SOFTWARE TESTING NOV DEC 2012 Question Paper
Part A
1.What is test case? what are the information it contains?
2.Differentiate verification and validation.
3.Write the two basic testing strategies used to design test cases.
4.State the need for code functional testing in test case design.
5.Write the workable definition for a software unit and characterize it.
6.Define test harness.
7.What is the purpose of Test Transmitted report and the test log?
8.Write the various approaches to test cost estimation.
9.Differentiate between project monitoring and project controlling.
10.What is software configuration management?
Part B
11.a.i.Explain the various software testing principles.
ii.Define correctness, reliability, integrity, interoperability.
b.i.Define defect and write the various origins of defects.
ii.Explain the concepts of defects with the coin problem.
12.a.Explain the concepts of equivalence class partitioning and boundary value analysis.
b.Explain the various additional white box test design approaches.
13.a.i.Describe the activities or tasks and responsibilities for developer or tester in support of
multilevel testing?
ii.List the tasks that must be performed by the developer or tester during the preparation for
unit testing.
b.i.Write the importance of security testing and what are the consequences of security
breaches, also write the various areas which has to be focused on during security testing.
ii.State the need for integration testing in procedural code.
14.a.Explain the components of test plan.
b.i.write any four IEEE recommended test related documents in detail.
ii.Write the various technical skills needed by a test specialist.
15.a.i.Explain the five stop-test criteria that are based on quantitative approach.
ii.Narrate about the metrics or parameters to be considered for evaluating the software
quality.