MCASemester 32023-24Software Testing Quality AssuranceKCA-024

Software Testing Quality Assurance (KCA-024) - AKTU Question Paper 2023-24

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This is the official AKTU Software Testing Quality Assurance Previous Year Question Paper for MCA Semester 3, academic session 2023-24. 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:2023-24

University:AKTU / UPTU

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Software Testing Quality Assurance (KCA-024) — complete question paper · 100 marks · 3 Hours

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

a
Define Faults, Errors and Failures. 2 1
b
Define any two limitations of testing 2 1
c
Explain and name all portions/ partitions are available in a decision table. 2 2
d
For a function of ‘n’ variables, boundary value analysis gener ates _____ combinations 2 2
e
Determine the role of risk matr ix for the reduction of test cases? 2 3
f
If parents are [10111111] and [01000000] and k = 5, generate t he offspring's (children) after the application of crossover operator. 2 3
g
Examine different popular debugging approaches. Which one is m ore popular & why. 2 4
h
Outline the key areas for testing a web application. 2 4 i. Summarize User Interf ace Testing Checklist. 2 5 j. When we can assure about t he quality of a software. 2 5

Section BAttempt any three of the following: 10 x 3 = 30

a
Illustrate class testing in detail? How Object-Oriented Inte gration Testing is different from normal Integration testing. 10 1
b
Classify Black-box testing a nd White-box testing in detail. 10 2
c
Identify the reasons which ar e responsible for changes in th e software. Comment on the statement “change is inevitable.” 10 3
d
Discuss various types of functional testing techniques? Expl ain any one with the help of a suitable example. 10 4
e
What is Defect Injection and prevention? 10 5

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

a
Write a program to login a web page. Can we test the program completely? If so, how many test cases are required? Assume that each test case can be executed and analyzed in one second; how long would it take to execute all test cases
b
Discuss the relevance of SDLC with STLC and also establish t he relationship between its development and testing parts. 10 1
a
Explain cause-effect graphing technique and basic notations used in a cause effect graph. 10 2
b
Consider a program for the de termination of the largest amon gst three numbers. Its input is a triple of positive integers (say x, y and z) and values are from interval [1, 300]. Design the robust test cases and worst-case test cases for this program
a
Illustrate the various steps of the regression testing proce ss. Which step is the most Important and why? 10 3
b
Determine the difference betw een general test case prioritiz ation and version specific test case prior itization? Discuss any prioriti zation technique with the help of an example
a
Examine the features of stati c and dynamic test data generation. 10 4
b
Demonstrate 7 QC Tools. 10 4
a
Differentiate between PSP and TSP? 10 5
b
What is the difference betw een quality assurance, quality co ntrol and testing? 10 5

Question text is extracted from the official AKTU question paper PDF above. Hindi translations are omitted — every question is printed in English in the original paper. Last verified: 2026-08-23.

Repeated Questions — KCA-024

Questions that appeared in more than one session, found by comparing 4 years of Software Testing Quality Assurance papers (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)

Illustrate the various steps of the regression testing proce ss. Which step is the most Important and why? 10 3

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Explain cause-effect graphing technique and basic notations used in a cause effect graph. 10 2

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Define Faults, Errors and Failures. 2 1