Which of the following is correct? Debugging is:

1. A. Testing/checking whether the software performs correctly.
2. B. Checking that a previously reported defect has been corrected.
3. C. Identifying the cause of a defect, repairing the code and checking the fix is correct.
4. D. Checking that no unintended consequences have occurred as a result of a fix.

Correct Answer: C
A. Is a brief definition of testing.
B. Is retesting.
D. Is regression testing.

Complete statement and branch coverage means..?

1. A. That you have tested every statement in the program
2. B. That you have tested every statement and every branch in the program
3. C. That you have tested every IF statement in the program
4. D. That you have tested every combination of values of IF statements in the program

Correct Answer: B

Which of the following statements about use-case testing are most accurate? (i)In a use-case diagram an actor represents a type of user.
(ii)Use-cases are the most common test basis for unit testing. (iii)A use-case describes interactions between actors. (iv)An actor is always a human user that interacts with the system. (v)Test cases can be based on use-case scenarios. (vi)Use-case testing will often identify gaps not found by testing individual components.

1. A. ii, iii, iv, v
2. B. i, iii, v, vi
3. C. i, ii, iv, v
4. D. iii, iv, v, vi

Correct Answer: B

Which of the following is a valid drawback of independent testing? 1 credit

1. A. Developer and independent testing will overlap and waste resources.
2. B. Developers loose the sense of responsibility and independent testers may become a bottleneck.
3. C. Independent testers need extra education and always cost more.
4. D. Independent testers will become a bottleneck and introduce problems in incident managemen

Correct Answer: B

In general, why is it NOT a good idea to estimate the testing effort based only on a percentage of development effort? Identify THREE valid reasons. 1 credit

1. A. The quality of the development estimate may be poor.
2. B. In general bottom-up estimation is always better than top-down estimation.
3. C. The percentage based technique only applies to the V life cycle model.
4. D. Using the same percentage every time does not address the level of risk of the application to be tested.
5. E. The maturity of the organization, e.
6. F. the quality of the test basis, quality of development testing, configuration management, availability of test tools, also influence the effort needed for testing.
7. G. It builds on large set of historical data
8. H. The result is almost always a too low estimate for the required test effort

Correct Answer: ADE