Exercises

1. ‚	What are the main responsibilities of a lead tester?
2. ‚	Which fields in the bug database should the primary tester be allowed to modify?
3. ‚	The Beta build is the version that will be sent to manufacturing. True or false?
4. ‚	Describe whether each of the following is an appropriate topic to discuss during a test execution kickoff, and why: Possible contradictions in the feature requirements Ideas for new tests Company stock prices Identical tests already being run in other test suites How " buggy " this feature was in the previous release Recent changes to the game data file formats Lack of detail in the test case documentation
5. ‚	Feature lock should happen in Alpha. True or false?
6. ‚	Online multiplayer features can be tested in Alpha. True or false?
7. ‚	Being a team player is not an important criterion for a lead tester. True or false?
8. ‚	All bugs MUST be fixed before a game can be certified as GMC. True or false?
9. ‚	Explain the difference between a test plan and a test case.

Answers

1. ‚	The main responsibilities of a Lead Tester are: managing the test team, designing and implementing the overall project test plan, "owning" the bug database.
2. ‚	The primary tester should be allowed to modify all fields in the bug database except for Priority, Status, Assigned To, and Developer Comments.
3. ‚	False
4. ‚	is appropriate, as it is a "feature question" to understand how the feature and its tests should really work. is appropriate as "test improvement" subject matter. is not appropriate. is appropriate as "test improvement" subject matter. is appropriate as it deals with the "recent defect history" of the feature. is appropriate, as it relates to gathering "equipment, files, and programs needed for test." is appropriate as "test improvement" subject matter.
5. ‚	False
6. ‚	True
7. ‚	False
8. ‚	False
9. ‚	Put briefly , a test plan defines the overall structure of the testing cycle. A test case is one specific question or condition the code is operated and evaluated against.