A cloud administrator has deployed a new web application to a private cloud. The application platform consists of two web servers that communicate to a redundant database back end. The traffic to…

Successfully connecting to and authenticating against each individual web server confirms that the network path to each server is functional and that the application layer responds correctly to requests. The administrator has verified that each endpoint is accessible and operational, which is the definition of a connectivity test. No failure scenarios, data verification, or load conditions were introduced, so the test scope is limited to connectivity.

Failover testing requires intentionally taking one web server or database node offline to verify that the load balancer correctly redirects traffic to the remaining available node without service interruption.

Data integrity testing would involve verifying that records written to or retrieved from the database back end are accurate and consistent, not merely logging into the application.

Performance testing requires measuring response times, throughput, or behavior under simulated load conditions, none of which were performed in this scenario.