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Test Generation Strategies Flashcards

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What type of test generation needs requirements modeled using a formal notation?

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Model-based test generation

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Name some test generation strategies for requirements

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  • finite-state machines
  • statecharts
  • Petri nets
  • timed I/O automata
  • algebraic and logic specifications
  • code + run-time data -> test selection
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An informal process to review a work product

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Walkthroughs

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a formal review process with defined roles

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Inspections

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__% of software errors can be found by inspections

before the first test case is run

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90

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T/F Inspections are the least useful, least cost-effective form of error removal

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F, most useful and most cost-effective

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T/F At the inspection, specific metrics should be collected and tracked which will describe defects, defect removal efficiency, and efficiency of the inspection process

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T

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T/F The program needs to fund inspections and track rework savings

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T

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T/F Inspections are the most useful, most cost-effective form of error removal

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T

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T/F You should prioritize more complex modules for peer review

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T

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T/F cyclomatic complexity <10 good, >20 bad

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T

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Generation of tests from a formal model of program behavior

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Model-based testing

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List some sources of test generation

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Black-box testing
White-box testing
Model-based or specification-based testing
Interface testing

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List some test process models

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Waterfall
V-model
Spiral
Agile
Test driven development (TDD)
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T/F Testing is an economic activity

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T

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Measuring the goodness of a test set T, a collection of test inputs, based on one or more test adequacy criteria

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Test assessment

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Measuring test adequacy and improving a test set against a sequence of well defined, increasingly strong, coverage domains leads to improved reliability of the system under test

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Coverage Principle

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List some coverage domains

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  • requirements
  • classes
  • mutations
  • exceptions
  • data flows
19
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List the hierarchy of coverage criteria from lowest to highest

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  • requirements
  • function/method
  • statement
  • decision
  • conditions
  • modified paths
  • data flow
  • mutation
20
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What is the saturation region?

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A region where no new defects are found and fixed

21
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Finding and fixing previously undiscovered defects leads to greater ____ in the program

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T/F Any method of constructing functional tests is inadequate in comparison to code-based coverage criteria

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T/F In the software development life cycle testing activities should start as early as possible and should be focused on defined objectives

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If the same kinds of tests are repeated again and again, eventually the same set of test cases will no longer be able to find any new bugs

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Saturation Region

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T/F Peer reviews are a form of static testing
T
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What are the three best software engineering practices
Inspections, inspections, inspections
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T/F All companies do plenty of inspections
F
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At best, what is the practice for inspections?
Inspecting the key components
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T/F All products that are placed under CM and are used as a basis for subsequent development need to be subjected to successful completion of a formal inspection prior to its release to CM
T
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T/F The inspection needs to follow a rigorous process defined in the software development plan and should be based on agreed-to entry and exit criteria for that specific product
T
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T/F All products to be placed under CM should be inspected as far from their production as possible
F, as close to their production as feasible
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T/F Inspections should be conducted beginning with concept definition and ending with completion of the engineering process
T
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T/F Simple errors lead to simple failures
F, can lead to large failures
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Adequacy score or coverage, usually between _ and _
0 and 1
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T/F Weaknesses depend on the criteria used for assessment
T
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T/F In the saturation region, there are no more defects in the software
F, there may still be defects in the software that | our tests cannot find
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T/F Test generation methods are practically limited | in what they can find
T
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What is the most useful, most cost-effective form of error removal
Inspections
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T/F Test generation methods are practically unlimited | in what they can find
F, limited
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T/F You should prioritize less complex modules for peer review
F, more complex
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T/F cyclomatic complexity <2 good, >5 bad
F, 10, 20
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T/F Testing is not an economic activity
F, it is
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What is the region where no new defects are found and fixed?
Saturation region
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What is a form of static testing?
Peer reviews
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