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What is software testing, and why is it important?
Answer:
Testing Fundamentals
- 2.
Define the difference between verification and validation in software testing.
Answer: - 3.
Explain the software development life cycle and the role testing plays in each phase.
Answer: - 4.
What are the different levels of software testing?
Answer: - 5.
Describe the difference between static and dynamic testing.
Answer: - 6.
What is a test case, and what elements should it contain?
Answer: - 7.
Explain the concept of coverage in testing and the main types of coverage (e.g., line, branch, path, statement).
Answer: - 8.
What is the difference between white-box, black-box, and grey-box testing?
Answer: - 9.
What is regression testing, and why is it performed?
Answer: - 10.
Explain unit testing and which tools you might use for it.
Answer: - 11.
What is integration testing and what are its types?
Answer: - 12.
What is system testing, and how does it differ from other types of testing?
Answer: - 13.
Define acceptance testing and describe its types.
Answer: - 14.
What are the benefits of test automation?
Answer: - 15.
When would you choose not to automate test cases?
Answer:
Test Design Techniques
- 16.
What is equivalence partitioning in software testing?
Answer: - 17.
Explain boundary value analysis with an example.
Answer: - 18.
What is state transition testing, and where is it useful?
Answer: - 19.
Describe the concept of decision table testing.
Answer: - 20.
What is pairwise testing, and what tools support this technique?
Answer: - 21.
How do you prioritize test cases in a test suite?
Answer: - 22.
Explain error guessing and its effectiveness.
Answer: - 23.
What is exploratory testing, and how is it structured?
Answer: - 24.
Describe the use-cases for model-based testing.
Answer:
Test Management
- 25.
What is a test plan, and what should it typically include?
Answer: - 26.
Describe test strategy and its importance.
Answer: - 27.
Explain the concept of a test charter in exploratory testing.
Answer: - 28.
What is a test data management process?
Answer: - 29.
Define risk-based testing and its benefits.
Answer: - 30.
How do you track and manage defects in software testing?
Answer: - 31.
What is the role of a test lead or test manager in a testing team?
Answer: - 32.
Describe the challenges in test environment management.
Answer: - 33.
What tools are available for test management, and how do they differ?
Answer: - 34.
Explain what a traceability matrix is and how it is used in testing.
Answer: - 35.
What are the key metrics used to measure test progress and coverage?
Answer:
Automation Testing
- 36.
What are the criteria to decide whether a test should be automated?
Answer: - 37.
Describe the Page Object Model in automated testing.
Answer: - 38.
Explain the advantages and disadvantages of record and playback in test automation.
Answer: - 39.
What is continuous integration, and how does it relate to test automation?
Answer: - 40.
Which automation testing tools are you familiar with, and what are their strengths?
Answer: - 41.
What is keyword-driven testing, and how does it work?
Answer: - 42.
How does test automation fit into a DevOps environment?
Answer: - 43.
What are the main challenges you have faced in test automation?
Answer: - 44.
Explain the use of assertions in automated tests.
Answer: - 45.
What is data-driven testing, and how can it be implemented?
Answer:
Performance Testing
- 46.
What is performance testing, and how does it differ from functional testing?
Answer: - 47.
Describe the subtypes of performance testing (e.g., load, stress, capacity).
Answer: - 48.
What are the key performance testing metrics?
Answer: - 49.
Explain how to set up a performance test.
Answer: - 50.
What tools can be used for performance testing, and what factors influence their selection?
Answer: - 51.
What is a performance bottleneck, and how is it identified and addressed?
Answer: - 52.
Explain the performance testing lifecycle.
Answer:
Security Testing
- 53.
What is security testing and why is it important?
Answer: - 54.
Describe common security threats that testing should address.
Answer: - 55.
What is OWASP, and why is it significant in security testing?
Answer: - 56.
Explain SQL injection and how you test for it.
Answer: - 57.
How do you perform authentication and authorization checks in security testing?
Answer: - 58.
What tools can be used for security testing?
Answer: - 59.
What is penetration testing, and how is it executed?
Answer: - 60.
What is the role of encryption and secure communication in testing?
Answer:
Mobile and Web Application Testing
- 61.
How does mobile application testing differ from desktop application testing?
Answer: - 62.
Explain different types of mobile application testing, such as native, web, and hybrid.
Answer: - 63.
What emulators are available for mobile testing, and when would you use real devices?
Answer: - 64.
What is responsive testing, and how is it conducted?
Answer: - 65.
Describe challenges unique to mobile application testing.
Answer: - 66.
What is cross-browser testing?
Answer: - 67.
What are the key areas to focus on in web application testing?
Answer:
Test Automation Frameworks
- 68.
What is a test automation framework?
Answer: - 69.
Describe different types of test automation frameworks (e.g., data-driven, keyword-driven, hybrid, modular).
Answer: - 70.
What considerations are involved in choosing a test automation framework?
Answer: - 71.
How can you ensure maintainability of an automation framework?
Answer: - 72.
How is reporting implemented in automation frameworks?
Answer:
API Testing
- 73.
What is API testing, and why is it important?
Answer: - 74.
How do you approach testing RESTful APIs?
Answer: - 75.
Explain how to test SOAP-based web services.
Answer: - 76.
What kind of tests would you write for an API?
Answer: - 77.
Describe how to use Postman for API testing.
Answer: - 78.
What is contract testing, and which tools support this type of API testing?
Answer:
Quality Assurance Processes
- 79.
What is quality assurance, and how does it differ from testing?
Answer: - 80.
Describe the QA process in agile development.
Answer: - 81.
Explain the role of a QA engineer in a scrum team.
Answer: - 82.
What quality metrics are important for a software project?
Answer: - 83.
How do you establish a QA process in an organization that has none?
Answer:
Advanced Testing Topics
- 84.
What are the emerging trends in software testing, such as AI and ML applications?
Answer: - 85.
How do you handle testing in a continuous delivery environment?
Answer: - 86.
Describe the concept of shift-left testing.
Answer: - 87.
What is chaos engineering, and how do you apply it?
Answer: - 88.
Explain the role of virtualization in software testing.
Answer:
Behavioral Testing Questions
- 89.
How do you stay updated about new testing technologies and practices?
Answer: - 90.
Describe a situation where you had to meet a tight deadline for testing. How did you handle it?
Answer: - 91.
How do you handle disagreements with developers regarding bugs or software issues?
Answer: - 92.
Can you explain your approach to testing a feature with unclear requirements?
Answer: - 93.
Describe a particularly challenging bug or issue you’ve had to deal with.
Answer:
Situation-based Testing Questions
- 94.
How would you test an ATM machine as an end-user?
Answer: - 95.
Imagine you have a website that is experiencing performance issues. How would you test to find the cause?
Answer: - 96.
Given an e-commerce application, how would you carry out security testing?
Answer: - 97.
How would you approach testing a new software application with no documentation available?
Answer: - 98.
Describe how you would test a new feature that interacts with multiple systems.
Answer:
Technical Testing Questions
- 99.
Write a basic SQL query to fetch records from a customer table where the customer’s age is more than 30 years.
Answer: - 100.
Given a function that calculates the nth Fibonacci number, how would you test it?
Answer:
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