1000+ Software Testing Questions and Answers Pdf - 2

Question: 6

What are the advantages of bug tracking tools?

Advantages of bug tracking tool are:

*It helps in Tracking of the bug status from Identification to Closure.

*It acts as a communication tool between Development and Testing teams for bug related discussions.

*It keeps a track of the number of bugs Identified, Verified and Rejected by each tester which helps in performance appraisal of the Testers. It also logs the number of bugs fixed by each developer.

*It helps in analyzing the stability of each feature (more bugs found for a particular feature indicates less stability).

*It acts as an online database for bug fixes i.e. the developer can read the procedure of similar bugs before he fixes a bug.

Question: 7

What is the difference between Retest and Regression Testing?

Retesting is conducted to ensure that the bug has been fixed correctly by the developer and Regression Testing is conducted to ensure that there are no side effects due to bug fixes.

Question: 8

What is Software Metrics?

Software Metrics is a measurement of how well an organization is performing with respect to different activities it carries out.

Question: 9

What is Test Backlog and how is it useful?

This is the number of resolved defects that are yet to be retested by the testing team. It indicates how well the test engineers are coping with the development efforts.

Question: 10

What is the difference between CMM and CMMI?

CMM means capability Maturity Model, used to judge the maturity of the software processes of an organization and to identify the key practices that are required to increase the maturity of these processes. CMM is organized into five maturity levels consisting of initial, repeatable, defined, managed, and optimizing.

CMMI means Capability Maturity Model Integrated. CMMI is an integration of all divisions in the IT industry like Procurement, HR, Travel and Software.