
Foundations of Software Testing : ISTQB Certification
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements | p. viii |
Preface | p. ix |
Fundamentals of testing | p. 1 |
Why is testing necessary? | p. 1 |
What is testing? | p. 11 |
Testing principles | p. 18 |
Fundamental test process | p. 20 |
The psychology of testing | p. 26 |
Chapter review | p. 31 |
Sample exam questions | p. 32 |
Exercise: Test psychology | p. 33 |
Exercise solution | p. 34 |
Testing throughout the software life cycle | p. 35 |
Software development models | p. 35 |
Test levels | p. 41 |
Test types: the targets of testing | p. 46 |
Maintenance testing | p. 50 |
Chapter review | p. 54 |
Sample exam questions | p. 55 |
Static techniques | p. 57 |
Reviews and the test process | p. 57 |
Review process | p. 59 |
Static analysis by tools | p. 69 |
Chapter review | p. 74 |
Sample exam questions | p. 75 |
Test design techniques | p. 77 |
Identifying test conditions and designing test cases | p. 77 |
Categories of test design techniques | p. 84 |
Specification-based or black-box techniques | p. 87 |
Structure-based or white-box techniques | p. 105 |
Experience-based techniques | p. 112 |
Choosing a test technique | p. 114 |
Chapter review | p. 117 |
Sample exam questions | p. 118 |
Exercises: Test design techniques | p. 121 |
Exercise solutions | p. 122 |
Test management | p. 127 |
Test organization | p. 127 |
Test plans, estimates, and strategies | p. 132 |
Test progress monitoring and control | p. 142 |
Configuration management | p. 148 |
Risk and testing | p. 149 |
Incident management | p. 155 |
Chapter review | p. 161 |
Sample exam questions | p. 162 |
Exercise: Incident report | p. 165 |
Exercise solution | p. 166 |
Tool support for testing | p. 169 |
Types of test tool | p. 169 |
Effective use of tools: Potential benefits and risks | p. 184 |
Introducing a tool into an organization | p. 190 |
Chapter review | p. 193 |
Sample exam questions | p. 195 |
ISTQB Foundation Exam | p. 197 |
Preparing for the exam | p. 197 |
Taking the exam | p. 199 |
Mock exam | p. 201 |
Glossary | p. 209 |
Answers to sample exam questions | p. 227 |
References | p. 231 |
Authors | p. 237 |
Companies | p. 239 |
Index | p. 243 |
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