A very important question, pls answer

When are you done testing?

You ask a very interesting question (one that most people never bother to ask). I think that I touched on a bit of info in "Testing and code coverage":

http://www.realityinteractive.com/rgrzywinski/archives/000062.html

If that didn't begin to answer your question, please let me know. We'll work through this one together!

sir
pls ans this question of mine

What is negative testing??

looking forward for ur reply
isha

A Google search on "negative testing" may give you more insight than I will but negative testing is testing that is directed to showing that something will -not- work. It's such a natural part of regular testing that I doubt that most people know that there is both a "positive" and "negative" testing.

Given all of the web-based work that I've done, the first example that popped into my head involved HTML form testing: There is a zip code field (a field that takes exactly 5 numbers). Some negative tests would include:

- Entering more or less than 5 numbers
- Entering letters
- Entering spaces
- Leaving the field blank

Positive tests would include:

- Entering "12345", "54321"

(assuming that it did not validate that the numbers represented valid zipcodes).

I hope that I have been helpful.

respected sir

what is V model in software testing?
your reply to my earlier query was really helpful,thank u .

isha

The V-model is named as such due to its appearance. Development work proceeds down the left side of the "V" while tests occur up the right. At each phase of the development process (requirements, design, etc) the corresponding tests are created (acceptance, integration, etc (respectively)). It's easier to explain with a picture (the paper brings up some interesting issues with the V-model):

http://www.testing.com/writings/new-models.pdf

The V-model resembles the traditional waterfall development model and the V-model's problems follow directly from it.

There are other testing models available, for example X and W.

For a good intro to testing at the management level, Rex Black's "Managing the Testing Process" is not too shabby of a book. I don't recommend going out into the world on just Mr. Black's book though. It's a bit too "high level" for some organizations. It's like reading Feynman's physics lectures and believing that you're ready to tackle a physics problem.

I hope I've been helpful.

what is Metric?

plz give reply

regards
venkatramana

A metric is something that can be measured. The topic of metrics is so vast that I wont even begin to talk about it here. Stephen H. Kan's "Metrics and Models in Software Quality Engineering" is a great book if you want an in-depth view of the subject.

This link (by the same author as the book I just mentioned) should get you on your way to understanding software quality metrics:

http://www.awprofessional.com/articles/article.asp?p=30306

hi
can u help me manual testing process.

Are you asking what a manual testing process is?

If so: "manual" means to "do by hand" -- in other words, it's not done automatically or in an automated fashion.

To provide you an example:

Let's say that you have created a web page with a form on it and you have some JavaScript validation to ensure that in the a field you can only enter five numbers [0-9] -- no more, no less.

To manually test this form you might type in:

1 -- should fail (negative testing)
123456 -- should fail (negative testing)
aaaaa -- should fail (negative testing)
12345 -- should succeed (positive testing)

and so on. Each time that you encounter a bug and being testing again, you would go back and try each test again.

The automated way to do it would be to use some tool (such as HTTPUnit) where you could code all of the above cases and just run the test. It will either pass or fail.

I hope this has been helpful.

sir
do u know site address which provide quetions and answers for online exams on software testing both manual and automated.i would like to get few model question papers as i am preparing for an exam.

regards
isha

I only know of:

http://www.software-testing.com/

I think that they charge for the service.

Best of luck to you!

sir
what is meant by 'patrick town send process'
isha

I'm assuming that that should be "Patrick Townsend". I know that Mr. Townsend is quite big in whole realm of quality but I don't know any specific quality process that is dubbed as his.

Sorry!

Hi,

Question asked for a candidate for manual tester.

What is a day like at work ?
What are you supposed to day to this ?

Thanks

What's unfortunate about testing (whether you're writing automated tests or you're a manual tester) is that your job satisfaction is completely dependent on your environment.

If the environment embraces testing then typically your job will be enjoyable. But a large percentage of the time, you have a development staff that disdains the testers and an upper management that places all of the blame on the testers. Couple this with management that continues to maintain a fixed end date with a moving "release to testing" date (i.e. development continues to miss release dates thereby reducing the time that you have to have meaningful tests) and you're in for a horrendous job.

