Question 450
A tester is asked to evaluate the following situation: A team chooses randomized inputs for a shipping discount before reading the discount rule, then claims it has performed systematic specification-based test design. Which observation best verifies that the stated testing issue is addressed?
Explanation
Correct Answer
This is the expected verification outcome: Each documented discount class has a representative input with an expected total. It directly checks the corrective activity (Derive test conditions from the rule and select a suitable black-box technique for discount ranges.) for the described testing problem.
Incorrect Answers
This result may validate another testing scenario: A team always selects decision tables for simple free-text search without constraints and reserves no method for a complex eligibility rule with multiple conditions. It does not establish the required result for this case: Each documented discount class has a representative input with an expected total.
This result may validate another testing scenario: A tester relies on a checklist of historic outages and misses a newly required age boundary in a registration feature. It does not establish the required result for this case: Each documented discount class has a representative input with an expected total.
This result may validate another testing scenario: A developer asserts 100% statement coverage can be established by inspecting the code without running any instrumentation or test execution. It does not establish the required result for this case: Each documented discount class has a representative input with an expected total.