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1. Differentiate between QA and QC?

QA: It is process oriented

It evolves in entire process of software development.Preventing oriented.QC:It is product oriented. Work to examine the quality of product.Deduction oriented.

2. What is a bug?

A computer ug is an error! flaw! mistake! failure! or fault in a computer program that prevents it from working correctly or produces an incorrect result.

. What is a test !ase?"est case is set of input values! execution preconditions! expected results and executionPost conditions! developed for a particular o#ective or test conditions! such as to exercisea particular program path or to verify compliance with a specific requirement.

". What is the #ur#ose of test #lan in $our #ro%e!t?

"est plan document is prepared y the test lead! it contains the contents like introduction!o#ectives! test strategy! scope! test items! program modules user procedures! features to e tested features not to tested approach! pass or fail criteria! testing process! testdeliverales! testing! tasks! responsiilities! resources! schedule! environmentalrequirements! risks $ contingencies! change management procedures! plan approvals! etc

all these things help a test manager understand the testing he should do $ what he shouldfollow for testing that particular pro#ect.

&. When the relationshi#s o!!ur between tester and develo#er?

Developer is the one who sends the application to the tester y doing all the necessarycode in the application and sends the marshal id to the tester. "he tester is the one whogives all the input%output and checks whether he is getting required output or not. Adeveloper is the one who works on inside interfacing where as the tester is the one whoworks on outside interfacing

'. When testing will starts in a #ro%e!t?

"he testing is not getting started after the coding. After release the uild the testers perform the smoke test. &moke test is the first test which is done y the testing team. "hisis according to the testing team. 'ut! efore the releasing of a uild the developers will perform the unit testing.

(. If a bug has high severit$ then usuall$ that is treated as high #riorit$) then wh$ do

#riorit$ given b$ test engineers*#ro%e!t +anagers and severit$ given b$ testers?

(igh severity ugs affects the end users ).testers tests an application with the users point

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12. u##ose if $ou #ress a lin in $ahoo sho##ing site in leads to so+e other

!o+#an$ website? 0ow to test if an$ #roble+ in lining fro+ one site to another

site?

-6 *irst I will check whether the mouse cursor is turning into hand icon or not?06 I will check the link is highlighting when I place the cursor on the link or not?

;6 "he site is opening or not?<6 If the site is opening then I will check is it opening in another window or the samewindow that the link itself exist 5to check user@friendly ness of the link6.=6 (ow fast that wesite is opening?>6 Is the correct site is opening according to the link?6 All the items in the site are opening or not?B6 All other su links are opening or not?

1. What are the !ontents of 34?

*? *unction 'ehaviors,? ,equirements 5Cutputs6 of the &ystem that is defined.

&? &pecification 5(ow! What! When! Where! and Way it ehavior8s.*,&? *unction ,equirement &pecification."his is a Document which contains the *unctional ehavior of the system or a feature. "his document is also known as '& xternal 'ehaviors&pecification @ Document. Cr *& xternal *unction &pecification.

1". What is +eant b$ 5riorit$ and severit$?

Priority means 2Importance of the defect wart customer requirement3&everity means 2&eriousness of the defect wart functionality3

What makes a good test engineer?

A good test engineer has a Etest to reak8 attitude! an aility to take the point of view ofthe customer! a strong desire for quality! and an attention to detail. "act and diplomacyare useful in maintaining a cooperative relationship with developers! and an aility tocommunicate with oth F)G

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1. What is +eant b$ 5riorit$ and severit$?

&everity:-. "his is assigned y the "est ngineer

0. "his is to say how adly the deviation that is occurring is affecting the other modulesof the uild or release.Priority:-. "his is assigned y the Developer.0. "his is to say how soon the ug as to e fixed in the main code! so that it pass the asicrequirement.gg. "he code is to generate some values with some valid input conditions. "he prioritywill e assigned so ased on the following conditions:

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aH It is not accepting any value H It is accepting value ut output is in non@defined format 5say nicode haracters6.A good example I used some nicode characters to generate a left defined arrow! itdisplayed correctly ut after saving changes it gave some address value from the&tack of this server. *or more information mail me I will let you know.

2. 6ive +e so+e ea+#le for high severit$ and low #riorit$ defe!t?

If suppose the title of the particular concern is not spelled correctly! it would give anegative impacted II is spelled as a title for the pro#ect of the concern III.then it isa high severity! low priority defect.

. What is basis for test !ase review?

"he main asis for the test case review is-. "esting techniques oriented review0. ,equirements oriented review;. Defects oriented review.

". What are the !ontents of 4 do!u+ents?

&oftware requirements specifications and *unctional requirements specifications.

&. What is differen!e between the Web a##li!ation testing and Client erver testing?

"esting the application in intranet 5without rowser6 is an example for client @server. 5"hecompany firewalls for the server are not open to outside world. Cutside people cannotaccess the application.6&o there will e limited numer of people using that application."esting an application in internet 5using rowser6 is called we testing. "he applicationwhich is accessile y numerous numers around the world 5World Wide We.6&o testing we application! apart from the aove said two testing there are many other

testing to e done depending on the type of we application we are testing.If it is a secured application 5like anking site@ we go for security testing etc.6If it is an e@commerce testing application we go for saility etc) "esting.

'. 7#lain $our web a##li!ation ar!hite!ture?

We application is tested in ; phases-. We tier testing JH rowser compatiility0. 1iddle tier testing JH functionality! security;. Data ase tier testing JH dataase integrity! contents

(.su##ose the #rodu!t*a##li!ation has to deliver to !lient at &.//5M)At that ti+e $ou

or $our tea+ +e+ber !aught a high severit$ defe!t at 5M.84e+e+ber defe!t ishigh severit$9:ut the !lient is !annot wait for long ti+e. ;ou should deliver the

#rodu!t at &.//5+ ea!tl$. Then what is the #ro!edure $ou follow?

