HR Quality Control & Assurance 2

Question 1

Which metric measures the percentage of defects found in testing versus defects found in production?

Accepted Answer

Defect Escape Rate

Answer

Defect Escape Rate tracks what percentage of total defects slipped past QA into production, indicating testing effectiveness.

Question 2

In HR software QA, what does regression testing primarily verify?

Accepted Answer

Previously working features still function after code changes

Answer

Regression testing ensures that recent code changes haven't broken existing, previously verified functionality in the HR system.

Question 3

A QA team discovers that payroll calculations produce different results on different servers. This is an example of which type of defect?

Accepted Answer

Environment-dependent defect

Answer

Environment-dependent defects occur when software behaves inconsistently across servers, OS versions, or configuration settings.

Question 4

Which QA approach tests HR software APIs directly without going through the UI?

Accepted Answer

API testing

Answer

API testing validates the backend service contracts and data exchange of HR software independently of the front-end interface.

Question 5

When a QA engineer verifies that an employee can only view their own pay stubs and not others', they are performing which type of test?

Accepted Answer

Authorization testing

Answer

Authorization testing confirms that users can only access resources and data they are permitted to see, enforcing role-based access controls.

HR - Software Practice Test