ISTQB Foundation level exam Study Guide.
Error - answerUser made mistake in using the software, this may lead directly to a problem
defect - answerflaws in the software itself
acceptance criteria - answerThe exit criteria that a component or system must satisfy in order
to be accepted
by a use...
Error - answer✔✔User made mistake in using the software, this may lead directly to a problem
defect - answer✔✔flaws in the software itself
acceptance criteria - answer✔✔The exit criteria that a component or system must satisfy in order
to be accepted
by a user, customer, or other authorized entity.
acceptance testing - answer✔✔Formal testing with respect to user needs, requirements, and
business processes conducted to determine whether or not a system satisfies the acceptance
criteria and to enable the user, customers or other authorized entity to determine whether or not
to accept the system.
accessibility testing - answer✔✔Testing to determine the ease by which users with disabilities
can use a component or system.
accuracy - answer✔✔The capability of the software product to provide the right or agreed results
or effects with the needed degree of precision.
accuracy testing - answer✔✔The process of testing to determine the accuracy of a software
product. See also accuracy.
acting (IDEAL) - answer✔✔The phase within the IDEAL model where the improvements are
developed, put into practice, and deployed across the organization. The acting phase consists of
the activities: create solution, pilot/test solution, refine solution and implement solution.
actor - answer✔✔User or any other person or system that interacts with the system under test in
a specific way
actual result - answer✔✔The behavior produced/observed when a component or system is tested.
ad hoc testing - answer✔✔Testing carried out informally; no formal test preparation takes place,
no recognized test design technique is used, there are no expectations for results and arbitrariness
guides the test execution activity.
adaptability - answer✔✔The capability of the software product to be adapted for different
specified environments without applying actions or means other than those provided for this
purpose for the software considered.
agile manifesto - answer✔✔F-AT agile manifesto: A statement on the values that underpin agile
software development. The values are:
- individuals and interactions over processes and tools - working software over comprehensive
documentation - customer collaboration over contract negotiation
- responding to change over following a plan.
agile software development: - answer✔✔A group of software development methodologies based
on
EITP iterative incremental development, where requirements and solutions evolve through
collaboration
between self-organizing cross-functional teams.
agile testing - answer✔✔Testing practice for a project using agile software development
methodologies, incorporating techniques and methods, such as extreme programming (XP),
treating development as the customer of testing and emphasizing the test-first design paradigm.
See also test-driven development.
alpha testing - answer✔✔simulated or actual operational testing by potential users/customers or
an independent test team at the developers' site, but outside the development organization. Alpha
testing is often employed for off-the-shelf software as a form of internal acceptance testing.
analytical testing - answer✔✔Testing based on a systematic analysis of e.g., product risks or
requirements.
analyzability - answer✔✔The capability of the software product to be diagnosed for deficiencies
or causes of failures in the software, or for the parts to be modified to be identified.
anomaly - answer✔✔Any condition that deviates from expectation based on requirements
specifications, design documents, user documents, standards, etc. or from someone's perception
or experience. Anomalies may be found during, but not limited to, reviewing, testing, analysis,
compilation, or use of software products or applicable documentation.
anti-pattern - answer✔✔Repeated action, process, structure or reusable solution that initially
appears to be beneficial and is commonly used but is ineffective and/or counterproductive in
practice.
API - answer✔✔Acronym for Application Programming Interface.
API testing - answer✔✔Testing performed by submitting commands to the software under test
using
programming interfaces of the application directly.
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