"he ug is high severity only so we send the application to the client and find out theseverity is priority or not. If its priority then we ask him to wait.(ere we found defects%ugs in the last minute of the delivery or release date"hen we have two options-. xplain the situation to client and ask some more time to fix the ug.



0. If the client is not ready to give some time then analy+e the impact of defect%ug andtry to find workarounds for the defect and mention these issues in the release notes asknown issues or known limitations or known ugs. (ere the workaround means remedy process to e followed to overcome the defect effect.;. Kormally this known issues or known limitations 5defects6 will e fixed in next version

or next release of the software

,. 6ive +e ea+#les for high #riorit$ and low severit$ defe!ts?

&uppose in one anking application there is one module A"1 *acility. In that A"1facility when ever we are depositing%withdrawing money it is not showing anyconformation message ut actually at the ack end it is happening properly with out anymistake means only missingCf message. In this case as it is happening properly so there is nothing wrong with theapplication ut as end user is not getting any conformation message so he%she will eonfuse for this. &o we can consider this issue as (I7( Priority ut LCW &everitydefects)

-. 7#lain about :ug life !$!le?

-6 "ester@H06 Cpen defect@H;6 &end to developer <6 @Hif accepted moves to step= else sends the ug to tester gain=6 *ixed y developer @H>6 ,egression testing@H6 Ko prolem inuilt and sign off B6 if prolem in uilt reopen the issue send to step;

1/. 0ow !an $ou re#ort the defe!t using e!el sheet?"o report the defect using excel sheet1ention: "he *uture that een effected.1ention: "est ase ID 5Which fail you can even mention any other which aredependency on this ug6.Mention: Actual Behavior Mention: Expected Behavior as mentioned in Test Case or EFS or EBS or SRSdocument with sectionMention: Your Test Setup used during TestingMention : Steps to Re!roduce the "ugMention : Additional #n$oMention : Attach a Screen Shot i$ it is a %&# "ugMention : 'hich other $eatures it is "loc(ing "ecause o$ this "ug that )ou areuna"le toExecute the test cases*1ention : (ow much time you took to execute that test case or follow that specific "Which leaded to ug?

11.If $ou have ee!uted 1// test !ases )ever$ test !ase #assed but a#art fro+ these

test !ase $ou found so+e defe!t for whi!h test !ase is not #re#ared)thwn how $ou



!an re#ort the bug?

While reporting this ug into ug tracking tool you will generate the test case mean putthe steps to reproduce the ug.

12. What is the differen!e between web based a##li!ation and !lient server

a##li!ation?"he asic difference etween we ased application $ client server application is that thewe application are ; tier $ client ased are 0 trier.In we ased changes are made at one place $ it is reflected on other layers also whereas client ased separate changes need einstalled on client machine also.

1. What is test #lan? And !an $ou tell the test #lan !ontents?

"est plan is a high level document which explains the test strategy! time lines andavailale resources in detail. "ypically a test plan contains:@C#ective@"est strategy

@,esources@ntry criteria@xit criteria@se cases%"est cases@"asks@*eatures to e tested and not tested@,isks%Assumptions.

1". 0ow +an$ test !ases !an $ou write #er a da$) an average figure?

omplex test cases <@ per day1edium test cases -@-= per day

Kormal test cases 0@; per day

1&. Who will #re#are 34 8fun!tional re<uire+ent do!u+ents9? What is the

i+#ortant of 34?

"he 'usiness Analyst will pre pare the *,&.'ased on this we are going to prepare test cases.It contains-. over view of the pro#ect0. Page elements of the Application 5*iled Kames6;. Prototype of the application<. 'usiness rules and rror &tates=. Data *low diagrams>. se cases contains Actor and Actions and &ystem ,esponses

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1. 0ow $ou !an de!ide the nu+ber of test !ases is enough for testing the given

+odule?





"he developed test cases are covered all the functionality of the application we can saytest cases are enough. If u knows the functionality covered or not u can use ,"1.

2. What is the differen!e between 4etesting and Data Driven Testing?

,etesting: it is manual process in which application will e tested with entire new set ofdata.Data Driven "esting5DD"6@It is a Automated testing process in which application istested with multiple test dated is very easy procedure than retesting ecause the testershould sit and need to give different new inputs manually from front end and it is verytedious and oringProcedure.

. What is regression testing?

After the 'ug fixed! testing the application whether the fixed ug is affecting remaining

functionality of the application or not.1a#orly in regression testing 'ug fixed module andit8sonnected modules are checked for their integrity after ug fixation.

". 0ow does u test web a##li!ation?

We application testingWe application should have the following features like-. Attractive ser Interface 5logos! fonts! alignment60. (igh saility options;. &ecurity features 5if it has login feature6

<. Dataase 5ack end6.=. Performance 5appearing speed of the application on client system6>. Ale to work on different 'rowsers 5'rowser compatiility6! C.& compatiility5technically called as portaility6. 'roken link testing)))etc&o we need to follow out the following test strategy.-. *unctionality "esting0. Performance "esting 5Load! volume! &tress! &calaility6;. saility "esting<. ser Interface "esting 5colors! fonts! alignments)6=. &ecurity "esting

>. 'rowser compatiility "esting 5different versions and different rowser6. 'roken link and Kavigation "estingB. Dataase 5ack end6 "esting 5data integrity6M. Portaility testing 51ulti C.s &upport6).etc

&. 0ow does u #erfor+ regression testing) +eans what test !ases u sele!t for

regression?



