Quality Assurance & Compliance Flashcards
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What is the purpose of exploratory testing in an agile environment?
Answer: To allow testers to simultaneously learn about the system, design tests, and execute them based on their findings
Exploratory testing combines learning, test design, and execution simultaneously, allowing testers to uncover unexpected defects that scripted tests might miss.
When should the Definition of Done be updated?
Answer: During retrospectives when the team identifies quality standards that should be strengthened
The Definition of Done is a living agreement that teams refine in retrospectives as their capability, quality standards, and context evolve.
A team discovers that its acceptance tests are consistently passing but production incidents are increasing. What should they do first?
Answer: Investigate whether their acceptance criteria and test environments reflect real production conditions
A gap between test results and production behavior usually indicates that test environments or acceptance criteria do not accurately mirror production reality.
In agile quality management, what is the significance of 'built-in quality' versus 'inspected-in quality'?
Answer: Built-in quality prevents defects through good practices; inspected-in quality tries to catch defects after they occur
Built-in quality focuses on practices like TDD and pair programming that prevent defects, while inspected-in quality relies on testing to find them after the fact — prevention is cheaper.
How does limiting work in progress (WIP) on a Kanban board contribute to quality?
Answer: It reduces context switching and allows teams to focus on completing and quality-checking work before starting new items
WIP limits reduce context switching and help teams complete work to a high standard before pulling in new items, preventing quality from being sacrificed for the appearance of busyness.
What is the recommended agile approach when a team finds a critical defect in a completed sprint's increment?
Answer: Add it to the product backlog and let the Product Owner prioritize it like any other work item
Critical defects are added to the product backlog and prioritized by the Product Owner, who then decides whether they warrant interrupting the current sprint or entering the next one.
Which agile concept describes the team's commitment to not letting quality problems accumulate and instead fixing them as soon as they are identified?
Answer: Stop the line mentality
The 'stop the line' mentality, borrowed from lean manufacturing, means the team halts forward progress to fix a quality issue immediately rather than allowing defects to compound downstream.