what is the use case and what is the test case?
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Answer / vandana
use cases are generally prepared by Business Analysts , to
better understand the functionality of the application ,
generally use case contains preconditions , field
validations, event lists, postconditions,flow
graph,prototype . Based on the use case document test
engineers prepare test cases.
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Use Case is a scenario to understand actions and actors of
any requirement.
eg:- If a requirement says "Library System shall be
capable of performing Book Withdrawal" In this requirement
actors are 'Student' and 'library manager' and the action
is 'Withdrawal'
Test Case is a structure to validate any functionality. so
here with our above example we are validating Book borrow
functionality. Test Case mainly contains Four parts
1. Test Objectives : What are we testing? and what is the
data required?
2. Expected Results:
3. Test Steps:
4. Actual Results:
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Answer / shanthi
USE CASE IS NOTHING BUT PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE
REQUIREMENTS.USING UML SYMBOLS DEVELOPER PREPARES USECASE
MODEL.
TEST CASE IS NOTHING BUT STEP BY STEP DOCUMENTION OF
IDENTIFIED SCENARIOS USING STANDARD TEMPLATE.
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Answer / mfsi_priyankaa
Use case is a list of steps, typically defining interactions
between a user and a system.
Test case is a sequence of steps with expected result and
pass/fail criteria to test the functionality of the
system/application.
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Answer / yogesh.b
simple answer for use case is : use case a picturial
representation of the requirements
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Answer / janga
Use Case: Which gives the complete overview (or) architecture of the functionality.
Test Case: After knowing Use Case, developing the steps for it is nothing but the Test Case.
It includes User Business Req, Specifications, Text Data, and Expected Results.
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