MTA Software Testing Fundamentals 2

Question 1

What is alpha testing?

Accepted Answer

Testing conducted internally by the development or QA team before external release

Answer

Alpha testing is conducted by the internal team to identify bugs before the software is released to external beta testers or users.

Question 2

What is beta testing?

Accepted Answer

Testing performed by real end users in a near-production environment before official release

Answer

Beta testing is conducted by actual end users or customers in a real-world environment to find bugs before the final product launch.

Question 3

What is equivalence partitioning in software testing?

Accepted Answer

Dividing input data into classes where all values in a class are expected to behave the same

Answer

Equivalence partitioning groups inputs into valid and invalid partitions so that testing one value from each partition covers all similar inputs.

Question 4

What does boundary value analysis focus on?

Accepted Answer

Testing values at and just beyond the edges of valid input ranges

Answer

Boundary value analysis targets values at the exact boundaries of input ranges, where software defects are most likely to occur.

Question 5

What is smoke testing?

Accepted Answer

A quick preliminary test to verify that critical basic functions work before deeper testing begins

Answer

Smoke testing (also called build verification testing) checks that the most critical functions work so that more detailed testing is worthwhile.

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