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hi friends this is babu,i am new member of this group,i want testing tools interview questions and answers,my email id is sabari_tsb@yahoo.com

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[arulkc]

For These questions - if possible please add answers, so it is useful for the beginners to learn fast----the questions are really superb but the answers........?

[Spoorthi]

hi frd,
try to find the answers..........if u cant then post it here then many members will help u.........

[slinkanand]

it seems many members are awaiting for the answers for this thread that started by spoorthi quite long time back...hmmmmmmm really amazing that no one has come up with answers...its been like spoon feeding to the members...banging my self to the wall........

1. What automating testing tools are you familiar with?

Win Runner , Load runner, QTP , Silk Performer, Test director, Rational robot, QA run.

2. How did you use automating testing tools in your job?

1. For regression testing
2. Criteria to decide the condition of a particular build

3. Describe some problem that you had with automating testing tool.

The problem of winrunner identifying the third party controls like infragistics control.

4. How do you plan test automation?

1. Prepare the automation Test plan
2. Identify the scenario
3. Record the scenario
4. Enhance the scripts by inserting check points and Conditional Loops
5. Incorporated Error Handler
6. Debug the script
7. Fix the issue
8. Rerun the script and report the result.

5. Can test automation improve test effectiveness?

Yes, Automating a test makes the test process:
1.Fast
2.Reliable
3. Repeatable
4.Programmable
5.Reusable
6.Comprehensive

6. What is data - driven automation?

Testing the functionality with more test cases becomes laborious as the functionality grows. For multiple sets of data (test cases), you can execute the test once in which you can figure out for which data it has failed and for which data, the test has passed. This feature is available in the WinRunner with the data driven test where the data can be taken from an excel sheet or notepad.

7. What are the main attributes of test automation?

software test automation attributes :
Maintainability - the effort needed to update the test automation suites for each new release
Reliability - the accuracy and repeatability of the test automation
Flexibility - the ease of working with all the different kinds of automation test ware
Efficiency - the total cost related to the effort needed for the automation
Portability - the ability of the automated test to run on different environments
Robustness - the effectiveness of automation on an unstable or rapidly changing system
Usability - the extent to which automation can be used by different types of users

8. Does automation replace manual testing?

There can be some functionality which cannot be tested in an automated tool so we may have to do it manually. therefore manual testing can never be repleaced. (We can write the scripts for negative testing also but it is hectic task).When we talk about real environment we do negative testing manually.

9. How will you choose a tool for test automation?

choosing of a tool deends on many things ...
1. Application to be tested
2. Test environment
3. Scope and limitation of the tool.
4. Feature of the tool.
5. Cost of the tool.
6. Whether the tool is compatible with your application which means tool should be able to interact with your appliaction
7. Ease of use

10. How you will evaluate the tool for test automation?

We need to concentrate on the features of the tools and how this could be benficial for our project. The additional new features and the enhancements of the features will also help.

11. What are main benefits of test automation?

FAST ,RELIABLE,COMPREHENSIVE,REUSABLE

12. What could go wrong with test automation?

1. The choice of automation tool for certain technologies
2. Wrong set of test automated

13. How you will describe testing activities?

Testing activities start from the elaboration phase. The various testing activities are preparing the test plan, Preparing test cases, Execute the test case, Log teh bug, validate the bug & take appropriate action for the bug, Automate the test cases.

14. What testing activities you may want to automate?

1. Automate all the high priority test cases which needs to be exceuted as a part of regression testing for each build cycle.

15. Describe common problems of test automation.

The commom problems are:
1. Maintenance of the old script when there is a feature change or enhancement
3. The change in technology of the application will affect the old scripts

16. What types of scripting techniques for test automation do you know?

5 types of scripting techniques:
Linear
Structured
Shared
Data Driven
Key Driven

17. What are principles of good testing scripts for automation?

1. Proper code guiding standards
2. Standard format for defining functions, exception handler etc
3. Comments for functions
4. Proper errorhandling mechanisms
5. The apprpriate synchronisation techniques

18. What tools are available for support of testing during software development life cycle?

Testing tools for regressiona and load/stress testing for regression testing like, QTP, load runner, rational robot, winrunner, silk, testcomplete, Astra are availalbe in the market. -For defect tracking BugZilla, Test Runner are availalbe.

