Manual Testing Interview Questions Part 3
1.How do you review test case? Type of Review…
Types of reviewing test cases depend upon company standards, viz..,
Peer review, team lead review, project manager review.
Some times client may also review the test cases reg what is approach following for project
2. In which way tester get Build A, Build B, Build Z of an application, just explains the process?
After preparation of test cases project manager will release software release note in that Document there will be URL path of the website link from that we will receive
The build In case of web server projects, you will be provided with an URL or a 92.168. ***. *** (Web address) which will help you access the project using a browser from your system.
In case of Client server, the build is placed in the VSS (Configuration tool) which will help you get the .exe downloaded to your computer.
3. Apart from bug reporting what is your involvement in project life cycle?
As a Test engineer we design test cases, prepare test cases Execute Test cases, track the bugs, analyze the results report the bugs. Involved in regression testing, performance of system
Testing system integration testing at last preparation of Test summary Report
4.What are the contents of test report?
There are two documents, which should be prepared at particular phase.
1. Test Results document.
2. Test Report document.
Test Results doc will be prepared at the phase of each type of Testing like FULL FUNCTIONAL TEST PASS,REGRESSION TEST PASS,SANITY TEST PASS etc…Test case execution against
The application. Once you prepared this doc, we will send the doc to our TL and PM.By seeing the Test Results doc, TL will come to know the coverage part of the testcase.Here I am giving you the contents used in the Test Results doc?
1. Build No
2. Version Name
3. Client OS
4. Feature set
5. Main Feature
6. Defined Test cases on each feature.
7. QA engineer Name
8. Test e-cases executed. (Includes pass and fail)
9. Testcases on HOLD (Includes blocking test cases and deferred Test cases)
10. Covereage Report (Which includes the coverage ratings in %, like % of test cases covered, % of test cases failed)
Coming to Test report, generally we will prepare Test report, once we rolled out the product to our client. This document will be prepared by TL and delivered to the client.Mainly, this document describes the what we have done in the project, chievements we have reached, our
Learning’s in throughout the project etc…The other name for Test report is Project Closure Report and we will summarize the all the activities, which have taken place in through out the project. Here I am giving your the contents covered in the Test Report.
1. Test Environment (Should be covered the OS, Application or webservers, Mahchine names, Database, etc…)
2.Test Methods(Types of Tests, we have done in the project like Functional Testing, Platform Testing, regression Testing,etc..
3. Major areas Covered.
4. Bug Tracking Details. (Includes inflow and outflow of the bus in our delivered project)
5. Work schedule (When we start the testing and we finished)
6. Defect Analysis
6.1 Defects logged in different types of tests like Functional Test, regressiion Test as per area wised.
6.2 State of the Defects at end of the Test cycle.
6.3 Root cause analysis for the bugs marked as NOT A BUG.
7. QA observations or learning’s thought the life cycle.
5. Write high level test cases?
Write all the test cases under high level TC, which can be covered the main functionalities like
Creation, edition, deletion, etc….as per prescribed in the screen.
Write all the test cases under low level TC,which can be covered the screen, like input fields are displayed as per the requirements, buttons are enabled or disabled, and test case for low priority functionalities.
Example a screen contains two edit boxes login and password and a put buttons OK and Reset and check box for the label “Remember my password”. Now let us write high level TC
And low level test cases.
HIGH LEVEL TC
1. Verify that User is able to login with valid login and valid password.
2. Verify that User is not able to login with invalid login and valid password.
Etc…
..
3. Verify that Reset button clears the filled screen.
4. Verify that a pop up message is displayed for blank login.
Etc…
Etc.
LOW LEVEL TC
1. Verify that after launching the URL of the application below fields are displays in the screen.
1. Login Name 2.Password.3.OK BUTTON 4.RESET button etc.
5. Check box, provided for the label “remember my pwd” is unchecked.
2. Verify that OK button should be disabled before selecting login and password fields.
3. Verify that OK button should we enabled after selecting login and password.
4. Verify that User is able to check the check box, providedfor the label “remember my password”.
Etc.
