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1. The activity of establishing or updating a test plan.
incremental development model
measurement
test planning
qualification
2. Recording the details of any incident that occurred - e.g. during testing.
non-conformity
CASE
incident logging
test execution phase
3. A system of (hierarchical) categories designed to be a useful aid for reproducibly classifying defects.
defect taxonomy
pairwise testing
monkey testing
moderator
4. The process of running a test on the component or system under test - producing actual result(s).
system
test execution
stress testing
decision testing
5. The degree to which a component or system has a design and/or internal structure that is difficult to understand - maintain and verify. See also cyclomatic complexity. The number of independent paths through a program. Cyclomatic complexity is define
interoperability testing
complexity
statistical testing
efficiency
6. The testing of individual software components. [After IEEE 610]
suspension criteria
unit testing
user acceptance testing
control flow analysis
7. A collection of components organized to accomplish a specific function or set of functions. [IEEE 610]
test summary report
system
integration
branch coverage
8. Execution of a test on a specific version of the test object.
test run
negative testing
analyzability
decision table
9. Acronym for Computer Aided Software Engineering.
defect management
usability
CASE
testing
10. The process of testing to determine the resource-utilization of a software product. See also efficiency testing. The process of testing to determine the efficiency of a software product.
Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
test type
resource utilization testing
test charter
11. A development life cycle where a project is broken into a usually large number of iterations. An iteration is a complete development loop resulting in a release (internal or external) of an executable product - a subset of the final product under dev
co-existence
branch coverage
path testing
iterative development model
12. A condition or capability needed by a user to solve a problem or achieve an objective that must be met or possessed by a system or system component to satisfy a contract - standard - specification - or other formally imposed document. [After IEEE 610
hyperlink tool
requirement
buffer overflow
blocked test case
13. A risk related to management and control of the (test) project - e.g. lack of staffing - strict deadlines - changing requirements - etc. See also risk. A factor that could result in future negative consequences; usually expressed as impact and likeli
pair testing
Capability Maturity Model (CMM)
exercised
project risk
14. The process of testing to determine the recoverability of a software product. See also reliability testing. The process of testing to determine the reliability of a software product.
recoverability testing
smoke test
classification tree
test charter
15. The ease with which a software product can be modified to correct defects - modified to meet new requirements - modified to make future maintenance easier - or adapted to a changed environment. [ISO 9126]
reliability
maintainability
data flow testing
output
16. A method to determine test suite thoroughness by measuring the extent to which a test suite can discriminate the program from slight variants (mutants) of the program.
test execution schedule
efficiency testing
data flow
mutation analysis
17. The process of confirming that a component - system or person complies with its specified requirements - e.g. by passing an exam.
certification
efficiency testing
result
compliance testing
18. A test case with concrete (implementation level) values for input data and expected results. Logical operators from high level test cases are replaced by actual values that correspond to the objectives of the logical operators. See also high level te
configuration management tool
emulator
low level test case
feature
19. The process of testing to determine the portability of a software product.
test scenario
debugging tool
defect management
portability testing
20. A sequence of events - e.g. executable statements - of a component or system from an entry point to an exit point.
big-bang testing
path
statistical testing
baseline
21. A version of component integration testing where the progressive integration of components follows the implementation of subsets of the requirements - as opposed to the integration of components by levels of a hierarchy.
thread testing
error guessing
functional testing
test input
22. The capability of the software product to be upgraded to accommodate increased loads. [After Gerrard]
scalability
integration
actual outcome
stability
23. The number of defects identified in a component or system divided by the size of the component or system (expressed in standard measurement terms - e.g. lines-of-code - number of classes or function points).
defect density
suspension criteria
post-execution comparison
version control
24. An approach to testing in which test cases are designed based on descriptions and/or knowledge of business processes.
