Please study the 20 vocabulary terms below and press the Mark Complete button to continue.
- acceptance test
- determines if the requirements of a specification or contract are met
- automated testing
- the use of other tools and scripts to test the software you’re creating
- black box testing
- a method in which the internal structure is not known to the tester
- build
- a version of an application that is given by the development team to the software testing team
- functional testing
- ensures that the requirements of an application are satisfied
- integration testing
- exposes faults in the interaction between integrated units
- manual testing
- the process of finding defects or bugs without the aid of automation tools
- production
- live version of a website or web application
- production error monitoring
- sort of automated system that logs all errors in live code
- QA (Quality Assurance)
- ensures that the customer gets the best possible software
- regression testing
- confirms that a recent program or code change has not adversely affected existing features
- release
- the tested and verified version of a build
- smoke testing
- a test type to ensure that the most important functions work
- staging
- a nearly exact replica of a production environment for software testing
- system test
- a test of the complete and integrated software
- test case
- a specification of the inputs, execution conditions and testing procedures
- unit testing
- the tests of individual components of a software
- UX (user experience)
- people's emotions and attitudes about using a particular product, system or service
- UI (user interface)
- represents the cosmetics of the product
- white box testing
- a method in which the internal structure is known to the tester
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An acceptance test returns either as pass or fail, with a fail suggesting that there is a flaw present and the software should not go into production.
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Automated testing is often done with automation tools to execute test case suites.
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Black box testing can be applied virtually to every level of software testing: unit, integration, system and acceptance.
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A build, when tested and certified by the software testing team, is provided to the customers as “release”.
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Functional testing is a kind of black box testing that is performed to confirm that the functionality of an application or system is behaving as expected.
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Integration testing is a level of software testing where individual units are combined and tested as a group.
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A person with good attention to detail, who acts as an end user, should do manual testing to ensure the application's features behave correctly.
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Code must undergo extensive development and testing before it is validated as production ready.
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Production error monitoring helps developers to monitor and fix crashes and other issues in real time, whenever they occur in the live version.
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QA testers are primarily responsible for checking new software products - such as those for gaming systems, mobile or software applications - for defects, issues or bugs.
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Regression testing should be done before every release for all areas where changes have been made in the code.
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The release is the official launch of a version or application for the customers.
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The executed smoke tests qualified the build for further formal testing.
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A staging environment is a part of a workflow in most development projects and the deployment process.
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The purpose of a system test is to evaluate the system's compliance with the specified requirements.
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The process of developing test cases can also find problems in the requirements or design of an application.
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A unit is the smallest testable part of any software. It usually has one or a few inputs and usually a single output.
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UX testing is the process of testing different aspects of user experiences to determine the best way for software and its elements to interact with its audience.
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UI testing is the process of testing a product's graphical user interface to ensure it meets its pre-defined specifications.
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White box testing is a method of software testing that tests internal structures or workings of an application, as opposed to its functionality.