What are Test Objects?

Objects that are used in the recording and their properties are stored in the Object Repository. These stored objects are called test objects. The test objects represent objects of the application in the test. During a test run, QuickTest uses these test objects
to identify objects in the application.

You can delete objects from the Object Repository. You can add or remove properties of an object and change the values of those properties.

Test objects can be stored in two types of object repositories: shared and local. By default, the test objects are stored in the local object repository. These test objects are associated with a specific action and no other action can access these objects.

• You can choose to store your objects in the shared object repository, which can be accessed by multiple tests.
• Test objects are different from Run-time objects.You can all these properties in Object Spy.

What is Object Spy? How to use it?

The Object Spy feature enables you to view the properties and their current values as
well as methods associated with an object. Object Spy also enables you to view the
syntax for a selected method.

Navigation:

1. On the QuickTest Professional toolbar, click OBJECT SPY.
2. Select TOOLS → OBJECT SPY.

To view the run-time properties of an object using the Object Spy:

1. On the QuickTest Professional toolbar, click OBJECT SPY. The OBJECT SPY dialog
box appears.
Note: Alternatively, select TOOLS → OBJECT SPY.
2. In the OBJECT SPY dialog box, click the pointing hand button.
3. With the pointing hand, click on the desired object in the AUT.
4. In the OBJECT SPY dialog box, click the PROPERTIES tab to view the properties of
the selected object.

Imp Note:

• Test object properties of the actual object are available for all types of objects. This is what you always see in the
  Object Repository. The list shows values when the object was learned.
• Run-time properties are available for Web, ActiveX, .Net, and Java objects. These may be different from the test
  object properties because object properties change during run-time.

Testing Interview Questions at Sapient,Bangalore

Some of the questions asked for 2+ guy for QA position at Sapient,A CMM Level company.Total 5 rounds at the company including 3 Technical on manual and automation testing and 2 HR rounds.

1. What will happen if i select all the add-ins in QTP at a time?

Answer: Select only the add-ins that you need for the current test. Selecting all available add-ins can cause QuickTest
Professional internal inconsistencies which may lead to test failures.

2. What are the default and optional add-ins available in QTP?

Answer:

Default:ActiveX,Visual Basic and Web

Optional: The optional add-ins include Java, .NET, Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, Siebel, Terminal Emulator, Visual Age Smalltalk
and Web Services.

3. Differences between Global and Action sheets in Data table?

Answer: Simple difference here b/w these two is:

Global Sheet:Can be accessible for all the actions in the entire Test.

Action Sheet: Will be accessible only for that action.Other actions can’t use data in this action sheet.

4. What is Active Screen?

5. Why we need Automation testing?

6. Diff b/w QTP & Win Runner?

7. In how many ways you can insert check points.

Answer: We can insert check points in 4 ways: Through Insert menu,Right click in Keyword View,Right click in Expert view,Right click in Active screen.

8. General Elements/Options in a bug report?

9. What test plan should contain?

10. Diff b/w Test Plan and Test Strategy?

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QTP Interview at ProKarma,Hyderabad

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Here are some of the questions asked at ProKarma company,Hyderabad.The post was for a 2+exp guy with atleast 1 year QTP experience.

Questions:

1. Tell me about your self?
2. What framework you use in your project?
3. How do you connect QTP with Database?
4. How do you connect QC & QTP?
5. Rate yourself in VB Scripting from 1 to 5 ?
   
6. How often you do descriptive programming in your project?
7. Most difficult bug you found in your project?
8. If i give you a project and ask to start from today.And you will be only the person in project.How would you start the day?
9. In how many ways you can play with Synchronization point in your script?
10. Can you write a script to fill the username and password fields in an application?
11. What is the Object Repository maximum size?
12. Why do we need descriptive programming?though we have record and playback.
13. Why you are looking for a change?

Well these are questions i gathered from the person who attended this interview.He said interviewer was very cool and asked simple questions.He concentrated more on Descriptive programming with VB Script.

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What are Step Into,Step Over and Step Out in QTP?

