Certified Tester International Foundation Level Syllabus 1.2 What is Testing?(K2) 30 minutes Terms Debugging.requirement.review,test case.testing.test objective Background A co otion of testing is that it only consists of running tests,i.e.executing the software. This is part of testing.but not all of the testing activities. TestactvtesexistbeoreandaertestexeeutiomnTmesenctnienctuneplanmwgandncortrol porting on the test cess and s nunder test.and finalizing or ) ing also includes reviewing documents development and testing processes. Testing can have the following objectives: onfidence about the level of quality Prevenm9gnieectonordecsion-makng Ctciheetpreaendacthiestnoednde signing tests early in the life cycle(verifying the s)and the identification and resolution of issues to prevent many failures as possible so that def fects in the softy re are gain confiden e that it has t the s In so ne cases then ain ohi ive of testin to ass ess t quality of the(with defec)to ges.Dur bilityo The process of testing and the testing activities are explained in Section 1.4 Page 13 of78 31-Mar-2011 Certif Founda Version 2 © Internationa 1.2 Terms Debuggi Backgr A comm This is p Test acti choosing criteria, r activities (includin Both dyn and will developm Testing c o Find o Gain o Prov o Prev The thou test basi documen defects a Different testing (e many fai acceptan gain con be to ass stakehol testing th operatio availabil Debuggi Debuggi Subsequ responsi The proc fied Teste ation Level Sy 2011 al Software Testing Q What is ng, requirem round on perceptio part of testing ivities exist b g test conditi reporting on s after a test g source cod namic testing provide infor ment and tes can have the ing defects ning confiden viding inform venting defec ught process s via test de nts (e.g., req appearing in t viewpoints e.g., compon ilures as pos nce testing, t nfidence that sess the qua ders of the r hat no new d nal testing, t ity. ng and testin ng is the dev uent re-testin ibility for thes cess of testin er yllabus Qualifications Board s Testin ment, review, on of testing i g, but not all o before and af ons, designi the testing p phase has b de) and cond g and static te rmation that c sting process e following ob nce about the ation for dec cts s and activitie sign) can he quirements) a the code. in testing tak nent, integrat ssible so that the main obje it has met th ality of the so risk of releas defects have he main obje ng are differe velopment ac ng by a teste se activities i ng and the te g? (K2) test case, te is that it only of the testing fter test exec ng and exec process and been complet ducting static esting can b can be used ses. bjectives: e level of qua cision-making es involved in elp to prevent and the ident ke different o tion and syst t defects in th ective may b he requireme oftware (with ing the syste been introdu ective may b ent. Dynamic ctivity that fin r ensures tha is usually tes esting activitie Page 13 of esting, test o y consists of g activities. cution. Thes cuting test ca system unde ted. Testing c analysis. e used as a to improve b ality g n designing t t defects from tification and objectives into tem testing), he software a be to confirm ents. In some no intention em at a given uced during d e to assess s c testing can nds, analyze at the fix doe sters test and es are expla 78 objective running tests se activities in ses, checkin er test, and fi also includes means for ac both the syst tests early in m being intro d resolution o o account. F the main ob are identified that the sys e cases the m of fixing defe n time. Maint developmen system chara show failure s and remov es indeed res d developers ined in Secti Q s, i.e., execu nclude plann ng results, ev inalizing or c s reviewing d chieving sim tem being tes the life cycle oduced into c of issues also For example, bjective may d and can be tem works a main objectiv ects), to give tenance testi t of the chan acteristics su es that are ca ves the cause solve the fail s debug. on 1.4. Internatio Software Te Qualifications 31-Ma 30 minut uting the softw ning and cont valuating exit completing cl documents milar objective sted and the e (verifying t code. Review o help to prev in developm be to cause e fixed. In s expected, ve of testing e information ing often incl nges. During uch as reliab aused by def e of the failur ure. The nal esting s Board ar-2011 tes ware. trol, t osure es, e he ws of vent ment as to may n to ludes bility or fects. re