,egression testing will e conducted after any ug fixed or any functionality changed.During defect fixing procedure some part of coding may e changed or functionality may e manipulated. In this case the old test cases will e updated or completely re writtenAccording to new features of the application where ug fixed area. (ere possile areasare old test cases will e executed as usual or some new test cases will e added to

existing test cases or some test cases may e deleted.

'. What r the !lient side s!ri#ting languages and server side s!ri#ting languages?

lient side scripting languages areNavascript! 4&cript! P(P)etc&erver side &cripting languages arePerl! N&P! A&P! P(P.etclient side scripting languages are useful to validate the inputs or user actions from userside or client side.&erver side &cripting languages are to validate the inputs at server side.

"hese scripting languages provide security for the application. And also providesdynamic nature to we or client server applicationlient side scripting is good ecause it won8t send the unwanted input8s to server forvalidation. *rom front@end it self it validated the user inputs and restricts the useractivities and guides him

(. If a ver$ low defe!t 8user interfa!e9 is dete!ted b$ u and the develo#er not

!o+#ro+ising with that defe!t)what will u do?

ser interface defect is a high visiility defect and easy to reproduce.*ollow the elow procedure-. ,eproduce the defect

0. apture the defect screen shots;. Document the proper inputs that you are used to get the defect in the defect report;. &end the defect report with screen shots! i%ps and procedure for defect reproduction.'efore going to this you must check your computer hard ware configuration that is sameas developer system configuration. And also check the system graphic drivers are properlyInstalled or not. If the prolem in graphic drivers the ser interfaces error will come.&o first check your side if it is correct from your side then reports the defect y followingthe aove method.

,.if u r onl$ #erson in the offi!e and !lient ased u for so+e !hanges and u didn=t get

what the !lient ased for what will u do?

Cne thing here is very important. Koody will ask test engineer to change software that isnot your duty! even if it is related to testing and anyody is not there try to listen carefully if you are not understand ask him again and inform to the corresponding peopleimmediately.(ere the client need speedy service! we 5our company6 should not get any lame fromcustomer side.



-. 0ow to get to# two salaries fro+ e+#lo$ee tables?

&elect O from 1P e where 0H 5select count 5O6 from 1P e where salHe.sal6 order ydesc sal.

1/. 0ow +an$ Test>Cases !an be written for the !al!ulator having />- buttons) Add)

7<ualto buttons? The test !ases should be fo!used onl$ on add>fun!tionalit$ but +ot6I.What is those test>!ases?

"est@ases for the calculator so here we have -0 uttons totali+e !-!0!;!<!=!>!!B!M!ADD!qualto @-0 uttonshere u can press at least < uttons at a time minimum for example Q- for +ero u should press E+ero8 laeled utton for plus u should press EQ8 laeled utton for one u should press Eone8 laeled utton for equal to u should press Eequal to8 laeled utton Q-hereQ and positions will not vary so first numer position can e varied from to M i.e.from permutation and cominations u can fill that space in - ways in the same waysecond numer position can e varied from to M i.e. from permutation and cominationsu can fill that space in - ways

"otal numer of possiilities are -R--"his is exhaustive testing methodology and this is not possile in all cases.In mathematics we have one policy that the function satisfies the starting and endingvalues of a range then it can satisfy for entire range of values from starting to ending.then we check the starting conditions i.e. one test case for EQ8 5expected values youknow that8s ES6 then another test case for EMQM85expected values you know that8s E-BS6only two test cases are enough to test the calculator functionality.

11. What is #ositive and negative testing.7#lain with ea+#le?

Positive "esting @ testing the system y giving the valid data. Kegative "esting @ testing the system y giving the Invalid data.

*or xam application contains a textox and as per the user8s ,equirements the textoxshould accept only &trings. 'y providing only &tring as input data to the textox $ tocheck whether its working properly or not means it is Positive "esting. If giving the inputother than &tring means it is negative "esting.

12. 0ow will $ou #re#are Test #lan. What are the te!hni<ues involved in #re#aring

the Test #lan?

"est plan means planning for the release. "his includes Pro#ect ackground"est C#ectives: 'rief overview and description of the document"est &cope: setting the oundaries*eatures eing tested 5*unctionalities6(ardware requirements&oftware requirementsntrance riteria 5When to start testing6:"est environment estalished! 'uilder received from developer! "est case prepared andreviewed.xit criteria 5when to stop testing6:All ug status cycle are closed! all functionalities are tested! and all high and medium



ugs are resolved.Pro#ect milestones: dead lines

1. What is the Defe!t @ife C$!le?

Defect life cycle is also called as ug life cycle. It has >stages namely

-. Kew: found new ug0. Assigned: ug assigned to developer ;. Cpen: developer is fixing the ug<. *ixed: developer has fixed the ug=. ,etest: tester retests the application>. closed%reopened: if it is ok tester gives closed statuselse he reopens and sends ack todeveloper.

1". 7#alin about +etri!s Manage+ent?

1etrics: is nothing ut a measurement analysis.1easurment analysis and Improvement isone of the process area in 11 I L0.

1&. What is #erfor+an!e Testing and 4egression Testing?

Performance "esting:@testing the present working condition of the product,egression "esting:@,egression "esting is checking for the newly added functionalitycausing any errors interims of functionality and the common functionality should estaleIn the latest and the previous versions

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1.0ow do $ou review test !ase? T$#e of 4eview

"ypes of reviewing test cases depend upon company standards! vi+..!Peer review! team lead review! pro#ect manager review.&ome times client may also review the test cases reg what is approach following for pro#ect

2. In whi!h wa$ tester get :uild A) :uild :) :uild B of an a##li!ation) %ust e#lains

the #ro!ess?

After preparation of test cases pro#ect manager will release software release note in thatDocument there will e ,L path of the wesite link from that we will receive"he uild In case of we server pro#ects! you will e provided with an ,L or a M0.->B.OOO. OOO 5We address6 which will help you access the pro#ect using a rowser from your

system.

