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06CS842 May - June 2010

1. The document contains questions related to software testing for an examination. It covers topics such as quality attributes, the testing and debugging cycle, test generation strategies, control flow graphs, test selection problems, equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, cause-effect graphing, various testing criteria, data flow analysis, test cases, test oracles, and different types of software testing. 2. The questions assess understanding of key software testing concepts like test case design techniques, control and data flow analysis, testing criteria, test oracles, and different phases of software testing. Diagrams and examples are used to illustrate many of the testing concepts. 3. The document provides a comprehensive set of questions to evaluate knowledge of software

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06CS842 May - June 2010

1. The document contains questions related to software testing for an examination. It covers topics such as quality attributes, the testing and debugging cycle, test generation strategies, control flow graphs, test selection problems, equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, cause-effect graphing, various testing criteria, data flow analysis, test cases, test oracles, and different types of software testing. 2. The questions assess understanding of key software testing concepts like test case design techniques, control and data flow analysis, testing criteria, test oracles, and different phases of software testing. Diagrams and examples are used to illustrate many of the testing concepts. 3. The document provides a comprehensive set of questions to evaluate knowledge of software

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USN 06CS842

Eighth Semester B.E. Degree Examination, May/June 2010


Software Testing
Time: 3 hrs. Max. Marks:lOO
Note: Answer any FIVE full questions, selecting
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PART -B
5 a. What are the differences between functional and structural testing? (04Marks)
b. Show with an example, how statement adequacy criterion is not sufficient to identify faults
in the code. (08Marks)
c. What is multiple condition/decision coverage criteria? Illustrate how this reduces the no. of
test cases required to test a compound condition. (08Marks)
6 a. Define the following giving examples:
i) Definition of a variable ii) Use of a variable
iii) Definition of clear path iv) Direct data dependency. (08Marks)
b. Illustrate the generation of spurious execution paths while data flow analysis through
procedure calls. (08Marks)
c. Give an example when DU paths can be exponential and explain how. (04Marks)
7 a. Explain the following terms:
i) Test case ii) Test case specification iii) Test obligation iv) Test suite
v) Test or test execution vi) Adequacy criterion. (06 Marks)
b. Write a note on Scaffolding (07 Marks)
c. Explain with example:
i) Test oracle
ii) Comparison based oracle
iii) Partial oracle. (07 Marks)

8 Write short notes on:


a. System testing
b. Acceptance testing
c. Regression testing
d. Clean room process model (20 Marks)

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