Manual testing questions and answers -2

Question.1 What is a Test Build Manager?

Answer: Test Build Managers deliver current software versions to the test environment, install the application’s software and apply software patches, to both the application and the operating system, set-up maintain and back up test environment hardware. Depending on the project, one person may wear more than one hat. For instance, a Test Engineer may also wear the hat of a Test Build Manager.

Question.2 What is a System Administrator?

Answer: Test Build Managers, System Administrators, Database Administrators deliver current software versions to the test environment, install the application’s software and apply software patches, to both the application and the operating system ,set—up, maintain and back up test environment hardware. Depending on the project, one person may wear more than one hat. For instance, a Test Engineer may also wear the hat of a System Administrator.

Question.3 What is a Database Administrator?

Answer: Test Build Managers, System, Administrators and Database Administrators deliver current software versions to the test environment, install the application’s software and apply software patches, to both the application and the operating system. set—up. Maintain and back up test environment hardware. Depending on the project, one person may wear more than one hat. For instance, a test Engineer, a Test Engineer may also wear the hat of a Database Administrator.

Question.4 What is a Technical Analyst?

Answer: Technical Analysts perform test assessments and validate system/functional test requirements. Depending on the project, one person, one person may wear more than one hat. For instance, Test Engineers may also wear the hat of am Technical Analyst.

Question.5 What is a Configuration Manager?

Answer: Test Configuration Managers maintain test environments, scripts, software, and test data. Depending on the project, one person may wear more than one hat. For instance, Test Engineers may also wear the hat of a Test Configuration Manager.

Question.6 What is a test schedule?

Answer: The test schedule is a schedule that identifies all tasks required for a successful testing effort, a schedule of all test activities and resource requirements.

Question.7 what is software testing methodology?

Answer: One software testing methodology is the use of a three-step process of Creating a test strategy; Creating a test plan/design; and Executing tests. This methodology can be used and molded to your organization’s needs. Rob Davis believes that using this methodology is important in the development and ongoing maintenance of his clients ’applications.

Question.8 What is the general testing process?

Answer: The general testing process is the creation of a test strategy (which sometimes includes the creation of test cases), creation of a test plan/design ((which usually includes test cases and test procedures ) and the execution of tests

Question.9 How do you create a test plan/design?

Answer: Test scenarios and / or cases are prepared by reviewing functional requirements of the release and preparing logical groups of functions that can be further broken into test procedures. Test procedures define test conditions, data to be used for testing and expected results , including database updates, file outputs, report results , Generally speaking.

Question.10 what is security clearance?

Answer: Security clearance is a process of determining your trustworthiness and reliability before granting you access to national security information.

Question.11 what are the levels of classified access?

Answer: The levels of classified access are confidential, secret, top-secret, and sensitive compartmented information, of which top-secret is the highest.

Question.12 why do I need clearance?

Answer: Your need clearance whenever you work in a job where you have the potential to cause damage to national security, or in a job where you can gain access to classified information. you need clearance because of executive order 10450, signed by President Dwight Eisenhower on April 17, 1953. Executive order 10450 gives the government the authority to require clearances of employees who request access to national security or sensitive information.

Question.13 How do I apply for clearance?

Answer: Many people think they can go to a company or agency and apply for their own clearances. This is far from the truth. The truth is, first you have to get a cleared job, and then, and only then, if you are successful in getting that cleared job, can you apply for clearance.

Question.14: How long does it take to get my clearance?

Answer: An interim clearance can be had in as little as two weeks, but your full approval can take months or even a full year. A typical investigation about you and your lifestyle takes approximately 120 days, sometimes longer depending on backing need for more information, depth of the investigation, and other factors.

Question.15 How do I apply for clearance?

Answer: First you have to find the right job , apply for the job, and get a conditional offer of employment. Then you can apply for clearance, by filling out multi-page forms (i.e. federal form SF.86, National Security Questionnaire), giving the government lots of background and identification information on yourself, your relatives and others. Then you are fingerprinted, interviewed,  and then, in due time, investigators working for the government (i.e. DSS) will put you and your lifestyle under a microscope.

Question.16 How does the government decide who gets the clearance?

Answer: We don’t know for sure, but my educated guess is if you are a stereotype all. American good guy, a long-time registered Republication and native-born U.S. citizen who is well-liked by everyone—including girlfriends of your ex-girlfriends –and if all your life you have lived in the same house in Smalltown , USA, and if you have had a clearance before, then, chances are ,your clearance will be granted.

Question.17 what if I get my clearance?

Answer: Yes and no. yes, your clearance is going to be active, either if you continue to work for XYZ or if you leave XYZ but able to find another employer that is eligible to tell your clearance, offers you a job, and you start working there within two years of leaving XYZ. But, no , clearness is not meant to be permanent; the government can and will reinvestigate you periodically. With or without investigation, they can also send you a “letter of intent to revoke a clearance “ at any time.

Question.18 what if I cannot find an eligible employer?

Answer: If you cannot find an eligible employer in two years, then you will lose your clearance. If you ever need a clearance again, then you will have to re-apply,  and you will be reinvestigated. Re—investigations occur every five years, anyways, if, for example, you hold a top-secret clearance.

Question.19 why should I apply for clearance?

Answer: Most of us, software QA/test engineers, don’t work for money alone. If we apply, we apply because we respect, love, or trust the government; or because we want to help the government, or because we are attracted to the vision, ideals, and engineering challenges of the job.