In case of lient server! the uild is placed in the 4&& 5onfiguration tool6 which willhelp you get the .exe downloaded to your computer.

. A#art fro+ bug re#orting what is $our involve+ent in #ro%e!t life !$!le?

As a "est engineer we design test cases! prepare test cases xecute "est cases! track the ugs! analy+e the results report the ugs. Involved in regression testing! performance of





system"esting system integration testing at last preparation of "est summary ,eport

".What are the !ontents of test re#ort?

"here are two documents! which should e prepared at particular phase.-. "est ,esults document.0. "est ,eport document."est ,esults doc will e prepared at the phase of each type of "esting like *LL*K"ICKAL "&" PA&&!,7,&&ICK "&" PA&&!&AKI"9 "&" PA&& etc)"est case execution against"he application. Cnce you prepared this doc! we will send the doc to our "L and P1.'yseeing the "est ,esults doc! "L will come to know the coverage part of the testcase.(ereI am giving you the contents used in the "est ,esults doc?-. 'uild Ko0. 4ersion Kame

;. lient C&<. *eature set=. 1ain *eature>. Defined "est cases on each feature.. TA engineer KameB. "est e@cases executed. 5Includes pass and fail6M. "estcases on (CLD 5Includes locking test cases and deferred "est cases6-. overeage ,eport 5Which includes the coverage ratings in U! like U of test casescovered! U of test cases failed6oming to "est report! generally we will prepare "est report! once we rolled out the product to our client. "his document will e prepared y "L and delivered to the

client.1ainly! this document descries the what we have done in the pro#ect! chievementswe have reached! our Learning8s in throughout the pro#ect etc)"he other name for "est report is Pro#ectlosure ,eport and we will summari+e the all the activities! which have taken place inthrough out the pro#ect. (ere I am giving your the contents covered in the "est ,eport.-. "est nvironment 5&hould e covered the C&! Application or weservers! 1ahchinenames! Dataase! etc)60."est 1ethods5"ypes of "ests! we have done in the pro#ect like *unctional "esting!Platform "esting! regression "esting!etc..;. 1a#or areas overed.<. 'ug "racking Details. 5Includes inflow and outflow of the us in our delivered pro#ect6=. Work schedule 5When we start the testing and we finished6>. Defect Analysis>.- Defects logged in different types of tests like *unctional "est! regressiion "est as perarea wised.>.0 &tate of the Defects at end of the "est cycle.>.; ,oot cause analysis for the ugs marked as KC" A '7.. TA oservations or learning8s thought the life cycle.



&. Write high level test !ases?

Write all the test cases under high level "! which can e covered the mainfunctionalities likereation! edition! deletion! etc).as per prescried in the screen.Write all the test cases under low level "!which can e covered the screen! like input

fields are displayed as per the requirements! uttons are enaled or disaled! and test casefor low priority functionalities.xample a screen contains two edit oxes login and password and a put uttons CV and,eset and check ox for the lael 2,ememer my password3. Kow let us write high level"And low level test cases.

(I7( L4L "-. 4erify that ser is ale to login with valid login and valid password.0. 4erify that ser is not ale to login with invalid login and valid password.tc)

..;. 4erify that ,eset utton clears the filled screen.<. 4erify that a pop up message is displayed for lank login.tc)tc.

LCW L4L "-. 4erify that after launching the ,L of the application elow fields are displays in thescreen.-. Login Kame 0.Password.;.CV '""CK <.,&" utton etc.=. heck ox! provided for the lael 2rememer my pwd3 is unchecked.

0. 4erify that CV utton should e disaled efore selecting login and password fields.;. 4erify that CV utton should we enaled after selecting login and password.<. 4erify that ser is ale to check the check ox! provided for the lael 2rememer my password3.tc.In this way! we can categories all the test cases under (I7( L4L and LCW L4L.

'. What is test s!enario?

"est scenario will e framed on asis of the requirement! which need to e checked. *orthat! we will frame set of test cases! in other terms! we can say all the conditions! whichcan e determined the testing coverage against usiness requirement.Please see the elow example! which is exactly matched to my explanation.As we know all most all the application are having login screen! which contains loginname and password. (ere is the test scenario for login screen.&cenario: &,8& LC7IKonditions to e checked to test the aove scenario: @-. "est login field and Password fields individually.



0. "ry to login with valid login and valid password.;. "ry to login with invalid login and valid password. tc

(. What is build duration?

it is a tine gap etween old version uild and new version uild in new version uild

some new extra features are added

,. What is test deliverables?

"est deliverales are nothing ut documents preparing after testing like test plandocument test case template ug report template "est deliverales will e delivered to theclient not only for the completed activities! ut also for the activites! which we areimplementing for the etter productivity. 5As per the company8s standards6.(ere I amgiving you some of the "est deliverales in my pro#ect.-. TA "est Plan0. "est case Docs;. TA "est plan! if we are using Automation.

<. Automation scripts=. TA overage 1atrix and defect matrix.>. "raceaility 1atrix. "est ,esults docB. TA &chedule doc 5descries the deadlines6M. "est ,eport or Pro#ect losure ,eport. 5Prepared once we rolled out the pro#ect toclient6-. Weekly status report 5sent y P1 to the client6--. ,elease Kotes.

-. What is $our involve+ent in test #lan?

"est lead is involved in preparing test plan test engineers are no way related in preparingtest plan role " is test case design! and execution and ug tracking and reporting them7enerally "L is involved in preparation of the "estPlan.'ut it is not mandatory only "Lwill take main part in the preparation of the "P."est engineer can suggest to "L! if he 5or6she has good understanding on pro#ect and resources! if he or she has more exp with the pro#ect! if "L is wrongly given deadlines. If your suggestions are valid! "L willincorporate all of them to the "estPlan.'ut in most of the companies "est engineers are #ust audience.