LCSAJ coverage
business process-based testing
test comparator
cause-effect graphing
25. Hardware and software products installed at users' or customers' sites where the component or system under test will be used. The software may include operating systems - database management systems - and other applications.
data flow analysis
operational environment
basis test set
test infrastructure
26. A detailed check of the test basis to determine whether the test basis is at an adequate quality level to act as an input document for the test process. [After TMap]
testability review
actual outcome
test level
COTS
27. A logical expression that can be evaluated as True or False - e.g. A>B. See also test condition. An item or event of a component or system that could be verified by one or more test cases - e.g. a function - transaction - feature - quality attribute
exit criteria
installability
condition
test basis
28. 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]
stability
test monitoring
exploratory testing
installability testing
29. A white box test design technique in which test cases are designed to execute LCSAJs.
state diagram
LCSAJ testing
test condition
process improvement
30. An approach to testing in which test cases are designed based on the architecture and/or detailed design of a component or system (e.g. tests of interfaces between components or systems).
path
instrumentation
design-based testing
functionality
31. A test design technique in which a model of the statistical distribution of the input is used to construct representative test cases. See also operational profile testing. Statistical testing using a model of system operations (short duration tasks)
quality attribute
system
statistical testing
risk-based testing
32. Testing based on an analysis of the internal structure of the component or system.
code-based testing
test session
integration testing
peer review
33. The capability of the software to be understood - learned - used and attractive to the user when used under specified conditions. [ISO 9126]
operational profile
usability
configuration control
functional requirement
34. Confirmation by examination and through provision of objective evidence that specified requirements have been fulfilled. [ISO 9000]
buffer
configuration auditing
verification
incident management tool
35. An attribute of a test indicating whether the same results are produced each time the test is executed.
operational profile testing
test reproduceability
wild pointer
ttractiveness
36. Environmental and state conditions that must be fulfilled after the execution of a test or test procedure.
test manager
business process-based testing
postcondition
expected result
37. The consequence/outcome of the execution of a test. It includes outputs to screens - changes to data - reports - and communication messages sent out.
modelling tool
top-down testing
error tolerance
outcome
38. The process of assessing identified risks to estimate their impact and probability of occurrence (likelihood).
capture/playback tool
risk
risk analysis
test design specification
39. A superior method or innovative practice that contributes to the improved performance of an organization under given context - usually recognized as 'best' by other peer organizations.
test condition
best practice
stress testing tool
phase test plan
40. [Beizer] A black box test design technique in which test cases are designed to execute representatives from equivalence partitions. In principle test cases are designed to cover each partition at least once.
Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)
testing
partition testing
high level test case
41. A set of exit criteria.
recoverability testing
configuration management
concurrency testing
test target
42. An element of configuration management - consisting of the evaluation - co-ordination - approval or disapproval - and implementation of changes to configuration items after formal establishment of their configuration identification. [IEEE 610]
condition coverage
version control
recoverability testing
configuration management tool
43. Measurement of achieved coverage to a specified coverage item during test execution referring to predetermined criteria to determine whether additional testing is required and if so - which test cases are needed.
false-pass result
coverage analysis
configuration management tool
mutation analysis
44. The process of intentionally adding known defects to those already in the component or system for the purpose of monitoring the rate of detection and removal - and estimating the number of remaining defects. [IEEE 610]
pass
fault seeding
installation guide
debugging
45. The ability to identify related items in documentation and software - such as requirements with associated tests. See also horizontal traceability - vertical traceability. The tracing of requirements for a test level through the layers of test docume
white-box test design technique
test environment
traceability
incident logging
46. A form of state transition testing in which test cases are designed to execute all valid sequences of N+1 transitions. [Chow] See also state transition testing. A black box test design technique in which test cases are designed to execute valid and i
N-switch testing
control flow analysis
risk identification
priority
47. A tool that carries out static code analysis. The tool checks source code - for certain properties such as conformance to coding standards - quality metrics or data flow anomalies.
static code analyzer
Test Maturity Model (TMM)
validation
equivalence partition coverage
48. A minimal software item that can be tested in isolation.
unit
defect
state transition testing
root cause
49. A chronological record of relevant details about the execution of tests. [IEEE 829]
fault seeding
test log
partition testing
accessibility testing
50. An environment containing hardware - instrumentation - simulators - software tools - and other support elements needed to conduct a test. [After IEEE 610]
test environment
static code analyzer
domain
attack
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