Software Testing

BSA/385

Week

5

Discussion

Software Testing

Supporting Activity:

Agile and Non

-

Agile Testing

Write

a

250

-

to

3

00

-

word response to the following:

1

Compare and contrast the key differences in agile and non

-

agile approaches specific to testing

Supporting Activity:

Test Coverage

Write

a

25

0

-

to

3

00

-

word response to the following question:

2

Explain why testing every line of code for correctness is still insufficient for ensuring that

a program is bug

-

free. Give an example supporting the statement above

.

Introduction to Software

Testing

Write

a

25

0

-

to

3

00

-

word response to the following question

s

:

3

Why not wait for many parts to be built, and then test them together? This seems to kill se

veral

birds with one stone.

4.

Suppose that you have a developing application, tested so far, to which you add code.Why

not, as

the next step, test the combined result?

5

.

Explain why (a) white box testing, by itself, is not enough and (b) black box testing, by itself,

is not

enough.

6

Why is unit testing most commonly performed by software engineers who program and post

-

unit

testing by QA personnel?

7

Why should test planning be

specifically identified as an activity rather than being pursued

informally when the time comes?

.

8.

In your o

wn words, describe the difference between white box and black box testing.Why is

each

important and necessary?

BSA/385 Week 5 Discussion

Software Testing

Supporting Activity: Agile and Non-Agile Testing

Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following:

1 Compare and contrast the key differences in agile and non-agile approaches specific to testing

Supporting Activity: Test Coverage

Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following question:

2 Explain why testing every line of code for correctness is still insufficient for ensuring that

a program is bug-free. Give an example supporting the statement above.

Introduction to Software Testing

Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following questions:

3 Why not wait for many parts to be built, and then test them together? This seems to kill several

birds with one stone.

4. Suppose that you have a developing application, tested so far, to which you add code.Why

not, as the next step, test the combined result?

5. Explain why (a) white box testing, by itself, is not enough and (b) black box testing, by itself,

is not enough.

6 Why is unit testing most commonly performed by software engineers who program and post-

unit testing by QA personnel?

7 Why should test planning be specifically identified as an activity rather than being pursued

informally when the time comes?.

8. In your own words, describe the difference between white box and black box testing.Why is

each important and necessary?