course requirements | Online courses from QATestLab - Part 2

Question 1

Can an application be rejected while studying?

Accepted Answer

Yes, if at the time of the fifth lecture, the stedent's progress was less than 1 point. In this case, the application for participation in the course is rejected.

Question 2

What application can I use to display my taps on video on iOS devices?

Accepted Answer

We have collected the most common ways to show gestures on iOS in the article.

Question 3

Where do I need to attach a task about types of testing?

Accepted Answer

Each of the files must be attached to the corresponding question in the homework test No. 3 in the personal account.

The description of the types of testing must be in «.doc», «.docx» or «.pdf» formats. The scheme with the classification of types of testing and the additional task (for the «Software Testing: Basics and Practice» course) must be saved and attached in the formats «.doc», «.docx», «.png», «.bmp», «.jpeg», «.jpg» or «.pdf».

Question 4

How the scheme of testing types should look like? Should it be like the algorithm or UML blocks?

Accepted Answer

In the third task, you need to display the types of testing graphically in the form of classification. This can be implemented in any convenient form: either as a diagram or as a structured description.

Question 5

Is it necessary to describe only those types of testing that were studied in previous lessons for Homework 3 ?

Accepted Answer

No, you need to describe all known types of testing. Additional information can be found in the literature about software testing and described by yourself for homework.

Question 6

Is it possible to gradually add screenshots to the form for sending facultative homework in my personal account?

Accepted Answer

It is better to add all tasks together. Please note that if at least one of the conditions of the assignment is not met, it will not be evaluated.

Question 7

What is the deadline for completing the facultative tasks?

Accepted Answer

It is necessary to start doing the facultative task after lecture 7. It must be completed until 6 pm EET of the last day of the «Software Testing: Basics and Practice» course.

Question 8

Will these tasks be checked for design errors?

Accepted Answer

Please note that this task is optional, so hints, help and feedback are not provided. The screenshots of the facultative task have the same design requirements as screenshots of other course tasks.

Question 9

What is a facultative task? Is the task required to complete?

Accepted Answer

The facultative is an optional task of the «Software Testing: Basics and Practice» course and is not mandatory. Tips, help and feedback on it are not provided. Each item can be rated at a maximum of 5 points. Thus, the total number of additional points can be 10.

More details in the article.

Question 10

Should the description and steps of the test case in English be described in a passive or active voice?

Accepted Answer

Steps should be described in an active voice, results and preconditions in a passive voice.

Question 11

Is the number of steps in a test case unlimited?

Accepted Answer

As usual, test cases describe at least 2 steps, but no more than 9-10 steps.

Question 12

Is it needed to do test runs of created test cases in the homework?

Accepted Answer

No, as part of your homework, you do not need to do test runs of the created test cases.

Question 13

For what functionality can test cases be created, except for those suggested in the homework?

Accepted Answer

You can describe test cases for any functionality of the Opencart test website, for which two scenarios are possible - positive and negative.

Question 14

Can I cover several invalid data for testing one functionality in one test case, so I don't write test cases separately?

Accepted Answer

Yes, it is better to describe the input of several invalid data for testing one functionality by one test case, and do not create duplicates, since duplicates will be closed.

Question 15

Can I write test cases in Excel?

Accepted Answer

Only those test cases that are described in the TestRail system will be checked and evaluated.

Question 16

Is the test plan needs to be written for http://opencart.qatestlab.net or any other from the Internet?

Accepted Answer

The test plan is drawn up for the http://opencart.qatestlab.net test site or for any resource at the discretion of the student. The selected site must be different from the one specified in the test plan template.

Question 17

If there are mistakes in the test plan, will I need to resubmit the document after correcting them?

Accepted Answer

Comments of the test plan will be sent by email. It is necessary to make changes to the corresponding task and reattach the file at the execution form in the «Tests» section in your personal account within the specified time frame.

Question 18

How to save a checklist?

Accepted Answer

The checklist must be created in a spreadsheet program and saved with the file extension «.xlsx» or «.xls»; checklists with other extensions will not be evaluated.

