Software Engineering

Digital Assignment

Name - Aman Singh

Reg no. 21BCE3337
Course Code - BCSE301L
Slot - G2+TG2 (SJT603)
Date - 11/April/2025
Faculty - BASKARAN P Sir
Q1) Integration Testing for Component Interaction:
Scenario: Different modules developed by different teams need to be
integrated to form a cohesive application.

White-box Testing Scenario: White-box testing, also known as clear

box testing, glass box testing, or structural testing, involves
examining the internal structure of the software being tested. Here are
some scenarios where white-box testing would be appropriate:

Large software projects frequently involve multiple teams working on disparate modules
simultaneously with varying degrees of interdependence. Modules are thoroughly tested
together afterwards ensuring they function perfectly as one cohesive unit when finally
combined. It verifies communication between modules operates smoothly and data gets
passed correctly underneath. Envision a mobile banking application somehow.

One squad builds login functionality very slowly.

Another crew reckons with transaction processing rather haphazardly and a third group
focuses on notification systems. Integration testing verifies user login spawns error-free
access to balance views and payment processing with notifications generated
subsequently. It helps detect bugs that crop up rather haphazardly upon combining
modules with resultant data mismatch or aberrant flow occurring subsequently. White-
box testing scrutinizes code functionality from within quite thoroughly often leveraging
intimate knowledge of internal code workings. It's super helpful when we need to
scrutinize internal logic deeply between various disparate software parts and rigorously
validate overall flow. White-box testing proves useful in various scenarios notably under
Logic Path Testing where decision paths like if-else conditions are stringently verified.
Data Flow Testing rigorously verifies that variables and data get transmitted accurately
among various functions or disparate program modules somehow. Boundary testing
examines system behavior at extreme edge limits such as zero records or max records
under various operating conditions basically. Error handling scrutinizes software
behavior thoroughly during failures stemming from invalid input or catastrophic module
crashes unexpectedly. Loop testing validates iterative constructs pretty thoroughly
ensuring they execute neither endlessly nor get skipped entirely in various scenarios.
Q2) Security Testing for Vulnerability Assessment:

Scenario: A financial institution is developing a web application for

online banking.

White-box Testing Scenario:

Developing an online banking platform requires utmost care and security measures are
prioritized highly for vulnerability assessment purposes normally. Security testing aids in
uncovering vulnerabilities such as SQL injection and authentication flaws often before
malicious attackers can cleverly exploit them. Objectives entail ferreting out egregious
code-level vulnerabilities like flawed input validation or shoddy data encryption practices
quite thoroughly. Test login thoroughly for loopholes and scrutinize session management
rigorously to unearth potential vulnerabilities in authentication mechanisms. Handle
sensitive data like passwords and account numbers securely in code. Data validation
ensures tricky info remains locked down pretty tightly. Secure coding practices must
entirely encapsulate confidential stuff. Malicious logic hiding in code gets scrutinized
thoroughly during backdoor code review ensuring hidden threats aren't lurking quietly in
software. Path testing verifies numerous logical paths within code pretty thoroughly for
hidden security flaws essentially during white-box testing scenarios normally. Data flow
testing ensures data inputs and outputs get processed securely throughout app with
utmost care and vigilance always. Control flow testing rigorously examines software for
obscure vulnerabilities by uncovering unintended code paths that malicious users could
exploit quickly. Condition testing validates if-else conditions rigorously where sensitive
actions like superfluous fund transfers quietly occur ensuring strict validation somehow.
Security testing via white-box methods remains pretty crucial for safeguarding online
banking systems effectively nowadays it seems. Vulnerabilities get caught super early on
by scrutinizing code structure and underlying logic pretty thoroughly during review
processes obviously. This creates an application remarkably more secure and
trustworthy overall with somewhat enhanced safety features.
Q3) Stress Testing for Performance Evaluation:
Scenario: A banking application is subjected to heavy loads during
peak transaction periods.

Black-box Testing Scenario: Black-box testing involves testing the

functionality of a software application without examining its internal
code structure. Testers focus on the external behavior of the software
and do not have access to its internal workings. Here are some
scenarios where black-box testing would be appropriate:

A banking app is used daily by many users for things like viewing account balances,
transferring funds, and paying bills. At certain times—like the start or end of the month,
or during holidays—the number of users rises sharply. To make sure the system
doesn’t break under heavy use, the testing team carries out stress testing using black-
box methods.

