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Software Testing

Decision Table Testing

Tran Duy Hoang


State Transition Testing

• Helpful to test different system transitions


• General approach
• Describe the System Under Test as a “finite state machine” or “state
transition diagram”
• Derive test cases based on State Transition Coverage
• Create State Table based on the diagram to evaluate Invalid
Transitions

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State Transition Diagram

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State Diagram for Login

Ref: https://www.guru99.com/state-transition-testing.html

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State Transition Table

Correct PIN Incorrect PIN


S1. Start _ _
S2. 1st Try S5 S2
S3. 2nd Try S5 S4
S4. 3rd Try S5 S6
S5. Access Granted _ _
S6. Account Blocked _ _

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State Transition Coverage

• State Transition Coverage % = Number of identified states or


transitions tested / The total number of states or transitions in the
test object.
• è All States Coverage
• è All Transitions Coverage

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State Transition Coverage

Ref: https://www.guru99.com/state-transition-testing.html

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State Diagram for TV

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N-Switch Testing

• N-switch tests are state transition tests in which the test cases are
designed to execute all valid sequences of N+1 transitions.
• è 0-switch: every single (0+1=1) transition is tested
• è 1-switch: all combinations of two (1+1=2) consecutive
transitions are tested transitions are tested

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0-switch Coverage Test cases

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Quizzes

Ref: https://www.testing.vn/state-transition/
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Quizzes

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Quizzes

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State Diagram for a Bank Account

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State Transition Table

• List all possible state-transition combinations, not just the valid


ones
• Advantage: Help detect defects in implementation that enable invalid paths
from one state to another
• Disadvantage: state tables become very large very quickly as the number
of states and events increases

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State Table for Bank Account

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Test Cases from State Table

#TC Precondition Condition Expected Result (Action) Note


(State) (Event)
TC1 No account Open account Account created with balance >=0 S1 => S2
TC2 No account Withdraw Message: Account does not exist S1 => S3
TC3 No account Close account Message: Account does not exist S1 => S4
TC4 Account with Deposit D Balance = balance + D S2 => S2
balance >= 0
TC5 Account with Withdraw Balance = balance – W >= 0 S2 => S2
balance >= 0 W<=balance

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Test Cases from State Table

#TC Precondition Condition (Event) Expected Result (Action) Note


(State)
TC6 Balance >=0 Withdraw W>balance Balance = (balance – W ) < 0 S2 => S3
TC7 Balance >=0 Close account Account closed S2 => S4
Balance = 0
TC8 Balance < 0 Deposit D+Balance>=0 Balance = Balance + D >= 0 S3 => S2
TC9 Balance < 0 Deposit D+Balance<0 Balance = Balance + D < 0 S3 => S3
TC10 Balance < 0 Write bad debit Account in bad debit S3 => S4

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Test Cases from State Table

#TC Precondition (State) Condition (Event) Expected Result (Action) Note


TC11 Account in bad debit Deposit D+Balance>=0 Balance = Balance + D >= 0 S4 => S2
TC12 Account in bad debit Deposit D+Balance<0 Balance = Balance + D < 0 S4 => S3
TC13 Account closed Deposit Message: Account already closed S4 => S2
TC14 Account in bad debit Withdraw Message: Account in bad debit S4 => S3
TC15 Account closed Withdraw Message: Account already closed S4 => S3
TC16 Account in bad debit Close Message: Account in bad debit S4 => S4
TC17 Account closed Close Message: Account already closed S4 => S4

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