CTAL-TA_SYLL2019 · Question #59
You have been provided with the following decision table that was used for smoke testing the previous release of a set of hotel reservation software. During discussions with the Test Manager you…
The correct answer is C. State transition. State transition is a technique that analyzes the behavior of an application for different input conditions and how it changes from one state to another in response to events. It is useful for testing scenarios where the date of reservation is a critical factor that affects the…
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You have been provided with the following decision table that was used for smoke testing the previous release of a set of hotel reservation software. During discussions with the Test Manager you agreed that software behavior focused on the date of reservation, especially as midnight approaches, presented additonal risk. You need to add more tests to provide more thorough coverage of the test conditions. Which of the following techniques should you use to design more tests?
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- AOrthogonal Arrays
- BBoundary value analysis
- CState transition
- DPortability
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(34 responses)- A3% (1)
- B6% (2)
- C79% (27)
- D12% (4)
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State transition is a technique that analyzes the behavior of an application for different input conditions and how it changes from one state to another in response to events. It is useful for testing scenarios where the date of reservation is a critical factor that affects the system state and output1 ISTQB Advanced Level Test Analyst Syllabus 2019, Section 3.2.2.3, page 432 State Transition Testing - Diagram & Technique (Example) - Guru993 State Transition Testing - GeeksforGeeks4
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