Questions tagged [manual-testing]
Can also be described as "interactive testing" - used for any question involving testing performed by humans or with human intervention.
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How should a fresher in testing handle the final stage of testing?
I have 4 years of previous experience in support roles. Now, I started working for a new company. Initially, I was told that there is some specific requirement that they are trying to map me, so ...
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Importance of Stability of QA Team for overall quality itself
Let me give you all a brief description:
So we have a client which has left the company. They refused to renew their project. The primary reason was that during the course of time, the client was ...
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How important is it to test a build against a clean data set?
Our web application is complicated, as are most modern apps. Typically, at the end of a release cycle, we branch our code and perform a regression test on the code. Additionally, all new features are ...
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Is it really possible to be a Full-Stack QA & if yes then list the technical skills required?
Everyone needs an all-rounder whether it is a software developer or Tester these days. Hence we are hearing the term “Full Stack QA” these days so my question is what skill-set makes a Full Stack QA &...
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Giving test estimation for unknown application
I have come across different estimation techniques like Delphi, WBS, 3 point estimation etc. These techniques work only when you know about the application(website).
Let's suppose I have to give ...
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How to link test cases back to the requirement (specification) document, and vice-versa
We are slowly generating small automated test cases for some software we develop. We've only got a few dozen or so written so far and we expect that in the end, we will have a few hundred, maybe a few ...
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Who writes stories and tests in Agile? BA or tester?
I am currently a business analyst, but increasingly as I am working on agile projects. I am including test cases as acceptance criteria for my user stories. I am also interested in becoming more ...
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Where can I get experience(volunteer) as a software Tester?
I am new to software testing. I want to gain some experience and exposure in it, so, I was looking for an opportunity to gain skills.
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Recording data during tests execution
We have a quality processes department who are responsible for processes in our organization to meet FDA standards. It seems though that they require more of us than is actually verified by FDA ...
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I am a Junior software QA specialist, I am kind lost to understand what to do in this scenario?
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Suppose that there is a mobile application (Hotel Booking). A particular use case does not work as expected (view booking history), as it has several defects and the business requirements ...
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Positive and negative test cases for login page
One of the interviewer asked the below question:
Tell me the best positive and negative test cases for Login page.
Can anyone provide me with the best answer?
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What makes TestLink so widely accepted?
I have worked with TestLink for a few years and I don't really understand why it is recommended all over the place.
IMHO, it
doesn't make test creation easy. In many cases, where I was just asked to ...
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Should Black-box software testers do Root-Cause analysis of every defect they report?
Should Testers/QA do Root-Cause analysis of every Defect/Bug they report to Developers? Well, I perform black-box testing on AUT. Sometimes I try to drill-down the issue when I find bugs. Should ...
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What is this methodology called?
We have got an old system Qwerty1 - that makes a lots of things,
We also have another system Querty2 it's actually a remake of Qwerty1 (for several reasons)
Notice we still are live with Qwerty1.
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Field Length Validation for Desktop Application which has maximum 1000 characters
The character limit we are updating each field to will differ based on the information they are capturing. As a couple of examples, Company Name will be updated from 630 characters to 1000, and ...
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Which kind of Manual Test cases should be automated for Regression Testing?
Automating each and every Test case would be futile. So which kind of Test cases should be automated so that more time is not spend on writing the automated test cases than actual manual testing of ...
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How to write proper Test Case steps?
I am beginner in writing test cases. I am working on a live mobile testing project.
Consider a test case to login to a Mobile application:
Test case Description:
To verify that user is able ...
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What prerequisites does a tester need before testing a Machine Learning based product?
I have been asked to test a new project, which is a web application for performing job searches. I've tested these kinds of products before, but this new project implements machine learning to enhance ...
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Writing test cases for a test with repetitive test steps
I have a task where I need to test payment through different payment methods (31 methods). What is the best practice in writing test cases with repetitive test steps? Should I just use "Repeat steps 1-...
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New to QA, what is this test technique called?
Entry level QA. Have a question. I was tasked today to compare old tests to our current build and compose a document containing all of the differences between what the test steps expected result ...
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How to utilize Chrome Dev tools for QA(manual or automation)?
These days I noticed the features in Chrome Dev tools(especially in 60+ versions) are increasing day by day and in every tab, there are a lot of options which most of us QA engineers are not fully ...
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What skills & technologies should I acquire / learn for performing my role as a Test Lead?
I have 7 years of experience in testing and recently I have assumed the role of test lead. I have to manage a team of 7-8 testers and our work is mostly comprised of Manual Testing.
I want to know ...
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What is the difference between Boundary Value Analysis and Equivalence Partitioning testing?
What is the difference between Boundary Value Analysis and Equivalence Partitioning testing?
They sound like the same thing - to make EPT I need boundary values to make partitions.
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A bug is fixed in Development environment but cannot be validated in Integration environment
As in many IT jobs we work with two environments:
Integration: for QA
Development: for developers.
Is there a general rule of thumb on what to do when for a bug the developer says it is ok in ...
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Scrum Master certification for manual tester? Boon or not?
