QTP FAQS

What’s the QTP?

QTP is Mercury Interactive Functional Testing Tool.
What’s the basic concept of QTP?
QTP is based on two concept-
• Recording
• Playback
Which scripting language used by QTP?
QTP using VB scripting.
How many types of recording facility are available in
QTP?
QTP provides three types of recording methods-
• Context Recording (Normal)
• Analog Recording
• Low Level Recording
How many types of Parameters are available in QTP?
QTP provides three types of Parameter-
• Method Argument
• Data Driven
• Dynamic
What’s the QTP testing process?
QTP testing process consist of seven steps-
• Preparing to recoding
• Recording
• Enhancing your script
• Debugging
• Run
• Analyze
• Report Defects
What’s the Active Screen?
It provides the snapshots of your application as it
appeared when you performed a certain steps during
recording session.
What’s the Test Pane?
Test Pane contains Tree View and Expert View tabs.
What’s Data Table?
It assists to you about parameterizing the test.
What’s the Test Tree?
It provides graphical representation of your
operations which you have performed with your
application.
Which all environment QTP supports?
ERP/ CRM
Java/ J2EE
VB, .NET
Multimedia, XML
Web Objects, ActiveX controls
SAP, Oracle, Siebel, PeopleSoft
Web Services, Terminal Emulator
IE, NN, AOL
How can you view the Test Tree?
The Test Tree is displayed through Tree View tab.
What’s the Expert View?
Expert View display the Test Script.
Which keyword used for Nornam Recording?
F3
Which keyword used for run the test script?
F5
Which keyword used for stop the recording?
F4
Which keyword used for Analog Recording?
Ctrl+Shift+F4
Which keyword used for Low Level Recording?
Ctrl+Shift+F3
Which keyword used for switch between Tree View
and Expert View?
Ctrl+Tab
Note:
> QTP records each steps you perform and generates
a test tree and test script.
> QTP records in normal recording mode.
> If you are creating a test on web object, you can
record your test on one browser and run it on another
browser.
> Analog Recording and Low Level Recording require
more disk sapce than normal recording mode.
What’s the Transaction?
You can measure how long it takes to run a section of
your test by defining transactions.
Where you can view the results of the checkpoint?
You can view the results of the checkpoints in the
Test Result Window.
Note:
If you want to retrieve the return value of a
checkpoint (a boolean value that indicates whether
the checkpoint passed or failed) you must add
parentheses around the checkpoint argument in the
statement in the Expert View.
What’s the Standard Checkpoint?
Standard Checkpoints checks the property value of an
object in your application or web page.
Which environment are supported by Standard
Checkpoint?
Standard Checkpoint are supported for all add-in
environments.
What’s the Image Checkpoint?
Image Checkpoint check the value of an image in
your application or web page.
Which environments are supported by Image
Checkpoint?
Image Checkpoint are supported only Web
environment.
What’s the Bitmap Checkpoint?
Bitmap Checkpoint checks the bitmap images in your
web page or application.
Which enviornment are supported by Bitmap
Checkpoints?
Bitmap checkpoints are supported all add-in
environment.
What’s the Table Checkpoints?
Table Checkpoint checks the information with in a
table.
Which environments are supported by Table
Checkpoint?
Table Checkpoints are supported only ActiveX
environment.
What’s the Text Checkpoint?
Text Checkpoint checks that a test string is displayed
in the appropriate place in your application or on web
page.
Which environment are supported by Test
Checkpoint?
Text Checkpoint are supported all add-in
environments