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Testing Educational Software in India 2014 Education as a discipline has-been receiving a lot of importance globally in the recent years. Specifically in the US, a lot of importance has been given on K-12 education and a lot is being spent on educational research. The current Obama administration is pushing to have businesses pledge $118m for educational research to improve current learning processes and techniques. Recently, in July 2011, Microsoft has pledged $15 M for research on use of gaming technology in education, all of which is very welcoming amidst recent times where there is scrutiny and cut in spending in most disciplines Thanks to growth in technology , education has been creating positive global impacts and is bringing the world together. A lot more people are globally able to pursue higher education (such as masters programs) from reputed universities in the US through distant learning programs; children here in the US are able to take on e tutoring from teachers ...

How to Effectively Report Bugs? All applications have bugs, either trivial or crucial. "To err" as the saying goes, is all too human – as long as codes are written by us, humans, there are bound to be errors in software applications. Therefore, it is rather essential that bug reports are clear and informative. What if, you are trying to understand a technical document for a long time but the result is null. Frustrating, isn't it? Same is the case when a tester writes a lengthy bug report but a developer is getting nothing out of it. Expertise matched with perfect communication is the key to success. A good tester maybe able to find showstopper bugs, but if she/he is not able to articulate it well, it becomes difficult for the developers to comprehend the information and fix errors. Hence, as a tester you need to understand the importance of effective communication while reporting a bug, most independent software testing company does keep this as priority. The obj...

Controlling Development and QA Costs With Test Management Software   Effective test management is essential for optimizing the features, functionality and quality of a software application. The process further ensures that best product is developed by deploying limited resources, while implementing smart test management practices at various stages of the project. Many organizations, nowadays, use test management software programs to make plan and manage the testing process effectively. These programs are further effective in covering a wide variety of test activities including test planning, test authoring, test execution, test tracking and test reporting. Further, an organization can use test management software to build complex applications by deploying teams deployed across different geographical locations, while controlling both development and quality assurance (QA) cost. Using Test Management Software to Curtail Software Development and QA Cost 1. Enhanced Softw...

CTAL-TTA ISTQB Explained! This exam CTAL-TTA_UK, ISTQB Certified Advanced Level - Technical Analyst basically aims to verify that the candidate has acquired the professional knowledge that is present in the syllabus of exam. The exam syllabus for CTAL-TTA_UK, ISTQB Certified Advanced Level - Technical Analyst includes about six topic under the heads of which the learn objectives are discussed. The exam topics are as follows:  First topic is of The Technical Analyst's Tasks in Risk-Based   it includes Risk Identification, Risk Assessment, and Risk Mitigation. This exam CTAL-TTA_UK, ISTQB Certified Advanced Level - Technical Analyst basically aims to verify that the candidate has acquired the professional knowledge that is present in the syllabus of exam. The exam syllabus for CTAL-TTA_UK, ISTQB Certified Advanced Level - Technical Analyst includes about six topic under the heads of which the learn objectives are discussed. The exam topics are as follows: Fir...

Change Management Tools It is the motto of any organization to develop and grow with time and accept changes in its ways. In fact while talking about organizational changes it means describing an on-going process directed as well as supported by management to enhance the vision. A successful procedure of organizational development helps a business to achieve desired target through improved productivity as well as better cooperation within a very short period of time. With Change Management Tools managing such changes becomes easy. Moreover, these tools provide series of advantages that tremendously help organization in long run. Effective change management aids in creation of change request either based on an existing requirement or as a new feature. At the same time such tools associates change requests to existing requirements in order to develop new versions of concerned requirement. These tools also allow developers to provide impact analysis information for every change request ...

Test Management Tools Software development is not complete without rigorous testing that involves series of repeated task. Manually these tasks are not only time consuming, but dull and monotonous that might severely affect the quality and feature of the concerned software. This process ensures bug-free software, proper functionality of the features as well as meeting the required industry standard. In a cutting edge competition driven market scenario organizations left no stone unturned to release quality software and thus Test Management Tools are playing pivotal role to maintain this aspect. Testing tools makes best procedure simple yet effective and performs rigorous testing with consistency followed by managing as well as its results. With time such tools have evolved tremendously as the scenario of software development has been experiencing new aspects. Thus, other than regular features like conducting varied test, checking and rechecking coding standards, creating new data...

Business Analysis and Quality Assurance Uncovered! Business Analysis and Quality Assurance have one goal in common to support overall strategic goals of Business. Business Analyst does so by making information refined and processed after information gathering and analysis. Quality Assurance takes on the mission from this point and prepares various artefact that help in Assuring Quality and conformance to requirement at every stage of the testing process. Software Testing Training has an extensive coverage for both. These both need a crystal clear understanding of the Business Domain. At every stage the domain must be considered as Nucleus where all the activities must direct towards. Any deviation from the centrally focused domain can be the cause of rework and change requests. That consumes both time and attention. These both roles can be well juggled via Software Testing Training. When there is a thorough understanding of domain a Quality Assurance personal can devise the best ...

