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Interview questions-Manual Which is not formally included in Test Plan? 1)Features to be tested 2)Incident reports 3)Risks 4) Schedule Pls reply .Thanks What is negative test case ? which is the most important test case on the login page ? What is the non configurable item in SDLC. what is an yellow box testing? What is validation and verification? What is different between them? what is test strategy and methodology ?what is the different between them? what is the deferent between Bug and Defect(error) ? What is the different between QA&QC? Please give answer with examples? What do u mean by Functional Testers and Performance Testers? Need the Answer Immediately. Thank u test cases for Insurance Processing System ? what is software workbence process ? What is Testing Approach, Testing Methodology, Testing Terminology, Testing Technique and Testing Types? what is entry criteria for testing? what is ur approach if u find a bug, while you have release in next one hour? how do u manage scripts in winrunner when you application is changing frequently? how recovery manager works in winrunner what is exception handling in winrunner? will rapid test script wizard works in web testing? can u merge 10GUI map files into a single GUI map file in winrunner? write test strategy for hotmail login screen What is test methodology? Test Startegy Means? What is mean by “instance” in case of software testing..? what is containment mechanism what is thread Testing what is coupling integration testing what is quality Factor

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Interview questions-Manual

Which is not formally included in Test Plan? 1)Features to be tested 2)Incident reports 3)Risks 4) Schedule Pls reply .ThanksWhat is negative test case ?which is the most important test case on the login page ?What is the non configurable item in SDLC.what is an yellow box testing?What is validation and verification? What is different between them?what is test strategy and methodology ?what is the different between them?what is the deferent between Bug and Defect(error) ?What is the different between QA&QC? Please give answer with examples?What do u mean by Functional Testers and Performance Testers? Need the Answer Immediately. Thank utest cases for Insurance Processing System ?what is software workbence process ?What is Testing Approach, Testing Methodology, Testing Terminology, Testing Technique and Testing Types?what is entry criteria for testing?what is ur approach if u find a bug, while you have release in next one hour?how do u manage scripts in winrunner when you application is changing frequently?how recovery manager works in winrunnerwhat is exception handling in winrunner?will rapid test script wizard works in web testing?can u merge 10GUI map files into a single GUI map file in winrunner?write test strategy for hotmail login screenWhat is test methodology?Test Startegy Means?What is mean by “instance” in case of software testing..?what is containment mechanismwhat is thread Testingwhat is coupling integration testingwhat is quality Factorwhat is Test Factorwhat is the diff b/n test plan and test strategyWhat mean by STLC (S/W testing life cycile)?what is the diff between function and Sub functionhow to Write the test case?Is there any specific standard which tells, How many test cases should one person write in a day? and How many test cases should get executed in a day?What is testing Approach, Methodology, Terminology, Technic and Types? what is domain? Please clear me.What is the use of HLD & LLD?What is Database Testing?What is meant by Enhancement?What is Defect Seeding?What is Defect Density?difference b/w sanity testing and somke testing ?

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how we receive the build ? will there be change in version for every single bug the developer fixes ?what is smoke and sanity testing , when it will be performed ?what is valdiationwhat type of testing techniques are using after accept the build?What is acid testingCan any1 tell me what is the use of Shell Scripting on Manual Testing ? Subexwhat is a test plan……. can any one explain me with an example…. and how to develop an test plan………What are the Use Cases?wt is the diff. bet. verification and validation If possible explain with one example.What is the difference between Compatibility and Configuration testing?Can any 1 tell me what is front-end testing & what is back-end testing with example ?How do you perform regression testing of software?Who fixes the bug as Severity and priority ?Tell me about any quality efforts you have overseen or implemented. Describe some of the challenges you faced and how you overcame them.How do you differentiate the roles of Quality Assurance Manager and Project Manager?How to test a Falsh player scrollings?How u write the test cases after studing the RSD and FSDExplain VmodelWhat is Test strategy?Give an example of High sevierity and low priorityHow do you scope, organize, and execute a test project?What is interface testingWhat is acid testing? In which scenario we can use acid testingany example for high siviority and low priority bugWhat is Retesting & Regression Testing? When do we use retesting & regression testing(i.e In what situation)? Please clear me.What is diference u get in Web based appln testing when compared to Windows based appln.What are cookies and how to test cookieswhat are questions asked in TCS for database tester (sqlserver)?ay ideaDoes a manual test engineer indulge with SQL commands to test database.I need information on sales domain?need modules information for online shopping projects for project.wht are the possible test cases for security testing?both negtive and possitiveDescribe any bug you remember. Plz Give some real examplesWhat is the difference between QA and verfication? what is the difference between teststrategy and test methodologies?what is build and release and what is the difference b/w them?what is system testing and system integration testing? explian briefly?give  some brief idea about auditswhat type of diffects we can find while preparing the test plancan anyone write testcases for a wall clock?Any Tools to test the performance of SQL Database?What test cases should be written in performance testing manually?what is corrective & Preventive Actionhow far the test tracability matrix hepls in regression testing ?difference between test coverage and test tracability matrix?Test cases for Recycle Bin

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Test cases for Internal IP MessengerTest cases for Chat Componentwhat is entry and exit criteria?what are test bedsWhat is the meaning of incident in testing?what is testdataExplain clearly what is buglifecycleis test data the same as test conditionWhich testing is used only in web based application but not for client-server applications?Which method of testing we use to test LOGIN page?Why you developed the software to test the software?What are the difference between Water fall model and V- Model? Which one is better? Why 80% of Software companies using Water fall model nowadays?how agile testing is performed and what are the related documents.Why testing is importent in software?How to Test Web Application Without a Formal Test Plan….?What is Elementary Acceptance Testingwhy we use defect tracking tool?what are the advantages of manual and automation testing ? and which one would u term as efficent testing and effective testing ?pls do reply thankx in advance its urgentHow can a LOG for testcases be maitained which can give information about a TestCase that is it new one or has been occured in previous versions of the software.what are the advantages of manual and automation testing ? and which one would u term as efficent testing and effective testing ?pls do reply thankx in advanceWhat metrics will be collected during the Testing i.e from requirement Phase to Maintainance PhaseWhat is the diff. between Sanity , smoke and ad-hoc testing?1. How many Process are there in Testing Life Cycle?what is risk based testing ?At the time Design of Specification , there is ANY need of QA Team . if Yes Then why ?Smoke Testing is responsibility of Tester & Developer ?what is diff between 32 / 64 bit web browserwhat is test log? what fields does it contain, At which stage do we use this in real time?Does requirement documents also contain Defects? am asked in interview reply mewhat is quality assurance,quality control and configuration management systems?What is Web based testing? How do we test web application manually in real time? Is there any procedure to do this testing? real timers plz reply me…Give me some sertification courses in testing?What is the difference between defect tracking tool and QC?what is ment by compatblity testing ? in real time any tool is used to test it? plz real timersHow will you Test a Website manually?? Tell me any 5 different ways to Test a Website.what is diff between stress testing and spike testingwhat are the different types of browser compatability u will test ?what is database testingwhat is difference between report defect and track defectWhat is “BRS”. Plz Explain whats the content in BRS” Diff between BRS,SRS,FRS?This is a common login screen example with all well known fields like username, password, etc. How could you test this in Unit Testing Phase, Integration Testing Phase and System Testing Phase??what are the test cases for one rupee coin box ( telephone Box)

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Why do we write test cases?in SDLC where Exactly testing peoples r inveloved ? plz reail timers only………(Usha)what is the en configuration management?wht is use of it?when we found problem occured in requirement while writing test case when communicate with client but they not accepting it is problem whether you continue further or not?when doing regression testing, how can we know that other screen or module are affected?how do we categorize the test cases for regression testing?what is cause effect graph?what is cvs in testingWhat is Intersystem testingWhat is Usability testing?How we will assign the severity n priority levels to the bug?What is Change and configuration management repositotyhow we will decide test effectiveness and test efficiency?WHAT IS TESTLOG?How can u do the performance testing?what are the parameters u apply for doing functional testing?What is non-functional testing?If there are more number of test cases, how can u pick up a selective test case?what is web server ur using at ur current testing of web application.What is CRUD testingHow to do hardware compatabilty or configuration testing manuallywhat is test plan and test stategy and also differnce bet them?about test casesWhy Should we prepare traceability matrix?what is actually contain test report? can anybody post the test reportwhat r the test cases of SMOKE,FUNCTIONALITY,REGRESSION for LOGIN PAGE. how do u check ithow do u do smoke test for login page which has username , password, ok, and cancel buttonswhat is Adittrail in test factorswhat is latent bug and golden bug.what is iterative testingwhat is the difference between test strategy and test methodology?what is the difference between compatibilty testing and configuration testing?how to retrive only second row from table?test plan for atm machine in detail step-wise.What is the difference between Test Matrix and Test casewhat is meant by deffered statusdifference between manual testing and automation testingIf a company doesnt use a bug tracking tool then hw the tester reports the bug to the developer? plzz do answer its urgent.thanks in advancewhat are the duties of Quality Assurance engineer and QA Tester?plzzz answer as soon as possible thankuwat is another name of retesting can we callit a retesting alsoif u login sucessusfully in page and reach the 2nd mailing page where u find u are getting only few mails not all then wat would u say test is pass or fail SapientWhat is test Strategy ? whether it’s comes under test plan? Explain me?differentiate defect age build interval? what style of testing we can follow with lack of documentation?

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what r the requirments & inerview questions for the test lead in testing?could you sent me boundary value analysis sample test caseswaht is deffect?what is carpet bub?Give practical example for implementing V-ModelWhat is Statement Testingwhat is the diff between ad hoc and exploratory testing ?What is mean by Sanitation Testing?how do u find out memory leaks in any application..?How you manage your test case (already written )when requirments changes?What is Testsummary?what is the difference between test case and testscenario,plz answer for thisGenerally How do we do Test Estimation. Anybody can expalin this with example.

dif b/w localisation and globalisation testing breifly explain ?what is port testinghow to use batchtesting in qtp?How do you find synchronisation problems normally?what is application state, base state, & call state.what is the difference between test bed & test environment.what is the difference between debugging & manual testing?What do u do if a bug logged by u is not reproducible in developers environment

If developers team doesn’t agree with the bug raised by you, what is the next step would you takeIs it necessary to test application in lower versions of OS when you have tested in latest versionwhat is a functionalitywhat is sychronization point in qtp how u put in yr application when it is put wat is its use how it is usefulhow test cases are written in test direcror directly or u fetch from xlswhat is Agile modal in (sdlc) and how is works ?what is latentbugwhat is differnec between the Acceptance test plan and System test plan?with multiple testers how does one know which test case are assigned to them?Folder structure.Test processwhat is difference between interface and integaration testing?are system specs and functional specs same please tell the differencewhat is diff bet project and product testing?What is difference between client server application and web server applicationHow we can test Cookies Manually?what is a RAD (Rapid Application Development) Model when do the firm go for such a model?what we have to do if the application has some additional functionality which is not specified as part of functional spec.(but is useful.. may b futher) Do we consider it as a defect?what is configuration testingwhat is configuration testing1) What is the differrence in Test Strategy and Test Approach 2)What is System Integrartion TestingHow many types of pop-ups are there?