1/. Whi!h test !ases are not to be auto+ated?

All the test cases which are related to a feature of the product! that keeps on changing5there are always some or the other enhancements in it6. *requent enhancements maychange the I! add%remove few controls. (ence such cases! if automated! would involvelot of a intendance

11. If a #ro%e!t is long ter+ #ro%e!t) re<uire+ents are also !hanges then test #lan will

!hange or not? Wh$?

9es. Definitely. If requirement changes! the design documents! specifications 5for that particular module which implements the requirements6 will also change. (ence the test



plan would also need to e updated. "his is ecause 2,esource Allocation3 is one sectionin the testPlan. We would need to write new test cases! review! and execute it. (ence resourceallocation would have to e done accordingly. As a result the "est plan would change

12. 7#lain 8irtual our!e afe9?After completion of all phages from development side developer store the code indevelopment folder of 4&&! "esting team copying code from that folder to testing folder!after completing aove phages from testing! testers put the uild in ase line folder. It isversion control "ool1ainly useful to developer! to storing code and maintains version opying a code from4&& 'y developer is called (V@IK pload the code in to 4&& is called (V@C".

1. Who will assign severit$ #riorit$?

"he tester%developer should give the priority ased on severity of the ug

&everity means: is the impact of the ug on the application .i.e seriousness of the uginterims of the functionality.Priority means: is how soon it should get fixed i.e. importance of the ug interims ofcustomer

1". What is the Differen!e between tub Testing and Driver Testing?

&tu testing:In top down approach! a core module is developed. "o test that core module! smalldummy modules r used. &o stus r small dummy modules that test the core module.Driver testing:In ottom up approach! small modules r developed. "o test them a dummy core module

called driver is developed.

1&. What is a E6ood TesterF?

Is one who tries to reak the developers software and in a position to venture the ugs. &othat at least BU ugs free software can deliver.

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1. What is !ooie And ession testing?

A small text file of information that certain We sites attach to a user8s hard drive whilethe user is rowsing the We site. A ookie can contain information such as user ID! user

preferences! archive shopping cart information! etc. ookies can contain PersonallyIdentifialeInformation. &ession is a connection etween a server and client.

2. 0ow would $ou #erfor+ testing +anuall$ for web site?

'y noting the time to load page or perform any action with stop watch. I know it soundsfunny ut this is the way performance is tested manually.





. What is use !ase? Tell +e the attribute of use !ase?

2se ase is description of functionality certain features of an application interims ofActors! actions and responsiilities.3se ase attriutes are:-. Information of Document! 0. Description! ;. C#ective! <. Actors! =.Pre@conditions!

>.Data@element descriptions! .post conditions! B.primary flow! M. Alternative flow and'usiness rules%interaction implementations and etc).

". What is the differen!e between stress) volu+e and load testing?

Load "esting gradually increase the load and check the performance of the application .vcheck at what point or maximum load application can sustain.&tress testing: In this testing v check the performance of application under extremecondign which rarely occurs like5-61any concurrent user access the application for short time.506 xtra ordinary long transaction.5;6 4ery short transaction reputed quickly.

&. When will do the beta test? When will do the al#ha test?

Alpha and 'eta tests comes under ser acceptance test. We will conduct these twosystems eing released. We are giving opportunity to customer to check all punctualitiescovered or not.Alpha testing conducting for software application y real customer at development site.'eta testing conducting for software product y model customer at customer site.

'. 0ow do $ou sele!t test !ases for 4egression Testing 8The #oint is when there is

!hange !ode how do $ou !o+e to now whi!h #art of !ode or +odules it will affe!t9?

onsider an example of a form which has a user name! password and Login utton.

"here is a code change and a new utton 2,eset3 is introduced. ,egression testing 5forthat uild6 will include testing only the 2Login3 utton and not the ,eset utton 5testing,eset utton will e a part of conation testing6. (ence the ,egression tester need notworry aout the change in code! functionality. 'ut he has to make sure that the existingfunctionality is working as desired. "esting of 2,eset3 utton will e included as a part of ,egression! for the next uild

(. Can $ou e#lain with ea+#le of high seviorit$ and low #riorit$) low seviorit$ and

high #riorit$) high seviorit$ and high #riorit$) low seviorit$ and low #riorit$?

-. (igh severity and high priority @ Dataase connectivity cannot e estalished ymultiple users.0. Low severity and low priority @ &mall issues like! incorrect numer of decimal digits inthe output.;. Low severity and high priority @ Images not updated.<. (igh severity and low priority @ In a module of say 0 interfaces! the link etween themis roken or is not functioning.5-6(igh priority $ (igh &everity: If u clicks on explorer icon or any other icon thensystem crash.506 Low priority $ low severity: In login window! spell of ok utton is 2Vo3.



5;6Low priority $ high serverty: In login window! there is a restriction login name should e B characters if user enter M or than M in that case system get crash.5<6(igh priority $ low severity: &uppose logo of any rand company is not proper intheir product. &o it affects their usiness.

