Bug
Synonyms: defect, fault, problem
Defect
A flaw in a component or system that can cause the component or system to fail to perform its required function, e.g., an incorrect statement or data definition. A defect, if encountered during execution, may cause a failure of the component or sys...
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Bug - Answer Synonyms: defect, fault, problem
Defect - Answer A flaw in a component or system that can cause the component or
system to fail to perform its required function, e.g., an incorrect statement or data
definition. A defect, if encountered during execution, may cause a failure of the
component or system.
- Synonyms: fault
Error - Answer - A human action that produces an incorrect result.
- Synonyms: mistake
Failure - Answer - Deviation of the component or system from its expected delivery,
service or result.
Fault - Answer - A flaw in a component or system that can cause the component or
system to fail to perform its required function, e.g., an incorrect statement or data
definition. A defect, if encountered during execution, may cause a failure of the
component or system.
- Synonyms: defect
Mistake - Answer - A human action that produces an incorrect result.
- Synonyms: error
Quality - Answer The degree to which a component, system or process meets specified
requirements and/or user/customer needs and expectations.
Risk - Answer A factor that could result in future negative consequences.
Debugging - Answer The process of finding, analyzing and removing the causes of
failures in software.
Requirement - Answer A condition or capability needed by a user to solve a problem or
achieve an objective that must be met or possessed by a system or system component
to satisfy a contract, standard, specification, or other formally imposed document.
Review - Answer An evaluation of a product or project status to ascertain discrepancies
from planned results and to recommend improvements. Examples include management
review, informal review, technical review, inspection, and walkthrough.
Test Case - Answer A set of input values, execution preconditions, expected results and
execution postconditions, developed for a particular objective or test condition, such as
to exercise a particular program path or to verify compliance with a specific requirement.
, Testing - Answer The process consisting of all lifecycle activities, both static and
dynamic, concerned with planning, preparation and evaluation of software products and
related work products to determine that they satisfy specified requirements, to
demonstrate that they are fit for purpose and to detect defects.
Test Objective - Answer A reason or purpose for designing and executing a test.
Exhaustive Testing - Answer A test approach in which the test suite comprises all
combinations of input values and preconditions.
Synonyms: complete testing
Confirmation Testing - Answer - Testing that runs test cases that failed the last time
they were run, in order to verify the success of corrective actions.
- Synonyms: re-testing
Re-Testing - Answer - Testing that runs test cases that failed the last time they were
run, in order to verify the success of corrective actions.
- Synonyms: Confirmation Testing
Exit Criteria - Answer - The set of generic and specific conditions, agreed upon with the
stakeholders for permitting a process to be officially completed. The purpose of exit
criteria is to prevent a task from being considered completed when there are still
outstanding parts of the task which have not been finished. Exit criteria are used to
report against and to plan when to stop testing.
- Synonyms: completion criteria, test completion criteria
Incident - Answer - Any event occurring that requires investigation.
- Synonyms: deviation, software test incident, test incident
Regression Testing - Answer Testing of a previously tested program following
modification to ensure that defects have not been introduced or uncovered in
unchanged areas of the software, as a result of the changes made. It is performed when
the software or its environment is changed.
Test Condition - Answer - An item or event of a component or system that could be
verified by one or more test cases, e.g., a function, transaction, feature, quality attribute,
or structural element.
- Synonyms: test requirement, test situation
Test Coverage - Answer - The degree, expressed as a percentage, to which a specified
coverage item has been exercised by a test suite.
- Synonyms: coverage
Test Data - Answer Data that exists (for example, in a database) before a test is
executed, and that affects or is affected by the component or system under test.
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