At MS Excel, you can save the file as follows:

1. Select the «File» button.

2. Select the «Save As» item.

3. Select a folder to save.

4. Indicate the file name and select the file type «.xlsx» or «.xls».

5. Click the «Save» button.

 

If the checklist is created as a Google Spreadsheet, then the file must be downloaded as follows:

1. Select the «File» button.

2. Select the «Save As» item.

3. Select the «Microsoft Excel» item.

Question 19

If several bugs were found in one item of the checklist after checking, should I insert several links to bug reports in the comments?

Accepted Answer

Yes, it is necessary to add all links to the completed bug reports to the one cell of the checklist.

Question 20

Can I send a checklist by mail?

Accepted Answer

No. The file with the checklist must be attached to the homework completion in your personal account, the «Tests» section.

Question 21

Is it possible to change the name of the existing checks in the checklist?

Accepted Answer

No, you shouldn't do that. The task is to supplement the checklist with new checks with new names.

Question 22

According to the assignment, I need to add several items to the checklist. Can they be added to different sections?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you can. The main thing is that there are at least 5 of them and they are not duplicates of existing checks. Also, new items must be highlighted in a different color.

Question 23

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.

Accepted Answer

It is necessary to add a link to a bug report or a summary according to the «What? Where? When?» principle for all checks marked as «Failed» . You can do it in a note without reporting in the bug tracker. You can add only 5 links from Mantis. «Failed» checks cannot be left empty.

Question 24

Can I add more than 3 interesting bugs for Homework №4? Should all bugs be from different sites or from one site?

Accepted Answer

For homework №4 you can create a maximum of 3 interesting bugs which can be from different sites.

Question 25

How to capture a video without bookmarks but with an address bar in the browser?

Accepted Answer

You can disable the bookmark bar in the browser settings.

Question 26

Is it a duplicate if two different students adding the same bug report?

Accepted Answer

Duplicates are two identical bug reports created by one student. Absolutely identically described reports of different students will also be closed as duplicates.

Question 27

Do I need to inform someone after reporting a bug / completing homework?

Accepted Answer

No, it's enough to save the bug report and it will be automatically assigned to the Training Center.

Question 28

Are defects with «closed» status included in the limit of 50 defects?

Accepted Answer

Bug reports with «closed» status are not included into the 50 defects limit.

Question 29

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?

Accepted Answer

"You can report these bugs in Mantis as part of our course.

It is better to choose the «Feature request» special category or create a bug report without a category.

Question 30

What are the criteria for the interestingness of the bug that needs to be made for homework of lecture №4?

Accepted Answer

There are no criteria for the interestingness of the bug. You can report anything that you find on a real site on the Internet.

Question 31

Can I combine two different bugs in one report?

Accepted Answer

If two bugs are not related (the same steps or actions do not lead to them), then they need to be filed as separate reports. Otherwise, one report is drawn up and the list of objects with what the defect is associated is indicated in the «Additional Information» block.
You can find more information in the «How to describe similar bugs or the same bug in different browsers» article.

Question 32

Where I can indicate the information about testing on the emulator?

Accepted Answer

This information can be specified in the «Additional Information» field.

Question 33

Can I create a bug reports for 404 errors after checking on W3C Link Checker?

Accepted Answer

Students are not allowed to create bug reports with errors found by third-party software. Only manual testing should be used, without access to the code.

Question 34

Will the bug-reports that are sent later than one week after the relevant lecture be evaluated?

Accepted Answer

Bug reports can be created before the end of the course. Reports completed on time can be edited/corrected until the last day of the course. But those reports that will be created after the due date for the corresponding homework are graded and accepted without feedback. For the «Fundamentals of Software Testing» course, without feedback, all bug reports are also accepted starting with the third homework assignment.

Question 35

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?

Accepted Answer

For practice, the students of the «Fundamentals of Software Testing» course are provided with a special test website. This resource should be tested throughout the course, each homework assumes working with that website.

However, the course has one special assignment in which students will be able to describe 1-3 interesting bugs found independently on public Internet resources.

Question 36

Should the «what? where? when?» sequence be followed in the bug description?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the sequence of answers must always be preserved. It should be followed in summary, description and results.

There are some exceptions where you may miss out on the «Where» part (to avoid tautology) or «When» (if the bug is displayed without additional actions).

More information about the principle can be found in the article.

Question 37

When testing the website, can a tester report a bug in the code or should the bugs be described only on GUI?

Accepted Answer

Manual testing uses the black box method, i.e. testing without access to the code. Accordingly, it is necessary to report defects obtained through the user interface.