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What is the difference between GUI and UI testing?can any body explain what is Build intervel period.what are the main components in PDCS(projectdatacollectionsheet)1. What is the difference betwwen Test condition and Test Scenario 2. What is the differnce between Test Conditon and Test ScenarioWhat is the differnt between Test condition and TesT Scenariowhat is the call-pair testing? there is any length for Test case?what are known issues? ExplainHow do u avoid redundant test cases?How do u make sure the test cases are not repeated?Tell exact difference b/w Smoke and Sanity testing with example?When should testing start in a project?How can you test an application after production and deployed in to the clients system by connecting to the (Client’s)server which is located somewhere in the US. I mean how can you connect and test when it is at maintenanceHow performance testing can be done manually? can anyone answer this question plz?is programming knowledge is necessary for testingHow do we find Effectiveness of Test Cases..Thanks in advance…what is the use test tracebility matrix?What r the checklist to review testcase?what is the difference between the focused and enabled?how do we do database testing manually.Suppose if i want to check whether a particular record is inserted in the database or not.Maximum how many defects found in a single module?What is call-pair?what is the way to explain about project of 3 years experiancedwhat is the difference between onshore and off shorediscuss black box and white box testing is not widely used if you disagree tell me why?1)how can you perform load testing in manual testing 2)what is deliverable?How can we tes the performance of the web site?what is pass and exit creteriaWhat is risk analysis and what kind of risk you foud while testing1)What are diffrent matrics assosiated with testing?have you ever performed Back End Testing,HOW?which kind of testing you are performing in diffrent phases of SDLCAfter which phase you are performing UAT?How Much intraction with user should tester have and why?what is the diff b/n testing methodologies and testing techniques?Why do you go for Test Bed?What is a Data Guidelines?What is a Test Bed?When to start and Stop Testing?Why do you go for White box testing, when Black box testing is available?what is test metricswhat is software testingwhat is the combination of grey box testingWhat are all the test metrics following by comapany?write testcases for squar,Triangle,Rectangle and Circle.What type of questions may ask related to sql during interview?When we use Boundary Value Analysis and Equivalence Partion? Which one is best?I How

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do we analyse a bug?How will You select the regression testcaseWhat is the good qualities of test enginnerDoes the configuration management affect Testing? If yes, Explain about it?Explain the difference between integration testing and system testing with real time examles?what documents are used to write testcase for integration testing and system testing?what is the difference between system integrated testing and integrated system testing?what is the difference between V model and Waterfall model used in SDLC?Wht is the Difference between Test Harness and Test Driver Anybody can explain it..Thanks in advance…What is the difference between test case result and a bug?What are the points to be considered while testing an application on different browsers like firefox, opera, mozilla, ie etc. on both windows & linux ??Waht is the difference between system test case and functionlity test case?.write 3 test cases on MSWORDAre monkey testing & gorilla testing same? If not, then what is the difference between these two?why we use sql server in webapplicationwhy we give a big deal importantnce to a GUI testingwhat is call-pair ,cross testing,Difference between Web based application and web applicationWhat is API Testing? how do we perform this testing?How do we decide that testcases covers all the requirements?what are the SQL commands used in for union,intersection & all operations.Please reply fast.How do we run the Data Base Testing Manuallywhat are the type of test strategyHow do we run the database testing manuallyWhat is QA Life Cycle?Can anyone describe it?how to indentify memory leakages after the buildWho will excatly assign the priority to the bug.. …what is test bed?What is the difference bt QA and QCWhich are the major bugs u found while testing an aplication?what happens to the test plan of the application has a functionality not mentioned in the requirementwhat is prototyping model,RAD model V model, spiral model?????What is an Use Case ? How can we write the Use Case and how can we write the Test Cases for that? What role plays the Requirements in the Use cases ?who are the three stake holders in testingcan anybody explain traceability matrix clearlywhat is cookies. how do we test the cookieswhat is realibilitywhat is agile testingcan u give me the Test case step template and write one test case step (ex)pleasecan u give me the test scenario template and one example test scenario?What is Internalisation testing?what is the function generator?what is difference between metric and report?can anyone give me good and clear example for high severity and low priority and high priority and low severity?plz its very urgent………..

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wht is the diffrence between bug life cycle and defect life cycleWhat is known Issue???1.what is sanity and smoke testing and which one performed first?What is QA and QC ? Tester’s are coming under QA or QC ?Mapping the test cases with the requirement. What is this process called?How to do credit card (banking application) security testing?What is a Module?can any one tell whats the difference between smoke testing and sanity testinghow can u map SDLC With STLCwhat are different reports prepared by a tester and their templates.can u tell me some bugs in any banking application.what does a test plan contains and is a tester allowed to see the entire test plan or only the scheduling part of the test planwhat is the good test case ? how can we tell this is good test case ? (test case characterstics)write test case for login windowwhat is the difference between onshore and offshore companyWhich is the better way to explain tipical bug life cycle?Web application is having a client and a client-server application aslo have a client. Then what is the technical difference between thease two clients? can any body expain?If a bug is not reproduced what will be the next action of the tester?On what criteria we will write test cases?What is a good requirement and bad RequirementWhy we have to write test cases?.any specific reasons…… MEWhat type of documents would you need for QA/QC/Testing?What is the difference between Quality Plan and Test Plan Anybody can give answer..Thanks in advance…Define cosmic bug.What is manual testing?Is any different types of testing in this?What is testing methodology?What is the Difference between 2 tier and 3 tier Applications…Actually what is a tier..

What is test matrics?how we send mobile applications software to mobile device ? how outlook express interacts with mobile software? any body pls tell me this answer?what is test strategy?What are the cases why parameterization is necessary when load testing the Web server and the database server?How to kill cookies from Web page?Write a test case scenario for Web-based address book?What is Web architecture that are followed while doing online project and tell the samples of architecture?What is frame level testing and how do we test it?can u write some high level scenarios on ms outlook expressWhat is Difference between White-box Testing and Unit testing?What are the main key components in Web applications and Client Server applications? and their differences?How do you test cases for mobile handsets ?what is Gui testing?why a developer is not good tester?Tell the test cases to test Login Password screen?

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What is Dynamic Binding and Dynamic Loss?What is Test Suite?What is SCRUM model?what is deferred in defect life cycleWhen do u stop testing?What is verification & validation?What tools you will use for writing testcases, defect reports,test reports etc?Difference between Severity & Priority?what is test phase?i want answer any body give me answer plsHow we can test the performance of an application by manual with out using any tool like loadrunner etc?How to test the database manual? how to test data base lekage by using manual and also using QTP ?What is the difference between Sanity and Smoke Testing? With Example.How many Test Cases can u write for the Login Page Scenario?Who will perform Integration Testing?what is the Difference between SRS and SRS? Please mail me [email protected] break down structure in manual testingwhat is regression testing???what is the main difference between client server and webserver???what is lifecycle of a buG??? give an example of high severioty and low priority bug???what is the need to write testcases??? cant u test ur application with SRS?? y u have to write testcase document??Have you heard about browser compatiblity? What is the latest version of Ie,Mozilla and Netscape?HOw to test website manually? Is it any criteria to test ?what is a Bug, Defect, Error & Failure ?What is TestWare?What is Picoscore? It is related to Banking Project? Plz let me know if any body knows thisCan any one tell me the contents in Traceability MatrixWhat do u mean by SDC. Give me a brief description on this?what is FAT and SAT tests .?what is difference between stress testing and load testing?what is difference between boundary value analysis and Equivalnce partioning?what is testing methodologywhat is error handling in qtpwhat is the formal technical review Accenturewhat is agile testing, explain with exampleDifferntiate CMMi and CMMp?What should be done after a bug is found?What is defect pooling?what are functional and non functional requirement of SRS document..How much percent of time you spend in testing and writting test cases? does testing comes first or writting test cases?What is TEST PLAN, TEST STRATEGY, TEST SCENARIO, TEST CASE, TEST SCRIPT? can any body give me definition with example.What is non-compliance testing?What is Functional testing?What do you mean by peer rieviewsWhat is accessibility testing

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who will prepare Functional requirements specification(FRS)Roles and responsibilities of TLIs testing just sampling???what is testing techniques,testing methodology,test packs,how are they differentiated?Wht are the Test cases do we write for Dialog box.. can anybody answer it.. Thanks in advanceWhat is the diff bet Message box and Dialog box,anybody can answer it…. Thanks in advance ACSwirte the test cases for triangledoes tester use design document for writing testcaseswrite negative testcases for notepadwhat is diffrerence between build and versionWht is Testing Frame work.Is it same in the Manual and Automation testing. can body can explain it in detail.. Thanks in advance G Laxmi narayana… US-Technologywhat is project and how many types of industry projects are therehow to identify the test scenariowhat is test procedurewhy we choosen testing but not developingwhat is gap analysiswhat is impact analysisWhat is data persistancy?pls explain company testing process in detailwhat is v-model?what is spiral model?what is Waterfall model?what is meant by cyclomatic complexity???What is difference between web application and non-web applications?what is the template u used for informing clients regarding known issues when u near to releasewhat ways u followed for defect managementWhat r test closure documents?How to do risk management?What is risk analysis?What r the documents required for performance testingWhat all are the reuirements needed for UAT?Diff b/n UAT & IST? What is meant by UAT?What is the priority in fixing the bugs? Explain the severity u rate for the bugs found?What is mutation testing and when can it be done?What r the features,u take care in prototype testing?What is the outcome of integration testingWhat is meant by back-end testing?What is meant by gui testing?What is the outcome of integration testing?Whare in the sdlc ,the testing starts?What is the final stage of integration testingWhat are stubs and drivers?Can the system testing be done at any stage?When do u go for integration testing?What is meant by SIT?What is meant by system testing?