,. What will be the Test !ase for ATM Ma!hine Coffee Ma!hine?"est cases for A"1 1achine-. &uccessful inspection of A"1 card0. n successful operation due to insert card in wrong angle;. n successful operation due to invalid account ex: other ank card or time expired card<. &uccessful entry of PIK numer =. n successful operation due to enter wrong PIK numer ;times>. &uccessful selection of language. &uccessful selection of account typeB. n successful operation due to invalid account type-. &uccessful selection of withdraw operation

--. &uccessful selection of amount to e withdraw-0. &uccessful withdraw operation-;. nsuccessful withdraw operation due to wrong denominations-<. nsuccessful withdraw operation due to amount is greater than day limit-=. nsuccessful withdraw operation due to lack of money in A"1->. nsuccessful withdraw operation due to amount is greater than possile alance-. nsuccessful withdraw operation due to transactions is greater than day limit-B. nsuccessful withdraw operation due to click cancel after insert card-M. nsuccessful withdraw operation due to click cancel after insert card $ pin numer 0. nsuccessful withdraw operation due to click cancel after insert card! pin numer $language

0-. nsuccessful withdraw operation due to click cancel after insert card! pin numer!language $account type00. nsuccessful withdraw operation due to click cancel after insert card ! pin numer !language !account type $ withdraw operation0;.unsuccessful withdraw operation due to click cancel after insert card ! pin numer !language !account type !withdraw operation $amount to e withdraw

-. Tell +e about $our dail$ a!tivities as a test engineer?

,ole:-. nderstanding the ',& and se cases Document0. 7iving system demo to P1! &ystem analyst! designer! Dev lead.;. Preparing the "est Actions in xls sheet.<. pdating the "est Actions ased on review comments y &ystem analyst%'usinessAnalyst.=. Preparing the "est cases and Datasets 5&ystem level and gloal level datasets6 in worddocument>. pdating the "est ases ased on review comments y &ystem analyst.. Installing the application@"esting environment set up.B. Performing *unctional! 7I! &ystem! ompatiility testing 5If necessary6! ,egression



testing ased on "est casesM. Preparing the defect report! 'ug tracking list and sending daily status report to P1!leads.

1/. In D@C #ro!ess what is the role of 5M) T@) D77@G574) tester in ea!h and

ever$ #hase? 5lease e#lain +e in detail?In the &DL we have these phases-. Initial phase0. Analysis phase;. Designing phase<. oding phase=. "esting>. Delivery and maintenance

In the initial phase pro#ect manager can prepare a document for the requirements! teamleader will prepare a team which is having test engineers! developer will provided y the

pro#ect manager! tested will prepare test cases for that particular pro#ectAnalysis phase all the memers have a meeting to finali+e the technology to develop that pro#ect! the employee! time)Designing phase the pro#ect manager like senior level management will give thedirections and source code to the team memers to develop the actual code that isguidelines will e given in this phaseoding phase developer will develop the actual code using the source code and theyrelease the application to the tested"esting phase they deploy their test cases to that application and prepare a ug profiledocument if there is any defect%ug in that application and send it ack to developer!developer may rectify and releases than application as next uild and if the ug not

understand it will send to the pro#ect lead in the delivery phase the so test eng can deploythe application in the client environment1aintenance phase if the client get any prolem with the application it may solved y the pro#ect lead with help of testers and developers

11. 0ow do $ou Test A##li!ation with having an$ re<uire+ent and Do!u+ent?

If it is an existing system or if a uild is availale then we explore the system whiletesting. "his helps knowing the functional use of the system! and its usaility.'y asking questions to end users and how they use it will e more eneficial. Also! youmay work with 'A to know more aout the system.'lack ox test is nothing ut the same where you explore the system without having any prior knowledge to the system.

12. What is ba! end testing using Q@?

xecuting &TL statements to check if the data sumitted y a 7I program is updated inthe dataase or not? xecuting the statement the data ase is connecting to that particularchanges! updations or not it will test. 'ack end testing is the testing the integration etween the application and the dataase. It is checking the changes made in the dataaseare getting reflected in the application.



xample: A new column is added in the tale. (ere we test y giving values in theapplication and value has to e stored in the tale.

1. What are the reasons wh$ #ara+eteriHation is ne!essar$ when load testing the

Web server and the database server?

When you test your applications! you may want to check how the application performsthe same operations with multiple sets of data. *or example! suppose you want to checkhow9our We site responds to ten separate sets of data. 9ou could record ten separate tests!each with its own set of data. Alternatively! you can create Data "ale parameters so thatyour test runs ten times! each time using a different set of data.

1". Differen!e between strategi! test #lan test #lan?

&trategic test is an organi+ational level term which is applied for all the pro#ects in theorgani+ation with small customi+ations"est plan is pro#ect level term and which can e applied for that specific pro#ect only.

"est plan is a strategic document which descries how to perform testing in an efficienteffective and uptimes way. Tuality lead test lead can prepare this test plan&trategic test plan is an already or new test plan which can ow used in the future foranother pro#ect also with some changes in the same organi+ation.

1&. Draw :a!s of auto+ated testing?

D,AW 'AV& C* A"1A"ICKxpensive! lack of expertisation! all the areas we can not automate

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1. When will u +ae u#date and +odif$ the test ob%e!t #ro#erties in the re#ositor$?When ever the developer may change any one of the o#ect properties definitely we haveto change the same in the C, o#ect repository. If new version net uild released from thedevelopment department we the test engineers must to modify or update the same iscompulsory! other wise than test will show the ug

2. What is the do!u+ent needed to !reate a test !ase? 0ow u tell it is test !ase?

&ystem requirements specification! se case document! "est Plan

. In !usto+er details for+ having fields lie !usto+er na+e) !usto+er address.

After !o+#letion of this +odule) !lient raise the !hange as insert the two radio

buttons after !usto+er address. 0ow $ou !an !he! as a tester?-. *irst we need to verify whether the radio utton is there are not?0. onform the radio uttons are present after the customer address or not.;. 4erify the no of radio utton.<. 4erify only one radio utton should e checked initially when we open the ustomerdetails form 5if it is mentioned in *&6=. 4erify the functionality of the radio uttons i.e. if we check one ratio utton! secondradio utton should e unchecked.





