Commonly Ask Questions

Is it mandatory to use Usecases or directly one can write test cases from requirements?
It’s not mandatory to write Use Cases, if the requirements are clear you can go ahead with Test Cases. Use Cases are written to know the business flow of the module/application.
What is the document needed to create a test case? How u tell it is test case?
System requirements specification, Use case document, Test Plan
When will u make update and modify the test object properties in the repository?
When ever the developer may change any one of the object properties definitely we have to change the same in the OR object repository. If new version net build released from the development department we the test engineers must to modify or update the same is compulsory, other wise than test will show the bug

At the time of testing web based applications and client server applications, what you absorbed as a tester?
We generally check for the links, data retrieving and posting.
We perform load and stress testing especially for Web based and Client-Server applications.
What is testing policy and testing methodology? And what is the difference?
Testing policy means all types of testing or testing techniques (i.e. functional testing, sanity testing etc).Testing methodology means white box and black box testing.

What is comparison testing?
Comparison Testing means comparing your software with the better one or you’re Competitor.
While comparison Testing we basically compare the Performance of the software. For ex If you have to do Comparison Testing of PDF converter(Desktop Based Application) then you will compare your software with your Competitor on the basis of:-
1. Speed of Conversion PDF file into Word.
2. Quality of converted file.
In customer details form having fields like customer name, customer address. After completion of this module, client raise the change as insert the two radio buttons after customer address. How you can check as a tester?
1. First we need to verify whether the radio button is there are not?
2. Conform the radio buttons are present after the customer address or not.
3. Verify the no of radio button.
4. Verify only one radio button should be checked initially when we open the Customer details form (if it is mentioned in FS)
5. Verify the functionality of the radio buttons i.e. if we check one ratio button, second radio button should be unchecked.

What are the documents required to prepare test plan?
Introduction, scope, test team and their responsibilities, test environment S/W & H/W requirements, test data preparation, levels of testing, seviority & priority, schedule, risk, automation Plan, features to test, bug life cycle all these are documents of test plan.

What is the general testing process?
Testing Process can be defined as
1. Test requirements analysis
2. Creation of Test Strategy
3. Creation of Test Plans
4. Execution of test cases
5. Analyze the test results
6. Report the defects if any
What participation a manual tester can do in documentation? Are there any tools available for only documentation?
Yes, Manual tester will do Sub Test plan documents, as of my knowledge no tool is used to prepare documentation
What is the difference between low and high level test cases? Give Examples?
High level Test cases are those which covers major functionality in the application (i.e. retrieve, update display, cancel (functionality related test cases), database test cases).
Low level test cases are those which are related to UI related testcases.

How does u develop test harness?
Test Environment Test Bed
Test Environment S/W and H/W
Test Bed: Test Documents like Test Plan Document, Test Case Document.
Test Environment means
• Test Bed installation and configuration
• Network connectivity’s


What is test scenario and test case? Please explain in detail?
Test Scenario:
Test scenario is like laying out plans for testing the product, environmental condition, number of team members required, making test plans, making test cases and what all features are to be tested for the product. Test scenario is very much dependent on the product to be tested.
Test scenario is made before the actual testing starts.
Test Case:
Test case is a document which provides the steps to be executed which has been planned earlier. It also depends on the type of product to be tested. Number of test cases is
Not fixed for any product.



Tester with develop meant knowledge will be more effective .justify?
If tester has experience in Development, it will be useful when testing for logical thinking where the error occurs, what is the cause? He can guess the functionality of component? He can easily understand the application environment? Those are plus points which people have
Development experience.
Precisely he can justify that either functionality is wrong or right and can analyze the defects