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TestDirector is the tool that was later renamed to Quality Center. The last version of TestDirector was version 8.2. 2. What is the purpose of Quality Center? TestDirector is a web-enabled tool used for the management of tests. It supports cross-team communication and helps to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of collaboration in the process of testing global applications. It is capable of generating reports and graphs that can be used for test analysis, planning, and the tracking of defects. 3. What is the purpose of linking test cases to requirements? Test cases are linked to requirement so verify test coverage. This ensures that all requirements are being verified by at least one test case. 4. What types of requirement options can be added to test cases? There are two types of requirements: Parent Requirement High level functions Child requirements. Low level (sub-requirements of parents)

5. What are the main advantages of Quality Center? It is capable of performing manual and automated testing It takes all parts of the testing process into account, from test planning through defect tracking It ensures test coverage by linking requirements to the test cases It allows for test plans and requirements to be imported from Microsoft Excel

6. What do you have to use to upload test cases from Microsoft Excel? This can be done using the MS Excel add-in. This option can be installed from the Quality Center Add-In menu. Once this is completed, there will be a new menu option in MS Excel for exporting to Quality Center. 7. How are filters be used? Filters are used to sort the test results. A tester can easily find all pass or fail results using a filter. 8. What is the Test Lab?

The Quality Centre Test Lab where tests are executed. Tests from the test plan can be added to test trees that run in various test cycles. 9. How can the defect management cycle be tailored in Quality Center? Once all of the defect attributes that will be tracked (i.e. version, details, etc.) are determined, use the Modify Options feature of Quality Center to customize. 10. Does Quality Center allow defect to be mapped directly to requirements? No, defects are mapped indirectly to requirements through test cases. 11. Can test data be stored in TestDirector? Test data can be stored by attaching it to the matching test cases. It can also be saved into a separate folder in test plan. 12. Will test data be lost if you choose to upgrade from TestDirector to QC? If the instructions are followed, test data will not be lost when migrating from TestDirector to Quality Center. 13. How are test cases grouped? The tested decides how to group test cases. The tester has the option of creating several folders in the test plan to represent the test modules. They also have the option of creating sub-modules from there. 14. How does Quality Center compare to Bugzilla? Quality Center has much more functionality than Bugzilla. Bugzilla is a defect logging and tracking tool while Quality Center is a test management tool. In addition to being able to track defects, Quality Center is capable of managing requirements and test cases for both manual and automated tests and much more. 15. What reports are available in Quality Center? Some of the test reports that are available include those for requirements, test cases, defect tracking and more. They can be generated from any module and can also be customized using filters to include summaries, coverage, progress, and more. Customized report setting can be saved and reloaded for future testing. 16. Can one defect be mapped to more than one test script? A defect can be mapped to several different test scripts using the option called associate defect. 17. Do scripts have to be recorded in QTP or WinRunner before importing them into Quality Center?

No, scripts can be recorded directly to Quality Center by first specifying the URL, user ID, password, project, etc and connecting to Quality Center. The recording tool has to be opened when doing this. The script can be saved to Quality Center rather than the local machine. 18. How can you be sure that bugs are not duplicated? The Find Similar Defect feature searches for defect duplication. 19. What information is in the test grid? The test grid contains all tests that are related to a project as well as a toolbar with controls that are frequently used when creating and modifying the tests. Filters used in the grid and test history are also displayed. 20. What views are available in TestDirector? There are three views available in TD: Plan Test for preparation of test cases Run Test for test execution Track Defects for logging bugs 21. What are the Quality Center tabs? There are four tabs: requirements, test plan, Test Lab, and defects. 22. How can Quality Center be used in real-time projects? For real-time project, when the test cases are completed, they should be imported into Quality Center and loaded into a test plan. When test execution begins, test cases are moved to Test Lab. Test Lab executes the cases and assigns pass/fail/incomplete statuses. Graphs can be generated and defects attached. 23. What is the difference between Not run and Not covered statuses? The Not Run status indicates that the test cases associated with the requirements exist but have not been executed. The Not Covered status indicates that the test cases associated with the requirements do not exist yet. 24. What is the difference between QA Inspect and Web Inspect? The QA Inspect feature searched the full web application for vulnerabilities in security, prioritizes them, and provided detailed information and solution suggestions. Web Inspect, on the other hand, is often used as a security assessment for vulnerabilities in security for critical data. Web inspect is use the most by security experts and compliance auditors.