Most of a bad environment can be shielded from you by a compitent QA manager. The problem here is that most "testing" managers have absolutely no idea about QA, full lifecycle testing and so on. In all of the time that I have worked in software, I have only met two compitent QA managers. So the odds are that you will be crapped on.

Larger companies typically fare better in the QA departments than do smaller ones. Steer clear of companies that are bringing on QA late in a development cycle. Migrate towards companies that have a well established QA function.

I don't mean to pain a bleak picture but that's the reality if you don't watch out.

Go to the interview with a whole bunch of questions. Ask what emphasis the company puts on quality. Ask them what your day-to-day activities look like. Do you get to work on the test cases or are they just handed to you and you work through them? (Neither is bad per se. You just have to know what you want to do.) I could go on but you're going to have to do your own research so that you feel comfortable.

I hope that I have been helpful.

sir
what are the 2 components of TEST MATURITY MODEL Version 1.0?
remindind u once more to let me know the site adress which provide quetions and answers for online exams on software testing (manual and automated)
Good day!
thank u
isha

Head on over to http://www.google.com and enter "test maturity model components". If you're feeling particularly saucy you can enter "test maturity model two components". $50 says that you can find your answer in about 3 clicks.

As for the software testing question, I already answered that.

Take care and good luck.

sir
my model xam is over
it was ok
rob,what is gray box testing?
another question which came was for acceptance testing which data u use ?
options were
a.test cases
b.live data or near live data
c.both a and b
d.none of the above

which is the answer
lemme knw
i will knw the result of xam 2day eve
tk cr
isha

sir
i scored 37/50 for model exam.
thank u for ur guidance . in a way i owe this mark to u ,for u helped me lot

tk cr
isha

Grey box testing: the color grey is made by taking black and adding some white to it. So using this with the definitions of white and black box testing, you can infer what grey box testing is. More formally, grey box testing is testing from the outside (like black box) but with some knowledge of how the software operates (the white part).

I always forget the difference between live and near-live so I'll leave it up to Google to help you with your other question.

I'm glad that you did well on your exam. Do remember though that these qualifications and exams are the -minimum- knowledge needed to perform a job. Just because you passed a test or have a certificate does not mean that you should stop studying or learning! Software and testing require constant learning to be proficient at them.

Best of luck to you!

Hello Sir,

Can You please list out the common problems faced with the automating testing tools

nithi

Hi,
What is "bud"? & when do use that terminology in software?

waiting for your reply.

-Iranna

Sorry for the delay Nithi. Your question is a broad one. You might be better served to search Google for problems for a *specific* automated testing tool.

But in general, the problems faced with automated testing tools combines the problems of using any software (e.g. bugs, limitations, and training of the tool itself) with that of testing (e.g. changing requirements = changing tests, the number of tests required to meet a quality goal, and actually writing the tests).

The only one suggesting that I have that stands out from the rest is to make sure that what you're going to test in an automated fashion is something that does not change frequently. Oh, and don't forget about the problem of "who tests the tests". *grin*

Iranna, I'm assuming that you mean "bug". The question of "what is a bug" is actually very difficult to answer with respect to software. It is entirely dependent on your organization. For some, "bug" and "defect" is synonymous while others have "bug" being a subset of "defect".

So then what's "bug" and what's "defect". Well, again, that is entirely dependent on your organization. One of the first things you have to do is *define* them for your organization.

Some examples are:

"bug": a programming error that causes software to work poorly, produce incorrect results, or fail to function. (Notice that this is specific to "programming" and not design. This is where "defect" and "bug" may differ.)

"bug": any problem in the system that causes it to not meet its desired quality. (This is a QA-style definition where "quality" here is basically a measure of how well a product matches its intended purpose. That's not the best definition, but I hope it helps.)

Hi,

How to do tech interview for QA tester. any questions from you to find any fake in his resume??

