2004-06 Subjective Questions

q1. it is being observed that in a project cost of testing is very high. after going in detail it was found that the testers are testing the software, which is not left with many defects. how will you make sure that this is correct? any three ways? what are the disadvantages of over testing? q2. how will you ensure the effectiveness, efficiency and total coverage of a model with lots of fields, data, and interdependent paths between them? q3. unit testing has been introduced newly in the policy. what are objectives of unit testing, and what are the various techniques of unit testing. what are the measures used to measure it? q4. you have air flight control software what would be your test strategy? q5. name 5 errors testers make? q6. list 4 purposes of what you think are primary goals of testing? q7. your customer does not have experience in writing acceptance test plan. how will you do that in co-ordination with customer? what will be the contents of acceptance test plan? q8. difference b/w verification and validation q9. define boundary value analysis, error guessing, equivalence partitioning (10 points) q10. you find that the senior testers are making more mistakes then junior testers; you need to communicate this aspect to the senior tester. also, you don't want to loose this tester. how should one go about the constructive criticism? q11. when testing will be stopped? (10 points) q12. what are the product standards for these test plan, test script, test report q13. what do u test in a system, which accepts inputs from multiple nodes that you, will not test in a system that has only one system? (10)