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Quality Center Interview Questions 1. What is Quality Center used for? Or What are the benefits and features of Quality Center ? Quality Center is a comprehensive test management tool. It is a web-based tool and supports high level of communication and association among various stakeholders (Business Analyst, Developers , Testers etc. ) , driving a more effective and efficient global application-testing process. Automation Tools like QTP , WinRunner & LoadRunner can be integrated with Quality Center. One can also create reports and graphs for Analysis and Tracking for Test processes.

2. What is the difference between TestDirector and Quality Center? Quality Center is upgraded version of Test Director built by the same vendor Mercury (Now acquired by HP).Test Director Version 8.2 onwards is know as Quality Center. Quality Center is has enhanced Security/Test management /Defect management features when compared to Test Director. 3. What is the difference between Quality Center and Bugzilla? Quality Center is a test management tool which can also manage Defects apart from other features.BugZilla is Defect Management tool only.

4. What is the Purpose of Creating Child Requirement in TD /QC? By Creating Child requirements to the main requirement you can evaluate the sub requirements related to the main requirements. You can link test sets and defects to the sub-requirements. This helps in 100% test coverage and its analysis. 4. What is Test Lab? In order to execute a Test Case (Developed in the Test Plan Module) either manual or automated it needs to imported into Test Lab Module. In sum, Test Cases are created in Test Plan Module while they are executed in Test Lab Module. 5. What is meant by Instance? A Test Case imported from Test Plan module to Test Lab module is called an Instance of

that test case. It is possible to have multiple instances of the same Test Case in the Test Lab Module. 6. Is it possible to maintain test data in Quality Center? Yes. One can attach the test data to the corresponding test cases or create a separate folder in test plan to store them. 7. How to ensure that there is no duplication of bugs in Quality Center? In the defect tracking window of QC, there is a find similar defect icon. When this icon is clicked after writing the defect, if anybody else has entered the same defect then it points it out. 8. What will be the status in Quality Center if you give "Suggestion" to the Developer? This is a trick question. You can give "Suggestion" to the developer using the Comments sections provided in QC. This is will not change the current status of Defect in QC. In sum, the status of the defect remains the same, as that before giving suggestion to the developer. 9. How will you generate the defect ID in Quality Center? The Defect ID is automatically generated after clicking Submit button.

10. Is 'Not covered' and 'Not run' status the same? Not Covered status means all those requirements for which the test cases are not written whereas Not Run status means all those requirements for which test cases are written but are not run. 11.How to import test cases from Excel / Word to Quality Center? 1.Install and Configure the Microsoft Excel / Word Add-In for Quality Center. 2. Map the Columns in Word / Excel spreadsheet with Columns available in Quality Center 3.Export the data from Word/Excel to Quality Center Using Tools >Export to Quality Center Option in Word/Excel.

4. Rectify errors if Any. 12. Can we export the file from Quality Centre to Excel / Word. If yes then how? Yes. Requirement tab Right click on main Req/click on export/save as word, excel or other template. This would save all the child requirements Test plan tab: Only individual test can be exported. No parent child export is possible. Select a test script, click on the design steps tab, right click anywhere on the open window. Click on export and save as. Test lab tab: Select a child group. Click on execution grid if it is not selected. Right click anywhere. Default save option is excel. But can be saved in documents and other formats

Defects Tab: Right click anywhere on the window, export all or selected defects and save excel sheet or document. 13. What is Business Component ? Quality Center provides Business Component for Business Process Testing (BPT). Many Enterprise Applications are a) complex and b) require extensive test scripts/case. A Test /Automation Engineer can not handle both complexity of Application Under Test as well as extensive test script/test case creation. Using Business Component, Subject Matter Experts ( who are experts on the Application Under Test ) can create tests in a script free environment without involving in the Nittygritty of test case/script designing. It helps increase test coverage and creates re-usable business components used for testing essential Business Processes. Development of Test Script / Cases is done by Automation / Test Engineer. 14.How can we save the tests Executed in test lab? The tests executed, are automatically saved when the user clicks on "END RUN" in the Test Lab 15. How to export test cases from QTP into QC? To export test cases from QTP to QC, you first need to establish QTP-QC connection 1) In QTP , Go to File > Quality Center Connection. 2) Enter QC URL project name/domain/username/password and click on Login. QTP is now connected to QC.

