SOFTWARE TESTING MCQ

 IT8076 – SOFTWARE TESTING - Multiple Choice Questions

1.In which testing level the focus is on customer usage?

a) Alpha Testing

b) Beta Testing

c) Validation Testing

d) Both Alpha and Beta

Answer: d

2.Validation refers to the set of tasks that ensure that software correctly implements a specific

function.

a) True

b) False

Answer: b

3.CMM stands for

a) Capability Management Module

b) Conservative Maturity Model

c) Capability Maturity Module

d) Capability Maturity Model

Answer: d

4.According to ISO 9001, the causes of nonconforming product should be

a) deleted

b) eliminated

c) identified

d) eliminated and identified

Answer: d

5.ISO 9001 is not concerned with ____________ of quality records.

a) collection

b) maintenance

c) verification

d) dis-positioning

Answer: c

6.In CMM, the life cycle activities of requirements analysis, design, code, and test are described in

a) Software Product Engineering

b) Software Quality Assurance

c) Software Subcontract Management

d) Software Quality Management

Answer: a

7.Which of the following requires design control measures, such as holding and recording design

reviews and qualification tests?

a) CMM

b) ISO 9001

c) ISO 9000-3

d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c

8._______ states that, where appropriate, adequate statistical techniques are identified and used to

verify the acceptability of process capability and product characteristics.

a) ISO 9001

b) ISO 9000-4

c) CMM

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

9.A set of activities that ensure that software correctly implements a specific function.

a) verification

b) testing

c) implementation

d) validation

Answer: a

10. ___________ is done in the development phase by the debuggers.

a) Coding

b) Testing

c) Debugging

d) Implementation

Answer: c

11. Which of the following term describes testing?

a) Finding broken code

b) Evaluating deliverable to find errors

c) A stage of all projects

d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b

12.Maintenance testing is performed using which methodology?

a) Retesting

b) Sanity testing

c) Breadth test and depth test

d) Confirmation testing

Answer: c

13.Boundary value analysis belong to?

a) White Box Testing

b) Black Box Testing

c) White Box & Black Box Testing

d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b

14.White Box techniques are also classified as

a) Design based testing

b) Structural testing

c) Error guessing technique

d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b

15.What are the various Testing Levels?

a) Unit Testing

b) System Testing

c) Integration Testing

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

16.Alpha testing is done at

a) Developer’s end

b) User’s end

c) Developer’s & User’s end

d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a

17. Software Debugging is a set of activities that can be planned in advance and conducted

systematically.

a) True

b) False

Answer: b

18. ITG stands for

a) instantaneous test group

b) integration testing group

c) individual testing group

d) independent test group

Answer: d

19.Test cases should uncover errors like

a) Nonexistent loop termination

b) Comparison of different data types

c) Incorrect logical operators or precedence

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

20.What is normally considered as an adjunct to the coding step

a) Integration testing

b) Unit testing

c) Completion of Testing

d) Regression Testing

Answer: b

21.Which defines the role of software?

a) System design

b) Design

c) System engineering

d) Implementation

Answer: c

22.A testing strategy that test the application as a whole.

a) Requirement Gathering

b) Verification testing

c) Validation testing

d) System testing

Answer: d

23.A testing strategy that tests the application in the context of an entire system.

a) System

b) Validation

c) Unit

d) Gray box

Answer: a

24.Which requirements are the foundation from which quality is measured?

a) Hardware

b) Software

c) Programmers

d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b

25.Which of the following is not included in External failure costs?

a) testing

b) help line support

c) warranty work

d) complaint resolution

Answer: a

26.Who identifies, documents, and verifies that corrections have been made to the software?

a) Project manager

b) Project team

c) SQA group

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c

27.What is not included in prevention costs?

a) quality planning

b) formal technical reviews

c) test equipment

d) equipment calibration and maintenance

Answer: d

28.Software quality assurance consists of the auditing and reporting functions of management.

a) True

b) False

Answer: a

29. Which type of defect are point defects?

a) One dimensional defect

b) Zero dimensional defect

c) Two dimensional defect

d) Three dimensional defect

Answer: b

30.Which of the following point defects can be attributed to from the below options?

i) Stress Fields

ii) Strain fields

iii) Charge

iv) Current

a) i) and ii)

b) ii) and iv)

c) i) and iii)

d) ii) and iv)

Answer: c

31.PRD stands for

a) Product Requirement Document

b) Project Requirement Document

c) Product Restrictions Document

d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a

32. Lower and upper limits are present in which chart?

a) Run chart

b) Bar chart

c) Control chart

d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a

33.Which of the following is/are White box technique?

a) Statement Testing

b) Decision Testing

c) Condition Coverage

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

34. Which of the following is not included in failure costs?

a) rework

b) repair

c) failure mode analysis

d) none of the mentioned

Answer: d

35. Degree to which design specifications are followed in manufacturing the product is called

a) Quality Control

b) Quality of conformance

c) Quality Assurance

d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b

36.What do you understand by V & V in software testing?

a) Verified Version

b) Version Validation

c) Verification and Validation

d) Version Verification

Answer: c

37.Which test refers to the retesting of a unit, integration and system after modification, in order to

ascertain that the change has not introduced new faults?

a) Regression Test

b) Smoke Test

c) Alpha Test

d) Beta Test

Answer: a

38. A set of inputs, execution preconditions and expected outcomes is known as a

a) Test plan

b) Test case

c) Test document

d) Test Suite

Answer: b

39.When does the testing process stops?

a) When resources (time and budget) are over

b) When some coverage is reached

c) When quality criterion is reached

d) Testing never ends

Answer: c

40.Specifying a set of test cases or test paths for each item to be tested at that level is known as

a) Test case generation

b) Test case design

c) ALL of the mentioned

d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c