Tester interview questions. That's always a fun one *grin* I usually start off with questions like "what's a bug", "what's a defect", "describe the lifecycle of a bug", and "what is the purpose of testing". Then, usually, it's completely product based (e.g. TestDirector, Rational, etc).

Unfortunately, I can't be of more help since the position defines the type of questions to ask. Some companies differentiate between the people that design the test, write the test, and perform the test. Each requires different skills.

Hi Sir,

Tell me the difference between Manual testing and black box testing.

Rob,
Actually I am referring to "bud" not "bug".
Sometimes this term is used in software.
I wanted to know what is it & when it is used?

Regards
Iranna

what is the regular expression of k*

Reeta,

Your question doesn't seem to be valid..!.You cannot differentiate between "manual testing" & "black box" testing.
Manual testing is one of the testing approach followed in Black box testing.
You can do Black-box testing either manually or automatically.
As Black-box testing can be defined as a "testing methodology where you don't have an exposure to the code" whereas in
Whitebox testing you need to have knowledge of the code you are testing (for ex: Unit Testing).

Iranna, give me some context for "bud" -- put it in a sentence or something. Unless it's an acronym that I'm just not thinking of, the only "bud" that I use would be "nip it in the bud". *grin*

Thanks for answering Reeta. I was wondering how I was going to approach that one. Great explanation!

bhavan, this really isn't the place to be asking about regular expressions. We're talking about testing and quality assurance.

As for your question "the regular expression of k*", the wording is a bit confusing. Do you want to know what the regular expression "k*" means, or do you want to know a regular expression that would match "k*"? For the former, "k" is a literal, so a string must match it and then "*" matches the preceding element ("k") zero or more times. So the following would match:

k
kk
k123

As for the latter, "k\*" should do, no?

hi everybody;

can any one tell me how functional testing is actually performed ? what things are taken care of in functional testing? with an example in reference to desktop based application like Library management system.

Hi Dheeraj,
Hope you know the definition of "Functional Testing" - means testing the functionality of your AUT (Application Under Test).
In functional testing,you are going to excercise all the test cases which are intended for the particular component you wanted to test.
Say for example, in Library Management System, you are testing "Issue Book" sub-module, you need to test the following features for fuctionality.
1. check whether that particular book (which is ready for issue) is available in the library database.
2. If the book is available, check whether the student has already taken the maximum no. of books.
2a. If no, issue the book & check the total no. of books reduced by 1.
2b. If not, It should say "You have already taken Nmax books ,Cannot issue books further.
and so on.....
After completing the execution of all the test cases ,make sure that the functionality of that particular component (Issue book,in this case)
is working accordingly as per requirements stated in SRS.
This is how you test the functionality of a particular component/sub module.
Remember in regression testing , you are again doing functional testing making sure that the regressed (changed) code
has not affected the functionality of other component.

Hope now you are clear with functional testing concepts....eventhough my explanation is bit lengthy !!

-Iranna

Hi,
Can you please explain me the bug life cycle?

Harsha,
It is very inconvinient to explain the entire bug life cycle...better you surf in google, you can find enough material.

I would like to request everyone not put such extensive type of questions, u can find out answers in search sites.
I would appreciate if u put discussion kind of questions which helps us to share our knowledge.

-Thanx

What actually is the difference between a test script and a test scenario

How do i apply for the certfied software tester exam. can anyone please tell me the procedure involved in it.

A test scenario is a description or outline of a test. A test script is *code* that is written to test a particular scenario.

How do we do functional testing in winrunner?

Sirisha Alaparthi, that is unfortunately a very open-ended question. I'm assuming that you're testing an application with a user interface. Is it a web application?

Do you already have the function tests "designed" -- that is, do you have the test cases described (in text, not code)?

If you already know the test cases, then it's a simple matter to go through and record a test (I know that there are tutorials with the product that walk you though this exact scenario).

What exactly are you to do and what information are you looking for us to help you with?