Next you can select the save the QTP Script in QC. 3) In QTP, Select File Menu > Save As > Save in QC 4 ) Select the Folder in QC where you wan to save the QTP Script 6) Click OK to Save. 16. How to use QTP as an automation tool in Quality Center ? You need to install QTP add-in in Quality Center (Usually done by Quality Center Administrator) . You then create and store QTP scripts in QC.

17. How to switch between two projects in Quality Center ? In QC 9.0 and above you can switch between two projects by select Tools>Change Projects>Select Project. In other version , you will need to log-off and log-in again. 18. What is the main purpose to storing requirement in Quality Center? You store requirements in Quality Center for following reasons a) To ensure 100% coverage : You can create and track test plan / sets for the requirements stored in Quality Center to ensure all the requirements are tested. b) Easy Change Management : If any requirement changes during course of test case creation , the underlying test case is automatically highlighted and Test Engineer can change the test case to suite the new requirement. e) Ease of Tracking : Using Advanced Reporting & Graphs provided by QC , Managers can determine various metrics useful in project tracking and monitoring. 19. What is Coverage status, what does it do? Coverage status is percentage of testing covered at a given time. For Example, If you have 100 test cases in a project and you have executed 35 test cases than your coverage status of the project is 35% Coverage status is helps keep track of project deadline.

http://futurethoughtsllc.com/QualityCenterInterviewQuestions.aspx Quality Center Interview Questions And Answers 1. What is Quality Center? QC is mercury interactive process based test management system. 2. Why use Quality Center? QC is a part of the Test Suite set of tools that allows u to organize and manage your testing effort. -create a repository to store all the test results, metrics and collateral. -maintain security for the testing project. -Writing manual test cases and automated test scripts -Scheduling and executing the tests -Integrating with the feature testing tool (Win Runner & QTP) -Analyze the entire testing process with graphs and reports -generate custom project documents (MS Word, MS Project) -Provides a means for defect tracking and reporting -Is accessible world-wide 3. What are the phases of Quality Center process? -Setting up the QC project -Requirements Management -Create Test Cases -Run Tests and Analyze Results -Report and Track Defects

4. What are the features of Quality Center? -Entirely browser based -Project customization now a separate module -Test requirements management -Execution Flow tab -"Drill Down" in graphs -save graph, report and grid settings for reuse -Attach screen snapshots to any object that accepts attachments -Web Defect Manager functionality built into Defects tab 5. What is a Quality Center Project? A QC project is a customizable repository for the testing effort. It contains tests, test sets, execution records, defect reports and other test documentation. 6. What data sources (databases) does QC use to store and manage data? A QC project can be stored and managed using the following data sources. -Microsoft Access -Sybase -Microsoft Sql -Oracle 7. How does u create a project in QC? Use the Project Administration Utility to create a QC project 8. How does u control the access to a QC project? As a QC Admin, you can specify the users and the privileges each user will have. Privileges can also be set for groups. 9. What is a Table in QC project? A table in QC project stores records of information about your test plan. It is part of a database. 10. How many built-in tables does QC have? What are they? There are 6 tables accessible to the user via QC's Customize Project interface. They are as follows: -Test Table -Test Step Table -Run Table -Test Set Table -Defect Table -Requirement Table 11. What is a User-Defined field? How many can u create? A User-Defined field is a column in a QC table activated by the user to hold project specific information. You can create unto 99 user-defined fields in a QC project

