Question Bank for STQA (Software Testing and Quality Assurance )

Question Bank
Subject : STQA                                                              MCA Vth Semester


1.     Differentiate Between :
a.      Functional Testing vs Structural Testing
b.     Alpha vs Beta testing
c.      Static vs Dynamic testing
d.     White Box vs Black Box Testing
2.     Explain in detail with suitable example about different white box testing techniques.
3.     What do you mean by SQA? Explain various activities involved in SQA process in detail.
4.     Explain different software quality factors & corresponding attributes in detail.
5.     Define cyclometric complexity, statement coverage & Branch Coverage.
6.     What do you mean by testing Strategies ? Explain each strategy in detail.
7.     What is the need of testing? As per standard guidelines what should be included inside a test plan?
8.     Explain that how software testing is associated with Software Quality Assurance?
9.     How Inspection differs from Walkthrough? Explain the formal review process in detail.
10. Describe V & V techniques in detail.
11. what is big bang approach? Differentiate top down & Bottom up integration techniques.
12. What is testers workbench ? Explain the concept of software testing life cycle.
13. Describe the various steps involved in software testing.


14. Write short notes on :
 Stress testing,
 Regression testing, 
Acceptance Testing, 
Software quality Metrics, 
Domain Testing, 
Integration Testing, 
Inspection process.
15. A company has deigned its new pay roll system, which do following things :
a.      Provide the user with menus, directions & error messages to direct him/her on various options.
b.     Handle the update /addition of employee information
c.      Print various reports.
d.     Create a payroll file & transfer the file to mainframe
e.      Run on the Novell Network using IBM compatible PCs as data entry terminals.


   Design a test plan stating scope, strategies, risks, schedules, control procedures, environment etc. & other desired details.


16. Check the cyclometric complexity for a program of adding 100 integers. It should also check for valid boundaries & valid values. Design the test cases for such code.


17. There is a  program that reads three integer values as three sides of a triangle. The program prints a message that states whether the triangle is right angle triangle or equilateral triangle. Derive the flow graph, find the cyclometric complexity & design the test cases for this structure of code.


18. What do you mean by review ? Explain Review & Inspection Process. Different types of reviews
19. Differentiate          
        a) Alpha vs Beta     
        b) White Box vs Black Box          
        c) Static vs Dynamic            
        d) Functional vs Structural
20. Define System & Acceptance Testing in detail.


21. Write short notes on :      
a) Quality Metrics 
b) Six Sigma       
  c) Clean Room S/W Engg   
d) Inspection       
e) Object Oriented Application  
f) reliability models 
g) six sigma      
h) Nonfunctional testing    
 I) quality metrics   
j) Flowgraph


22. Describe V & V life cycle in detail


23. Define Testers Workbench. Explain 11 steps of Testing life Cycle in Brief.
24. What is Clean room software engineering approach ? Explain its incremental model in brief.
25. What is test automation ? Explain CAST in detail.
26. What is structural testing? Explain BVA & Equivalent Partitioning with example.
27. Calculate the cyclomatric complexity of a code which accepts 3 integer values from user as input & sort them in ascending order. Find the path & design the test cases