I mean,To do functional testing,after writing test cases and scenrioes,how we perform it?just record test?

Are there any basic questions in Winrunner? I mean interview questions.

Can you tell me the certification examinations on QA and where can I get the material?

How do you display information?How to extecute a line at a time? Paragraph at a time? How can you change data in the program? How do you set a condition? How do you execute the condition and reset it?

I would like to take QA sample tests, can you give me some URLs.

Can anyone tell me what are the different types of Testing Metrics (like Traceability,Testability), and how to calculate them.
Interviewers always ask this question.

Do you have any Quick Test Pro Interview Questions?

how to find out the test cases for each and every field functionality using factorial?

Hi all,
How many test cases can we write for a text box that accepts numbers 1 to 10.
please let me know.

Thanks in advance
Sheetal

Sheetal, without more constraints there are an infinite number of test cases that can be written. For example, if only negative testing was done: ... "is it -2?" "is it -1?" "is it 0?" "is it 11?" "is it 12?" "is it 13?" ....

Hello Sir

Can you tell me how the Stored Procedures and Triggers are tested.This question asked me in an interview.I searched Google but unable to get the information.

Thanks

G.Srinivas Reddy

Hi
Please share comments for wrtting a Test case for a calcualtor and Login Screen.

Guyz,
I have some useful documents such as Software Testing Faq's,WinRunner faq's...which may help for your interview purpose !!
If anybody wants those docs, just give me ur mail-id's, I will send the attachments.

Regards
Iranna

Hello Ricky,

Believe it or not, you can find some answers to your question through Google. For example, I found this page:

http://www.sqatester.com/documentation/testcasesmpl.htm

I hope this was helpful.

Hi,

Can you tell me how we can make a traceablity matrix as a innovative one?

Thanks
Ravi

Hi Iranna,

I am interested in those docs. Please mail me.If you click on my name link where you can find the mail Id

Thanks,
Ravi

Hi Rob,
Hope you are doing great at both health & spirits.
I have one query.
In what circumstances we do perform load testing & stress testing?
As per my knowledge I think,both load & stress testing are used to test the performance of a system provided load testing is used in client-server environment whereas stress testing for a stand-alone system. (plz Correct me If I am wrong).
Also let me know additional differences between the two.

-Regards
Iranna

Ravi,
I have forwarded the testing documents to ur id.

Hello Iranna. I am doing very well thank you. I hope you doing the same.

Load test: testing while the system is under normal or expected load. This is an attempt to determine how the system will perform under normal conditions.

Stress test: testing while the system is under peak load or load-failure conditions. This is an attempt to determine how the system will perform at peak times or to determine how the system will break under great load.

The software engineering testing FAQ has more insight:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/software-eng/testing-faq/section-15.html

Both load and stress testing is typically done for a multi-user application. Given that a single-user application can only be "stressed" to the abilities of a single person, I don't see any immediate benefit in using this technique. One counter example would be simply pressing keys (or multiple keys) as quickly as you can in a word processing application. This would be stress testing the application.

I hope that I have been helpful!

Rob,
Thank you very much for clearing out my doubt reg load & stress testing.
Got it now..

-Iranna

Can any one give me a nice example for Manual testing as where there is a need for Manual testing.with an Example so that I can explain it.

Hello
Can u give some Information abt I18N and L10N testing.
Krishna Geete

Hi Irana

I am interested in these documents.Please mail me to my mail ID "gsrinivasreddy@andhrapradesh.com"

Thanks
G.Srinivas Reddy

hi there,

is there any one who can explain me about the one security defect/bug and how you tackled that

hai ,
any one explain what is quality control work flow

hi,
I would like to know, whats the difference between System test cases and Integration test cases?

At which level does testing comes in Key Process Areas(KPA)?

Hi,

System & Integration test cases are almost same.
By Integration Testing we mean when all Modules are combined together, the application on the whole should function as expected.
Example: An Application has 3 modules
1.Enrollment
2.Reports
3.Accounts

combined test cases for all these Modules will be ur "Integration Test cases".

