MCASemester 32024-25Software Testing Quality AssuranceKCA024

Software Testing Quality Assurance (KCA024) - AKTU Question Paper 2024-25

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This is the official AKTU Software Testing Quality Assurance Previous Year Question Paper for MCA Semester 3, academic session 2024-25. Published by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU/UPTU), Lucknow. Free PDF download — no login required.

Course:MCA

Semester:Semester 3

Session:2024-25

University:AKTU / UPTU

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Software Testing Quality Assurance (KCA024) — extracted question text · 100 marks · 3 Hours

Section AAttempt all questions in brief. 2 x 10 = 20

a
Differentiate between verif ication and validation. 1 1
b
What is error, fault and failure? 1 1
c
Discuss the concept of debugging. 2 2
d
What are the steps involved in test case design. 2 1
e
Write different popular d ebugging approaches. 3 2
f
What is ISO? Explain ISO model. 3 1
g
Explain the concept of BVA(boundary value analysis) and ECP(equivalence class partitioning)
h
Explain points for good code writing practices. 4 2 i. Explain the term SQA and components of SQA. 5 2 j. Explain Taguchi Quality loss function. 5 2

Section BAttempt any three of the following: 10 x 3 = 20

a
Illustrate all necessary step s of purchasing a product from an e- commerce website. Generate test cases using class testing
b
What is the cause-effect gra phing technique? What are basic notations used in a cause effect graph? W hy and how are constraints used in such
c
Explain defect injection and how you will insert defect in code 3 2
d
Explain the various steps of the regression testing process. Which step is the most important and why?
e
Zero Defect Software is dependent on the definition of test adequacy criteria. Comment and illustrate your view

Section CAttempt any one part of the following: 10 x 1 = 10

a
Explain various “features and characteristics” of software t hat define its quality?
b
Explain the following: (i) P eer views (ii) Walkthroughs (iii) Inspections 1 2
a
Compare each phase of SDLC & S TLC in detail with diagram. 2 3
b
Consider a program to multiply and divide two numbers. The i nputs may be two valid integers (say a & b) in the range of [0, 100]. (i) Create equivalence class and generate t est cases (ii) Develop a decisi on table and generate test cases (iii) De sign a cause-effect graph and w rite test cases accordingly
a
Illustrate the SQA architecture with its components. Should QA’s resolve production issues?
b
Explain the following: (i) Mod ification traversing test case s (ii) Modification revealing test cases
a
Illustrate the SQA architecture with its components. Should QA’s resolve production issues?
b
Calculate to maximize the f unction f(X)=X2. Using Genetic al gorithm, where X varies between 1 and 32. Consider initial population of size 4
a
Demonstrate various levels of testing? Which testing level i s easy to test and why?
b
What is CMM? Explain in det ail. Compare CMM with CMMI. 5 1

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