52 FAQs
1. Can I attach a screenshot or is it better to record a video? (708 requests)
2. Is it a duplicate if two different students adding the same bug report? (688 requests)
3. Why is it mandatory to write a summary in a Passive Voice? (619 requests)
4. Are there any requirements for screenshot file names? (596 requests)
5. Bug reports on the second round come back with the same comment - is that expected? (541 requests)
6. Bug reports with mistakes will as well be evaluated in the end? (536 requests)
7. Are the bug-reports that are reported during the lecture mandatory? Are they evaluated as a homework? (495 requests)
8. When testing the website, can a tester report a bug in the code or should the bugs be described only on GUI? (482 requests)
9. Can I create a bug reports for 404 errors after checking on W3C Link Checker? (450 requests)
10. Will the evaluation be harshly reduced for grammar and spelling errors in English? (433 requests)
11. How do I know what is the expected result? Is the expected result taken from the specification? (431 requests)
12. Which language should bug-reports be reported in? (418 requests)
13. How to capture a video without bookmarks but with an address bar in the browser? (414 requests)
14. Do I need to inform someone after reporting a bug / completing homework? (405 requests)
15. Can I add more than 3 interesting bugs for Homework №4? Should all bugs be from different sites or from one site? (348 requests)
16. Do I have to attach screenshots for each bug? (326 requests)
17. Do I need to change the category to Homework_3 if I reported a lot of functional bugs in Mantis in the Homework_2 category? (325 requests)
18. Is it possible to add bug reports for the previous homeworks if after the homework I'll have less then 50 bug reports in Mantis? (202 requests)
19. How to correctly specify the name of buttons if the bug report description is in English and the button is in Ukrainian? (44 requests)
20. Where can I see the grade for my bug report? (37 requests)
21. What programs can be used to capture screenshots and video bugs? (34 requests)
22. Is a bug-report evaluated when it is indicated as orange? (24 requests)
23. The more «accepted» bug reports, the more points you get? (20 requests)
24. What should I write to the «Description» field? (20 requests)
25. Which bug report is evaluated: the original version or with corrections made according to the comments? (19 requests)
26. If a bug report is returned with comments, do I need to change the report itself or the comments under it? (19 requests)
27. If the same defect is displayed in all browsers, do I need to create a one bug-report or several, separately for each browser? (17 requests)
28. How can I compress a video? The bug tracker shows a message that the video is too big? (17 requests)
29. How many points can I get after correcting a bug report? (16 requests)
30. Do I need to reassign a bug report after it was fixed? (16 requests)
31. Does the «assigned» bug status mean that the bug report hasn't been checked yet? (16 requests)
32. How does a bug report verification notification arrive? (16 requests)
33. How do I choose the defect priority? (16 requests)
34. If a bug report is often returned for refinement, will the points be reduced? (15 requests)
35. Who should I assign bug reports to? (5 requests)
36. How do I attach multiple files at once? Can I add more screenshots only after creating a report? (5 requests)
37. Is there an opportunity to see examples of homework? (5 requests)
38. What is the build? Where can I find it? (5 requests)
39. Is there any way to remove duplicate bug reports? (4 requests)
40. How to know that the bug report has been reviewed and does not need improvement? (4 requests)
41. Should the «what? where? when?» sequence be followed in the bug description? (4 requests)
42. Will the bug-reports that are sent later than one week after the relevant lecture be evaluated? (4 requests)
43. Where I can indicate the information about testing on the emulator? (4 requests)
44. If the bugs were found on the Training Center website / Personal account / Mantis / TestRail, then who should I write about them? What category should I assign to these bugs? (4 requests)
45. What is the acceptable size of photos and videos for a bug report in Mantis? (4 requests)
46. Is it possible to test a game outside of the Steam service in the «Software Testing: Basics and Practice» course? (4 requests)
47. Do I need to report a bug for each checklist item with the «Failed» status? The limit for the course is 50 bug reports, and there are still several lectures ahead where I need to report bugs. (3 requests)
48. Why do we need the «Category» field in the bug tracker? (3 requests)
49. Is it necessary to create a bug reports only based on the website provided for testing? Or I can test my own resources and report bugs that were found on other websites? (3 requests)
50. What formats of screenshots and videos can I attach to a bug report in Mantis? (3 requests)
51. Can I combine two different bugs in one report? (3 requests)
52. Are defects with «closed» status included in the limit of 50 defects? (3 requests)