6th Sem, IS

Software Testing IS 6th Sem Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme

Software Testing detail syllabus for Information Science Engineering (Is), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17IS63), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

For all other is 6th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit IS 6th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. The detail syllabus for software testing is as follows.

Module 1

Basics of Software Testing:Basic definitions, Software Quality, Requirements, Behaviour and Correctness, Correctness versus Reliability, Testing and Debugging, Test cases, Insightsfrom a Venn diagram, Identifying test cases, Test-generation Strategies, Test Metrics, Error and fault taxonomies, Levels of testing, Testing and Verification, Static Testing. Problem Statements: Generalized pseudocode, the triangle problem, the NextDate function, the commission problem, the SATM (SimpleAutomatic Teller Machine) problem, the currency converter, Saturnwindshield wiper T1:Chapter1, T3:Chapter1, T1:Chapter2.

Module 2
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Module 3

Structural Testing: Overview, Statement testing, Branch testing, Condition testing, Path testing: DD paths, Test coverage metrics, Basispath testing, guidelines and observations, Data -Flow testing: Definition-Use testing, Slice-basedtesting, Guidelines and observations. Test Execution: Overview of test execution, from test case specification to test cases, Scaffolding, Generic versus specific scaffolding, Test oracles, Self-checks as oracles, Capture and replay T3:Section 6.2.1, T3:Section 6.2.4, T1:Chapter 9 & 10, T2:Chapter 17

Module 4

Process Framework :Basic principles: Sensitivity, redundancy, restriction, partition, visibility, Feedback, the quality process, Planning and monitoring, Quality goals, Dependability properties, Analysis Testing, Improving the process, Organizational factors. Planning and Monitoring the Process: Quality and process, Test and analysis strategies and plans, Risk planning, monitoring the process, Improving the process, the quality team Documenting Analysis and Test: Organizing documents, Test strategy document, Analysis and test plan, Test design specifications documents, Test and analysis reports. T2: Chapter 3 & 4, T2: Chapter 20 T2: Chapter

Module 5
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Course Outcomes:

The students should be able to:

  • Discuss test cases for any given problem
  • Compare the different testing techniques
  • Illustrate the problem into suitable testing model
  • Understand the appropriate technique for the design of flow graph.
  • Design and Develop appropriate document for the software artefact.

Question paper pattern:

  • The question paper will have ten questions.
  • There will be 2 questions from each module.
  • Each question will have questions covering all the topics under a module.
  • The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Text Books:

  1. Paul C. Jorgensen: Software Testing, A Craftsman’s Approach, 3rd Edition, Auerbach Publications, 2008. (Listed topics only from Chapters 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13)
  2. Mauro Pezze, Michal Young: Software Testing and Analysis – Process, Principles and Techniques, Wiley India, 2009. (Listed topics only from Chapters 3, 4, 16, 17, 20,21, 22,24)
  3. Aditya P Mathur: Foundations of Software Testing, Pearson Education, 2008.( Listed topics only from Section 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.8,1.12,6. 2.1,6. 2.4 .

Reference Books:

  1. Software testing Principles and Practices – Gopalaswamy Ramesh, SrinivasanDesikan, 2 nd Edition, Pearson, 2007.
  2. Software Testing – Ron Patton, 2nd edition, Pearson Education, 2004.
  3. The Craft of Software Testing – Brian Marrick, Pearson Education, 1995.
  4. AnirbanBasu, Software Quality Assurance, Testing and Metrics, PHI, 2015.
  5. NareshChauhan, Software Testing, Oxford University press.

For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Is, 2017 scheme do visit Is 6th Sem syllabus for 2017 scheme.

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