C857 Software Quality Assurance, Overview

C857 Software Quality Assurance, Overview (Answers on top of the questions) Less costly Finding and fixing bugs early in the development process rather than finding and fixing bugs all at once near the end of a project is more or less costly? [Best Practices, Lesson 1: Process Improvement] Having clearly defined goals for every milestone What key best practice bring the development process together in order to meet the deliverable deadline? [Best Practices, Lesson 1: Process Improvement] Process improvement What can help software development build and retain product and service quality? [Best Practices, Lesson 1: Process Improvement] A measurable business result What can be achieved with a process improvement initiative based on the CMMI? [Best Practices, Lesson 1: Process Improvement] More costly Studies have shown that the defects found and fixed in the requirements phase are more likely to be what? [Best Practices, Lesson 1: Process Improvement] Peer review Which type of review is considered a walkthrough? [Best Practices, Lesson 1: Process Improvement] System validation Which is a key principle of testing? [Best Practices, Lesson 1: Process Improvement] Acceptance testing Which test type will satisfy the final validation and verification criteria? [Best Practices, Lesson 1: Process Improvement] As early as possible When is the appropriate time to include people responsible for quality in the development cycle? [Best Practices, Lesson 1: Process Improvement] Giving the team the opportunity to voice their concerns and advocate for their own priorities What is the benefit of building a discrete list of defects and ranking them in order of importance? [Best Practices, Lesson 2: Bug Management] A matrix of impacts versus severity What is a visual definition of how you will prioritize bugs as they are discovered? [Best Practices, Lesson 2: Bug Management] A bug base What is a system for keeping track of every bug logged in a database system called? [Best Practices, Lesson 2: Bug Management] A test case management system What is the best way to document and keep track of test cases? [Best Practices, Lesson 2: Bug Management] A bug model What is based on historical data and planned activities and predicts how many bugs will be found during the project? [Best Practices, Lesson 2: Bug Management] A screenshot Which element of a bug record will provide the programmer with a visual representation of the problem? [Best Practices, Lesson 2: Bug Management] It will help deliver compliant business-enabling systems How is a solid IT-QA relationship fundamental to business success? [Best Practices, Lesson 2: Bug Management] You are confident that you do not want anything to change in the code When is a good time to start automation testing? [Best Practices, Lesson 3: Code Quality] Optimizing your process and making testing more efficient What is the intent of test automation? [Best Practices, Lesson 3: Code Quality] Program developer Who should create automated unit tests? [Best Practices, Lesson 3: Code Quality] Eliminating the need for human participation What could be considered the ultimate goal of automated testing? [Best Practices, Lesson 3: Code Quality] A white-box tester When the testing is focused on how the application behaves at a code level, who should create the tests? [Best Practices, Lesson 3: Code Quality] Code-level tools What can a developer employ to identify and resolve code quality issues? [Best Practices, Lesson 3: Code Quality] Testing What is the process of executing a program with the intent of finding errors? [Lesson 2, Testing Fundamentals: The Psychology and Economics of Software Testing] Discovery of a new error What makes a test run successful? [Lesson 2, Testing Fundamentals: The Psychology and Economics of Software Testing] Finding and removing errors What does it mean to raise the reliability of a program? [Lesson 2, Testing Fundamentals: The Psychology and Economics of Software Testing] A program's intended purpose and user What must a black-box tester focus on? [Lesson 2, Testing Fundamentals: The Psychology and Economics of Software Testing] Usability issues In addition to finding errors, what else would a black-box tester look for when testing a program? [Lesson 2, Testing Fundamentals: The Psychology and Economics of Software Testing] Black-box tester Which type of tester is not concerned about the internal behavior and structure of a program? [Lesson 2, Testing Fundamentals: The Psychology and Economics of Software Testing] White-box tester Which type of tester focuses exclusively on validating the interactions and behaviors that result in functionality? [Lesson 2, Testing Fundamentals: The Psychology and Economics of Software Testing] Test cases What must be written for input conditions that are invalid and unexpected, as well as for those that are valid and expected? [Lesson 2, Testing Fundamentals: The Psychology and Economics of Software Testing] A programmer should avoid attempting to test his or her own program. Which software testing principle states that a programmer may subconsciously avoid finding errors for fear of retribution from peers, a supervisor, a client, or the owner of the program or system being developed? [Lesson 2, Testing Fundamentals: The Psychology and Economics of Software Testing] People other than the developer Who conducts the majority of program testing during a walkthrough? [Lesson 3, Testing Fundamentals: Program Inspections, Walkthroughs, and Reviews] Because people other than the author are involved in the process Why is a code inspection more effective than a desk-checking process? [Lesson 3, Testing Fundamentals: Program Inspections, Walkthroughs, and Reviews] Recording all errors found Which duty is a responsibility of the code inspection team moderator? [Lesson 3, Testing Fundamentals: Program Inspections, Walkthroughs, and Reviews] Programmer Who narrates the logic of a program, statement by statement, during a code inspection? [Lesson 3, Testing Fundamentals: Program Inspections, Walkthroughs, and Reviews] Input/Output errors Which category on the inspection error checklist checks if files are explicitly declared and their attributes are correct? [Lesson 3, Testing Fundamentals: Program Inspections, Walkthroughs, and Reviews] Secretary Which role records all errors found in a code walkthrough? [Lesson 3, Testing Fundamentals: Program Inspections, Walkthroughs, and Reviews] Desk checking Which human error detection process is considered relatively unproductive? [Lesson 3, Testing Fundamentals: Program Inspections, Walkthroughs, and Reviews] Peer ratings Which technique is used to evaluate anonymous programs in terms of their overall quality, maintainability, extensibility, usability, and clarity?