Test Management and Planning Flashcards

Which document defines the scope, approach, resources, and schedule of planned testing activities?

Answer: Test plan

The test plan outlines scope, approach, resources, and schedule for all testing activities.

What is the PRIMARY purpose of a test progress report?

Answer: To communicate testing status to stakeholders during the test cycle

Test progress reports provide ongoing communication of testing status to stakeholders during execution.

During test planning, a test manager identifies that integration testing requires a specific hardware simulator unavailable until week 6. This is an example of:

Answer: A resource constraint

Unavailable hardware until a future date is a resource constraint that affects test planning.

Which metric is MOST useful for tracking whether testing is progressing according to plan?

Answer: Percentage of planned test cases executed vs. actual

Comparing planned vs. actual test case execution gives a direct measure of testing progress against the plan.

What does 'risk-based testing' prioritize?

Answer: Allocating more testing effort to areas with higher likelihood and impact of failure

Risk-based testing prioritizes testing effort based on the likelihood and impact of potential failures.

A test manager is asked to provide an estimate for testing a new module. Which estimation technique involves comparing the new module to similar previously tested modules?

Answer: Analogy-based estimation

Analogy-based estimation uses historical data from similar past projects or components to estimate effort.

Which factor is LEAST likely to be considered when determining the entry criteria for system testing?

Answer: The programming language used to develop the software

The programming language is a development concern and does not typically affect system test entry criteria.