EDI EDI Testing and Validation

Question 1

What is the primary goal of EDI compliance testing before go-live with a trading partner?

Accepted Answer

To verify that both parties can successfully exchange correctly formatted EDI documents

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To benchmark the speed of the VAN network

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To audit the financial terms in the trading partner agreement

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To install EDI translation software on production servers

Question 2

What does a syntax error in an EDI document indicate?

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The document violates the structural rules of the EDI standard (e.g., missing mandatory elements)

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The business data in the document is incorrect

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The network connection failed during transmission

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The trading partner agreement was not signed

Question 3

Which type of EDI testing verifies that the business data in a transaction (prices, quantities, dates) is correct?

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Content/semantic validation

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Syntax validation

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Connectivity testing

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Acknowledgment testing

Question 4

In EDI testing, what is a 'test pack'?

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A predefined set of EDI transaction scenarios used to certify a trading partner's EDI capability

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A bundle of EDI software modules for installation

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A collection of VAN mailbox settings

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A backup archive of production EDI transactions

Question 5

What does loopback testing mean in the context of EDI?

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Sending an EDI document to yourself to verify your system can produce and consume the correct format

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Testing network bandwidth between two trading partner sites

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Verifying that a VAN correctly routes messages

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Checking that an EDI map produces a valid 997 acknowledgment

Question 6

Which segment in an X12 EDI transaction set indicates the end of the transaction and contains a count of included segments?

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SE segment

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GE segment

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IEA segment

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ST segment