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What incremental integration testing?What r the things,u prefer and prepare before starting testing?What is the testing that a tester performs at the end of unit testing?What is meant code review?What is meant by code walkthrough?When will the verification and validation be done?Who can perform the unit testing?At what stage the unit testing has to be done?What is meant by beta testing?What kind of document u need for going for an functional testing?What r the functional testing u perform?Can test condition,testcase and testscript help u in performing the static testingIn the static testing,what all can be tested?Can the static testing be done for both web and client server application?How do u go about testing of client server applicationHow do u go about testing of web application? TrignosIt is not waste of time in preparing the test condition,testcase and testscriptWhy do we prepare test condition,testcases,testscript?What is two tier and three tier architecture?What is client server application testing?What is webbased application testing?What is the initial stage of testing?How do u go about testing a project?How do u determine,what to be tested?What is the relationship between quality and testingWhat is database testingWhat is security testing?What is cookie testing?What is adhoc testing?when it can be done?What is smoke testing and when it will be done?What are the minimum requirements to start testing?What is the difference between alpha testing and beta testingWhat is the difference between static and dynamicWhat is the difference between SIT AND IST?What is the difference between code walkthrough and code review? What is the difference between walkthrough and inspection?What is the difference between integration and system testing?What is the difference between client server and web based testing?What is the difference between two tier and three tier architecture?What is the difference between stress and load testing?What is the difference between volume and stress?What is the difference between volume and load?What is the difference between unit testing and integration testing?What is the difference between functional specifications and business requirement specification?What is the difference between validation and verification?What is the difference between bug and defect?What is the difference between white and black box testing?What is the difference between quality assurance and quality control?What is difference between quality and testing?

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Differentiate test bed and test environment?What r the risks involved in testing?What r the different types of testcase techniques?What is test dataWhat is a test condition ?write 3 main test cases for excel sheet?what is an inconsistent bug? how to resolve this kind of bugs?what r the different types of testing techniques?what is an inconsistent bug?can automation testing replace manual testing?it it so,how?what is a data guidelines?after completeing testing ,what would u deliver to the client?what exactly is heuristic checklist approach for unit testing?what are the various levels of testing?when to start and stop testing?what r the qualities of a tester?what is baseline document,can u say any two?what r the entry criteria for automation testing?why do u go for whitebox testing,when black box testing is available?what r the entry criteria for functionality and performance testing?what is the need for testing?what kind of testing have u done?what is the outcome of testing?what types of testing do testers perform?What is the Role of Bug Tracking SystemWhat are the Level of Severitywhat are iso,cmm,cmmi,level1,level2 etc in testing?Different environments in software testing?what is Beta testing??where do we use checkpoints in real time?where they actually come into picture?give me an Example of UAT test cases What is functional and nonfunctional explain What is validation testingwhat is equivalence class partition?what is boundary value analysis?what is metrices?what is a review?what is spiral model?what is water fall model?what is the format of traceability matrix?what type of bugs u found commonly in ur project?which process u followed in ur company?how do u know whether the particular project belong to client server or web -based?what is the difference between client server & web based applications?whta is compile module?what is v-model? explain it in detail?why we call it as v- model not an u-model?how do you determine what to test?what can’t be automated on the projects?what is ur template of test case & which is the best?How u prepare Test data in testing process???what is test coverage??

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Write test cases to anti virus software?Test approach to windows scheduler?Test approach to windows update?how can u do database testing manually?which test is used for memory leakage?what is the common problem in SDLChow do we start testing when the build is requiredexplain v model in detail(pls explain with real tme company process)Explain stress.load,performance and volume testing with example..what is the difference between Client server application and web based applicationWhat is main difference between Testing Techiques and Testing Methodology. I need exact answer of it.How do u approach for testing a web application?what is mean by exactly the difference between the testcase and usecasecan u define the usecase and testcase.what is bug life cycle?which process u followed in ur company?what is the format of traceability matrix u prepared in ur company?what is traceability matrix?what is the purpose of using Tracability Matrix and how can you tell that testing has been succseed.What is the main theme of doing Regression Testinghow can you define Priority and severitydescribe Bug life Cycle and the process taken in your organization.what is the Testing Process in your organizationdescribe the difference betweeen Test scenario and Test CaseWhar are the different types of defects/errors are commonly appear during the real time software testing?Explain Bug/Defect Life cycle?Phases of Software Testing Life Cycle?Use of Regression Testing?Use of Requirements Traceability?the typical Application Test Lifecycle?What are the Test Deliverables?Why testing is required?What are the different techniques for writing test cases?What is Client Server/Web Server Configuration(ISS).what is the testing approach for windows Explorer(Not IE Explorer)how we do system testingf project?wat kinds of documents requied during regression testion ? at time regression testing is done? can we do it repeatdlyWhat is regression testingWhat is Usecase3. How would u test and automate Windows Auto-Update featur2. How would u test and automate Windows Screen saver ?How would u test and automate an Antivirus application ?what is single tire, 2tire 3 tire and so on upto ntire ? can ny one explain me about this in detail.what is the difference between build and releaseWhat are the possible test cases/test scenario for Search functionality ?

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What are the qualities if the tester ?What is the difference between business requirment document and software requirement document?what is boundary value analysis?Can anyone explain me about Tracebilit metrics?Once automated, what are the types of functionality provides the highest Return On Investment (ROI) to the company?what statements did Philip Crosby use to capture the essence of the Quality Assurance discipline?what are the reasons is commonly cited as the primary benefit to Test-Driven Development?Which one of the project team members bears the responsibility of deferring new functionality to a later release?what is the diff b/w Test Strategy and test approach doc? and which team prepares these doc’s?What is the bug life cycle? In which part u involved?How do we validate cerdit cards in billing projectWhat is Database normalisationHow will you test Email field?can anybody give me an example for high severity and low priority?what is stlc and what is bug life cycle? are the both same or different?At what stage of the life cycle does testing begin?Types of testingExplain the Stress TestingExplain Load testingExplain the performance testingDifferences Between Whitebox testing and Blackbox testingExplain the V-ModelSoftware life Cycle modelswhat is advantages and disadvantages of the Waterfall Model and V-ModelExplain the waterfall model in detail?What is Manual and Automation Testing FarmeworkWhat is the difference between internal reviews and peer reviews?If developer is not agree with your bug then what is your response?What is the configuration tool is using in your organization.Do you face any showstoppers issue in your current project? ExplainWhat is the difference between alpha and beta testingHow to identify the gaps in the systemWhat is the difference between sanity testing and smoke testingDiffference between System Testing & Integration Testing?Difference between Test Plan & Test Strategy?Define Stress, Load, Volume Testing?Difference between Client server & Web based Testing?Difference between Test Case & Use Case?Difference between Verification & Validation?If the Time is cut shorted, how can you manage that?Difference Between Adhoc Testing & Exploratory Testing?Test Case Design Techniques like BVA, Equalance partitioning, Error guessing?About Testing Methodology?Define the term Bug, Failure, Error?At what stage, the application can undergo performance testing?

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How will you track defects? Or Bug life cycle?What is the quality process is following in your organization.What is Risk analysis? Explain with exampleWhat are the advantages of manual testing other than “Low cost”, “Where automation fails”…….?What is PBX Testing & What is Test coverage?Explain the test plan, how to prepare the test planWhat is Data base testing in manualexplain the ISO standard ( more explanation about the ISOExplain the ISO ( more information about the ISO)difference Between Quality assurance and Quality controlSuppose,u have written 10 test cases for an application,but ur developer is not satisfied wht u wrote,then how will u justify him that ur test cases are correct?what is difference between web application and client server applicationwhat is your daily activities?what are the key components in your company testplan documents?what is the diference between defectage and billinterval period?what we do when our reported defect reject?How will you decide defect seviourity and priority?How will you report defect in your organisation?Can any one explain me, What is Integration testing process?What is difference b/w Windows XP & Windows NTCan anyone give me an example for positive and negative scenario??what is the good answer for authentication and authorization?who prepares the Use case?and why it is used?and when is use case prepared?who prepares the srs frs brs use casewhat is bottleneck of application?what is database testing?what is ECP?what is the format of test report?what is defect tracking?what is system testing?what is smoke testing?what is Defect Containtment?How you will test penwhat is prototype testing?what is testing life cycle please any one explain brieflyWhat are all the things ur going to keep in mind while System testing?What is the input for System testing?Who will participate in testcase review?what are the release notes and what release note contains, when these prepared.What is difference between regression testing and re- testing?What is smoke testing?What is baseline?What is Functional point and what is the use?What r the roles and responsibilities of a TestLead?Tell me the Test cases for the Fan?Tell me the test cases for the Bank Check?What is Suspension and Resumpetion criteria?what is Entry and Exit criteria explain in detail?

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What is data matrix? What is the use of it?What is Testpolicy document explain in detail? What is the use of this Document?What is Testing Measurements and Metrics explain in detail? What is the need of this in the Test Strategy document?what is API 2.0?what is review?which basic priority u used in ur project?what is the purpose of writing testcases?what is database testing?wht is Driver in Integration testingwht is Manual Testing Frame workwhat are the 3 test tool categories and describe what each can do.how to test a web application manually?can u explain indetail?what methods will u follow to prepare testcases in ur org?what is traceability matrix? when we are using this traceability matrix in ur project?why u are using multiple test data in retesting?in database testing, which are the things u used?As a test engineer, to whom u are submitting test report?what is the format of test report?if we have normal testcase,it is failed, and regression testcase is also failed.what is the bug present in both the testcases?what is peer test?what is walkthrough?what is deffered defect?what is the basic purpose of functional & load testing?what is test report?what is analysizing test results & creating the bug reportts?what are reviews in sdlc?what is analysis and interpretation of results?What are the types defect tracking tools?what are the differences between stub abd the driver ?what is the latest version of the win-runner?developers take most of the time for coding and tester left very few time for testing say 2 days which testing u find best when ur project is run out of time and product is going to be releasedwhat are the testing appraoch that you have tested for Pencilwhat are the testing appraoch that you have tested for Bread toasterAnybody Explain me Bug Life Cycle..?How do u write integration test cases?do u have any special format?what is web application testing and what is the difference between a client server application and web server application?what is two tier application? and what is three tier application?and what is the basic difference? explain with a example?what is protocol in software testing? can u give it with a good example?where do u store Testcases and where do u store versionswhat is CMMI and CMM standards and what r software Quality certifications.please explain me clearlyWhat scripting language should tester know when his organisation using Automation tool like wise any tool? wht kind of script should tester should be familiar?how we maintain buid versions without using CVS or any other tools ? are tools neccesary

