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| Any deviation of the observed behavior from the specified behavior |
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| The probability that a system will not cause a failure under certain conditions |
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| The system is in a state such that further processing by the system can lead to a failure |
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| The mechanical or algorithmic cause of an error |
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| Activity of checking for deviations for observed behavior of a system and its specification |
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| What are three types of errors? |
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| Null reference, concurrency, exceptions |
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| What are four types of algorithmic errors? |
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| Missing initialization, incorrect branching condition, missing test for null value, concurrency issue. |
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| What are three types of mechanical fault? |
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| Earth quake, power interruption, abnormal temperature. |
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| Which type of error is easier to find, algorithmic or mechanical? |
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| Detects faults statically |
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| What are three techniques used for fault avoidance? |
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| Methodology, verification, reviews |
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| Find faults during development |
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| What are two types of fault detection? |
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| What are four types of testing? |
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| Unit testing, integration testing, system testing, and acceptance testing. |
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| It is a system which contains all test related decisions and components into one package. |
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| What does a test model contain? |
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| Test driver, test input data, oracle, test harness. |
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| It is the program that is executing the test. |
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| What oracles in test model? |
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| They compare the expected output with the actual test output |
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| It is a component that allow running test under different conditions and monitor the behavior and output of System Under Test. |
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| What three skills must a person have to develop an effective test? |
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| Detailed understanding of system, application and solution domain knowledge, knowledge of testing techniques |
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| Should testing be done by the developer or an independent tester? |
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| Unit, integration, system testing done by developer. Acceptance testing done by independent tester. |
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| What is the structure of a test case? |
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| identifier, location, feature to test, pass/fail criteria, data, test procedure |
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| What is model-based testing? |
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| A technique where the system is used for generation of test model |
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| What are three advantages of model-based testing? |
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| Design more code less, high coverage, easy maintenance(no need to write new tests for new feature) |
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| What are two ways to generate test model? Compare them |
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| What are 4 advantages of automated testing? |
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| Reliable, repeatable, fast, reusable |
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| What is object-oriented test modeling? |
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| Object try to make SUT believe it's talking to real collaborators |
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| What are 4 types of test double? |
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| Dummy object, fake object, stub, mock object |
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| never used, to fill in parameters |
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| A "shortcut" which is not suitable for production code |
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| Functionality which simulates some component in the system |
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| Object which mimic behaviors of real object |
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| What is a good design pattern used for generating mock objects? |
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| What is unit testing? What is its goal? |
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| Test individual component. Goal is to confirm the component is correctly coded and has intended functionality |
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| What is integration testing? What is its goal? |
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| Test groups of subsystems. Goal is to test the interfaces among the subsystems |
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| What is system testing? What is its goal? |
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| Test the entire system. Goal is to see if the system meets requirements. |
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| What is acceptance testing? What is its goal? |
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| Test entire system. Goal is to see if the system meets requirements from user's perspective |
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| What are 4 types of static analysis? |
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| By-hand execution, code walk-thru, code review, automated checking(lint) |
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| What are 3 types of dynamic analysis? |
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| blackbox testing, whitebox testing, runtime analysis(memory leaks, performance) |
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