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Chapter1: Fundamentals of Testing (180 minutes)
1.1.What is Testing?
Testing may be dynamic or static:
- Dynamic testing involves the execution of software, uses different types of test techniques and test approaches to derive test cases
- Static testing includes reviews and static analysis
1.1.1. Test Objectives
- Evaluating work products such as requirements, user stories, designs, and code
- Triggering failures and finding defects
- Ensuring required coverage of a test object
- Reducing the level of risk of inadequate software quality
- Verifying whether specified requirements have been fulfilled
- Verifying that a test object complies with contractual, legal, and regulatory requirements
- Providing information to stakeholders to allow them to make informed decisions
- Building confidence in the quality of the test object