CTFL

Question 1

WHAT IS TESTING?

Question 2

1. What are some problems caused by software that doesnt
   work correctly?

Answer 2

• leads to many problems:
• loss of money,
• loss of time
• or business reputation
• in extreme cases even injury or death

Question 3

2. What does software testing do?

Answer 3

• software testing assesses
• software quality and helps
• reduce the risk of software failure in operation

Question 4

3. What is Software testing?

Answer 4

• software testing is a set of activities
• to discover defects
• and evaluate the quality
• of software artifacts

Question 5

4. What are these artifacts in software testing?

Answer 5

• these artifacts
• when being tested,
• are known as test objects

Question 6

5. What is the misconception about Testing?

Answer 6

• is that it only consists of executing tests
• i.e running the software and checking the test results

Question 7

6. Why is it just a misconception about testing?

Answer 7

• because there are other activities involved
• in software testing and it must be aligned
• with the software development lifecycle

Question 8

7. What is another common misconception about testing?

Answer 8

• that it focuses entirely on verifying the test object

Question 9

8. Why is this misconceptions and what does testing involve apart of verifying?

Answer 9

• testing involves verification
• (meaning checking whether the system
  meets specified requirements)
• testing also involves validation
• (meaning checking whether the system meets
  users and other stakeholders needs
  in its operational environment )

Question 10

9. What are two categories of testing?

Answer 10

dynamic and static

Question 11

10. What is Dynamic testing?

Answer 11

• involves the execution of software