HNDIT-4022 Software Quality Assurance Quiz

The degree to which a system, component, or process meets specified requirements.

A planned and systematic pattern of all actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that an item or product conforms to established technical requirements.

Testing is the process of executing a program with the intent of finding errors.

<p>Testing is running tests: but testing is not just running tests.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Most of us have had an experience with software that did not work as expected.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Software that does not work can have a large impact on an organization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Loss of money, loss of time, damage to business reputation, injury or death.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Quality assurance is process oriented and focuses on defect prevention, while quality control is product oriented and focuses on defect identification.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A person can make an error (mistake), which can lead to the introduction of a defect (fault or bug) in the software code or related work product. If a defect is executed, it may cause a failure, but not necessarily in all circumstances.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any two of: time pressure, human fallibility, inexperienced/insufficiently skilled project participants, miscommunication, complexity of code/design/etc., new/unfamiliar technologies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Testing is executing tests to show failures caused by defects, while debugging is the activity of finding, analyzing, and fixing those defects.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reliability refers to the probability that the software will operate without failure under given conditions for a specified period of time.</p> Signup and view all the answers