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for maintaining versions?what is tracebility matrix?What is the difference between santity & smoke testing?How can we do security testing while testing a projecthow to see result in test directorHow do you test if an XML file is correct or not?What is a Show Stopper?Diffrent between Smoke and Sanity tesing?what is traceability matrix?what is the similarity between black box testing and unit testingWhat is penetration matrix and how it is used in software testing?Can any one tell me how SRS ,BRS documents are made?Also,what are the documents to be referred through out the SDLC and TESTING phase?tell me about severity and priority with example1.What is end-to-end Testing 2.What ist the difference between WebBased Testing and Application Testinghow to generate id in testdirector? a) Td id 1 b) td id 2 c) td id 3 d) td id 4 which is correct answerRisk analysis consist of A)1 step b)2nd step c)4 step d)6 step Which is correct Answer  What are the five dimensions of the Risks?How do you Prepare a Defect Managemnt Policywhat is authorization & authentication?what is smoke testing? what is sanity testing?What is the difference between smoke and sanity testing? and when we perform smoke testing and when we perform sanity testing?tell me about low severity & high priority bug?tell me about high severity & low priority bug?tell me about low severity & low priority bug?tell me about high severity & high priority bug?in real time, which test case format we r using?what is a usecase?what is a test case?what is meant by Inspections? what arewalkthrough?What is a Latent Bug What is a defect leakagewhat is penetration testingwhat is the diff between testing methodology and testing techniquewhat type of document we prepare while testing?what is the diff between testbed and test environment?what is visible state transaction test? give one examplewhat is the diff between IE and Netscape in web testing on a login page?what is master review and peer reviewWhat type of testing you do in your project?how to do manual test?What is Test Case?What Is Regression Testing?What Is Functional Testing?What is White box & Black Box Testing?Give me different methodologies used in testing?What type of Testing u done ur project?what is stub and driver and tell me how can we introduce them in integration testing

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is gorilla testing & monkey testing is same r not?what is test scenario?what is deffered status?what is bugzilla?what is bug life cycle?What is a test condition wen a tester will prepare or write a test condition?Risk Analysis a) 2 step, b)3 step, c) 4 step, d) 6 stepWhat is Gorila testing?What is Mutation Testing?What is Migration testing?How we validate and creating frameworks?What is Desktop TestingHow to check the Performance of the website during manual testing.(guys its very urgent plz)what is pareto analysis?what are quality tools and its types?describe eachwhat is be bugging ?tell me 4 test case technics ?what is fpa ?what is test case effective ness ?what we get from srs doc ?how can i derive the test case for requirement and usecase ?what is the creteria required for deciding when the test cases are cover the requirements of the client or project ?what is entry and exit creteria for testing ?when there is no enough time to compleate the test what you will do ?tell me different deft reports ?what is cyclomatic complexity ?what is checkin & checkout ?What is stub and driver in integration testing ? Explain with example.what is test coverage matrix? what its use? and its format?How u can do regration testing/retesting testing, after assign bug to devloper, how to manage the test cycle number and built number, plz tell me….I want to know all detail of v model phaseswhat is builr release team..?how to deploye the build when the developers give the source code..?What is the exact difference between smoke testing and sanity testing.?what is prototype testing, component testing, thread testingHow you convine the Client that the application is very stable after testing. What type of Document you show to him or anything.what is the difference between water fall and v model ?what is crud testing ? and who will do this one ?why we go for winrunner ? and when we go for winrunnerHow to prepare Test data?What is gamma testing?Give me examples for high severity and low priority defects?what is black phase in SDLCwhat is “test strategy”?What is Testcase? How to define seviority and priority of a bug?Explain me with example?prepare test cases for file copy paste.wat is the diffrence b/n dyanamic blackbox testing and static black box testing.and which one

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is betterwhat is requirement tracebility and it’s formatwhat is bug tracebility matrix and it’s formet?which module ur following in ur company?what is the architecture for your project?waht is the quality in your company?how will we receive the build?is it through mail or not?what are the examples for web based applications and Client Server ApplicationsWhat are the technics used for writing a test casesIn Testing What Type of Defects your findingIn Testing why We need to Write Testcases compalsarly.Why white box testing techniques are also called as clear and glass box testing teschniques?what is work break down structure?What is bug release notes? ….What does Bug release notes contain?what is impact analysis?….and base line version?…How you will test media player ?What is memory leak and how you will find memory leak ? Which tools can be used to find out memory leak ?What is difference between JVM (Java Virtual Machine) and CLR (Common language Runtime) ?What is difference between Test Plan and Test Strategy?You have URL address it is opening fine with your team member system but it is not opening in your system browser? How will you come across?On what type of browsers you have tested your web page?What is difference between http and httpswhat is exactly a tracebility matrix?What is heuristic checklist used in Unit Testing?What is the job of Quality Assurance Engineer? Difference between the Testing & Quality Assurance job.What is the role of QA in a project developement?What is the role of QA in a company that produces software? How do you scope, organize, and execute a test project?Describe to me the Software Development Life Cycle as you would define it?What is the difference between the test case and a test scriptWhen is the best time for system testingWhat is meant by Hot Keys?How can a testengineer coordinate with developer in fixing bugs?What is scalability testingWhat are the different is manual database checking types?What are the different is manual database checking types?What is a test data? Give examplesWhat do you think the role of test-group manager should beWhat is release candidateWhat certifications are available in testing?What is backward compatibility testingWhat is terminologe? Why testing necessary? Fundamental test process psychology of testingWhat is the role of QA in a company that produces software?What is a show stopper?What is workadroundWhat are test closure document?

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How we can explain a bug which may arrive at the time of testing? Explain that bug in details?What is difference between Bug resolution meeting & Bug Review Committee? Who are participants?What is Asset testing?What is Error Seeding?What are Levels of Functional testing?What is meant by TRM in Testing?What is Mutation testing? When it can be done?How does u integrate the modules before performing Integration Testing?How can we know bug is reproducible or not?What is build interval period?What is Vertical & Horizontal Traceability?Who assign Bug Id & Bug Version Id?What is Black Phase in SDLC?When we perform Smoke & Sanity testing?What disabilities are affect on software usability?Explain the procedure & path of s/w in testing?What all document are required to testing?Write the function test case to add a customer to database.Smoke testing is also called sanity testing? Why?What is sanity testing? and how to do sanity testing for a telephoneWhy documentation testing is important?How will u do manual testing of yahoo messengers?What is test belt?What is Registry?How we can explain a bug which may arrive at the time of testing? Explain that bug in details?What is Conventional & Unconventional testing?What is Injuction testing?What is Conventional & Unconventional testing?what is the use case ? what is the use of the use case ?What is Mixed TestingWhy must we test cookies?can u tell me what is orthogonal array testing?What would be the designation of the tester in the company,would it be called as software engineer.Is there any future in testing field.what is negative testing and positive testing with example?when test plan is created?what is a use case ?.Who will review the tes cases and when the riview will be done?What if there isn’t enough time for thorough testing?what is the Slippage Ratio in your company?what is test initiation? can anybody post the answer. very urgent?what is the status of defect when the developer reject the defect?when you carry on test design?can testing and development be done in same environment?What is end-to-end testing when we will do that testing?what is agile testing?

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what is diff b/w smoke testing & sanity testing?what is smoke testing & sanity tasting?what is diff b/w resting & regression testing?what is regression testing & resting?What do you do in this application?there are n types of test cases how do you do?Tell me your views in this project?diff b/w waterfall model & spiral model?diff b/w waterfallmodel & v-model?in this project how many modules?how many web pages in your application?how many members are involved in test plan? and tell me names?how clients are using this application?what is the use of this application?trecebality matrix used for which purpose?who is releasing the project?PM/TL?If testing will be done after the release then how mutch time budget will increase?What is the test scenario? What is the difference between test strategy and test scenario.?What is the Stub abd the driver ?Are these both using at the time of Top-up approach of integration testing and bottom-down approach testing .?What is the difference between functional testing and behavioral testing?What is diff b/n TRM(Test Responsibility Matrix) and RTM (requirement Tracebility matrix) or both are same??whatis ur company testing process?whatis test biuld manager?what is the testcase review?what is vss?what is defect?levels of testingWhat is primary duty of tester ?How you will test Yahoo messenger on single machine ?what is testingWhat are new features in Vista / Longhorn ?what is defect leakageHow Many Types of Test Cases are ur following in ur company?explain sdlc?what type of testing process is being followed in your company?how do you test me?what type of testing you are doing ?

How can we test whether Java & .net was installed in our PC or not?what is the role of QA manageris there any difference between test case design and test case developmentwhat is the difference between test plan and test strategy. can anybody give me a template for test strategywhat is v.s.s. ?when it is used?what is difference between win 98 and win 2000 poertating system?which is better one?what and how to do application testing?What is the difference in ad-hoc testing and one time testing ?how to execute manual test cases?

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How to do Website Cookie Testing manually. Explain in Detail with an example. Tnx in Advanceon what basis low,medium,high,critical will be assigned to a bug.give m examplescan any one of u give templates for test plan and test strategywhat is the roles and responsibilities of qa managerwhat is the main difference between high and low level design in sdlcwhat do you mean by documentation testingIf one testcase takes 24hours to execute.what will be the status u will be giving to it?and wht u will report to ur TL?I mean to say will u include the above testcase or exclude it?plz suggest me with the exjact answer.what are the contents of a test plan?What is User Acceptance testing and when u’ll do this and who will do this testing. If u got any bug while doing UAT what would be the status of Severity and Priority?What is the difference between System Testing and Functionality Testing?What is the difference between System Testing and Functionality Testing?What is test report?? du u;ve written any test reportswhat is thetesting methodology that u r company folowing??To Review the test cases , to whom u’ll send the document?If a test script instructs WinRunner to open an application to test it, what end conditions might be good?Why are initial and end conditions necessary?What are initial and end conditions?When we are recording in WinRunner and interact with the AUT, what does WinRunner do?Name three reasons why the tester may choose to record in Analog mode.Name three reasons why the tester may choose to record in Context Sensitive mode.What icon is used in WinRunner to get an explanation of the syntax of TSL?Why position WinRunner and the AUT so they do not overlap?What are the four steps to record a test script?What are the two ways to create test scripts?What are the three aspects of GUI software to test for with WinRunner?What is an IDE?What are the four steps of automated testing?Name three types of tests that should NOT be automated.Name three types of tests that should be automated.What are the benefits of automated testing over white box and black box testing?What does the tester do in automated testing?what is defect leakage?what is meant by package testing?what is volume,stress,load testing ?what is the priority for fixing bug?Is it possible to have a defect with high severity and low priority and vice-versa i.e high priority and low severity? Justify,if possible? give a example?what is BRD and FRD Can any one tell the expansion?what is the difference between functionality testing and regression testingHow to write a scenario from requirements?give an example..What is Tracebility Matrix ? What is there in that and what will u do with that ?What is Stability and Performance Testing in Testing the TVWhat is Recovery Testing in Testing the TVWhat is a Recovery TestingHow many Types of test Case are there? What are the challenges u faced in Ur Company ?

