Test Director(Quality Center) Interview Questions Part2

Test Director Interview Questions:PartII
1. What is meant by test lab in test director?
Test lab is a part of test director where we can execute our test on different cycles creating test tree for each one of them. We need to add test to these test trees from the tests, which are placed under test plan in the project. Internally test director will refer to this test while running then in the test lab.
2. Can you map the defects directly to the requirements(Not through the test cases) in the test director?
In the following methods is most likely to used in this case:
Create your Req.Structure
Create the test case structure and the test cases
Map the test cases to the App.Req
Run and report bugs from your test cases in the test lab module.

The database structure in test director is mapping test cases to defects, only if you have created the bug from Application. test case may be we can update the mapping by using some code in the bug script module(from the customize project function), as per as i know, it is not possible to map defects directly to an requirements.
3. how do you run reports from test director. Does any one have good white paper or articles?
This is how you do it1.
  1. Open the test director project
  2. Displays the requirements modules
  3. Choose reportAnalysis > reports > standard requirements report

4. Can we upload test cases from an excel sheet into test director?

Yes go to Add-In menu test director, find the excel add-In, and install it in your machine.Now open excel, you can find the new menu option export to test director. Rest of the procedure is self explanatory.

5. Can we export the file from test director to excel sheet. If yes then how?

Requirement tab: Right click on main req/click on export/save as word, excel or other template. This would save all the child requirements

Test plan tab: Only individual test can be exported. no parent child export is possible. Select a test script, click on the design steps tab, right click anywhere on the open window. Click on export and save as.

Test lab tab: Select a child group. Click on execution grid if it is not selected. Right click anywhere. Default save option is excel. But can be saved in documents and other formats. Select all or selected option

Defects Tab: Right click anywhere on the window, export all or selected defects and save excel sheet or document.

6. How many types of tabs are there in test director. Explain?

There are four types of tabs are available

  1. Requirement : To track the customer requirements
  2. Testplan : To design the test cases and to store the test scripts
  3. test lab : To execute the test cases and track the results.
  4. Defect : To log a defect and to track the logged defects

7. How to map the requirements with test cases in test director?

  1. In requirements tab select coverage view
  2. Select requirement by clicking on parent/child or grandchild
  3. On right hand side(In coverage view window) another window will appear. It has two tabsa) Tests coverageb) DetailsTest coverage tab will be selected by default or you click on it.
  4. Click on select tests button a new window will appear on right hand side and you will see a list of all tests. You cans elect any test case you want to map with your requirements.

8. How to use test director in real time project?

Once completed the preparing of test cases

  1. Export the test cases into test director( It will contained total 8 steps)
  2. The test cases will be loaded in the test plan module
  3. Once the execution is started. We move the test cases from test plan tab to the test lab module.
  4. In test lab, we execute the test cases and put as pass or fail or incomplete. We generate the graph in the test lab for daily report and sent to the on site (where ever you want to deliver)
  5. If we got any defects and raise the defects in the defect module. when raising the defects, attach the defects with the screen shot.

9. Difference between Web Inspect-QA Inspect?

QA Inspect finds and prioritizes security vulnerabilities in an entire web application or in specific usage scenarios during testing and presents detail information and remediation advise about each vulnerability.Web Inspect ensures the security of your most critical information by identifying known and unknown vulnerabilities within the web application. With web Inspect, auditors, compliance officers and security experts can perform security assessments on a web enabled application. Web inspect enables users to perform security assessments for any web application or web service, including the industry leading application platforms.
10. How can we add requirements to test cases in test director?

Just you can use the option of add requirements.Two kinds of requirements are available in TD.

  1. Parent Requirement
  2. Child requirements.

Parent Requirements nothing but title of the requirements, it covers high level functions of the requirements
Child requirement nothing but sub title of requirements, it covers low level functions of the requirements.


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