Thanks!

Testing Key Process areas?Can you explain lil bit more on it???.
As far as my knowledge in V-Model as coding starts & modules gets rolled in QA, testing commence and passes through various QA-Passes.From AUT till UAT until we get UAT-sign -off and the application goes in Production-QA continue testing the Application!!

Hi Humi,

one of the Security Bug:
SECURITY: Server type exposure - exposes the weblogic information

Hi

What do u meam by Buddy Testing?
At what phase it occurs.

Hi Irana

I am interested in these documents.Please mail me to my mail ID

thanx

please email the docs you were referring to such as Software Testing Faq's,WinRunner faq's, hich may be of help for the interview purposes.

Thank you for all your effort. It's been a helpful event for me to read all the questions and the responses.

hai

please send Software Testing Faq's,WinRunner faq's...which may help for my interview purpose .
thank you

rajkumar

hai to all,
Please send me interview questions for testing.
Thanks & regards,
S.Murugeswari

PLease keep on touch with me . this site is very help ful to those who are going to atend the interviews. And one more i request you to please give more details on WinRuner and LoadRunner INterview questions.

THanking U

With regards
Saran.G

hi all,

can anyone say me what are the tabs in test director

Hi,

I want to about CSTE.

can anyone send me documents/links regarding CSTE

Regards,
Anil

Hi,

What is Monkey testing,
why it is called so.

Rgds,
anil

Anil, Google (http://www.google.com) can provide you with many of the answers that you seek. For example, typing in "monkey testing" returned this:

http://www.softtest.org/sigs/material/nnyman2.htm

as its first hit. It not only tells you what money testing is, it explains the origin of the term.

Take care!

Hi Iranna can u plz send the testing info to my mail-id....
Thanq

Hi All,
Please send me interview questions(win runner, load runner, general)..

Advance thanks,
kiran

Hi Iranna,

Request you to kindly send me those Software testing FAQ's.

Thanks,
Anitha

Hi,

Can any one please give/send me the brief details about Traceability and Testability Matrix.

I want the sample of the Test Plan bcoz oftenly this question is asked "Prepare teh test plan of the given module"
so what is required there
answer plz

I have following questions on WinRunner:-

1) When and where the context sensitive & analog mode recordings are used ? It would be easier if you please explain them with examples.

2) After loading GUI file sometimes it takes alot of memory so what can be done for it ?

3) What exactly is physical description of the objects ? does it means key values or something else ?

4) what are object's classess ?

I need your assistance regarding these questions ?
Please help me by providing the answers to these questions.

Sir,
I was asked this question in one of my interviews.
Following is the question:
"When using batch mode,you run the test and leave for lunch or something(leave the test unattended)and after coming back you see that the test stopped at some point showing you some error,What would you do then?
If you did nothing and run the test and leave for a longtime and you see the error after returning,you wasted all the time and you don't want to do that.So,what would you do in a position like that to run your batch mode tests successfully?"
That was the question.Waiting for your reply.

Hi

Can anyone tell me the difference between Load Testing,Performance Testing and Stress Testing.

Load and stress testing were described up above on November 23, 2004 at 6:29 AM. Do read the testing FAQ:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/software-eng/testing-faq

Performance testing is simply determining the performance of the application and identifying bottlenecks and problem areas.

A search on www.google.com should be able to provide you with more information.

"how to test a web application using winrunner"

HI,

i want to know how will we be selecting tool for testing a process. and how should we use automated testing in integration testing?

Can Iranna OR someone who has Iranna's Software Testing Faq's,WinRunner faq's etc. send me the docs at sshisode@yahoo.com?

Thanks
Shital

Irana please send me your faq documents
thanks in advance

hi,
can anyone plz explain the following:
1.test stratgy
2.Qa methodologies used for writing test cases
3.QA metrics and their uses

Thanks,
madhu

hi,

Irana, Plz send me ur FAQ documents.

Thanks,
Madhu

Hi,

Irana,can u plz tell me what actually the terms SRS and BRS mean in detail (not the full forms) and where r they used.

