Quality Interview Questions and Answers
Question - 31 : - List out the software quality practices through the software development cycle?
Answer - 31 : - Software quality practices includes
• Review the requirements before starting the development phase
• Code Review
• Write comprehensive test cases
• Session based testing
• Risk based testing
• Prioritize bug based on usage
• Form a dedicated security and performance testing team
• Run a regression cycle
• Perform sanity tests on production
• Simulate customer accounts on production
• Include software QA Test Reports
Question - 32 : - Explain what is the rule of a "Test Driven Development"?
Answer - 32 : - The rule of a Test Driven Development is to prepare test cases before writing the actual code. Which means you are actually be writing code for the tests before you write code for the application.
Question - 33 : - Mention what are the types of documents in SQA?
Answer - 33 : - The types of documents in SQA are
• Requirement Document
• Test Metrics
• Test cases and Test plan
• Task distribution flow chart
• Transaction Mix
• User profiles
• Test log
• Test incident report
• Test summary report
Question - 34 : - Explain what should your QA documents include?
Answer - 34 : - QA testing document should include
• List the number of defects detected as per severity level
• Explain each requirement or business function in detail
• Inspection reports
• Configurations
• Test plans and test cases
• Bug reports
• User manuals
• Prepare separate reports for managers and users
Question - 35 : - What does the software QA document should include?
Answer - 35 : - Software QA document should include
• Specifications
• Designs
• Business rules
• Configurations
• Code changes
• Test plans
• Test cases
• Bug reports
• User manuals, etc
Question - 36 : - Mention how validation activities should be conducted?
Answer - 36 : - Validation activities should be conducted by following techniques
• Hire third party independent verification and validation
• Assign internal staff members that are not involved in validation and verification activities
• Independent evaluation
Question - 37 : - What is bug leakage and bug release?
Answer - 37 : -
Bug release is when software or an application is handed over to the testing team knowing that the defect is present in a release. During this the priority and severity of bug is low, as bug can be removed before the final handover.
Bug leakage is something, when the bug is discovered by the end users or customer, and not detected by the testing team while testing the software.
Question - 38 : - Explain what is the rule of a “Test Driven Development”?
Answer - 38 : -
The rule of a Test Driven Development is to prepare test cases before writing the actual code. Which means you are actually be writing code for the tests before you write code for the application.
Question - 39 : - How do you determine which piece of software requires how much testing?
Answer - 39 : -
We can know this factor by finding out the Cyclomatic Complexity.
Question - 40 : - Have you used any Automation tools?
Answer - 40 : - The answer to this question is very much exclusive to the individual. Reply to all the tools and strategies of automation that you have used in your project.