Use of Testing Methodologies

Group members :
Amey Jethe

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Anurag Dubey

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Satish Allamala

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Sairaj Budarapu

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Harshal Kolhatkar

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Avinash Menon

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Introduction
Software testing is a process used to identify the
correctness, completeness, and quality of
developed computer software.It includes a set of
activities conducted with the intent of finding
errors in software so that it could be corrected
before the product is released to the end users.
In simple words, testing is an activity to check
whether the actual results match the expected
results and to ensure that the software system is
defect free

Software testing can also be stated as the

process of validating and verifying that a
software program/application/product
meets the business and technical
requirements that guided its design and
development;
works as expected; and
can be implemented with the same
characteristics.

Defects and failures

Defects and failures are common parts of the

system.
Not all software defects are caused by coding
errors
One common source of expensive defects is
requirement gaps.
Next common defect is caused by the
programmer which can further lead to bugs
or failure in system.
EvenA single defect may result in a wide
range of failure symptoms.

Why is testing important?

Its is an important part of any software. If this
part of the software is not taken seriously
there may arise many problems which can
cause monetary and human loss, history is full
of such examples.

Example of Software Testing FailureChina Airlines Airbus A300 crashing due to a software
bug on April 26, 1994 killing 264 innocent lives

In April of 1999 ,a software bug caused the

failure of a $1.2 billion military satellite
launch, the costliest accident in history.

Few Reasons leading to software

Failure
Lack of Communication
Lack of Quality Testing
Lack of Periodic Assessment
No End-user Involvement

By seeing this we can say that testing is

important because software bugs could be

expensive or even dangerous.

Testing methods
Static vs. dynamic testing

There are many approaches available in

software testing.Reviews,walkthroughs,
orinspectionsare referred to asstatic
testing, whereas actually executing
programmed code with a given set oftest
casesis referred to asdynamic testing.
Static testing involvesverification, whereas
Dynamic testing involvesvalidation.

Testing Techniques
The box approach

Software testing methods are traditionally

divided into white-box testing and black-box
testing. These two approaches are used to
describe the point of view that a test engineer
takes when designing test cases.

White box testing

White box testingis when the tester has
access to the internal data structures and
algorithms including the code that implement
these.

Types of white box testing

API testing (application programming interface) -

testing of the application using public and private

APIs
Code coverage - creating tests to satisfy some
criteria of code coverage
Fault injection methods - improving the coverage
of a test by introducing faults to test code paths
Mutation testing methods
Static testing - White box testing includes all
static testing

Black box testing

Black box testing treats the software as a
"black box"without any knowledge of
internal implementation. Black box testing
methods include: equivalence partitioning,
boundary value analysis, all-pairs testing, fuzz
testing, model-based testing, exploratory
testing and specification-based testing

Unit testing

Testing levels

Integration Testing
System testing

Unit testing
Unit testingrefers to tests that verify the
functionality of a specific section of code,
usually at the function level. These type of
tests are usually written by developers as they
work on code, to ensure that the specific
function is working as expected.

Integration Testing
When individual software modules are merged

and tested as a group than it is known as

integration testing.

System testing
System testing tests a completely integrated
system to verify that it meets the
requirements of the customer.

Types of testing
Installation testing
Usability testing
Performance testing
Security testing

Installation testing
An installation test assures that the system is

installed correctly and working at actual

customer's hardware.

Usability testing
Usability testingis to check if the user

interface is easy to use and understand. It is

concerned mainly with the use of the
application.

Performance testing
Performance testingis generally executed to

determine how a system or sub-system

performs in terms of responsiveness and
stability under a particular workload.

Security testing
Security testingis essential for software that

processes confidential data to preventsystem

intrusionbyhackers.

Cash withdrawal processing at the

bank
Cash withdrawal process is a very easy

way of getting money any time at the

bank.
Withdrawal process includesDetection of card
Entering of password
Entering of amount
Getting the money

Errors caused during the process

It is a easy process but sometimes in rare cases
it can lead to errors and errors can be
hardware or software.
Unresponsiveness
Fails to identify the person
Processing and going back ,loading or waiting
Nil Balance

Unresponsiveness
Case where the machine is not responding to
the given command by the user.

Cause of this error

Unresponsiveness is caused due to the error in
the developers side which means in unit level.

Correcting the error

This can be corrected by testing the unit level of the
system.

Fails to identify the person

Case where the system fails to identify the
person when the card is inserted.

Cause of this error

Fail to Identify is caused due to the error in the
system which means in system level.
By this the person request and requirement is
not fulfilled.

Correcting the error

This can be corrected by testing the system
level of the system and making changes as
per the request or command.

Processing and going back ,loading or waiting

This type of error is caused at the front end i.e
developers end.

Cause of this error

This type of error is caused due to the error in
the developers side which means in unit level.

Correcting the error

This can be corrected by testing the unit level of the
system.

Nil Balance
This error is caused due to system error.

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Correcting The Error

This type of error can be changed by the user
level i.e. user can continue withdrawal by
depositing money.

Benefits
Reduction of repetitive work
Greater consistency and repeatability
Ease of access to information about

tests or testing

Conclusion
Therefore we can see that from making of a pen
to making of a huge machine software testing
plays an important part in it.
If this part of this system is not taken rightly
into consideration it can lead to business
losses ,economic losses ,damage and to
some extent it can be injurious to humans
physically.

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