>. 4erify the spell check of radio utton lael name.. 4erify the alignment of radio uttons in the form.

". At the ti+e of testing web based a##li!ations and !lient server a##li!ations) what

$ou absorbed as a tester?We generally check for the links! data retrieving and posting.We perform load and stress testing especially for We ased and lient@&erverapplications.

&. What are the do!u+ents re<uired to #re#are test #lan?

Introduction! scope! test team and their responsiilities! test environment &%W $ (%Wrequirements! test data preparation! levels of testing! seviority $ priority! schedule! risk!automation Plan! features to test! ug life cycle all these are documents of test plan.

'. What is testing #oli!$ and testing +ethodolog$? And what is the differen!e?

"esting policy means all types of testing or testing techniques 5i.e. functional testing!sanity testing etc6."esting methodology means white ox and lack ox testing.

(. What is !o+#arison testing?

omparison "esting means comparing your software with the etter one or you8reompetitor.While comparison "esting we asically compare the Performance of the software. *or exIf you have to do omparison "esting of PD* converter5Desktop 'ased Application6 thenyou will compare your software with your ompetitor on the asis of:@-. &peed of onversion PD* file into Word.0. Tuality of converted file.

,. What is the general testing #ro!ess?

"esting Process:-. "est requirements analysis0. reation of "est &trategy 5Which includes creation of "est ases6;. reation of "est Plans 5Which includes "est ases and "est Procedures6<. xecution of test cases=. Analy+e the test results>. ,eport the defects if any

-. What #arti!i#ation a +anual tester !an do in do!u+entation? Are there an$ tools

available for onl$ do!u+entation?9es! 1anual tester will do &u "est plan documents! as of my knowledge no tool is usedto prepare documentation

1/. What is the differen!e between low and high level test !ases? 6ive 7a+#les?

(igh level "est cases are those which covers ma#or functionality in the application 5i.e.retrieve! update display! cancel 5functionality related test cases6! dataase test cases6.Low level test cases are those which are related to I related test cases.



11. Is it +andator$ to use 7CA7 or dire!tl$ one !an write test !ases fro+

re<uire+ents?

It8s not mandatory to write se ases! if the requirements are clear you can go aheadwith "est ases. se ases are written to know the usiness flow of the

module%application.

12. 0ow does u develo# test harness?

"est nvironment "est 'ed"est nvironment &%W and (%W"est 'ed: "est Documents like "est Plan Document! "est ase Document."est nvironment meansX "est 'ed installation and configurationX Ketwork connectivity8sX All the &oftware% tools Installation and configurationX oordination with 4endors and others

1. 6iven re<uire+ent !olle!tion do!) tester !an #re#are whi!h test #lan?

"est lead can prepare a test plan which performs testing on an application in an efficienteffective and in an optimi+ed way. "est development will done y the testers using thetestPlan in the test plan they prepare the test strategy

1". Tester with develo# +eant nowledge will be +ore effe!tive .%ustif$?

If tester has experience in Development! it will e useful when testing for logical thinkingwhere the error occurs! what is the cause? (e can guess the functionality of component?

(e can easily understand the application environment? "hose are plus points which people haveDevelopment experience.Precisely he can #ustify that either functionality is wrong or right and can analy+e thedefects

1&.As far as the D@C is !on!erned last test !ase) will it be written for EMaintenan!e

5haseF?

As far as the &DL is concerned last test case will e written for 2Acceptance "esting3

1'. What is test s!enario and test !ase? 5lease e#lain in detail?

"est &cenario:"est scenario is like laying out plans for testing the product! environmental condition! andnumer of team memers required! making test plans! making test cases and what allfeatures are to e tested for the product. "est scenario is very much dependent on the product to e tested."est scenario is made efore the actual testing starts."est ase:"est case is a document which provides the steps to e executed which has een planned



earlier. It also depends on the type of product to e tested. Kumer of test cases is Kot fixed for any product.

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1. What is the differen!e between 5ro%e!t :ased Testing and 5rodu!t :ased Testing?Pro#ect ased is nothing ut client requirements. Product ased is nothing ut marketrequirements. x.stiching shirt is a pro#ect ased and ready made shirt is product ased.

2. What is testing #ro!ess in related to A##li!ation testing #ro!ess is the one whi!h

tells $ou how the a##li!ation should be tested in order to +ini+iHe the bugs in the

a##li!ation?

Cne main thing no application can e released as ug free application which isimpossile.

. What is the differen!e b*n Testing Methodolog$ and Testing +ethods?

"esting 1ethodology define process! set of rules and principle which are follow y groupconcerned with testing the application. (ere I explain step testing methodology:-. "est ,equirement Analysis0. "est Plan;. "est Design<. "est execute=. Defect track >. "est Automation. "est 1aintain"esting methods or we can say that "esting "echniques:White 'ox "esting 5nit "esting! Integration "esting6

'lack 'ox "esting 5&ystem "esting! *unctional "esting! Performance "estingHLoadtestingHstress testingHvolume testing $ &ecurity "esting6 A" 5done y user%client withactual%live data6

". What are starting lins to test while website testing?

We ased systems are those using the internet! intranet and extranets We ased testingonly needs e done once for any applications using the we. We ased testing are asfollows:-. *unctional correctness0. Integration;. saility

<. &ecurity=. Performance>. 4erification of code

&. 0ow 6I testing will be done in +anual testing for a website?

*or any testing there should e some set of standards to e followed. Particularly in 7Itesting! look and feel should e good. We should follow the requirements specificationdocuments for 7I testing.





"here should e some screen shots 5given y client6 which we should follow as it is.And for utton si+es! font! font si+e !colors used! placing of links! o#ects and the placingof the o#ects in the page should e followed some standards. If we take a utton in the page that should e some standard si+e. If the si+e of that utton is more or less the clientfeel ad aout that. &o we should have minimum common since while testing 7I

testing. &ome time there may e some mistakes in the screen shots provided y the clientalso! ut that is our responsiility to raise those issues.