Stress testing evaluates banking application performance under crushing loads during
peak usage periods pretty effectively somehow. Objectives: Simulating extremely heavy
user loads checks if application crashes or slows down badly under sudden traffic
spikes. App stability gets thoroughly assessed under pretty extreme conditions
occasionally. Tests determine under stress at exactly what juncture performance begins
degrading rapidly. Heavy load situations trigger evaluations of CPU usage network
usage and memory consumption pretty intensely under various operational stresses
normally. Functional testing validates core features like transfers and balance checks
under load meanwhile black-box testing gets utilized in stress testing environments
quite heavily. Response Time Testing evaluates app performance under intense usage
scrutinizing whether it stays responsive or slows down drastically. Error handling
checks if an app gracefully handles errors under extremely heavy loads and maintains
relatively stable performance somehow. Scalability verifies whether an app handles
increased user traffic properly under various loads and abnormal usage patterns quite
effectively. Stress testing verifies banking app stability under intense load and keeps
performance stellar during exceptionally busy periods somehow. Black-box testing
zeroes in on functionality sans internal code inspection ensuring stability and user-
friendliness under grueling stress conditions pretty much always.
Q4) Usability Testing for User Experience (UX) Evaluation:
Scenario: A software company is redesigning its website to improve
user experience.
Black-box Testing Scenario:

Usability testing ensures a website redesign is pretty intuitive and ridiculously user-
friendly during evaluation of user experience afterwards somehow. It focuses on
improving overall user experience remarkably by making website navigation relatively
easy and meeting most user expectations effectively. Objectives include assessing user
experience with an emphasis on ease of use and determining whether visitors can swiftly
accomplish tasks. Efficiency measures speed at which users accomplish specific tasks
like finding stuff or making purchases pretty quickly online nowadays. Error prevention
identifies potential pitfalls that may precipitously lead users astray or induce frustration
with unclear navigation and broken links. User satisfaction gathers multifaceted feedback
on overall user experience thereby identifying areas that badly need drastic improvement
very quickly. Functionality testing verifies core functions like links and buttons work
flawlessly from user's vantage point as expected ordinarily. Interaction testing rigorously
examines user interactions with a website ensuring ease of use by verifying buttons are
ostensibly clickable and readily locatable. Performance testing evaluates how quickly a
website loads under diverse circumstances and stays responsive. Error handling ensures
users get pretty helpful error messages if something goes terribly wrong down the line
somehow. Usability testing proves essential somehow during website redesign for
significantly improving user experience. Black-box testing prioritizes end-user experience
enormously by ensuring a website functions smoothly and is ridiculously easy to
navigate.
Q5) Exception Handling Mutations:
Scenario: An application includes exception handling mechanisms.

Mutation Testing Scenario: Mutation testing is a technique used to

evaluate the effectiveness of existing test cases by introducing small
changes, or mutations, into the source code and checking if the tests
can detect these changes. Here are some scenarios for mutation
testing:

Applications that heavily rely on exception handling mechanisms must vigilantly ensure
errors get caught and get handled rather properly somehow. Mutation testing verifies
whether current test cases can detect altered exception handling code or when it utterly
fails somehow. Objectives include validating error responses thrown exceptionally and
checking application responses under abnormal conditions with extreme irregularity.
Exception-related code must be properly tested thoroughly by diverse test cases and not
skipped haphazardly during testing processes. Fault detection involves introducing
changes such as removing try-catch blocks or altering throw statements to verify if tests
still pass and reveal weak coverage. Code robustness entails verifying application
stability pretty much under error-prone conditions with mostly predictable behavior still
occurring fairly normally. Mutation testing involves deleting catch blocks rapidly and
checking if test cases fail utterly during exception handler removal scenarios. Exception
handling isn't being put through rigorous testing if they don't bother checking properly.
Replace one exception type with another haphazardly such as swapping IOException for
some gnarly NullPointerException and observe if test suite detects difference quietly.
Modify throw conditions drastically to test sensitivity of tests under wildly different
exceptional circumstances with varying degrees of success obviously. Omitting
finalization code within finally blocks can be done deliberately to test whether test cases
flag missing logic somehow. Mutation testing thoroughly verifies exception handling
logic. Simulating small faults in error handling helps identify weak spots in test cases and
improves overall application reliability remarkably well.