CTFL_Syll2018 Exam Dumps : ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (Syllabus 2018)

Percentage of work done in test environment preparation is a metric that measures how much of the required test environment setup has been completed. This metric is useful for monitoring the test progress because it indicates whether the test environment is ready for executing the planned test cases or not.

For the code fragment given below, one test case is required for statement coverage and two test cases are required for branch coverage. Statement coverage requires that every executable statement in the code is executed at least once. Branch coverage requires that every possible outcome of each decision point in the code is executed at least once. The following table shows how to achieve statement and branch coverage for the code fragment:

Test Case

Input

Output

Statement Coverage

Branch Coverage

1

x = 3

y = 9

S1, S2, S3

T1 = true

2

x = 5

y = 25

S1, S2

T1 = false

As shown in the table, test case 1 covers all three statements (S1, S2, S3) in the code fragment, achieving 100% statement coverage. Test case 2 covers only two statements (S1, S2) in the code fragment, but it exercises a different outcome of the decision point T1 (if x < 4), achieving 100% branch coverage.

The overall quality of the software can be increased by finding and fixing defects before releasing the software to the customers or users. A test case passes means that no defect was found in the tested functionality, which indicates a high quality. A test case fails, defect gets logged which subsequently gets fixed means that a defect was found and corrected, which improves the quality. Some tests are deferred because test environment is not available means that some functionality was not tested, which may leave some defects undetected, which reduces the quality. A bug is found but there is no corresponding test case means that a defect was found by chance or by other means than planned testing, which does not increase the quality of the testing process or the test coverage.