'. What things should be tested in regression testing?

While doing ,egression "esting a tester must check that any new updating or1odification or hange in *unctionality of a Particular omponent or 1odule does notcreate any disorder and any negative affects on the functionality of the Application

(. What is the do!u+ent re<uired to #re#are during testing?

Kormally "est engineers are responsile for any release of a pro#ect. ven the release isfor staging environment or change request release or production release

"he minimum documents are-. "est Plan0. "est ases;. "est ase ,eport<. 'ug report.=. ,elease notes 5which contains known issues6.>. Installation document.

,. What is Test data? Where we are using this in testing #ro!ess?

What is the i+#ortan!e of this data?

"o execute test cases we should have test data. "his test data should e for positive and

negative testings.for win runner we can get this test data from keyoard! excel sheets orfrom data ase

-. What is the differen!e between test !ase and test s!ri#t?

"est case is a description what data to e tested and what data to e inserted what are theactions to e done to check actual result against expected result what are the actual inputswe will use? What are the expected results? Is called test script"est &cript: Is a short program written in a programming language used to test part of thefunctionality of the software system. A written set of steps that should e performedmanuallycan also e called a test scriptY however this is more correctly called a test case.

1/. What is the differen!e between bug) error and defe!t?

At the time of coding mistake error! when the mistake noticed y the tester defect! testerlsends this defect to development team if the developer agrees then it is ug

11. What is the differen!e between <ualit$ assuran!e and s$ste+ testing e#lains in

detail with an ea+#le?

Tuality Assurance: It is nothing ut uilding an adequate confidence in the customer that



the developed software is acceding to requirements. ntire &DL comes under TA. It is process oriented.&ystem "esting: It is the process of executing entire system i.e. checking the s%w as wellas parts of system.

12. 0ow do $ou de!ide when $ou have tested enough=?

When the MU of requirements are covered! 1aximum defects are rectified except5some6 low level defects are not covered! customer satisfy that pro#ect and time is less!then we are closing the testing.

1. What is the differen!e between :uild Manage+ent and 4elease Manage+ent?

When will !ondu!t build verifi!ation and end to end testing?

'uild 1anagement is managing the issue fixture tasks in the uilds whereas ,eleasemanagement is managing the functionality to e incorporated in the ,elease.'uild 4erification "est 5'4"6 is done when the uild is first received y the testers. "he

asic functionality is checked with valid data. "his is done to check whether the uild istestale or not. "his is done y testers.nd to nd testing is also called system testing. Done y senior test engineers or "estlead.

1". What is boundar$ value anal$sis 8:A9? What is the use of it?

'oundary value analysis is a technique for test data selection. "est engineer chooses thevalues that lie along the data extreams. It includes max! minimum! #ust inside! #ust outside! typical values and error values.'oundary 4alue Analysis is a technique used for writing the test cases. *or example: If a particular field accepts the

4alues from - to -! then we test that field y entering only -! -! ! --! MMM! 0.I.e. we check on the oundaries and then1inimum@-! minimum Q- and maximumQ-! maximum@-.

1&. What is e<uivalen!e !lass #artition87C59? What is the use of it?

Aquaplane nothing ut select the valid and valid class8s example as per clientrequirement the edit ox access only;@= capital alphaets then we divided in esp. like valid values only A@Z invalid values area@+ and special characters like [!O\U

1'. If there is no suffi!ient ti+e for testing u have to !o+#lete the testing) then

what will u do?When I have less time to test the Product then I will take these following steps -6 &anity or smoke testing06 saility "esting;6 *ormal *unctionality and 7I "esting<6 Walk through with the Product



1(. What is +eaning b$ #rotot$#e in D@C?

"his is a cyclic version of the linear model. In this model! once the requirement analysisis done and the design for a prototype is made! the development process gets started.Cnce the prototype is created! it is given to the customer for evaluation. "he customertests the package and gives his%her feed ack to the developer who refines the product

according to the customer8s exact expectation. After a finite numer of iterations! thefinal software package is7iven to the customer. In this methodology! the software is devolved as a result of periodic shuttling of information etween the customer and developer. "his is the most popular development model in the contemporary I" industry. 1ost of the successfulsoftware products have een developed using this model @ as it is very difficult 5even fora whi+ kid]6"o comprehend all the requirements of a customer in one shot. "here are many variationsof this model skewed with respect to the pro#ect management styles of the companies. Kew versions of a software product evolve as a result of prototyping.

1,. What is differen!e between desto# and web a##li!ation?"he iggest d%f %w Desktop and we application is@ Desktop App 5DA6 is the machineindependent! hence every change has only reflects at the machine level. Where as WeApp 5WA6 is the Internet dependent program! hence any change in the program reflects atevery where! where it ecomes use. ^))&uppose there are = machines in DA! = times installed individually at every machine andif there is any change made in DA then at every machine change has to e made. In WAwhere the program or Application at the &erver or at the one common machine! then ifchanges made at only central or server or common machine all the changes get reflectedat very client machine.

1-. Differen!e between a##li!ation testing and #rodu!t testing?Product testing means when any company does testing for their own 5company8s6 productex) Korton Antivirus is the &ymantec8s productY if &ymantec test the Korton i.e. calledAs the Product testing. Where as if any company takes some pro#ects from some other ompanies like A' ompany takes pro#ects from I'1 and test that pro#ect on somecharges i.e. called as Application "esting.

2/. What is a broen lin in web testing and how test it?

When we clicked on (yper link if it opens Page can8t e displayed then that (yper link iscalled as roken link.