CSTE Test Cases

1. You are a tester for testing a large system. The system data model is very
large with many attributes and there are a lot of interdependencies within
the fields. What steps would you use to test the system and also what are
the effects of the steps you have taken on the test plan? OR
You are the test manager for about to the system testing. The development
team says that due to change in requirements, they will be able to deliver
the system to you for testing 5 working days after the due date. You cannot
change the resources (Work hours, days, test tools). What steps will you
take to be able to finish the testing in time?

Solution
 Improve Supervision: More reviews of artifacts or program means Stage
containment of the defects.
 Creation of Base Line Data which is accurate and updated.
 Strict Change Management: Correct versions are tested.
 Phase wise / module wise approach for the testing.
 More focus on Module and Integration testing.
 Add more resources.
 Work With Independent Test Team.
 Automation for regression testing.
 Rank the functionality as per risk and concentrate more on critical functionality
testing
 Effective Communication - Reporting of critical defects (Using defect
tracking/management system) and resolution plan discussion with development
team
 Traceability matrix of changed requirement and Impact Analysis documents
creation
 Test cases updating as per Changed requirement
 Exit criterion is achieved , release product

2. There is one application which runs on a single terminal. There is another

application that works on multiple terminals. What are the tests techniques
you will use on the second application that you would not do on the first
application?
Solution
 Concurrency Test
 Update and Rollback
 Response time and Server connectivity

3. Explain give examples of the following black box techniques.

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a. Boundary Value testing

b. Equivalence testing
c. Error Guessing
Solution
Boundary Value Analysis: If Valid Input is 100
Boundary + 1 = 101
Boundary Value = 100
Boundary – 1= 99
Equivalence Partitioning: If Valid Input is in the Range of 10 and 15
Invalid Below the Partition = 8
Valid In the Partition = 12
Outside of the Partition = 18
Error Guessing: Its testers experience to test the functionality creating such a data
which may cause failure.
Eg – Feb 29, 2001

4. What are the product standards for?

a. Test Plan
b. Test Script

Solution:
Test Plan:
 Scope
 Objective
 Assumptions
 Risks
 Roles and Responsibilities
 Test Environment
 Tools
 Schedule
 Test Design
 Test data Management
 Communication

Test Script:
 Sequence
 Source : Data Entry Operator
 Script Event : Enter Invalid Input
 Evaluation Criterion : Error Message Should be Displayed
 Comments : Help regarding valid Input
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6. Your company is about to roll out an E-Commerce application. It is not possible to

test the application on all types of browsers on all platforms and operating systems.
What steps would you take in the testing environment to reduce the business risks
and commercial risks?
Solution
 Scoring of browsers and OS, High ranked Browsers and OS do Brower
compatibility test for them
 State that it does not support to other OS and browsers, if risk is involved.
 Commercial Risk : Ensure competitive look and feel , Easy Navigation
 Business Risk : Ensure Transaction Correctness ,Security (data), transactions, roll
back procedure etc
 Proper Authorization in Place
 Response time (performance)

7. Your organization believes that acceptance testing is a good quality

process for any IT organization. Your customer would like to do acceptance
testing, but does not know how to do it. He requests you to create an
acceptance test plan. Build a sample acceptance test plan and state 2 well
defined acceptance criterions

Solution
- Project description
- Scope
- User roles and responsibilities
- Acceptance criteria
- Test cases to be executed

Acceptance Criterion
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No Acceptance req Critical Result Remark
Yes No Accept Reject
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1 Login time - should not be Yes Yes Accept
more than 6 sec

2. Concurrent users (min 40 Users) Yes Reject Only 30

works
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8. Mention 4 reasons why we should test software.

Solution
 To find defects
 To ensure that it meets user requirements
 To ensure that it is fit for use
 To reduce cost of quality by delivering defect free product
 To achieve customer satisfaction
 Continuously improving test process
 Reduce risk of software failure
 To determine the state of software.