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Software Engineering → Spiral Model 4

__________ testing assumes that the path of logic in a unit or program is known.
Input and Output
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Equivalence partitioning is a technique for?
White Box testing
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Which is not the way to organize a risk matrix?
Size of module
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Which activity is performed in crisis situations and under greater time constraints?
Risk analysis
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Software Engineering → Agile Model 4

Boundary value analysis belongs to?
None of the above
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The test cases derived from use cases
Structural testing
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Which prioritization technique is used when we assign equal importance to ‘probability of occurrence’ and ‘Impact of problem’ in risk matrix?
access-controlled library
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Which testing is an integration testing approach that is commonly used when “shrinkwrapped” software products are being developed?
Increased the number of test cases
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Software Engineering → Requirement Engineering 4

SPICE stands for
One row and one column in graph matrix
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Several techniques for using test execution information to prioritize test cases for regression testing include,
Impractical but possible
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In prioritizing what to test, the most important objective is to:
Version Control
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The object of ___________within an OO system is to design tests that have a high likelihood of uncovering plausible bugs.
Behaviour of a system
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Software Engineering → Software Design 4

The expected value for the estimation variable (size), S, can be computed as a weighted average of the optimistic(Sopt), most likely (Sm), and pessimistic (Spess) estimates given as
Structural Testing
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Regression testing should be tightly linked to _________, and be built from the successful test cases developed and used in it.
All of these
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Test cases are prioritized so that:
All of the mentioned
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Which of the following is black-box oriented and can be accomplished by applying the same black-box methods discussed for conventional software?
At least one valid value and one invalid value
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Software Engineering → Coding Standards 4

The main guide for selecting test cases is
Select test paths based on the locations and uses of variables
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Use case scenario is:
All of the mentioned
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A regression test:
LOC
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Software mistakes during coding are known as
Has many options
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Software Engineering → Software Testing 4

Which of the following is not a risk reduction scheme?
Any path through DD path graph that introduces at least one new set of process statement or new condition
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Which is not an accepted strategy for data validity?
Black Box Testing
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Which test cases are easy to identify?
EV = (Sopt + 4Sm + Spess)/6
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Name an evaluation technique to assess the quality of test cases.
Threshold by available test cases
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Software Engineering → Debugging 4

The potential problems are identified and their probabilities and impacts are given weights in which technique
T.J.McCabe
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Guidelines for generating validity checks should include the following:
Developer’s end
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Regression testing process may include:
Three
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Which of the following is not a part of bug report?
Threshold by diagonal quadrant
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Software Engineering → Software Maintenance 3

Risk exposure is given by which formula
All of the above
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The most popular area of database testing is:
Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination
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Which regression test cases selection technique is more useful?
Putnam and Myers
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Software Engineering → Introduction to Software Engineering 3

A risk matrix
Two outgoing edges
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Use cases and use case diagrams are used to define:
Developers
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Risk should include:
External process
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Software Engineering → Software Development Models 3

In diagonal band prioritisation scheme
Number of nodes in the flow Graph
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Any variable in a use case has:
Black box testing
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Special requirements in a use case template define:
Both (a) and (b)
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Software Engineering → Waterfall Model 3

Some managers found out that
None of these
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A selection variable in a form:
Boundary value analysis
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Which is not an actor in use cases?
None of the above
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