Testing

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Testing

• Things to deal with in your board set assignment
  task

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Task Testing

• Read the booklet with care!
• Do you need to test the task? What do the task
  notes say on the ICT/nnnn Exam Year/BSA Task
  Analysis Info directory say? (On the PUBLIC (P)
  drive?)
• IF you need to test your work, the booklet will
  give you details of what needs to be done

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Task TestingSteps to take

• Identify what has to be done in testing Use data
  given in the booklet? Check data/images appear in
  a printout? Check hyperlinks work on a series of
  web pages? Check you get the correct list of
  records printed?
• In DESIGN, have a TESTING STRATEGY section that
  outlines what you are going to do PLUS gives
  details of what you expect the results of the
  testing to be. E.g

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Task TestingSteps to take

• Testing Strategy e.g. 1
• I have been asked to test this spreadsheet task
  using the accounts details given in the booklet.
  I will have to enter the data into the
  spreadsheet as shown.
• The expected results are as follows
• Month Total
• January 1,200
• February 2,340
• March 4,232
• Etc etc etc! (You would give all through to
  December)

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Task TestingSteps to take

• Testing Strategy e.g. 2
• I have been asked to test this database task
  using the club membership records given in the
  booklet. I will have to run the query to locate
  those who have not renewed their membership to
  the club by March.
• The expected results are as follows
• Member Renewal Date
• Fred Smith 12/02/2002
• Gladys Jones 01/11/2001
• Jim James 23/01/2002
• Etc etc etc!

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Task TestingSteps to take

• Testing Strategy e.g. 3
• I have been asked to test this mail merge task
  using the customer records given in the booklet.
  I will have to run the mail merge option in Word
  to produce a personalised letter for each
  customer who has expressed an interest in the
  event. The customer details are in a spreadsheet.
• I expect letters will be created for
• Customer Address
• Bill Green 123 Queensgate, Beverley etc etc
• Harry Jones 89 Main Street, Hull
• Jane Smith 11 Long Lane, Cottingham
• Etc etc etc!

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Task TestingSteps to take

• Testing Strategy e.g. 4
• I have been asked to test the hyperlinks work on
  the 7 pages I have created. I will have to test
  each link in turn as follows
• Default page to page 1
• Page 1 to default page
• Default page to page 2
• Page 2 to Default page
• Etc etc etc!

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Task TestingTYPES of TESTING

• For a spreadsheet
• You may be given some data to use in your
  spreadsheet. You may have been given a printout
  in the booklet showing what is expected to come
  out of your system.
• The booklet may say something like I include
  last years accounts to look at. This is what
  your system needs to produce. SO DO USE IT AS
  TEST DATA! Why not photocopy these pages and then
  use a marker pen to highlight the results YOU
  should get?

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Task TestingTYPES of TESTING

• For a Database
• You may be asked to produce a printout of some of
  the records in the database. (Maybe all those
  people who are in class 8M)
• Somewhere in the booklet will be details of WHAT
  needs to be tested/what needs to be produced
  maybe they have given a printout of all the
  records for you. Why not photocopy these pages
  and then use a marker pen to highlight the
  results YOU should get?

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Task TestingTYPES of TESTING

• For a Web Site
• You may be asked to produce evidence of the
  hyperlinks working.
• You will know what pages you will have to create
  and what hyperlinks go on which page.
• Now list exactly what each hyperlink should link
  to.

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Task TestingSteps to take

• (4) TESTING SECTION
• All you have done so far is to identify what
  testing needs to be done the test strategy.
• This stage needs you to follow that strategy and
  comment on it.
• Include evidence of testing printouts are
  needed!
• Add your comments to say you got your EXPECTED
  results OR NOT!
• If you get incorrect results, say what the
  problem is and how you will fix the problem.
• Re-test until you get the expected results!