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What are intonation u taken in ur project?How will u satisfy Ur Client,P.M,T.L?it need to satisfy clients,P.M,T.L?How do u ensure that there are no duplicate testcases?What is meant by Framework?Is the framework related only to AUTOMATIO or else it will applicable to MANUAL testing too?What would be a person who is looking for a job in testing should put his jobprofile in some jobs websites like Naukri,Times,Monster,Etc,Etc…. as a QA or QC if He/She is trying for Manual or Automation Testing?what is UAT and IST ?what is the difference between sanity and smoke testing?Difference b/w test case and scenarios.what is data guidelineswhat is incosistent testingwhat is the difference between stress and load testingwhat is defect ,error,bug,failure and fault?what is the difference between test bed and test environment?What is Memory Leak? How to test “Memory Leak” problem in an application manually?how do u know that the test case is complete(assume we have a testbox how do u know that all the test cases are covered for this text box)how do u import all ur test case written in excel sheet to test director?What is Hands-Off Testing?What is CMM and CMMI?in configuration tool as a tester wich documents u r going to addIn real time where u can apply traceability matrixWhat is Smoke testing,in smoke testing time u will prepare the test cases or not?What is the basic need for preparing test cases?How will you deploy a web appln?i mean how will recive that build if it is web based(asp.net)?What is defect life cyce?tell me about V-ModelWhat is verification and Validation?can you please tell me what is test script ..with example what is the difference between test script and test casesHow to perform Gui testing ?what is the difference between testcase and test scenario? Please give one example.what is usability defect?Give one exapmle.What Questions Project Manager will be aske?wat are the questions would the project leader ask about the project?? please do send the answers early.What is difference between GUI and Usability Testing?Can any one explain me what is difference between Test Methodology and Testing Techniques?what is the difference between Test case and Test scenario? is it necessary to prepare scenarios before writing test cases?explain in detail.Can Someone tell me scenario in testing having low severity and high priority and vice versawho will prepare tracebility matrix?how to test if there are 2000 requirements ro be tested in an application ?What is bug life cycle?What are the essential elements needed for database testingHow To Resolve the Test cases?

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How will confirm the Test Cases are passed?What is the Technique followed to test Login Screen(Web) BVA or Equivalent Partition why?what is testcase review?What is the use?What are initial conditions?What is a TEST CONDITION?When it is used?who prepares tesst conditions? Also pls explain me clearly with an example.Plsss reply me fast. Thanks for the repliers.Can any one explain me what is Integration Testing with Stub and Drivers.Explain with Example.who will do Integration Testing?how to select tese cases for automation.give me an example plz.how many meeting in realtime environment? what are they?plz explain?any one plz send me test cases on fan,pen,glass,cell phone,mouse and printingpageWhat are the different testable items in GUI testing?McroSoft Six rules standard for Userinterface testing?what is definition of functional and security testingwhat are the different type of bugs in client server and web based?and what is the difference in testing client server and web based?What is the difference between smoke and sanity testing? and when we perform smoke testing and when we perform sanity testing?in SDLC,at what phase life cycle stops?and what are the input and output of each phase?if a problem on client side is restarting of PC then what are u going to do and say me the methods to solve the problem?say me any problem u faced in the project after delivering to client?what is the testing process followed in your company?what is meant by spiral model?explain with picture?what is the difference between Test strategy and test plan?Can anyone explein me the differences between Product Testing and Project Testing??????what is role of the tester in an organaisation and project? what is the daily work of tester?what is the criteria for selecting automation testing ?What is the difference b/w SYSTEM REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATIONS and FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATIONS ?What is the first query u encounter to test a database..?What types of validation check u need to do in fund transfer..?What are the RBI rules has to follow by a bank for online precesseing. ?One Project is developed on VB+Access it is working properly they are planning to change with backend Oracle . What type of testcases we can write?What is Test Condition?How would you deal with a bug that no one wants to fix? Both the SDE and his lead have said they won?t fix it?what is the advantages of Vss?How do we develop test scripts for manual testing?Can anyone explain me with an example . Thanks, PrasannaCan anyone listout major scenarios for a payment submission web page??? Can anyone tell me that yahoo messenger is a web-based application or a windows based application???On which basis u’ll prepare the test cases.Difference b/w srs and functional specifications? what are the approaches u’ll follow while integrating the modules11.what are two of your weaknesses?10.List five words that best describe ur strengths?9.Are you exposed to any automation tools?If yes your role?

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8.your exposure to GUI testing?7.Do you have working knowledge on any international quality systems?If yes name then?6 what do you like least about testing?5.what do you like most about testing?4.How would you define QA/QC?3.what are two of your strengths that will bring to QA/testing team?2.what are the various test appraoches that you are familier?1.what promted you to become involved in QA/Testing?1.what promted you to become involved in QA/Testing?what are the various techniques you will use as soon as the srs was given to you to speedup the testing?how to write test cases for testing databases,especially for testing and writing test cases for stored procedures.any real time database testers.please answer me.1.What is the purpose of ?check-in?,? check-out??3.risk factor ratio in the project?1.What is the risk factor problem related to project?1.What is the traceability matrix template? Darw the all fields?1.While doing regression testing one bug raised due to functionality dependency, what is the bug status that one?1.What are the difference b/w client & server?what is localization testing?is it a WBT or BBT technique? thanx mahendar for ur valuable answer.is validation done in white box testing .say me 5 advantage of manaul over automation?What type of testing process is going on your company ?What type of testing you are doing ?what are the testing methodologies?What is the need of testing? Give three reasons….What is Static & dynamic Testing?What are the Blackbox Testing Techniques?After receiving the bug as fixed , what types of tests we will continue…What is the Input of Testcase?Why most of the people saying testing is easy job? an you justify?What is there in the final Test Summary ReportWho will prepare the Tracaility Matrix?how do you know the testcases writing completedWhere will you give the Reproduce option in Bug report?What is Traceability matrix?What is TRR ?What is test summery report and it content?What report u generate after completing testing?What r the input documents to the design test cases?What is Usability and Compatibility testing?What is known issues?What are the different test deliverables?What are test entry and test exit criteria?What is Build and what is Installation testing?What is GUI Check list?What is review checklist?Who design the test case templates?

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What is test description and documentation?What templates used to design the test cases?How to design the test cases?What are the different test techniques?How to derive test requirements from SRS?What is a test requirement?What are the different roles of testers in Verification and Validation?Explain?V?model?What is the difference between Functional requirement and business requirements?What is the difference between SRS and FS?What is testing life Cycle and Explain different phases?What is the diff. Between Waterfall and Spiral model?What are the different types of models?what are the risk factors in the project? what is the base for testplan and entry criteria ,exit criteria for test plan?what is non functional requirements used in ur project?What is the difference between sanity testing and smoke testingWhat is meant by resource allocation?(asked in interview for test lead)?Expain testing proces of your company?How can you decide max number of testcases for a Module?What is the diffeence between SDLC and STLC?Can you explain about defect life cycle?How many test scripts can you prepare per a day?How many testcases can you write an avg for a day?what is exit criteria for testing?What is meant by Gamma testing?When do you prepare Requirement Traceability Matrix(RTM) before testing aor after completion of testing?Expalin about PET model?Expain about double V model?Expain about V model?Explain about PET Model?Explain about performanece testing?What is meant by buddy testing?what is meant by port testing?what is meant by defect bash?What techinques do you follow during testing?In an application where there is no need of regession testing and retesting?what techinques do u follow in suring testing?what is localization testing?is it a black box testing or white box testing?describe briefly?diffrence between banking domain and medical domainwhat is means by feature to be tested in test planThere are no requriments, coding is been developed to the project without srs,brs document how u are going to prepare test case?whatis the diffrence bug ,error,defectwhat is testingwhat type of questions we can ask the interviewer after finishing of the interview?diff stages between open and fixed status in defect bug cycleDevelopres release the build with known bugs , then how will u(as a tester) write defect reports without developer known bugs .

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what is reqirements testing and risk based testing?what is test condition?how do u rank a test condition?is functional and black box testing same or nothow load testing is different from regression testing?differentiate between QA and QC?what do u like in QA?give five problems in software devlopment process?what is a bug?what are the different stages in sdlc?name some popular functional testing toolwhat is a test case?What is the difference between QA and QC?when u r going to faced difficulty in ur organization?What is difference between static and dynamic and testing?When the relationship occur between tester and developer?How many members can write the single test case?when testing will starts in a project?If a bug has high severity then usually that is treated as high priority,then why do priority given by test engineers/project managers and severity given by testers?do u know abt integration testing,how do u intregate diff modules?do u know abt configuration management tool,what is the purpose of maintaining all the documents in configuration manage ment tool?testing is a procedure or methodology,diff between methodoly and procedure?what is meant by host files web application testing?How you test database and explain the procedure?what is difference between testing and development in your view?what are the differnt error code that comes when an error occured in web application?what are the contents of FRS?what is meant by Priority nad severity?give me some example for high severity and low priority defect?what is basis for testcase review?what are the contents of SRS documents?What is difference between SDLC and STLC?why you choosed testing as a carrer?What is meant by datadriven test?what is meant by application server and its functions?What is difference between the Web application testing and Client Server testing?what are the general problems in web testing?What are the different servers and difference between them?Explain your web application archtechture?. Batch testing in how many ways u perform in QTP ?What is the difference between action & script ?In how many ways you perform batchtesting ?What is Soak Testing ?What is meant by Poty testing?Give me examples for high priority and hign severity defects?What is the test strategy for installation testing?Give me examples for high priority and High severity defects?Give me examples for high priority and low severity defects?Where do you fit exactly?In automation or manual testing?

