna
- Jul 11th, 2006
Hi, What is the role of QA in improving standards?RegardsUnna
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Define the following and explain their usefulness: Change Management, Configuration Management, Version Control, and Defect Tracking.
kurtz182
- Dec 29th, 2009
Change Management: During software development, requirements are established by key stakeholders and they are baselined. Any change to these requirements must undergo a formal review proce...
Ranjith Nair
- Aug 25th, 2005
Change Management->When ever a requirement or a change in requirement comes as a change request,the team has to sit and check the impact due to this new change.Once ,a change request form gets approve...
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Why Boundary Value Analysis is more comprehensive than Equivalence Class Partioning?
kurtz182
- Dec 29th, 2009
The answer to this question depends on the class of items you are partitioning. Boundary Value Analysis (BVA) is more comprehensive than Equivalence Class Partitioning (ECP) when dealing with in...
sravanti
- Sep 25th, 2006
Hey Dileep,Your replies are very informative and I appreciate that. Keep the good work Man!!.ThanksSravanti.
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What you mean Domain Specific Testing? Testing is not Domain Specific?
kurtz182
- Dec 29th, 2009
What is meant by domain specific testing? What is meant when testing is not specific to a domain?There are two answers to this question that depend on context:DOMAIN AS A BODY OF KNOWLEGEAs Dile...
ekta b.
- Oct 8th, 2006
Plz If anyone is expert in this testing,Try to explain with exampleshoping for ur consideration
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When would you use production data in a test environment?
kurtz182
- Dec 29th, 2009
I would use production data for the test environment:1) to discern how much test environment aligns with production environment2) to improve test processes3) by interpreting the number of nature of de...
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What is globalisation testing?
kurtz182
- Dec 29th, 2009
Globalization testing validates the world-readiness of a product. It checks the following things:1) No data loss when using multiligual text processing.2) Correct encoding conversions.3) Proper handling of locale settings.
sudhakar2068
- Oct 19th, 2006
The goal of globalization testing is to detect potential problems in application design that could inhibit globalization. It makes sure that the code can handle all international support without break...
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What is quality assurance?
Answer posted by Radhika on 2005-05-23 17:51:42: An integrated system of management activities involving planning, implementation, assessment, reporting, and quality improvement to ensure that a process, item, or service is of the type and quality needed and expected by the client.
kurtz182
- Dec 29th, 2009
Quality assurance refers to a program that attempts to improve and stablilize processes by systematically monitoring and evaluating various aspects of a project to ensure quality standards are being m...
tester612
- Aug 20th, 2009
QA involves the complete process of software development , monitoring and improving the process, making sure any agreed upon standards and procedures are followed and ensuring that problems are found ...
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We have a testing assignment that is time-driven. Do you think automated tests are
kurtz182
- Dec 28th, 2009
What do you mean by "time-driven"? Are you saying that you have a great deal of time right now to set up processes and systems for automation, but when the project begins the testing w...
Ranjith Nair
- Aug 25th, 2005
Main reason for using auotmated testing is it is not time consuming.Suppose for a project having more releases in a short span of time,automation testing is very useful for doing regression testing and smoke testing.But for a small project (
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If you come onboard, give me a general idea of what your first overall tasks will be as far as starting a quality effort.
kurtz182
- Dec 29th, 2009
If I am new to an organization and want to make an impact on quality, these are things I would likely do first:1) Learn the organization's business model.2) Learn who does what within this bu...
Sujatars
- Oct 9th, 2007
If u join a new organization and come on board the first task would be to get familiar with the existing testing/quality processess defined , after that u might be able to find the gaps & identify the needs for improvement.
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What kinds of testing have you done?
kurtz182
- Dec 29th, 2009
- Build Verification Testing- Smoke Testing- Exploratory Testing- Ad-hoc Testing- Sanity Testing- Functional Requirements Testing- Regression Testing- System Testing- Function Integration Testing- GUI...
vijjijjub
- Jun 5th, 2005
I hanled functionality testing, GUI Testing, Database testing, Regression Testing. Also involved in Smoketesing once a build is released from the development team.
