UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Quality Assurance - CORRECT ANSWER - It measures the quality of processes used to
create a quality product. It is a system of management activities, It is a preventive process, It is
applied throughout the entire life cycle and deals with the process.
Quality Control - CORRECT ANSWER - Control Involves checking the product against a
predetermined set of requirements and validating that the product meets those requirements.
Software Testing - CORRECT ANSWER - Is a way of exploring a system to check how it
operates to find possible defects.
It employs various methods to test the product, locate defects and check if they are resolved.
Software Quality Assurance - CORRECT ANSWER - Is a set of methods and activities
designed to ensure that the developed software corresponds to all the specifications.
It is a planned strategy that establishes procedures to prevent defects in the process of software
development.
It deals with the management, methods and techniques of development, project analysis,
checklists, etc.
QA vs QC vs Testing - CORRECT ANSWER - [Quality Assurance[Quality
Control[Testing]]]
Testing - Finds defects in the product
Quality Control - Evaluates the quality, estimate if it meets customer's expectations.
Quality Assurance - Define and improve the quality related processes and procedures to ensure
quality.
Chapter 2 - CORRECT ANSWER -
, The differences between a Software Product & Industrial Product? - CORRECT
ANSWER - High complexity
Invisibility of the product
Opportunities/stages to detect defects
High complexity: - CORRECT ANSWER - The potential ways in which a software
product can be used with different data / data paths reflecting different incoming data is almost
infinite
Manner in which industrial products can be used are usually well-defined
Think about software: every loop with different values of data reflects a different opportunity to
see software fail
Invisibility of the product: - CORRECT ANSWER - -In an industrial product, missing
parts are obvious.
•Something missing? Easily identified.
-Not so in software products.
•May not be noticeable for years - if at all!
•INTEL: Almost every computer with an Intel chip dating back to 2011
-allowed hackers to effectively exploit design flaws
Opportunities/stages to detect defects: - CORRECT ANSWER - Product Development
Product Planning
Product Manufacturing
Product Development (Industrial vs Software) - CORRECT ANSWER - -Industrial: test
product, voltages, performance, strength, size ....ready to distribute to markets
-Computer Software: once prototype and system testing are concluded, product is ready for
deployment