Question { 5287 }

If you had 10 days to deliver the product but the Lead
tells to deliver it in 6 days, then How and what Testing
Techniques or Strategy you will follow inorder to deliver
it in short time (6 days)

Answer

In Ad-hoc test execution there are possibilities to miss
some major scenario.
It is always suggested to do smoke test first and execute
high priority scenarios first and then the low priority.
If you find difficulty in prioritising ask ur Lead to
prioritise the test cases.
As in most of the cases customer or your lead will excuse
minor issues where as if the issues is major/showstopper,
then ur the one going to be ruined by everyone.(even the
lead will ask you how did you missed this scenario as
everyone know this is very improtant)

Question { MBT, 5257 }

what is the difference between application server & web
server?

Answer

The question is on Server basically,
the difference is the application server is one which have
Database server.(in other words the databse which is
pointed to the application is called application server)

Whereas web server is termed as one which is pointed to the
database and we can use that webserver ip/link to access
in/from other remote machines.

most of the Banking softwares are web based. All the
business logis are handles there only. So web pages can
also serve you all/maximum functionalities.

Question { ACS, 7720 }

When we are going for Automation?

Answer

Automation is usally used for productivity improvement and
cost saving. So following facts are pimarily considered.

1)ROI(return on investment) is huge.
2)When same set of test cases needs to be executed for many
number of times.

ROI Calculation:
(Say to execute a test case manually if it takes 20 mins
and the same test case should be executed for next 5
releases it takes 100(20*5=100) mins. Now to generate
Automation script takes 50mins and to execute each time
takes 2 mins so 2* 5 times = 10 mins , so totally it takes
only 60 mins, thereby saving 40 mins). Here we go for
automation. The numbers said here is less for examples. it
makes huge difference if we just convert mins into Hrs.

In Manual:
20Hrs * 5 times = 100Hrs

In Automation
2hrs * 5 times = 10Hrs + 10Hrsscripting time = 20Hrs.

There by saving 80Hrs(100-20=80) by automating.
Per hour if the customer is charging $20 to a comapany the
company is saving 20*80 = $160 which is profit to the
company.

Question { Maveric, 10530 }

What is Application entry and exit criteria

Answer

Neena is almost correct but few more major things need to
be ensures before Entry and Exit criterias.

Entry criteria should meet the following;
1)Unit testing and DIT(Developer Integration testing)
should be completed by development team and all the unit
and DIT test cases should have passed and the Unit test
report to be shared to testing team.
2)Test Turnover document should be shared by development
team.
3)SIT(System/software integration Testing)Test cases are
completed and the same is reviewed by all the stake holders
and approved.
4)All the issues that has been raised during the Unit and
DIT testing are reported in Bug trackin tool and are
addressed.
5)Application should pass, smoke and sanity testing.
6)before every consecutive loops after loop1(i.e loop2,
loop3... etc)impact analysis document should be shared by
the development team to testing team, to identify the error
prone areas after the fix is done for a bug(it helps
testing team to do regression)
6)All the above said documents and the application should
be checked-in in CFM tool.

Exit Criteria:

1)All the issues are tracked in defect tracking tool.
2)All significant defects are closed. If any exists, should
be acceptable.
3)All the test cases are executed.
4)Test artifacts updated to include test results, and put
under configuration management.
5)Voice of the tester.

Question { 3898 }

how can i express my feeling as a test engineer having 3
years of exp, how do u enjoyed the testing? urgent

Answer

I think u r working in a service based comapany. If u had
worked in product based comapany ud been now called as
domain champion. Because in service based companies the
functionalities are splitted into modules and modules are
shared between the testing team. In product based comapany
every individual tester has to test all the modules only
things that varies is the environment(i.e OS, sql version)
so ull be knowing the the product end to end. Whereas even
the developers dont know the product end to end as they
split into modules and work.
This is a good feel n pride to be tested here.

Ejoyed learning new technologies and knowing new product
and its behaviour. Above all it just passes from our hands
to the customer. (As customer release happens only when we
certify the product to be stable)

Question { 8704 }

what is meant by smoke Testing??

Answer

There is always a great confusion between smoke and sanity
testing. Hope i can give u better clarity.

Basically smoke test is derived from electrcal comapny
where they use to check whether the component or equipment
catches smoke once if the turn on or plug in that componet
with power supply. if it doesnt catches smoke or fire it is
taken to next level of sanity testing where basic
functionalites are tested.

Similarly, in Softwares, smoke can be better reffered to
installation and application launching testing as smoke
test.(i.e chacking whether the application exe can be
successfully installed in all the given environments
without crashing and then after successfull installation
the user is able to launch/open the application.)
And sanity testing is dont to ensure whether all the
basic and mojor functionalities are working fine.

Question { Oracle, 5591 }

Could anybody tell me types of testing involved when the
project is at maintenance.

Answer

It depends.
If there is any change required from the customer end then
we need to do CR(change request) verification.
If there is any post release defect then we need to
reproduce the issue and later when the issues is fixed we
need to do fix verification and regression.

Question { CMC, 9653 }

a step by step procedure on the action in testing and
verifying of results is called a

Answer

It is called Test suite..

Question { 3232 }

Hi,
Pls tell me what is system use case with a example nd who
prepares it.Pls anyone help me.

Answer

It generally refer to the usablity in field or in end user
perspectives.

e.g In ATM software:

Check when the user inser an ATM card in machine the
machine directs the user to enter PIN. Now when the PIN
Number is entered the application should validate for the
correctness of the PIn entered. IF the PIN is vlaid the
application should direct the user to next page prompting
the customer with Balance enquiry, Withdrawal, mini
statement etc. When the user select cash with drawal, it
should askl the user to enter the amount. When the user
enter the amount and click on Ok the appropriate amount as
selected by the user should be given by the machine and
after that a statement slip should be given by the machine
to the user...

This is one user case..