In this way, we can categories all the test cases under HIGH LEVEL and LOW LEVEL.
6. What is test scenario?
Test scenario will be framed on basis of the requirement, which need to be checked. For that, we will frame set of test cases, in other terms, we can say all the conditions, which can be determined the testing coverage against business requirement.
Please see the below example, which is exactly matched to my explanation.
As we know all most all the application are having login screen, which contains login name and password. Here is the test scenario for login screen.
Scenario: USER’S LOGIN
Conditions to be checked to test the above scenario:
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1. Test login field and Password fields individually.
2. Try to login with valid login and valid password.
3. Try to login with invalid login and valid password. Etc
7. What is build duration?
it is a tine gap between old version build and new version build in new version build some new extra features are added
8. What is test deliverables?
Test deliverables are nothing but documents preparing after testing like test plan document test case template bug report template Test deliverables will be delivered to the client not only for the completed activities, but also for the activites, which we are implementing for the better productivity. (As per the company’s standards).Here I am giving you some of the Test deliverables in my project.
1. QA Test Plan
2. Test case Docs
3. QA Test plan, if we are using Automation.
4. Automation scripts
5. QA Coverage Matrix and defect matrix.
6. Traceability Matrix
7. Test Results doc
8. QA Schedule doc (describes the deadlines)
9. Test Report or Project Closure Report. (Prepared once we rolled out the project to client)
10. Weekly status report (sent by PM to the client)
11. Release Notes.
9. What is your involvement in test plan?
Test lead is involved in preparing test plan test engineers are no way related in preparing test plan role TE is test case design, and execution and bug tracking and reporting them Generally TL is involved in preparation of the TestPlan.But it is not mandatory only TL will take main part in the preparation of the TP.Test engineer can suggest to TL, if he (or) she has good understanding on project and resources, if he or she has more exp with the project, if TL is wrongly given deadlines. If your suggestions are valid, TL will incorporate all of them to the TestPlan.But in most of the companies Test engineers are just audience.
10. Which test cases are not to be automated?
All the test cases which are related to a feature of the product, that keeps on changing (there are always some or the other enhancements in it). Frequent enhancements may change the UI, add/remove few controls. Hence such cases, if automated, would involve lot of a intendance
11. If a project is long term project, requirements are also changes then test plan will change or not? Why?
Yes. Definitely. If requirement changes, the design documents, specifications (for that particular module which implements the requirements) will also change. Hence the test plan would also need to be updated. This is because “Resource Allocation” is one section in the test
Plan. We would need to write new test cases, review, and execute it. Hence resource allocation would have to be done accordingly. As a result the Test plan would change
12. Explain VSS (Virtual Source Safe)?
After completion of all phages from development side developer store the code in development folder of VSS, Testing team copying code from that folder to testing folder, after completing above phages from testing, testers put the build in base line folder. It is version control Tool
Mainly useful to developer, to storing code and maintains version Copying a code from VSS By developer is called CHECK-IN Upload the code in to VSS is called CHECK-OUT.
13. Who will assign severity & priority?
The tester/developer should give the priority based on severity of the bug
Severity means: is the impact of the bug on the application .i.e seriousness of the bug interims of the functionality.
Priority means: is how soon it should get fixed i.e. importance of the bug interims of customer
14. What is the Difference between Stub Testing and Driver Testing?
Stub testing:
In top down approach, a core module is developed. To test that core module, small dummy modules r used. So stubs r small dummy modules that test the core module.
Driver testing:
In bottom up approach, small modules r developed. To test them a dummy core module called driver is developed.
15. What is a “Good Tester”?
Is one who tries to break the developers software and in a position to venture the bugs. So that at least 80% bugs free software can deliver.
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April 14th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Excellent answers for all the questions and there are quiet a wide range of questions with elegancy in the language.
Good Job Done!
Well I am commenting for the first time!
May 30th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Covered all the areas of manual teasting.
Very informative.