Test Analyst – Readiness Assessment Exercise

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A. Choose the correct answer from the options provided.

Negative Testing Black-box Testing Requirements Edit Test

Performance Test Project Planning Test Execution White-box Testing
Sanity Test Test Case Defect Design
Test Analyst Functional Testing Testing Test Report
Regression Testing Unit Test Test Planning Systems Analyst

Requirements 1. Used as basis/reference for defining test cases for a project

Test Case 2. A set of test inputs, execution conditions, and expected results
developed for a particular objective

Test Planning 3. Activity performed to review requirements and prepare test

cases

Developer 4. Responsible for fixing problems found during testing

Negative Testing 5. Type of testing that covers alphanumeric validation and blank
or zero-value entries

Functional Testing 6. Also known as Black-Box Testing

Defect 7. Specific cause of failure of a test

Test Execution 8. Testing using an unacceptable, abnormal, or unexpected

condition or data

Test Analyst 9. Responsible for reporting problems found during testing

White-box testing 10. This uses the internal structure of the program to derive the
test cases

Sanity Testing 11. Cursory testing that covers basic functionality to demonstrate
database stability, application connectivity, etc.

Performance Test 12. Testing to verify the load, volume and response times as
defined in the requirements

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Regression Testing 13. The objective of this is to verify stability of unchanged
functionalities of the software

Testing 14. An organized process of identifying discrepancies between the

expected and the actual results from the use of a system

Test Report 15. Prepared to document test results, statistics and any deviations
from what was planned (as defined in the Test Plan).

B. Consider the following requirement for a loan system:

“Print a reminder notice for borrowers who have not paid for 30 days.”
What additional information do we need for this requirement in order to build an
acceptable set of test cases for it? Identify at least three items.
1. Expected information that should be included in the notice (Borrower Personal
Information, Loan Information (Amount Due, Due Date), Other verbiage)
2. Do we count Holiday and Weekend as part of the 30 day period
3. Start day of the 30 day period. Requirement of resetting the 30 days count
4. Minimum or maximum amount to be paid for the reminder notice to be generated.
For example, borrower needs to have at least paid PHP 1000 before or on 30 days
of the notice genertion
5. Check if the borrower has outstanding balances
6. Is it possible to generate a 2nd reminder in case that the borrower has not responded
or paid
7. Information about whether there is a maximum month or years to pay the loan
8. Indicator if a notice has already been sent to the borrower

C. Identify at least three scenarios that need to be tested to address each requirement
stated. Define any assumptions made, if necessary.
a. Generate one reminder notice for each customer who has an outstanding
balance due and who has not paid within the last 30 days.
Scenario A:
- Outstanding Balance > 0
- Minimum Amount Due Paid after the Last Payment Date = 0
- Current Date < 30 days from the Last Payment Date
Expected Result: A reminder notice will be sent to the customer

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- Outstanding Balance > 0
- Minimum Amount Due Paid after the Last Payment Date = 0
- Current Date = 30 days from the Last Payment Date
Expected Result: A reminder notice will be sent to the customer

- Outstanding Balance > 0

- Minimum Amount Due Paid after the Last Payment Date = 0
- Current Date < 30 days from the Last Payment Date
Expected Result: A reminder notice will be sent to the customer

- Outstanding Balance > 0

- Minimum Amount Due Paid after the Last Payment Date > 0
- Current Date < 30 days from the Last Payment Date
Expected Result: No reminder notice will be sent to the customer

- Outstanding Balance > 0

- Minimum Amount Due Paid after the Last Payment Date > 0
- Current Date = 30 days from the Last Payment Date
Expected Result: A reminder notice will be sent to the customer for a new bill

- Outstanding Balance > 0

- Minimum Amount Due Paid after the Last Payment Date > 0
- Current Date > 30 days from the Last Payment Date
Expected Result: No reminder notice will be sent to the customer

- Outstanding Balance = 0
- Minimum Amount Due Paid after the Last Payment Date = 0
- Current Date > 30 days from the Last Payment Date

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 Expected Result: No reminder notice will be sent to the customer as the customer
has no outstanding balance

b. The 30-day period is counted from the day when the customer’s last payment
was received or from the day when the customer was last sent a bill or a reminder
notice.
Scenario A Customer has the following information:
- Outstanding Balance of the borrower > 0
- Reminder Notice/Bill was sent on 11/02/2018
- Last Payment Date = 11/
- Due Date of the payment =
- Minimum Amount Due Paid by the customer

D. Indicate in the blank provided – “T”, if the requirement is completely testable, and “F”, if
the requirement is flawed. If “F”, identify what the flaw is in the particular requirement,
and list all possible questions that will help clarify the user requirements.

T a. The wording of the reminder notice must comply with all pertinent
legal and local regulations.
I marked this as completely testable as i

T b. Ensure that the notice is generated and sent out promptly.

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 Do we have any preferred indicator display on a staff whether a notice has
been sent in a timely manner?

F c. The reminder notices must be mailed in purple 7” x 12” envelopes.

Will there be any system generated tick marks that can be generated
together in the reminder notices?

T d. For customers who are exempted from receiving reminder notices,

ensure that two notices are generated.

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T e. A reminder notice is generated only if the customer has an outstanding
balance due on the day the reminder is to be generated. The
outstanding balance is the net total amount owed by the customer on
any day.

F f. If the bill was never sent to the customer and a reminder notice has been
generated, ensure that the account officer reviews and approves it
before it is sent out.
Ensuring that the account officer reviews and approves the bill is a
manual process.
Testing will include insuring that an alert or task will be created for the
account officer to review and approve if a bill was never sent to a
customer. The account officer may manually close or marked the task
or alert as completed.

F g. The software for the reminder notice must be programmed as three

software modules, named X1, X2 and Y1.
What will be the functionality for each software modules

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