101 Manual and Automation Software Testing Interview Questions and Answers

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answers post. These questions include tips to preparetesting interview, manual

and automation testing questions, ISTQB and CSTE certification questions

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Ans.!ow to define a standard process for the entire testing flow" how to e#plain

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Q.$hat is the most challenging situation you had during testing&

Q.!ow to perform testing if there are no documents&

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Q.$inrunner interview questions with answers

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Q.$hat is difference between ,erformance Testing" 0oad Testing and *tress

Testing& +#plain with e#amples&

Ans.any people are confused with these testing terminologies.%lick herefor the

e#planation of ,erformance" 0oad and *tress Testing with e#amples.

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Q.$hat is *anity Test4or5 3uild test&

Ans.9erifying the critical 4important5 functionality of the software on new build to

decide whether to carry further testing or not.

Q.$hat is the difference between client:server testing and web based testing

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Q.$hat is black bo# testing&

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Q.$hat is /ynamic Testing&

Ans.It is the testing done by e#ecuting the code or program with various input

values and output is verified.

Q.$hat is 2;I Testing&

Ans.2;I or 2raphical user interface testing is the process of testing software user

interface against the provided requirements'mockups'!T0 designs.

Q.$hat is 7ormal Testing&

Ans.*oftware verification carried out by following test plan" testing procedures and

proper documentation with an approval from customer

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Q.$hat is +nd:to:+nd Testing&

Ans.Testing the overall functionality of the system including the data integration

among all the modules is called end to end testing.

Q.$hat is +#ploratory Testing&

Ans.+#ploring the application" understanding the functionality" adding 4or5

modifying e#isting test cases for better testing is called e#ploratory testing.

Q.$hat is onkey Testing

Ans.Testing conducted on a application without any plan and carried out with tests

here and there to find any system crash with an intention of finding tricky defects is

called monkey testing.

Q.$hat is ?on:functionality Testing&

Ans.9alidating various non functional aspects of the system such as user

interfaces" user friendliness security" compatibility" 0oad" *tress and ,erformance

etc is called non functional testing.

Q.$hat is ;sability Testing&

Ans.%hecking how easily the end users are able to understand and operate the

application is called ;sability Testing.

Q.$hat is *ecurity Testing

Ans.9alidating whether all security conditions are properly implemented in the

software 4or5 not is called security testing.

Q.$hat is ,erformance Testing&Ans. ,rocess of measuring various efficiency characteristics of a system such as

response time" through put" load stress transactions per minutes transaction mi#.

Q.$hat is 0oad Testing&

Ans.Analy@ing functional and performance behavior of the application under

various conditions is called 0oad Testing.

Q.$hat is *tress Testing&

Ans.%hecking the application behavior under stress conditions

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Q.$hat is *oftware %onfiguration anagement&

Ans. The process of identifying" Brgani@ing and controlling changes to software

development and maintenance.

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A methodology to control and manage a software development project

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Q.$hat is Testing ,rocess ' 0ife %ycle&

Ans.$rite Test ,lan

Test *cenarios

Test %ases

+#ecuting Test %ases

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Q.$hat is ;ser Acceptance Testing 4;AT5&

Ans.Testing of computer system by client to verify if it adhered to the provided

requirements.

Q.$hat is Test ,lan&

Ans.A document describing the scope" approach" resources" and schedule of

testing activities. It identifies test items" features to be tested" testing tasks" who

will do each task" and any risks requiring contingency planning.

Q.$hat is Test *cenario&

Ans.Identify all the possible areas to be tested 4or5 what to be tested.

Q.$hat is +%, 4+quivalence %lass ,artition5&

Ans.It is method for deriving test cases.

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Q.$hat is a /efect&

Ans. Any flaw imperfection in a software work product.

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+#pected result is not matching with the application actual result.

Q.$hat is *everity&

Ans.It defines the important of defect with respect to functional point of view i.e.

how critical is defect with respective to the application.

Q.$hat is ,riority&Ans.It indicates the importance or urgency of fi#ing a defect

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Q.$hat is 0ocali@ation Testing&

Ans.9erifying of globali@ed application for a particular locality of users" cultural and

geographical conditions.

Q.$hat is Installation Testing&

Ans.%hecking if we are able to install the software successfully 4or5 not as per the

guidelines given in installation document is called installation testing.

Q.$hat is ;n:installation Testing&

Ans.%hecking if we are able to uninstall the software from the system successfully

4or5 not is called ;ninstallation Testing

Q.$hat is %ompatibility Testing&

Ans.%hecking if the application is compatible to different software and hardware

environment or not is called compatibility testing.

Q.$hat is Test *trategy&

Ans.It is a part of test plan describing how testing is carried out for the project

and what testing types needs to be performed on the application.

Q. $hat is Test %ase&

Ans.A Test case is a set of preconditions steps to be followed with input data and

e#pected behavior to validate a functionality of a system.

Q.$hat is 3usiness 9alidation Test %ase&

Ans. A test case is prepared to check business condition or business requirement is

called business validation test case.Q.$hat is a 2ood Test %ase&

Ans.A Test case that have high priority of catching defects in called a good test

case.

Q.$hat is ;se %ase Testing&

Ans.9alidating a software to confirm whether it is developed as per the use cases

or not is called use case testing.

Q.$hat is /efect Age&

Ans.The time gap between date of detection C date of closure of a defect.

Q.$hat is *howstopper /efect&

Ans. A defect which is not permitting to continue further testing is called

*howstopper /efect

Q.$hat is Test %losure&

Ans. It is the last phase of the *T0%" where the management prepares various test


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summary reports that e#plains the complete statistics of the project based on the

testing carried out.

Q. $hat is 3ucket Testing&

Ans. 3ucket testing is also know as A'3 testing. It is mostly used to study the

impact of the various product designs in website metrics. Two simultaneous

versions are run on a single or set of web pages to measure the difference in click

rates" interface and traffic.

Q.$hat is $hat is +ntry %riteria and +#it %riteria *oftware Testing&

Ans. The +ntry %riteria is the process that must be present when a system begins"

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Q. $hat is 2amma Testing

Ans. 2amma testing is done when the software is ready for release with specified

requirements" this testing is done directly by skipping all the in:house testing

activities.

Q. $hat is Test !arness&

Ans. Test !arness is configuring a set of tools and test data to test an application in

various conditions" which involves monitoring the output with e#pected output for

correctness.

The benefits of Testing !arness are8 ,roductivity increase due to process

automation and increase in product quality

Q. $hat is *calability Testing&

Ans. It is used to check whether the functionality and performance of a system"

whether system is capable to meet the volume and si@e changes as per the

requirements

*calability testing is done using load test by changing various software" hardware

configurations and testing environment.

Q. $hat is 7u@@ Testing&

Ans. 7u@@ testing is a black bo# testing technique which uses a random bad data to

attack a program to check if anything breaks in the application.

Q. $hat is /ifference between QA" Q% and testing&

Ans. QA&It is process oriented

Aim is to prevent defects in an application

Q%&

*et of activities used to evaluate a developed work product

It is product oriented

Testing&

+#ecuting and verifying application with the intention of finding defects

Q. $hat is /ate /riven Testing&

Ans. It is Automation testing process in which application is tested with multiple set

of data with different preconditions as an input to the script.

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101 Manual and Automation Software Testing Interview Questions and Answers