Q: What is closed box testing?
A: Closed box testing is the same as black box testing. Black box testing a type of testing that considers only externally visible behavior. Black box testing considers neither the code itself, nor the "inner workings" of the software.
Q: What is bottom-up testing?
A: Bottom-up testing is a technique for integration testing. A test engineer creates and uses test drivers for components that have not yet been developed, because, with bottom-up testing, low-level components are tested first. The objective of bottom-up testing is to call low-level components, for testing purposes.
Q: What is software quality?
A: The quality of the software does vary widely from system to system. Some common quality attributes are stability, usability, reliability, portability, and maintainability. See quality standard ISO 9126 for more information on this subject.
Q: What is software fault?
A: A software fault is a hidden programming error. A software fault fault is an error in the correctness of the semantics of a computer program.
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