If it is a software oriented project we have to check 
software by modules,whether its a hardware oriented project 
we have to test both.

Project May be S/w or h/w, for both we'll be having some 
testing techniques according to those we shud test the 
product .
Ex: for s/w it starts from verification 2 validation( where 
in validation part actual testing we'll be taken care)
And also pl make sure that this will be there in the Test 
plan wht to be tested with test tech's.

And also i think u can directly ans them saying i am 
resposible for Smoke,Sanity, Funtional, System, Integration 
tests....

Unit Testing
Integration Testing
Validation Testing
Output Testing
system testing
browser testing
requirement testing