Test data

Question 1

What is normal test data?

Answer 1

A set of test data used together with the results expected.

Used to test that normal data is accepted and processed correctly

Question 2

What is erroneous/ abnormal data?

Answer 2

Test data that should be rejected as the values are not suitable. Used to test that erroneous data is rejected

Question 3

What is extreme data?

Answer 3

Data that is at the maximum or minimum end of a range and should be accepted

Question 4

What is boundary data?

Answer 4

Used to establish where the largest and smallest values occur.

Question 5

Example of boundary data

Answer 5

E.g. for percentage marks ranging from 0 to 100, the boundary data for 0 is -1, 0.
-1 should be rejected.