Real Time Software Testing Interview Questions

Real Time  Software Testing Interview Questions

Real Time  Software Testing Interview Questions

ü  In which Software Life cycle phase does testing occur?

ü Can you explain PDCA cycle and where does testing fit?

ü What is the difference between white box, black box and gray box testing?

ü  Define Defect?

ü  What is the difference between Defect and Failure?

ü  What are the broader categories of defects?

ü  What is the difference between Verification and Validation?

ü  How does testing affect risk?

ü  Does Increase in testing always mean good to the project?

ü  As a manager what process did you adopt to define testing policy?

ü  Should testing be only after build and execution?

ü  Are number of defects more in design phase or coding phase?

ü  What kind of inputs do we need from the end user to start proper testing?

ü  What is the difference between Latent and Masked Defect?

ü  A defect which could have been removed during initial stage is removed in later

ü  stage how does it affect cost?

ü  In testing can you explain the concept of work bench?

ü  What's the difference between Alpha and Beta testing?

ü  Can you explain the concept of defect cascading?

ü  Can you explain how one defect leads to other defects?

ü  Can you explain what is Usability testing?

ü  What are the different strategies of rollout to the end users?

ü  Can you explain requirement traceability and its importance?

ü  What is the difference between Pilot and Beta testing?

ü  How will you do a risk analysis during software testing?

ü  How do you conclude which section is most risky in your application?

ü  What does entry and exit criteria mean in a project?

ü  On what basis is the Acceptance plan prepared?

ü  What's the relation between environment reality and test phases?

ü  What are different types of verifications?

ü  What's the difference between Inspections and Walkthroughs?

ü  Can you explain regression testing and confirmation testing?

ü  What do you mean by coverage and what are the different types of coverage

ü  techniques?

ü  How does fundamentally a coverage tool work?

ü  What is configuration management?

ü  Can you explain the concept of baseline in software development?

ü  What are the different test plan documents in project?

ü  How do test documents in a project span across software development life cycle?

ü  Can you explain inventories?

ü  How do you do Analysis and design for testing projects?

ü  Can you explain calibration?

ü  Which test cases are first written white boxes or black box?

ü  Can you explain Co-habiting software?

ü  What different impact rating's you have used in your project?

ü  Can you explain what a test log is?

ü  Explain SDLC (Software development Life Cycle) in detail?

ü  Can you explain waterfall model?

ü  Can you explain big-bang waterfall model?

ü  Can you explain phased waterfall model?

ü  Explain Iterative model, Incremental model, Spiral model, Evolutionary model

ü  and V-Model?

ü  Explain Unit testing, Integration tests, System testing and Acceptance testing?

ü  What's the difference between system and acceptance testing?

ü  Which is the best model?

ü  What group of teams can do software testing?

ü  Testing techniques

ü  Can you explain boundary value analysis?

ü  What is BV in software testing?

ü  Can you explain Equivalence partitioning?

ü  Can you explain how state transition diagram can be helpful during testing?

ü  Can you explain random testing?

ü Can you explain monkey testing?

ü  What is negative and positive testing?

ü  Can you explain exploratory testing?

ü  What exactly are semi-random test cases?

ü  Can you explain the concept of orthogonal array?

ü  Can you explain pair-wise defect fundamental?

ü  Can you explain the concept of decision tables?

ü  How did you define severity ratings in your project?

ü  Software process

ü  What is a Software process?

ü  What are the different cost element involved in implementing process in an

ü  organization?

ü What is a model?

ü  What is maturity level?

ü  Can you explain the concept of process area in CMMI?

ü  Can you explain the concept of tailoring?

ü  CMMI

ü  What is CMMI and what's the advantage of implementing CMMI in an

ü  organization?

ü What's the difference between implementation and Institutionalization?

ü  What are different models in CMMI?

ü  Can you explain staged and continuous models in CMMI?

ü  Can you explain the different maturity levels in staged representation?

ü  Can you explain capability levels in continuous representation?

ü  Which model should we use and under what scenarios?

ü  How many process areas are present in CMMI and in what classification do they

ü  fall in?

ü  What the difference between every level in CMMI?

ü What different sources are needed to verify authenticity for CMMI

ü  implementation?

ü Can you explain SCAMPI process?

ü How is appraisal done in CMMI?

ü Which appraisal method class is the best?

ü  Can you explain the importance of PII in SCAMPI?

ü Can you explain implementation of CMMI in one of the Key process areas?

ü  Explanation of all process areas with goals and practices?

ü  Can you explain the process areas?

ü  Six Sigma

ü  What is six sigma?

ü  Can you explain the different methodology for execution and design process in

ü  SIX sigma?

ü  What does executive leaders, champions, Master Black belt, green belts and black

ü  belts mean?

ü  What are the different kinds of variations used in six sigma?

ü  Can you explain the concept of standard deviation?

ü Can you explain the concept of fish bone/ Ishikawa diagram?

ü  Can you explain QFD?

ü  Can you explain FMEA?

ü Can you explain X bar charts?

ü Can you explain Flow charting and brain storming?

ü  Metrics

ü What is meant by measure and metrics?

ü Can you explain Number of defects measure?

ü Can you explain number of production defects measure?

ü Can you explain defect seeding?

ü Can you explain DRE?

ü Can you explain Unit and system test DRE?

ü  How do you measure test effectiveness?

ü Can you explain Defect age and Defect spoilage?

ü  Automated Testing

ü What are good candidate for automation in testing?

ü Does automation replace manual testing?

ü  Which automation tool have you worked and can you explain them in brief?

ü Can you explain how does load testing conceptually work for websites?

ü Can you explain how did you perform load testing using tool?

ü What does load test summary report contain?

ü Can you explain the concept of data-driven testing?

ü Can you explain table-driven testing?

ü  How can you perform data-driven testing using Automated QA?

ü  Testing Estimation

ü  What are the different ways of doing black box testing?

ü Can you explain TPA analysis?

ü  Can you explain in brief Function points?

ü  Can you explain the concept Application boundary?

ü  Can you explain the concept of elementary process?

ü  Can you explain the concept of static and dynamic elementary process?

ü  Can you explain concept of FTR, ILF, EIF, EI, EO, EQ and GSC?

ü  How can you estimate number of acceptance test cases in a project?

ü  Can you explain on what basis does TPA actually work?

ü  How did you do estimation for black box testing?

ü  How did you estimate white box testing?

ü  Is there a way to estimate acceptance test cases in a system?