Testing

General

• What is a "bug"?
• What do error, fault, and failure mean? How do these definition relate to each other?
• Describe differences between testing and formal verification. Is always one approach better than the other? Why, why not? Give pros and cons.
• Give examples of faults. Which kind would you regard as the most dangerous?
• Draw and describe a testing part of life cycle.
• What is the difference between blackbox-, whitebox-, and gray-box testing?
• What is a test case? What is its normal content? Give an example.
• Give pros and cons of black-box testing.
• Why is it a problem to decide when to stop the testing?
• Give reasons of why we stop testing.

Unit testing

• What is unit testing?
• What is an oracle?
• Which kinds of oracles exists?
• How does unit testing relate to integration testing?
• What is exhaustive testing?
• What is equivalent class testing?
• What is boundary value testing?
• Describe the technique of decision table testing
• What is control flow testing? Pros and cons?
• What is an imperative language?
• What is code coverage? Give example of different levels.
• What is line coverage? What is the problem with this approach?
• What is statement coverage?
• What is branch coverage?
• What is the difference between branch coverage and condition coverage?
• What is path coverage?
• What is the cyclomatic complexity? How is it related to testing?
• How do you calculate the cyclomatic complexity? Give examples.
• What is data flow testing?
• What is automated unit testing?
• Why is automated unit testing important?
• What is a test case generator?

Module and integration testing

• What is integration testing? What is the problem?
• What is a driver?
• What is a stub?
• Describe the concept of top-down integration testing.
• Describe the concept of bottom-up testing.
• Describe the concept of big-bang integration testing.
• Describe the concept of sandwich integration testing.

System and Acceptance testing

• What is the objective of system testing?
• What is functional testing?
• What is performance testing?
• Give example of performance testing.
• What is benchmark testing?
• What is an acceptance test?
• What is an installation test?
• What is a pilot test?
• What is the difference between an alpha and a beta test?
• What problems of acceptance testing can you solve by using parallel testing?
• What is the practical use of severity classes of testing?

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Last updated: 2011-12-02