19. Can the activities of test case design be automated?

As I know it, test case design is about formulating the steps to be carried out to verify something about the application under test. And this cannot be automated. IHowever, I agree that the process of putting the test results into the excel sheet.

20. What are the limitations of automating software testing?

Hard-to-create environments like out of memory, invalid input/reply, and corrupt registry entries, make applications behave poorly and existing automated tools cant force these condition - they simply test your application in normal environment.

21. What skills needed to be a good test automator?

1.Good Logic for programming.
2. Analatical sklls.
3.Pessimestic in Nature.

22. How to find that tools work well with your existing system?

1. Discuss with the support officials
2. Download the trial version of the tool and evaluate
3. Get suggestions from peopel who are working on the tool

23. Describe some problem that you had with automating testing tool.

1. The inabality of winrunner to identify the third party control like infragistics controls
2. The change of the location of the table object will cause object not found error.
3. The inability of the winrunner to execute the script against multiple langauges

24. What are the main attributes of test automation?

Maintainability, Reliability, Flexibility, Efficiency, Portability, Robustness, and Usability - these are the main attributes in test automation.

25. What testing activities you may want to automate in a project?

Testing tools can be used for :
Sanity tests(which is repeated on every build),
stress/Load tests(U simulate a large no of users,which is manually impossibele) &
Regression tests(which are done after every code change)

[au123]

Hi Anand,

Don't bang ur self on the wall, I am there with u dear. I will paste my point of view for all those questions. Thats sure, but I was busy last days.

Take care

[Spoorthi]

hi frds,
i've just collected the questions.......i dont knw the answers as i'm not related to testing so i cant able to gve answers for those............:-)

[ranjith595]

hi

how to loadrunner testing with documention or video trial of loadrunner

[ranjith595]

please tell me how to loadrunner testing with documetion

loadrunner scripts

how to test of performance,load,strees, etc through loadrunner

[Naanchy]

I friends I'm Nancy,i am new member of this group,i want testing tools materials,my email id is naanchy.k@gmail.com

[yousuf.rl]

can we automate backend testing using QTP 9.2 .i.e on to perferm automation part for solaris and also for database testing

[AjayKumar.Kataram]

thanks to all

[raj1234ramesh]

Hi Guys please find the answers for the Spoorthi questions.

QTP/Winrunner2)Automation testing tool was used for Regression Testing.3) Unable to understand custom object, then we have to map that object to standard object.4) Learn the application - Record the script - Edit script with checkpoints - Run Script - Analyze result.5) Yes, Automated test can be repeated any number of times eliminating human errors.6) Testing the application with different sets of data is called Data-Driven test. If we automate the test, while running it will automatically pick the data from the table and insert in the applicaion fields.7)Attributes of test automation:Speed, Accuracy, Efficiency, Data Driven Testing, Relentlessness.8) Automation replace manual testing to some extent but not completely. For example if you have to test the application on different OS/Hardware like printers etc, then you have to do it manually.9) For Load Testing we will use Loadrunner. For .net,XML,web application QTP is better. For SAP/Client-Server application Winrunner is good.11) Can be repeatable, free from human error, relentlessnes, fast. 13) Testing activities includes: Analyze the Business requirement, Create Test Scenario and Test Cases, Test the application, Report Bugs, Track bugs untill they are fixed. 14) Testing activities that are repeatable in nature can be automated, for example "Data Driven Testing". 15) When the application is not stable and it changes very frequently,then we can automate our test. 17) Principle if good testing script : if there is a change in one part of the application,you don't need to record the whole script again, for example use shared Objet Repository in QTP OR Global GUI map in Winrunner. 18) Test Director. 19) Yes,Test case creating activity can be automated, I didn't remember the tool name, but in that you can create test cases automatically through mapping it with the Requirements. 20) You cannot automate testing your application for tasks like printing with different printers or Fax. 21) Out of Box Thinking, Work to break attitude, good communication, and good at using tools. 23) Object not found, If the database link is broken then test will fail and test run will be left incomplete..

[raj1234ramesh]

Thank you so much Spoorthi, for taking initiative to put the Automation question even youa re not testing, this makes help to us to find the answers and learn more about this, keep posting if you have any more. Thank you once again.

[AjayKumar.Kataram]

thanks