12. What are the benefits of User-defined fields? -Store project-specific information that may be inappropriate for built-in fields -More ways to filter and sort project information -More ways to customize graphs and reports. 13. What are the currently supported user defined field types? -Number -Date -String -User List -Lookup List 14. Where are the user-defined fields added? The user-defined fields are added to the Test Plan tab under "Other Information" 15. How do u launch winRunner ? Test Script tab under Test Plan module lets u -see any WinRunner code that exists for a test -launch WinRunner with this script loaded. 16. How do u link requirements with a test? We link requirements to a particular test using Requirements coverage tab. 17. What is a Test Plan Tree? The Test Plan tree is a branching structure that allows you to organize Your entire test plan visually. 18. What are the benefits of a test plan tree? -Visually organize your tests -Use different criteria for groups of tests -object controls -business tasks -regression -Insert Placeholders where needed -Testing can start before all tests are created while keeping the plan orderly. 19. Why limit access to a Quality Center project? You can enhance project security by assigning access privileges to all users. 20. What are Test Requirements? Test Requirements refer to objectives or conditions that must be satisfied during testing 21. What are the categories of test requirements?

-Business Requirements->High-Level objectives of the customer requesting the product -User requirements->Describe tasks the user must be able to accomplish with the product. ->Tasks captured in use cases or scenario descriptions. -functional requirements->documented in a software requirements specification (SRS) ->Define the application's software functionality to enable users to accomplish their tasks. 22. How do u check which tests are linked to a specific requirement? Coverage View is used to check which tests are linked to a specific requirement. Use this view to find untested requirements. 23. What does document view show? document view displays columns for all requirements. 24.How do u customize requirements traa? Open the "select columns" dialog to customize the requirements tree 25. What is an automated test? An automated test is a recorded script of user actions that is played back on an application to verify correct functionality. 26. Can u use QC for automation? Yes. QC integrates with WinRunner which is a testing tool that enables you to create and playback automated tests. 27. What are the 2 ways of adding automated tests? -save a WR test to a Quality Center project. -Convert a manual test to an automated one. 28. What is the importance of connecting a test case to test requirements? -to see if all the requirements are covered. -to map a test case associated with its requirements. 29. What are the types of graphs and reports in QC? Progress graphs are available for all tables. Summary graphs are available for all tables. Test lab has additional graphs -cross test set progress -cross test set summary Defects table also has Age graphs Reports -standard reports -Document generator

-snapshots -full reports 30. What are Progress Graphs? Progress Graphs display specified information over a period of time. Each testing phase has a progress graph Requirements Phase -Data grouped by fields in the REQUIREMENT table. Planning Phase -Data from TEST table Execution Phase -Data from RUN table Defects Phase -Data from DEFECT table 31. What are Summary Graphs? Summary graphs show the accumulated value of specified data in the Quality Center project. Each testing phase has a summary graph User may select 2 fields for grouping- graph for each field, grouped by field 32. Why use a filter? Filters allow you to restrict the scope of data displayed in the graph, report or grid according to criteria that you specify. When a filter is applied, only those records that meet the filter Conditions are displayed. Filters are available for Graphs, Reports and Grids. 33. When would you generate project documents using the standard Reports? Feature and when would you use the Document Generator? We use standard Reports -to view quick reports, -to filter/sort and customize the fields, -and to save it to a Web page file (.htm) We use Document Generator -for high customization involving index, tables & attachments -to save and edit in MS Word format (.doc) -to choose between snapshot and Full report. 34. What icon indicates whether a test has steps? A footprint next to the manual and automated icons indicates whether a test has steps. 35. What is a Test Set? A Test Set is a group of tests selected from the database to achieve a Specific goal. 36. What is a Host Machine? A host is a computer connected to a network, serving the project database, Which is able to execute automated tests. 37. What is a Scheduler?

The Scheduler is a QC feature that allows timed execution of automated tests. You can specify the date and time when a test will be run. This is useful for running large no. of tests unattended, such as overnight. 38. How does u open a Scheduler? Goto-> Execution Flow tab. Right click a test to be scheduled and select "Test Run Schedule" from the pop-up menu. 39. Why use QC to track defects? Maintains a centralized database Standardize defect reporting Prevent duplicate defects Attach supporting information easily Analyze defect data using reports and graphs. 40. How to prevent logging of duplicate defects? Search the defect table for similar defects before entering a new one. Use the "Find Similar" option to compare new defect and all other defects by: Summary Description and R&D comments. 41. How does a Defect get fixed? Developers: Fix open defects Report the repair information Change status to 'Fixed' Once the defect is fixed, it gets closed. 42. What is a Defect Age Graph? It shows the length of time a reported defect has been present in the project.