Question 38

Will specifications or other documentation be provided to find bugs while doing homework?

Accepted Answer

No, students are not provided with the specifications or design files to test the website.

Question 39

How do I know what is the expected result? Is the expected result taken from the specification?

Accepted Answer

Since no specification is provided on the course (as on most projects), students need to look for bugs and describe the expected result based on their own knowledge and experience with similar resources/applications, etc.

Question 40

Who should I assign bug reports to?

Accepted Answer

When a bug is created it is given the «assigned» status and it is automatically assigned to the Training Center.
Fixed/updated bug-reports change the «feedback» status to the «assigned» status automatically after editing and saving changes.

More information about the processes of checking and evaluating bug reports can be found in the article: «Life cycle of checking bug reports».

Question 41

Do I have to attach screenshots for each bug?

Accepted Answer

Yes, defect screenshots is a mandatory bug attribute. If the bug needs to be played with the speaker, a video of the defect with voice accompaniment is attached in addition to the screenshot. A screenshot should always be attached, even if there is a video as a bug preview.

Question 42

How can I compress a video? The bug tracker shows a message that the video is too big?

Accepted Answer

Sometimes it's better not to compress or trim the video. You can upload a video to any file share (dropbox, for example) and specify a link to the video in the «Additional Information» field.

Question 43

What should I write to the «Description» field?

Accepted Answer

One sentence following the «What? Where? When?» principle should be written in the «Description» field in accordance to the subject. You can add 1 more sentence if it contains important information that did not fit into the summary due to the character limit.

Question 44

Which language should bug-reports be reported in?

Accepted Answer

Reports should be reported in the English language.

Question 45

Why is it mandatory to write a summary in a Passive Voice?

Accepted Answer

During the bug-reporting process it is preferred to use a passive voice since it is used when a performer is obvious or insignificant, or when the action and its result are more interesting than a performer. And for bug-reports, the performed on the object action is important, unlike a performer. The most recommended tense for using in bug-reports is Present Simple Passive Voice. But there are also exceptions - crashes are reported only in Present Simple Active Voice, and it also may not be appropriate for bug-reports in games, you need to determine its need based on the nature of the bug.

Question 46

Are the bug-reports that are reported during the lecture mandatory? Are they evaluated as a homework?

Accepted Answer

No, they are not mandatory. But all of the reported bug-reports during lectures are tested and evaluated equally with ones reported during the homework.

Question 47

Is it possible to obtain a certificate before the age of 18?

Accepted Answer

Courses can be taken by any participant without any age limit. A certificate is issued to anyone who has successfully completed the course.

Question 48

Can I use a tablet in addition to a smartphone to complete homework #6  in the «Software Testing: Basics and Practice» course?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you can, a tablet is also a mobile device.

Question 49

Is it necessary to test only free early access games, or can paid games be used in the «Software Testing: Basics and Practice» course?

Accepted Answer

You can test games available to you - paid and free, or you can test games not from Steam.

Question 50

Are homework tasks mandatory?

Accepted Answer

You have to complete all homework to successfully pass the training. Grades are included in the total number of points earned for the course. To receive an electronic certificate, you need to score at least 80 points for the free «Fundamentals of Software Testing» course or 100 points for the «Software Testing: Basics and Practice» course.

Question 51

Can I send homework for review by email and don't attach it in the personal cabinet?

Accepted Answer

Homework should be sent only in the «Tests» section of your personal cabinet. The system notifies the Training Center specialists about the completed tasks and the need to provide feedback on their verification.

Question 52

Will it still be possible to correct homework and facultative work after taking the exam?

Accepted Answer

Yes, it is possible to correct homework after the final exam if the deadline date for the relevant assignment has not expired.

Question 53

What level of expertise is required to successfully pass the «Fundamentals of Software Testing» course?

Accepted Answer

You don't need any special knowledge to study in the «Fundamentals of Software Testing» course, you only need access to the Internet, a few hours a day to study and a desire to gain new knowledge.

Question 54

Where can I find a clear description of tasks and requirements for homework?

Accepted Answer

A description of the tasks and requirements for homework can be found in the «Tests» section in your personal account. A more detailed explanation of the tasks is provided in the homework instructions, which can be found in the «Documents» section of your personal account.

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