What do u mean by Masked Defect

hasini · 23-01-07, 02:08 PM

Dhanyaa · 01-08-08, 05:24 PM

An occurrence in which one defect prevents the detection of another is defect masking. So the undetected defect is masked defect.

lucky_klp · 14-08-08, 01:15 PM

Masked defect means:

Masked defect is the defect which is hiding the other defect, which is not detected. Means if there is a existing defect which is not caused (found) to reproduce another defect. It means the other defect is masked with the previous defect.

Its very best example is

If you are testing the Help of any application. If there is a defect in one link say Add Customer. But this defect was not found by QA and it is went to the live. Then there is one defect residingin the Add Customer link say the link is not working on the Add Customer page (Say there is bug in help of adding cell no in the help in the Add Customer)

Then this Add cell no is a masked defect. It means it is been masked with the Add Customer defect.

Dhanyaa · 16-08-08, 02:27 PM

Hi lucky klp, Can u please explain the example above? I am not able to understand the example u have given.

lucky_klp · 16-08-08, 11:04 PM

hi dhanyaa,

This application has a help page where onehelp link is given --> Add customer(assume it as a link ) when a user clicks it should go to the Add cusotmer form ,but a missed bug was residing in it ,(Adding cell no).We will get a mesg that Add customer link was not working .Here deffect in adding the cell no is the masked deffect .But we will get a mesg that Add customer (link) in help document was not working. Hope you would understand

Dhanyaa · 18-08-08, 12:57 PM

ok..Thanks fro your explanation

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Dhanyaa Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 24 Posts: 115 Thanks: 4 Thanked 15 Times in 10 Posts Thanks: 4 Thanked 15 Times in 10 Posts Rep Power: 4	Re: What do u mean by Masked Defect An occurrence in which one defect prevents the detection of another is defect masking. So the undetected defect is masked defect.

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lucky_klp Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 16 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Times in 1 Posts Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Rep Power: 1	Re: What do u mean by Masked Defect Masked defect means: Masked defect is the defect which is hiding the other defect, which is not detected. Means if there is a existing defect which is not caused (found) to reproduce another defect. It means the other defect is masked with the previous defect. Its very best example is If you are testing the Help of any application. If there is a defect in one link say Add Customer. But this defect was not found by QA and it is went to the live. Then there is one defect residingin the Add Customer link say the link is not working on the Add Customer page (Say there is bug in help of adding cell no in the help in the Add Customer) Then this Add cell no is a masked defect. It means it is been masked with the Add Customer defect.

16-08-08, 02:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dhanyaa Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 24 Posts: 115 Thanks: 4 Thanked 15 Times in 10 Posts Thanks: 4 Thanked 15 Times in 10 Posts Rep Power: 4	Re: What do u mean by Masked Defect Hi lucky klp, Can u please explain the example above? I am not able to understand the example u have given.

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lucky_klp Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 16 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Times in 1 Posts Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Rep Power: 1	Re: What do u mean by Masked Defect hi dhanyaa, This application has a help page where onehelp link is given --> Add customer(assume it as a link ) when a user clicks it should go to the Add cusotmer form ,but a missed bug was residing in it ,(Adding cell no).We will get a mesg that Add customer link was not working .Here deffect in adding the cell no is the masked deffect .But we will get a mesg that Add customer (link) in help document was not working. Hope you would understand Last edited by lucky_klp; 16-08-08 at 11:14 PM.

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Dhanyaa Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 24 Posts: 115 Thanks: 4 Thanked 15 Times in 10 Posts Thanks: 4 Thanked 15 Times in 10 Posts Rep Power: 4	Re: What do u mean by Masked Defect ok..Thanks fro your explanation

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