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what are the defferent defect statuses?How to integrate Bugzilla with QTP?Explain about Bug life cycle?How can you report the defect using excel sheet?write test cases forthe function f=a+b ?what are general aspects of security testing?what are the microsoft six rules for usability?What are the common defects revealed in Functionality testing?How you send defect report?What is the difference between software Product and ProjectWhat is the Testing strategy for testing client server applications/products?what is testplan? and can you tell the testplan contents?How you assign severity for a defect?Explain the strategy for testing a Java application?when the tester actually involves in Testing?(at which stage of SDLC)Can you tell me some thing about source code testing tools?Explain about gamma tesing?How many testcases can you write per a day, an average figure?Explain three tier architechture of the java project? what is the web server and what is the database server?Who will prepare FRS(functional requirement documents)? What is the importent of FRS?How you can decide the number of testcases are enough for testing the given module?what is meant by test stretagy?What is the difference between Retesting and Data Driven Testing?Explain about Double V model?Explain about V-model?Who will repare SRS? What is the basis for SRS preparation?what is meant by database testing? what is the strategy to be followed for database testing?what is regression testing?how do u test web application?what is realtional testing?what is inter operative testing?u r rating for lateral thinking,i said 6.nad the question is if an object is there it should take only positive values but it is also allowing negative values what is u r responce?suppose a new application is given to u and asked complete report with in one hr what will do?5 positive and 5 negative test cases for yahoo login windowhow to get top two salaries from employee tablesdiff between smoke testing and sanity testingHow many Test-Cases can be written for the calculator having 0-9 buttons,Add,Equalto buttons.The testcases should be focussed only on add-functionality but mot GUI.What are those test-cases?what is positive and negative testing explian with example?actually i want some sample test case which used in projectsExplain the STLC?What are the Defect Life Cycle?Write the Testcases for TelephoneExpalin about metrics Management?What is performance Testing and Regression Testing?What is Alpha and Beta Testing?

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How do you review testcase?? Type of Review…How do you manage your writen/modified/executed test cases, Bug report etc,without using any tool?when errors occurs in ur script wat will u dohow to debug ur scriptsif the object is identified by QTP & also virtual object wizard then which object will added to object repositoryhow to access a build & wat is its configurationhow to report reviewshow to perform reviewswat is build verification testingWhat are drawbacks in system development life cycledo u know abt descryptive programmingwat is ur involvement in user acceptance testinghow u do database testinghow to call a text fileapart from bug reporting wat is ur involvement in project life cycleexplain bug life cyclehow to maintain review reportscontents of test reportwrite high level test caseswat is test scenariowat is build durationwhy feature not to be tested in test planwat is test deliverablescontents of test planwat is ur involvement in test planwhich test case format ur company followingwhich bug report format ur company followingwat is the role of tester in SDLCdifference between development project & maintainance projectwhich test cases are not to be automatedwhere do you write the test caseswat is mutation testingif a project is long term project , requirements are also changes then test plan will change or not?whyonly one tester & one developer ,the product is released to be today night.if you found a critical bug then wat u doonly one tester & one developer ,the product is released to be today night.if you found a critical bug then wat u doexplain VSSwho will assign severity & priorityexplain v-modelwhich model are you followingAt which stage testing phase will startwhat is mean by impact analysis ,how we used to select regression TC using this?What is Adhoc testing?what r the differences between Testing on desktop application and Testing on client-server application while using QTP?oR while using MANUALGive me an example of something you tried at work but did not work out so you had to go at

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things another way.Do you think tools are required for managing change. Explain and please list some tools/practices which can help you managing change.Define the following and explain their usefulness: Change Management, Configuration Management, Version Control, and Defect Tracking.List 5 words that best describe your strengths.What is the Waterfall Development Method and do you agree with all the steps?What do you do (with the project staff) when the schedule fails?How do you estimate staff requirements?What is the role of metrics in comparing staff performance in human resources management?Relative to other technical groups in the company? Relative to your staff?What do you think the role of test-group manager should be? Relative to senior management?What characteristics would you seek in a candidate for test-group manager?How do you know when the product is tested well enough?How do you handle conflict with programmers?What do you do (with the project tasks) when the schedule fails?How do you estimate staff requirements?How should your staff be managed? How about your overtime?How many hours a week should a tester work?When should you begin test planning?How do you develop a test plan and schedule? Describe bottom-up and top-down approaches.What are some of the typical bugs you encountered in your last assignment?When have you had to focus on data integrity?Describe components of a typical test plan, such as tools for interactive products and for database products, as well as cause-and-effect graphs and data-flow diagrams.Should every business test its software the same way?Have you ever completely tested any part of a product? How?What is the role of a bug tracking system?How do you get programmers to build testability support into their code?What development model should programmers and the test group use?How should you learn about problems discovered in the field, and what should you learn from those problems?How much interaction with users should testers have, and why?What is the role of the test group vis-?is documentation, tech support, and so forth?What are all the basic elements in a defect report?How to do test if we have minimal or no documentation about the product?What are the properties of a good requirement?What do you like about computers?Who is Kent Beck, Dr Grace Hopper, Dennis Ritchie?What is good code?What do you like about Windows?What is a successful product?What are your greatest weaknesses?Tell me about the worst boss you’ve ever had.What you will do during the first day of job?What problem you have right now or in the past? How you solved it?How would you build a test team?How well you work with a team?How to find that tools work well with your existing system?What type of metrics would you use?

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How can you use technology to solve problem?What processes/methodologies are you familiar with?How do you survive chaos?Who should test your code?How do you feel about cyclomatic complexity?Describe your experiences with code analyzers.How do you know your code has met specifications when there are no specifications?How do you know when your code has met specifications?Describe your personal software development process.Describe a past experience with implementing a test harness in the development of software.Explain some techniques for developing software components with respect to testability.Discuss what test metrics you feel are important to publish an organization?Should we test every possible combination/scenario for a program?Is a “A fast database retrieval rate” a testable requirement?What is an equivalence class?What sort of things would you put down in a bug report?Would you like to work in a team or alone, why?What is Configuration management? Tools used?Tell me about the best bug you ever found.If you’re given a program that will average student grades, what kinds of inputs would you use?Where do you get your expected results?Realizing you won’t be able to test everything – how do you decide what to test first?How do you analyze your test results? What metrics do you try to provide?Describe me to the basic elements you put in a defect report?How do you test if you have minimal or no documentation about the product?How do you decide when you have ‘tested enough?’How do you determine what to test?What did your base your test cases?Have you ever written test cases or did you just execute those written by others?Have you ever created a test plan?How do you promote the concept of phase containment and defect prevention?What are the properties of a good requirement?Describe to me the Software Development Life Cycle as you would define it.Describe to me when you would consider employing a failure mode and effect analysis.Describe to me what you see as a process. Not a particular process, just the basics of having a process.Describe to me the difference between validation and verification.How do you scope, organize, and execute a test project?What did you include in a test plan?When is a good time for system testing?When are you done testing?Explain the differences between White-box, Gray-box, and Black-box testing.Define each of the following and explain how each relates to the other: Unit, System, and Integration testing.What was a problem you had in your previous assignment (testing if possible)? How did you resolve it?What is Negative testing?What is the testing lifecycle and explain each of its phases?Who should you hire in a testing group and why?

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How do you scope out the size of the testing effort?Do you know of metrics that help you estimate the size of the testing effort?When should you begin testing?How do you prioritize testing tasks within a project?Have you done exploratory or specification-driven testing?What are the key challenges of testing?What are the roles of glass-box and black-box testing tools?What is the value of a testing group? How do you justify your work and budget?What is UML and how to use it for testing?How would you ensure 100% coverage of testing?Give me some examples of how you have participated in Integration Testing.How does unit testing play a role in the development / software lifecycle?When should testing be stopped?Difference between Black & White box testingHow do you go about testing a web application?When should testing start in a project? Why?How did you go about testing a project?What is the exact difference between Integration & System testing, give me examples with your project.What made you pick testing over another career?At what stage of the life cycle does testing begin in your opinion?How do you perform regression testing?What kinds of testing have you done?what is the entry criteria and exit criteria of integation testing.how cookie and session testing is done ?????wat is cookie And Session testing ????When testing a module incase due to hardware failure or any system problems if the testing fails what wil be the test result???Can anyone explain about metricshow would u do performance Testing manually for web site.What is the difference between IE, Opera & Mozilla Firefox in web Testing and which brower will think that is much better?what is usecase? tell me the attribute of usecase?What is the difference between stress, volume and load testing?when will do the beta test? when will do the alpha test?what the document used is in a V-model in each phase?How will you explain to an uneducated person about Software?what is meant by system test casewat is Bottle Neck testingHow much time it will take for regression testingHow do you select test cases for Regression Testing(The point is when there is change code how do you come know which part of code or modules it will affect).what is upword and downword Testing?what will be the test case for car & Cell phone.in sdlc process what is the rool of PM,TL,DEVELOPER,tester in each and every phase? pelese explain me in detail?How do You Test Application with having any requirement and Document?what is backend testing using SQL?what are the different types of SDLC?Can u specify one Deadlock or Processlock issue in a client server application?

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What are the benefits of creating multiple actions within any virtual user script?What usually indicates that your virtual user script has dynamic data that is dependent on you parameterized fields?How can data caching have a negative effect on load testing results?What are the reasons why parameterization is necessary when load testing the Web server and the database server?Why do you need to parameterize fields in your virtual user script?In what situation would you want to parameterize a text verification check?Why it is recommended to add verification checks to your all your scenarios?For what purpose are virtual users created?What criteria would you use to select Web transactions for load testing?What are the major components of Perf Test Report?Which Server Stats are essentially monitored during a Perf test of a Web Application?we need to perform Soak Perf Test, Resilience Perf Test, Regression Perf Test.What will be your approach if a particular script in Load Test fails?How would you determine the performance of a web application by looking at the values of ?Response Time? and ?Pages Per Second??What do you understand by the terms ?Response Time?, ?Pages Per Second?, ?Transactions Per Second??State a generalized process for load test? Or explain how you did it previously.What are the goals of a performance testing of a web applicationDefine load, performance and stress testingdifference between sretagic test plan & test plan?Draw Backs of automated testing?what is sequential injection?what are the document needed to create a test case?How u tell it is test case?What are the non functional requirements?what are the critical bug occurs in banking domain?Difference between the stress and load testing?What are the documents required to prepare test plan?what is testing policy and testing methodology? and what is the difference?What is comparison testing?What testing roles are standard on most testing projects? Categories: Software TestingWhat is a Test Build Manager?What is the general testing process?What particiption a manual tester can do in documentation? Are there any tools available for only documentation?What a manual tester should know about web servers?what he tests in servers?What is the difference between low and high level test cases? examples please..Is it mandatory to use USECASES or directly one can write test casesfrom requirments?What features of sqlserver is generally used in database testingwhat is use case diagram?What is Component Testing? How to do Component Level Testing?Any body give me sample test plan?given nrequirement collection doc,tester can prepare which test plan?tester with develop ment knowledge will be more effective .justify?explain statement coverage?what is test scenario and test case ?please explain detailwhat are the outcomes of system testing?what is the need for different tools? why cant we manage testing with a single tool?

