Software Testing Interview Questions

Database Functions
db_check
This function captures and compares data from a database.
Note that the checklist file (arg1) can be created only during record.
arg1 - checklist file.
db_connect
This function creates a new connection session with a database.
arg1 - the session name (string)
arg2 - a connection string
for example “DSN=SQLServer_Source;UID=SA;PWD=abc123″
db_disconnect
This function disconnects from the database and deletes the [...]

1. Give one line answer about WinRunner?
2. How do you define WinRunner on your own?
3. WinRunner is suitable for which type of applications?
4. What are all the types of applications WinRunner can use?
5. What’s the WinRunner version number you used for your applications?
6. What are all the different types of recordings available in WinRunner?
7. When [...]

a.    TestDirector is Mercury Interactive’s software test management tool. It helps quality assurance personnel plan and organize the testing process. With TestDirector you can create a database of manual and automated tests, build test cycles, run tests, and report and track defects. You can also create reports and graphs to help review the progress of [...]

a.    When you work with WinRunner, you can choose to save your tests directly to your TestDirector database or while creating a test case in the TestDirector we can specify whether the script in automated or manual. And if it is automated script then TestDirector will build a skeleton for the script that can be [...]

a.    There are two type of recording in WinRunner.
i.    Context Sensitive recording records the operations you perform on your application by identifying Graphical User Interface (GUI) objects.
ii.    Analog recording records keyboard input, mouse clicks, and the precise x- and y-coordinates traveled by the mouse pointer across the screen.

a.    Add-Ins are used in WinRunner to load functions specific to the particular add-in to the memory. While creating a script only those functions in the add-in selected will be listed in the function generator and while executing the script only those functions in the loaded add-in will be executed else WinRunner will give an [...]

a.    WinRunner fails to identify an object in a GUI due to various reasons.
i.    The object is not a standard windows object.
ii.    If the browser used is not compatible with the WinRunner version, GUI Map Editor will not be able to learn any of the objects displayed in the browser window.
iii.    If the AUT is [...]