exit criteria:The set of generic and specific conditions,agreed upon with the stakeholders, for permitting a process to be officially completed.The purpose of exit criteria is to prevent a task from being considered completed when there are still outstanding parts of the task which have not been Tinish Exit criteria are used to report against and to plan when to stop testing.[After Gilb and Graham] exit point:The last executable statement within a component expected outcome:See expected result. expected result:The behavior predicted by the specification,or another source,of the component or system under specified conditions. experienced-based technique:See experienced-based test design technique. exploratory testing:An informal test design technique where the tester actively controls the design of the tests as those tests are performed and uses information gained while testing to design new and better tests.[After Bach] fail:A test is deemed to fail if its actual result does not match its expected result. failure:Deviation of the component or system from its expected delivery,service or result. IAfter Fentonl = by slow operation,incorrect outputs,or complete Failure Mode and Effect Analysis(FMEA):A s nati ach to risk identification and analysis of identifvin ssible odes nnti to prevent their occurence.Seealso Failure Mode.Effect and Criticality Analysis (FMECA). Failure Mode,Effect and Criticality Analysis (FMECA):An extension of FMEA,as in addition to the basic FMEA,it includes a criticality analysis,which is used to chart the probability of failure modes against the severity of their consequences.The result highlights failure modes with relatively high probability and severity of consequences, effort to be directed where it will produce the greatest value.See also failure rate:The ratio of the number of failures of a giver init of of time ory to a given umber of computer runs [E610] failures per number transa failures per false-fail result:A test result in which a defect is reported although no such defect actually exists in the test object. false-pass result:A test result which fails to identify the presence of a defect that is actually present in the test object false-positive result:See false-fail result false-negative result:See false-pass result fault:See defect. fault attack:See attack.18 exit criteria: The set of generic and specific conditions, agreed upon with the stakeholders, for permitting a process to be officially completed. The purpose of exit criteria is to prevent a task from being considered completed when there are still outstanding parts of the task which have not been finished. Exit criteria are used to report against and to plan when to stop testing. [After Gilb and Graham] exit point: The last executable statement within a component. expected outcome: See expected result. expected result: The behavior predicted by the specification, or another source, of the component or system under specified conditions. experienced-based technique: See experienced-based test design technique. experienced-based test design technique: Procedure to derive and/or select test cases based on the tester’s experience, knowledge and intuition. exploratory testing: An informal test design technique where the tester actively controls the design of the tests as those tests are performed and uses information gained while testing to design new and better tests. [After Bach] F fail: A test is deemed to fail if its actual result does not match its expected result. failure: Deviation of the component or system from its expected delivery, service or result. [After Fenton] failure mode: The physical or functional manifestation of a failure. For example, a system in failure mode may be characterized by slow operation, incorrect outputs, or complete termination of execution. [IEEE 610] Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA): A systematic approach to risk identification and analysis of identifying possible modes of failure and attempting to prevent their occurrence. See also Failure Mode, Effect and Criticality Analysis (FMECA). Failure Mode, Effect and Criticality Analysis (FMECA): An extension of FMEA, as in addition to the basic FMEA, it includes a criticality analysis, which is used to chart the probability of failure modes against the severity of their consequences. The result highlights failure modes with relatively high probability and severity of consequences, allowing remedial effort to be directed where it will produce the greatest value. See also Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA). failure rate: The ratio of the number of failures of a given category to a given unit of measure, e.g. failures per unit of time, failures per number of transactions, failures per number of computer runs. [IEEE 610] false-fail result: A test result in which a defect is reported although no such defect actually exists in the test object. false-pass result: A test result which fails to identify the presence of a defect that is actually present in the test object. false-positive result: See false-fail result. false-negative result: See false-pass result. fault: See defect. fault attack: See attack