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What is the difference between Project Based Testing and Product Based Testing?what is testing process in related to Application testingWhat is the difference b/n Testing Methodology and Testing methods?What are starting link to test while website testing?How GUI testing will be done in manual testing for a website?what are the factor taken under website testing manually?What thing should be tested in regresson testing?How to test URl of a website manualy?What are the document required to prepare during testing?HOw to test website manually? Is it any criteria to test ?What is the type of testing that you apply for maintenance phase in V-ModelWhat is the difference between Monkey testing an Ad-hoc testing (If ur answer is same, then why we need two names)What is bud testing?Why tester should know database concepts?What is Test data ?Whrere we are using this in testing process? what are the importance of this data?what is the difference between test case and test script?What is the difference between bug,error,defect.what is the diffrence between qualityassurance and system testing explain in detail with an example?what is equivalence boundarywhat is the difference between pre UAT testing and UAT testingIf we outsource the testing work, then who prepares the Test Plans? The client or the testing peopleIs an “A fast database retrieval rate” a testable requirement?How would you define a “bug?”What made you pick testing over another career?How do you decide when you have ‘tested enough?’You are the test manager starting on system testing. The development team says that due to a change in the requirements, they will be able to deliver the system for SQA 5 days past the deadline. You cannot change the resources (work hours, days, or test tools). What steps will you take to be able to finish the testing in time?1. What is the difference between Build Management and Release Management ? 2.When will conduct build verification and end to end testing?What are the different types of doccuments we can use in mannual testing?what is boudarary value analysis? what is the use of it?what is equivalence partition? what is the use of it?what is difference between equivalence partition and boundarary value ananlysis?what is the difference between error,bug and defect?There is a field called “Departure Time” Write the test cases for this field.If there is a field called “Amount” which takes 4 digit number & 2 decimal points what will be the test data for this.If there is no sufficent time for testing & u have to complete the testing then what will u do?What is meaning by protype in SDLC ?anybody having idea about mobile testing materialswhat are the bugs we canot find in the black box testing?difference between internet exploral and netscape navigator?what is difference between desktop and web application?What is Desktop Testing?

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who will do impact analysis in testing?what is mean by service level testing? what will come under this?diffrence between application testing and product testing?What are the different types of joinsWhats is bugzilla?how is it install,how it is use?what is a broken link in web testing and how test it.how to test an web application. and what step have to considered first.What is the Difference between Stub Testing and Driver Testing?test cases on calculator BMCWhat is ERP.Give a simple description about that.give some good bugs that u have found ?what is the diffn betn web based application and client server applicationWhat is Risk Mitigation and who will involve in Risk mitigation plan?how to perform security testing manualy.I given the answer but interviwer not satisfeid from my answerHow to create a load manualy in web based testingWho will do the design phase testing?what do you test in compatability for client server and web application? ?What is defect leaking and defect releaseWhat is error guessing?What are the limitations for testing?What is Test scenario and what’s the relation between Test scenario and Test case.who you done security testing in Banking project? tell me situation where you perform?which metrics you collect after testing process?what is seviarity and priority?What are the techniques you follow to write test cases?Waht are Data sets?What are noise variables?What is precise of measurement?What are the basic forms of variations?What is application server and what is web server?What is HTTP and TCP/IPwhat is the difference between reference key and foreign keyWhat are cookies? tell me the advantage and disadvantage of cookies?wht is TRMwht is test data,test conditionwhat is test bed,test harness,test environmentWhat are the concepts of networking and database ,a software tester should know?Why should a software tester have knowledge of PHP language?What are the references for Perl scripting language?Is there a software tester should have this knowledge .?What should be the knowledge of white-box tester differs than the back-box tester.?How much konwledge of server require for a software tester.?What are the basic concepts of database that a software tester should know?when we use the Equivalance Partioning techiniquewhat is the scalability testingwhat is status of defect when you are performing regression testing.What is the first test in software testing process a)Monkey testing b)Unit Testing c)Static analysis d)None of the above BellyWhen will the testing starts? a)Once the requirements are complete b)In requirement phase

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what is the part of qa and qc in refinement v model.what are the bugs we canot find in black box.wht is IEEE 829wht is ISO standardswht r 6 sigma standardscan anbody tell me wht are microsoft 6 rulestypes of reviewsWhat are the steps to test any software through automation tools?Is this good to start a career as a manual tester?Could anybody send me testcase format for website testing?What are the recommended sites or books for software testing?What are the different technology that manual tester should know( except automation tools)?Is there any procedure of web-site development in manual testing. If yes what are factors we should test?Advantages and Dis-advantages of V-model?Is every company is using V-model only? pls send me the answer very quick asap.wht is Defect removable efficiencydiff betn buddy and pair testingexample for bug not reproducibleduring alpha testing why customer people r invited?difference betn adhoc testing and error guessing?diff between test plan and test strategy?difference between v-model and refinement form of v-model?WHAt is diff between test plan and test planning?What is Load Testing and Stress Testing explain it with exampleswhat is data stratificationwhat is the difference between Bug and Defectwhat is hotfix?what is the difference between functional test cases and compatability testcases?What is Acid Testing?????Whatz the main use of preparing a tracebility matrixWhat is the difference between the company site and the yahoo site?If we have no SRS,BRS but we have test cases does u execute the test cases blindly or do u follow any other process|Does we make documentation for all defects?What is Data guidelines?What is test bed? and what is test harness? what is difference between these two?What is PLC testing? since there are job openings in this area Please let me know what it mean and some more related information.What is Deffered? explain it who allocate it?What is deferred?difference beween re testing and regression testing?how u will do the load,stress and performance testing manually ?what is baseline in testingplease give possible testcases for a mobile phonewhat is the difference between buglog and defect tracking?How to Test a C++ and unix application is there any automated tool available,Who will change the Bug Status as Deffered?difference between regression testing and re testing?can u give me the sample bug report

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wht is smoke testing and user interface testinghow can we upload manual test cases in testdirectorwht is bug, deffect,issue,errorwht is the diff b/w funtional testing and integration testingWhat type of testing u perform in organization while u do System Testing,give clearlyWhatz the main use of preparing Tracebility matrix and explain the real time usageHow can u do the follwing 1)Usability testing 2)scalability Testing 3)portability TestingTell me the SRS based review,brs based reviewWhat is change request,how u use itWhat is risk analysis,what type of risk analysis u did in u r projectHow integration testing performed in organizationFormate of weekly & daily status report means contents in that reportDifference between gui & Functional testingHigh sevirity, low prority bughow you setup steps to start a projectWhere you involve in testing life cycle ,what type of test you performHow you intearct with client in your organization ,plz give me real time scenariowhat is Testing environment in your company ,means hwo testing process startHow you perform sytemtesting in organization, i am not asking definiton approach for system testingwho prepares the use cases?What is the difference between sanity and smoke test? Please explain with an example.What methodologies have you used to develop test cases?Why we call it as a regression test nor retest?Test Track Pro. Defect report formate? what r the attibutes?Define Brain Stromming and Cause Effect Graphing? With Eg?write Test Cases on PEN and Fan. Like GUI and Functionality. Positive and Negative?Actually by using severity u should know which one u need to solve so what is the need of priority?wat is the differece between three tier and two tier applicationhow to write test cases for chair?How to write test scenario for white board?What is scenario? pls explain me with example.how can u differentiate intgration test cases with functional test casesWhy should we hire you ? Please explain. Thankswhat is the difference between web based application and client server application as a testers point of view?What is the significance of doing Regression testing?What are the different types of testing u r doing in ur projectWhat are the diff ways to check a date field in a website?What kind of testing to be done in client server apllication and web application? Explain….After insert the record in forntend, How will u check the backend by manually? Please explain..Do u writing a separate testcase for Regression Testing? If it is Yes, Explain How to write the Testcase?How to do the performance testing Manualy? Do u have a test case for that?What is diference between Draft and BuildWhat is the difference between Functional testing and Functionality testing?what is the Bugzilla Latest version?what is Middleware? can anybody explain me?

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Write the test cases for 2-way electric switch system. Write for GUI, functionality as well as stress testingExplian traceablity matrix with an example ?Explian about boundary value analysis with an example ?What is the difference between Integration Testing and System Testing ?How Could u Present Test Strategy for the Product Testing?What r all the security problems u r facing & the measures taken to solve.what r all the testing methods & what methods u r using 4 the current project.what are the Qualties needed by a softawre tester?what is the path for test director,where the test cases are stored ?what is mean by test suite?is script is same like test cases?what is mean by computer standards,with ex?What is the diff. b/w Basline and Tracability matrix?what methodologies you are followingWhat are the different ways of writing test cases?Can u test a website or a webapplication manually without using any automation tool?Wht tools are used in Manual testing for bug tracking and reporting?how does a client /server environment affects testing?what is mean by client and server?The scenario is “while reviewing requirement docs(SRS)if u find or feel any requirement is not meeting the client’s requirements” whom do you report?and what is your action?how can s/w QA process be implemented without reducing productivity?how to determine if a test environment is approritate?what is mean by test environment?how does a client server environment affect testing?what is mean by extensive testing?what is the role of a test build manager?what is mean by end to end testing?what is mean by object oriented design?how is testing affected by object oriented designs?how can u report bugs in manual testing?how u can do integration testing and what r the approaches u need to follow?What is red box testing and yellow box testing?what r the reviews r u involing between the testcase writing and execution of those testcases?How you will do the functional testing ?What is the difference between Build Management and Release Management ?what is 4 p’s? Exact difference between testing and QAwho assigns siverity for a bug? is it test engnr, test lead or devlopment lead?What r the types of Test case design techniquesWhat components will be covered in the web site testing?If the Developers are unable to understand the bug send by the testers , then how will the Testers convince or explain the developer.difference between stress testing and loadtestingHow do we test the requirements?How to test Requirements?what is agile testing?How does one go for testing of firewall?? Though one answer is posted but its not a relevant oneWhat is the difference between User Acceptance Testinga and System Testing?What type of Testing u done ur project?