I have learnt that a Scrum Master is the one who facilitates the continuous improvement process during a Sprint retrospective.
From my experience, the retrospective leads to improve the (testing) ...
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Differences between KANBAN and SCRUM with respect to testing?
Could anyone please give some important differences between KANBAN and SCRUM with respect to testing?
Any examples are most welcome.
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List and role of different types of testing environments [closed]
There are numerous of different testing environments that I have come across with, and ALL of them seem pretty useful and helpful but which ones are necessary.
For example ... I have seen:
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What is n+1 testing?
I faced an interview and he said for n+1 testing. is this any term of testing? he also said for the Devops? Please Clarify these terms.
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How to identify regression tests?
How can we detect suitable regression test-cases in the full test suite to use whenever we receive new build?
What are useful strategies to go about such a selection?
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Difference between Exploratory Testing , Monkey Testing and Ad-hoc Testing?
Monkey testing is a software testing technique in which the testing is performed on the system under test randomly.
Exploratory testing is simultaneous learning, test designing and execution.Tester ...
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Testing a tester with example projects
I'm currently going through the stages of hiring a new junior tester into my team.
I would like to give some of the potential candidates who don't necessarily have much of a testing background an ...
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ETL testing- checklist for testing
Can anyone tell me the basic test scenarios and checklist for ETL process testing for beginner level with any example ?
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Should separate report be created about error that occurs due to existing another error?
I found error that occurs due to another error.
If first error will be fixed, I can't reproduce second.
Developers are going to fix both of them simultaneously.
Should I create two bug reports for ...
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Changing my career field to QA
I have a BA degree in Biochemistry. I worked at a research lab for 5 yrs before I quit my job to be a stay at home. Now I want to change my career and get into the field of QA. I don't have much ...
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Test reporting tools
I am creating a set of test cases and I am looking for a better solution for what I am doing. I am currently using Microsoft excel to create a spreadsheet for all my tests and reporting. I am looking ...
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SQL "sandbox" for new QA staff training: DB structure, approach, deployment and maintenance?
Complex DB solutions are not rare nowadays, so I have an idea to deploy a SQL "sandbox" for staff training before real projects come. Mainly I interested in 2 things to have:
Oracle 11+ DB instance.
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How can a Tester use Heuristics effectively to generate good test ideas?
I have tried to use Test design Heuristics to guide my strategy for test design. For instance, during exploratory test session, I use different tours like file tour, menu tours.
Can you give real-...
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What if the application has functionality that wasn't in the requirements?
It may take serious effort to determine if an application has significant unexpected or hidden functionality, and it would indicate deeper problems in the software development process.
If the ...
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Tools for REST webservice testing
I was using SOAPUI to test SOAP web services.But now i have to Test Rest Services.
I understand that SOAPUI can be used to test REST services too.
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How do computer virus writers test their viruses?
This is my curiosity based question, neither I am a virus writer nor trying to learn how to be, I just can't imagine these people destroy dozens of computers for each virus as per my understanding ...
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How do you test, auto-logout after 60 minutes?
Our system implements that the user with out activity for 60 minutes should be logged-out of the system. How do I test this?
Do i need to test it manually? Wait for 60 mins?
Is there a tool that I ...
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Test data to test form input fields?
I am testing web based user profiles forms which have multiple fields like input box, radio buttons, checkboxes, combo-boxes, alphanumeric fields etc.
what are some good tests that I can run to find ...
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Is it valuable to measure bug count per hour of dev time?
Recently a custom metric was presented to our team during a meeting about software quality.
The metric was: number of found bugs divided by the sum of dev time (aggregated as team average and also ...
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How to write a test case for CAPTCHA code
In our project we have a user to sign on after filling the CAPTCHA code. Right now it's working fine and I am a beginner to this field.
I am confused how to write a test case for the CAPTCHA code
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How to ask better questions as QA to business analyst regarding functional specs to add value?
As a manual software tester, i ask a lot of questions/queries to my team's business analysts in email. For ex, there are some UI or functionality changes implemented, then i have queries both before ...
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How to investigate a bug of mandatory fields not being entered?
I'm working on a questionnaire which contains mandatory questions such as Date of Birth (three different drop downs are provided), plus a check box and some Yes/No type questions.
Without answering ...
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How to differentiate myself from other Testers in the team? [closed]
I am responsible for testing an enterprise web application, what other things of high value can a tester do to stand out of the crowd. Apart from obvious activities like test data creation, test case ...
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Issue Tracking Spreadsheet... anything wrong with this?
So we are a small company, and we have a lot of communication between teams.
That being said I am actually the first official QA of the group, and will be starting the QA group and leading the way ...
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How do you know when to stop testing?
Background: While manually testing an application in scenarios, where an application has complex functionality features, supporting multiple platforms(Web/mobile/Web APIs)/versions(OS Versions) where ...
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How important is doing QA considered today (2017)?
I'm doing QA since a while now and I am content with my job. However one thing I'm not so sure about is the value of being QA. The reason why I am asking this is because I see far more developers ...
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