Software Quality Assurance and Testing: An Emerging Employer Introduction The software quality assurance and testing segment was created out of the need to ensure that the application provided to a client operated according to requirements and was free of bugs. Though this segment has been around for decades, few analysts and development firms have paid much attention to the emerging market, until quite recently. In this article we will discuss the new employment potential facilitated by this emerging segment. The Importance of Quality Assurance and Testing in Software Development The need for companies to deploy software tools for maintaining competitiveness and enhancing productivity has propelled growth in the software development industry over most of the past decade. But as the complexity of applications increased, the possibility of bugs and boilerplate code in the new applications has also increased. To ensure that such bugs and unnecessary codes are identifie...

ISTQB Exam Question Paper, Part 6 21 Which of the following should NOT normally be an objective for a test? a) To find faults in the software. b) To assess whether the software is ready for release. c) To demonstrate that the software doesn’t work. d) To prove that the software is correct. 22 Which of the following is a form of functional testing? a) Boundary value analysis b) Usability testing c) Performance testing d) Security testing 23 Which of the following would NOT normally form part of a test plan? a) Features to be tested b) Incident reports c) Risks d) Schedule 24 Which of these activities provides the biggest potential cost saving from the use of CAST? a) Test management b) Test design c) Test execution d) Test planning 25 Which of the following is NOT a white box technique? a) Statement testing b) Path testing c) Data flow testing d) State transition testing 26 Data flow analysis studies: a) possible communications bottlenecks in a prog...

User Acceptance Testing For Websites The importance of user acceptance testing varies considerably. In some circumstances, it's founded a set of tests a program or Website must complete before delivery is acknowledged by the end personal. A more complete way to UAT contains the end customers at every level of the development process, and for the demands of determining business and e-commerce websites , this is the importance that should be used UAT is different from Quality assurance because it information issues that QA doesn't, like how easy and user-friendly a Website is to use rather than just the issue of whether the Website's significant features perform or not. It's possible to have a Website that goes all QA tests for basic functionality but is so challenging to use that it usually chases customers away. There are many Websites like this on the Online, and the earnings they cost organizations would probably secured the cost of adequate UAT several tim...

ISTQB Exam Question Paper, Part 4 11. An incident logging system a only records defects b is of limited value c is a valuable source of project information during testing if it contains all incidents d. should be used only by the test team. 12. Increasing the quality of the software, by better development methods, will affect the time needed for testing (the test phases) by: a. reducing test time b. no change c. increasing test time d. can’t say 13. Coverage measurement a. is nothing to do with testing b. is a partial measure of test thoroughness c. branch coverage should be mandatory for all software d. can only be applied at unit or module testing, not at system testing 14. When should you stop testing? a. when time for testing has run out. b. when all planned tests have been run c. when the test completion criteria have been met d. when no faults have been found by the tests run 15. Which of the following is true? a. Component testing should be ...

ISTQB Exam Question Paper, Part 2 11 Consider the following statements i. an incident may be closed without being fixed ii. incidents may not be raised against documentation iii. the final stage of incident tracking is fixing iv. the incident record does not include information on test environments v. incidents should be raised when someone other than the author of the software performs the test a) ii and v are true, I, iii and iv are false b) i and v are true, ii, iii and iv are false c) i, iv and v are true, ii and iii are false d) i and ii are true, iii, iv and v are false e) i is true, ii, iii, iv and v are false 12 Given the following code, which is true about the minimum number of test cases required for full statement and branch coverage: Read P Read Q IF P+Q > 100 THEN Print “Large” ENDIF If P > 50 THEN Print “P Large” ENDIF a) 1 test for statement coverage, 3 for branch coverage b) 1 test for statement coverage, 2 for branch coverage c) 1 ...

ISTQB Exam Question Paper, Part 1 1 When what is visible to end-users is a deviation from the specific or expected behaviour, this is called: a) an error b) a fault c) a failure d) a defect e) a mistake 2 Regression testing should be performed: v) every week w) after the software has changed x) as often as possible y) when the environment has changed z) when the project manager says a) v & w are true, x – z are false b) w, x & y are true, v & z are false c) w & y are true, v, x & z are false d) w is true, v, x y and z are false e) all of the above are true 3 IEEE 829 test plan documentation standard contains all of the following except: a) test items b) test deliverables c) test tasks d) test environment e) test specification 4 Testing should be stopped when: a) all the planned tests have been run b) time has run out c) all faults have been fixed correctly d) both a) and c) e) it depends on the risks for the system being tested...