Question { HCL, 24813 }

If there is no sufficent time for testing & u have to
complete the testing then what will u do?

Answer

Ad-hoc testing and exploratory testing are best ways to test
effectively when there is less time. Automated tests could
be used in parallel with the above mentioned tests to save time.

Question { Wipro, 5155 }

Given alone a functional specification docs if a test plan
is to be
prepared without any prototype and the product or the appli
is to be delivered
within 10 days ..How to prepare test plan and prepare test
cases ?
Cheers,
Amar.gp

Answer

Firstly the test plan is prepared before the initial build
is given to QA. Hence, generally a test plan is written
based on the functional requirements document and the
specifications document containing the screen shots of the
features.

Test plan generally consists of the test strategy and the
scope of testing. It includes details such as environments,
platform combination which would be tested and the rounds of
testing to be performed. It also covers the probable actions
that would be taken in various situations. This document is
then approved and the strategy is agreed by all the
concerned parties.

Therefore in any project the test plan writing is without
the help of too many details.

Question { 11502 }

What are the minimum requirements to start testing?

Answer

Requirements documents
Test environment
Build
Test Plan

Here test cases are not THE essential elements to start
testing compared to the above mentioned items. In some cases
testing is done on the fly and at times some of the test
cases are even written after the initial build is given. A
tester can even perform ad-hoc testing to get a feel of the
application.

Question { AZTEC, 17023 }

What r the checklist to review testcase?

Answer

A testcase consists of different components -

objective
description
steps
checkpoint
pre-requisites (for executing the test case)
test result

Each of these sections should be clearly mentioned. While
writing test cases it is important to keep in mind that the
test case may even be executed by another person.

The test cases should cover both the equivalence partition
and boundary value conditions.

They should target each part of the application with an eye
for detail. For example, test cases for field validations
should be exhaustive.

Test cases should capture various scenarios that arise while
using the application. This is w.r.t the data flow in the
application. For example, in a web application cases should
cover both a logged in user (cookied user) and visitor
scenarios.

Question { 5250 }

Both Password & User id are empty & Login, Is it a valid
test case?

Answer

Yes this test case is a check for boundary value condition
of NULL in both fields. This test can tell if the proper
error messages are displayed (checks error handling
techniques used in the code). Moreover it also tells if
these conditions are

--> handled in the front end - by having javascript code and
displaying alert boxes
--> handled by backend - by displaying error messages on the
web page. These types of errors for field validatios can put
extra load on the server.

Question { AppLabs, 6947 }

Is there any way to retrieve content of the image
i.e If image contains text... how to retrieve in silk test
In QTP there is GetVisibleText is there any function similar
to this in silktest...

Answer

Hi Mudasir,

Could you please elaborate with an example code snippet on
how we can read the text embedded in an image. I guess that
it may not be possible to do so.

One example of such a case is CAPTCHA (the distorted text
which appears while we sign up for most of the websites).
This text which can be read by a human is embedded and
presented as an image. The purpose of having CAPTCHA is not
to let any automated bots/tools perform the sign ups and
overload the website.

Question { 6185 }

I'm involved in automation using silk test of an swing
application running in a browser. There is a window whose
name is a dynamic. i.e based on the input(eg: some
filename) the window name keeps on changing. I need to
capture the window name for every run of silk test case for
different input filenames. I'm aware of GetName() in
SilkTest, but its not working for me. Can anybody suggest
me any logic to achieve this using silktest?

Answer

In Silk Test there is a function called Browser.GetActive()
This function returns the title of the active window.
Whenever your dynamic window opens up make sure it is active
by closing all other browsers if any using the
Browser.closeOthers() function. Then use the getActive
function to return the window name which is your required
output.

Question { 2733 }

What testing activities you may want to automate in a project?

Answer

This is a very interesting and informative question that
every tester must be able to answer before using automation
in their projects. Automation , as the name suggests is the
use of automatic systems or tools to reduce the manual work.
Regression tests often consist of test cases that are
exhaustive and may be executed more than once. In these
cases repeating the test cases manually may even lead to
overlooking due to monotonous nature of the work. Hence
automation tests should mainly focus on those areas of
testing which is performed repeatedly.

Secondly, there are those areas of an application that are
business critical but may not be always performed. These may
also be automated. It is important to ensure that the tests
automated yield proper ROI (return on investment), i.e. the
results of the tests are useful enough and should not
require any manual intervention to confirm their
authenticity. They should not be any false positives from
the results.

So sanity testing, regresion testing and functional testing
of a project may be automated. Test cases that are executed
just once need not be automated.

Question { IBM, 4876 }

What are test case formats widely use in web based testing?

Answer

Web based applications deal with live web portals. Hence the
test cases can be broadly classified as - front end , back
end, security testing cases, navigation based, field
validations , database related cases. The test cases are
written based on the functional specifications and wireframes.

Question { Syntel, 7673 }

Pls give proper Seq. to following testing Types
Regression,Retesting,Funtional,Sanity and Performance
Testing.

Answer

The proper sequence in which these types of testing are
performed is - Sanity , Functional , Regression, Retesting ,
Performance

Question { CybAge, 19895 }

How you test IP address

Answer

To know your IP type ipconfig in command prompt.

To know a website's IP type nslookup .
To test that the web server is running and the pages on your
browser are not coming from cache, type ping obtained
from the nslookup command.

To know the intermediate servers through which the request
is travelling, type tracert

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Question { Relq, 4262 }

1. What is performance testing..How would you test the
performance of a flash object

Answer

Performance tests are carried out to test the server side
components mainly and not the objects that are rendered.
Here the performance perspective could be to check if the
flash file is received by the client/browser in the
permissible time. Whether it loads on time or not is to be
taken care in the functional testing phase.

Here it is important to note that the performance test tools
do not consider the rendering time of the downloaded
objects. This is dependent on the client system
configuration and the platform tested.