Thanks in advance,
Madhu

Hi Irana,

Can u plz tell me what does testing group means?

Thanx,
Madhu

Madhu, usually with acronyms (such as BRS and SRS), you have to give a bit of context otherwise they could be anything.

Since we're talking about QA and testing, I can only assume that:

SRS: System (or Software) Requirements Specification
BRS: Business Requirements Specification

There are a whole bunch of other xRS's such as URS (user requirements specification).

Since I don't know which SRS you're interested if (system or software) I can't be of too much help. But if you know what the acronyms mean, then Google should be an excellent resource for you.

sir please explain the
difference between stress testing and load testing
with example

Uma, the question you ask has already been asked. Check above for the entry on November 23, 2004 at 06:29 AM. If you have any questions based on that, please feel free to ask.

HI! Irana can u please send me the doc.
Thank's much...

Sir,

Im appearing for the Change management/Release Engineer Interview. Can you please provide me with sample interview questions. In what way should i be prepared for the interview? Thanks in advance

HiEverybody....

WISH U ALL A VERY HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2005.

Madhu,
As Rob explained above,
SRS->Software Requirement specifications
BRS->Business Requirement specifications

In my understanding,An SRS should satisfy both stated (Functional & non-functional requirements of a softwar)and implied conditions (Business requirements).
So u can say SRS should include BRS as well along with other requirements.

The business life-cycle of a product includes everything that happens to that product over a period of several years, from initial purchase decision, through important but infrequent use cases, until product retirement.
For more details, plz surrender to google search.

Regards
Iranna

Hi All,
If Batch mode fails to execute the scripts, how to handle the errors. (in UNIX identifying the PID and checking the same in the log files or some other way ?), can any one please tell the steps to handle the situation.
Thanx in advance.

hi all,
Happy and poosperous new year to all of you. I came first time on this cite and Its been enjoying for me while reading all the questions and answer. If any body having some interview questions related to QA then pls send me (jpandey1@yahoo.com). Special thanks to Rob.
Jitendra

Those of you going for an interview for a testing position may want to look at this:

http://www.techinterviews.com/index.php?cat=13

(Notice also that there are other categories available from the left naviation.)

I think that we should start aggregating people responses to these types of questions so that people can use them for a learning aid. (In other words, don't just ask me for the answers. Do some research and post your answer here and let's discuss it!)

Take care all!

HI!

Irana, Plz send me ur FAQ documents.

Thanks,

Sir,

What are the methodologies used to develop Test Strategies ?

Plz. answer me

Thanks

Sir I want some interview questions on software testing,please hlp me.

Sir,please send your faq documents.

sir,

plz explain how to test a web application with winrunner or with any other testing tool.
uma

Hi all,

If anybody having Quick test Pro interview questions, Please send it to me - ID is badsha1979@yahoo.com

Thanks in Advance

Hello I want to know what this batch (mean) and what it will do exactly.

Iam Having a project Online Examination

for this how to write a test case and test script.

how it will be tested

can u briefly explain to me,i want a help from u
with the full details of what exactly the tester will do .and also i want to full details of testing

I will be waiting for u reply

For all of you with questions about WinRunner or any other Mercury tool, just go to:

http://www.mercury.com/

and download a trial version. There are tutorials with the trails that you can run through.

For all of you with general testing questions, this:

http://www.sqatester.com/methodology/

appears to be an *excellent* link with plenty of information.

For everyone that keeps asking for Iranna's list of questions, the link that I posted above on January 5, 2005 06:37 AM should give you a good enough head start. There is a wealth of information available on the internet -- all you have to do is take the time to find it!

Good luck!

hi all,

please send me tesing faqs(answers if possible)

suji

hi
iam preparing for interviews, can anyone please send me interview question.(winrunner, QTP)
it will be a big help for me
thank u

i want some intterview question on winrunner,qtp,test director manual testing also send to my mail id chaitu4567@yahoo.com