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Write the Test Cases for Ball Pen and Water Bottle.What is the difference between Project Based Testing and Product Based Testing?What types of testings can you use in a sequence to test ATM transaction??What is internatinalisation Testing?How to write Test Cases? What r the items in the Test Case? How to say whether the Test Case covers all functionalities in Application?What r the inputs in System Testing?what r the different types of test case? and tell me the names.what is cyclomatic complexity? plz explain with examplewhat is scalability testingwhat are different types of test cases?.Diff between static and dynamic review?What is the example of Integration Testing?what is the framework followed in ur company?What is the diffrence between BUILD & RELEASE ?What is Buddy testing?What is contained in CRS,SRS and FS ?Difference between Equalance class partion and boundary value analysis?How do tou design a good test case?Find the Cyclometric complexity on the following p seudocode Do while records remain read record; if record field#1=0 then process record;store in buffer; incremental counter;store in file. reset counter;end if end do please let me know the procedure too.Usecases and nounlists are associated with the following Requirement analysis methodologies 1.Information engineering 2.Object oriented analysis 3.Structural analysis 4.Functional analysis.what is Scalability,Critical Analysis Exaltwhat is WinRunner frameHow do maintain Risk cases,how will u handle the cases while u facing man power risk & the case after development u find ?Can u tell me any 3 BVT’s for yahoo login page ?How will u classify the test cases ?ur trying 2 get hotmailpage,while u give www.hotmail.com.page “The page not found”is displayed, for what u will be look for next ?is it possible S1 comes under P1 ?How do u test the application without any documents?How will u test a stored procedure,which accepts 2 int values and sums them? Test cases?what will u do if ur given 20 days to complete a testing activity but ur manages to complete it in 10 days? how will u spend the next 10 days?if u are asked to test yahoo login page what will be thw ur test cases ?Tell me the some important test cases for lift operation? what is priority?if p1,p2,p3 are the priority levels u should use,what test cases in ur given will be p1,p2,p3?How many scripts u use to run daily?How did u perform regression testing what r the steps involved?What would u do if u come across a bug…report it…..but the programmer is in a diff location ( say u in India n he is USA)..and he keeps accepting its a bug?What Is System TestingWhat is the diff between IE and netscape in a web testing on a login page.Write 5 best test cases for : Login screen Login ( Min 5 to max 15 ) Password ( Min 5 to max 15) alphanumeric characters ans case senstiveWhat is the diffrence between product base company and application company ? if product

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base name few products,if service base name the few services.Contents in Tracebility matrix?what is exact difference between UI Testing and usability testing?What is bidirectional traceability?On which documnets are used to write System Test Cases? What are the contents in Ststem Test Cases?What are the Techniques to be followed while writing the Test Cases?What is Traceability matrix? Why it is used? Can u tell me the architecture of that?What r the types of test methodologies?What are the contents in “Requirements Traceability Matrix” not in ” Test Responsibility Matrix”?What is “Visible State Transition” test? Give examplewhat is statergy?what is test frame work?What are the test methodologies??what is the output of this query selet * from employee where 1=2what is Persistent Testing.FOR what type of prjects we r using automation,why?Suppose one project is given to u.How do u know whether this project is suitable for manual testing or automation.what is change management and change requesttell about tomcat webserWhat r block box techniquewhat is tracebility matrix.what is tracebility templatewhat is prototype model(in S.T.L.C)? What is architecture of prototype model?what is cyclomatic complexity and what is the formula used for itwhat is srs based review, brs based review and trm based reviewWhat is the diff between CLient, Customer and End User?What is Test Policydiff between usecase and testcaseis Business requirment doc is configurations item or not how you control configurations controlwhat are the add-ins needed to test .net and c# projects?What are W3C Standards?can anyone give me example of the following:- low severity & high priority medium severity & medium priority high severity & low prioritywhat is the format for usecase?what is use casewhat is the difference between use case and test case?what is umlDiff. between STLC and SDLC?Tell me some of the Possible test cases on ATM Machine?combo box is object or picture?what is user acceptence test?How to test the Fire walls?In which situation or phase or any did u find that Manual testing is a must instead of Automation testingWhat is buffer overload? How can you test buffer overload in the AUI?what type of problems faced with u’r team mates in u’r comapany?What r the three types of System testing

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what r the GUI Test Cases for calculator?What r the 3 types of System testingWhat r the different FUNCTIONAL testing techniques?How to do Data base testing manually?Did u come across STUBS and DRIVERS?How did u use these in u r project ?When do u perform REGRESSION testing and how to perform it ?How to perform Regression testing manually?What do u mean by BATCH test?What do u mean by Top down approach and Bottom up approach? How will u implement these in u r project ?What r the different testing techniques other than BVA and EQP?How will u write test cases based on EQA(Equivalance class partitioning) & BVA(Boundary value analysis.?Plz explain in brief?what is exact meaning of SNAP SHOT.how and when it will be takenwhat is MUTATION TESTINGIn an Text Box Expected Value is ‘icici’ where as actual value came up is ‘icci’. Now in the Bug Report How will u rate the severity and Priority? Vyons-LabsGive an example for high severity and low prority bug and as well as low severity and High proritywhat are the kpas(key process areas) in u’r company?What is Buddy testing?What is the difference between Smoke Testing & Sanity Testing?What is Functinal Equivalent Test?why do u put the bug status as deffered?what do u mean by that exactly?How you will choose test cases for Sanity testing and at which phase of testing you will do this.deployment who will do as a developer or a test engineer?How can you conduct Database testing manually?…What is the maximum length of the test case we can write?What is meant by Test Methodology?What type testings will be conducted at system testing?Who will conduct each test.on what basis can u estimate test cases for particular screen??when will u write user aceptance test cases before functional or after?what is the diff between application server and data base server?what the tester should do ,if there are bugs in the requirements made by the business analyst?HOW TO WRITE THE SCENARIO FOR ATM MACHINE AND COFFEE MACHINE ? URGENTwhat r the different types of testing environments?what is the diff b/s test plan, test strategy and test procedure?how to retrieve the test data?what is the methodology you are using in ur company?what is meant by Adapt testing?diff between water fall model and v-model?what type of review process u r following in u’r company?what are the columns are there in peer review record sheets?can u write test cases for telephone?How to write Negative test cases?What is Defect containment?What is Dataguidelines?what is the important difference between system testing and functional testing?

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what is the defference between stress and load testing?developer says it is not defect.then as a test engineer what u will do?then as a test engineer what u will u do?is it app problem or u’r s”?What is metrics? explian the type of metrices.what is the difference test bed and test environment?What is meant by the bug state “Reproduce”where do u store u’r Test cases?what type of documents can u prepare during Testing?what is tracebility matrix? what is negative testingwhat is ERP? why inventory comes in ERP?how can u do regression testing tell me procedure?What are all the documents you are going to submit at the time of release as a testlead?What is the Defect density? how to find out Defect density in the TestEnvironment?What is Cycle Testing? Not Testing Life Cycle?what is test procedure?what is compliance testing?give examples of incremental testing?password is having 6 digit alphanumerics then what r the possible input conditions?What is difference between Client-Server and Web based architecture.?What is difference between Regression and Restesting?What is Six sigma ?Expain.Difference between the HotFix,ShowStopper and critical bug?What is lessons learnt document?Explain.What is release notes&have u involed in preparing the release notes?What is difference between Smoke&Sanitary Testing?What is “pet model” of Bug reporting cycleshould we include risk in Test Plan iSoftGive me few testcases(5) of any application other than login related!if i give some thousand tests to execute in 2 days what do u do?How to conduct Regression Testing Manually?What is the difference between Product-based company and Projects-based company?How do u find Synchronization problems manually?what is test case? what it consists? what are the types of test cases?what is difference between severity and priority? what is difference between bug and defect?What is Mean by V-Module?How many types of testcases can be prepare.Which methodology u follow in testcase?How to write negative testcase?Describe Software Testing life cycle? What are the steps in volved in STLC (Software Testing Life Cycle)?What kinds of testing have you done?Give an example of test policy?How do you handle conflict with programmers?Could you tell me two things you did in your previous assignment (QA/Testing related hopefully) that you are proud of?Whether we write one test case for one use case?what is Tracebelity Matrix?What is Test Responsibility Matrix?what you consider in security testing particularly in web applications?What you consider at the time of Module Integration?

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what is Project Sign Off?what you consider at this point?How to test API’s?How do you do Data Base Testing?Who will assign the work to Test Engineer?A Succesful testcase Means..?A Good Test Case Means..?what is Application state,Base state and call state?what are 5 common problems in software development process?what is internalization?what is the exit point for test planWhat is the Entry Point for Test Plan?what is test objective?What is the Difference between Volume Testing and Load,Stress tests..?what is difference between waterfall model and vmofel?What is Test Strategy and Test Plan..what is the Diff.between those?What methodolgies you used to develop test Cases?what is Negative testing and what It?s Purpose?What is alpha testing and beta testing?What is 2-tier architecture, 3-tier architecture?What are the testing types? Tell me abt few?What are triggers and procedures?When should testing start in a project?what are the Levels of testing?what is the Difference between Integration testing and system testing?Describe the basic elements that you put in defect report?How do you test if you have minimal or no documentation about the product?what did your base to your test cases?How do you scope ,Organize and execute a test project?what is system testing?what is Softwar Audit?what is walkthrough?what is Inspection?what is verification and Validation?What is mean by testing Methodology?what is debugging and whitebox testing and what is the diff?What is Regression Testing?Tell me the scenario where sevirity Low and Priority High?Tell me the scenario where sevirity More and Priority Low?what are the documents that will be created in testing cycle?what is monkey testing?when the test plan will be prepared in waterfall model?When test plan will be prepared in v-model?What is the difference between debugging and manual testing?what is the difference between test case and test scenario.Explain with example?How do you test cookies?what are the major observations that you made when you are doing compatibility testing particularly in web applications?How do you carry usability testing?In development costs what percent Software testing accounts?What is the smoke testing and sanity testing..?what is the difference?

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What is software development Life Cycle (SDLC)? where exactly the Testing activity begin in SDLC?What is Black Box testing and who is responsible for Black box testing?