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Automated testing - Posted
on August 11, 2008 at 13:10 pm by Rajmeet
Ghai
Question - Explain how to perform load-testing.
Answer
Load testing is done to know how well can a system handle and respond
when subjected to load. It can be done by either moderately loading the system
for a long time or heavily loading the system for a short time. In either
approaches intention is to check the limitations of the system.
E.g. exceeding the number of users on the web, Memory management testing: i.e.
uploading many pictures
Question - What is Table-Driven testing?
Answer
Table-Driven testing, also known as keyword or action driven testing
uses a specified methodology for testing. The methodology divides the testing
in two stages,
Planning stage: In this stage, the requirements of the application are analyzed.
Thereafter the operations that need to be performed on the objects are planned.
Here, the testers write the test cases based on keywords.
E.g. identifying all text fileds in the application accepting Mobile numbers.
Here the keyword can be Entering Mobile number.
Implementing stage: Here the test cases
are executed based on keywords mentioned above.
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