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When should you begin testing?
kurtz182
- Dec 29th, 2009
Informal testing begins as soon as you begin asking questions and learning about a particular project. Formal testing begins when you begin reviewing documentation that helps you learn about a project after it has been approved, baseliined, or otherwise made official.
RamMohan
- May 6th, 2005
For any Project, testing activity will be there from starting onwards,After the Reuirements gathering, Design Docs(High and Low) will be prepared, that will be tested, whether they are confirming to r...
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Have you ever created a test plan?
kurtz182
- Dec 28th, 2009
Yes, I have created numerous test plans. I have also faciliated meetings with cross-functional stakeholders (project manager, representatives from the business sector, developers, engineers...
Sujatars
- Oct 9th, 2007
Test plan is a document which gives the overall direction to the testing.Test plans and their formats vary from company to company.It might contain : Test Scope, Test objective,Assumpti...
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How will you test notepad?
kurtz182
- Dec 28th, 2009
SYSTEM and FUNCTIONAL TESTSTesting MS Notepad is a huge project. Here are a few tests that I would consider. Please note that this is not an exhaustive set of tests. 1) File Menu Opt...
bharathp
- Jul 11th, 2006
Test cases for NotePad To test note pad we first go through all the functionalities of note pad by covering all menus and submenus Here are some examples how to test notepadTo open notepad1)Open ...
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What is meant by V_model?what is advantage and disadvantage of V_model?
kurtz182
- Dec 27th, 2009
The V-model is another way to conceptualize the software development process. This model is considered to be an extension of the Waterfall model. Instead of the development life ...
karwins
- Jun 8th, 2006
good try...V-model - its a standard recommended by British computer society. in this model development stages are linked with testing stages. viturally it forms a v-shape. I dont remember teh model fu...
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What is meant by sparial model?and advantage and disadvantage?
kurtz182
- Dec 27th, 2009
The Spiral Model combines features of the Prototyping Model and the Waterfall Model. This model considers iterative development as well as the phases within each iteration and the...
sameera11
- Jun 1st, 2006
spiral modelboehm proposed this modelach loop is split into four sections\\a. to determine the objectives,alternatives,&constraintsb. risk analysis & evalutions of alternativesc. executio...
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What is meant by excepted result?
kurtz182
- Dec 27th, 2009
An expected result is the anticipated outcome of an event. In software testing, testers obtain expected results through:1) explicit requirements (from client or organization's business secto...
raghuramsuravarapu
- Jun 18th, 2006
The result which is expected ,when a certain activity is performed on an application or a product.We can know the expected behaviour of the application from SRS/FDS/Use Case's .In test case's for ever...
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Have you ever written test cases or did you just execute those written by others?
kurtz182
- Dec 27th, 2009
I have written my own test cases and executed those written by others. Testers tend to become set in their routines after a few test cycles. This causes them to consider the same line of r...
veerendra potla
- Oct 25th, 2006
koti reddy and meghana's replies are apt for ur doubt. It is the main eligibility for a test engineer to have the ability to prepare the test cases(ofcourse after thorough understanding of the f...
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What did your base your test cases?
kurtz182
- Dec 27th, 2009
I base test cases on any information which identifies our company's intent for the product as long as it can be verified with a true or false (pass or fail) result. I find this informat...
Sujatars
- Oct 9th, 2007
U need to study clients requirement stated in SRS document first .Functional design document and technical design documents are the basis for preparing testcases
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How do you test if you have minimal or no documentation about the product?
kurtz182
- Dec 27th, 2009
I would not perform ad-hoc testing.Ad-hoc testing is performed after completing formal testing. By this time, testers have already studied requirements, have prepared tests cases to cover them, ...
Sandeeep
- Oct 5th, 2005
In these type of situations we do Adhoc testing(Testing with out any Required Documents), but basically testing without documents itsself is a bug,only thing we can do is by using our testing knowledge and experience wecan carry out.
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