STEP INTO: Runs the current step of the active test. If the current line calls another
action, the called action is displayed. The test pauses at the first line of the called
action.

STEP OVER: Runs the current step in the active test. When the current step calls
another action, the called action is executed but not displayed.

STEP OUT: Runs the current step until the end of the function, returns to the calling
component or function library, and then pauses the run session.

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Benefits of Automated Testing

Automated testing enables you to optimize software quality, accelerate the testing
process, and increase the testing efficiency.

Automated testing offers the following advantages that are not offered by manual
testing:

1. Reusability: The tests that you automate can be reused during different phases ofthe testing process.
2. Consistency: Automated tests provide the same test results every time. Therefore,you use automated tests for regression testing.
3. Productivity: Automated testing enables you to run tests unattended. Therefore,human resources that are otherwise involved in the testing process can be used for accomplishing other tasks and the overall testing productivity of your organization increases.
   

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QTP Certification Sample Q & A’s

1) The new Object Repository Comparison Tool is
accessible from the Object Repository Manager. You can
use this tool to identify the differences between
objects in ........
A) two specified shared object repository files.
B) a Shared and a Local object repository files.
C) either Shared or Local object repository files.
D) two specified Local object repository files.

2) You can use the objects and methods of the
QuickTest .................... to write scripts that
automatically manipulate object repositories, instead of
performing these operations manually using the Object
Repository Manager.
A) Automation object model
B) Object Repository automation object model
C) Object Repository model
D) Object Repository Script Object model

3) You must convert object repository files from
QuickTest Professional 8.2.1 or earlier to the current
format before you can use them in QuickTest Professional
9.0 or later. Which method lets you do so.
A) Conversion method
B) Converge method
C) Convert method
D) None

4) You open the Object Repository window for a
specific component by choosing ..........
A) Resources > Object Repository
B) Tools > Object Repository
C) File > Object Repository
D) Help > Object Repository

5) In QTP 9 or above, Test objects can be stored in
two types of object repositories—........
A) a shared object repository and a Per-Action object
repository.
B) a shared object repository and a local object
repository.
C) a shared object repository and a Action object
repository.
D) Both A & C

6) The Object Repository Manager enables you to open
...... shared object repositories and modify them as
needed
A) multiple
B) three
C) two
D) Seven

7) ........ Method Loads the specified object
repository.
A) Overload
B) Load
C) Both A & B
D) None

8) An object repository that is currently open by
another user is locked, is it possible to merge a locked
object repository.
A) Yes
B) No

9) You can manage the shared object repository
associations of a selected test using the ............
A) Associate Repositories dialog box
B) Object Repositories dialog box
C) Associate Repositories Manager dialog box
D) Object Repositories Manager dialog box

10) All changes you make to an object repository are
automatically updated in all components open on the same
computer that use the object repository as soon as you
make the change—even if you have not yet saved the
object repository with your changes.
A) True
B) False

11) If you want to modify an object stored in a shared
object repository, you can modify it.......
A) using the Object Repository Manager
B) you can modify it locally using the Object Repository
window.
C) Both A & B
D) None of above

12) ................ Returns an ObjectRepositories
collection representing all object repository files
associated with the action.
A) Object Property
B) Automation Object Model
C) ObjectRepositories Property
D) OR PropertyAnswers

Answers:
1) a 2) b 3) c 4) a 5) b 6) a 7) b 8) a 9) a 10) a 11) c 12)c

Technical Aspects of Game Test Automation

Test automation always ahs been a lucrative way of reducing the monotonous burden on the tester. But beyond the standard incentives for test automation, sometimes automation can become almost imperative for certain kind of games. The obligation of automation is explained below:

• Game Speed : Sometimes, the game is to played at very high speed (say hardest level or fastest mode), which can be achieved only after a certain level of skill and experience with that particular genre of games. In this case, the tester must either spend hours in becoming master of a game, or resort to some automation technique.
• Game Complexity : Game play may become quite complex and the user may not be sure about the next move. This happens in planning games (ranging from Chess to Lemonade Tycoon), luck games (like card games) and in almost all multi-level games after more complex levels are reached. Again, the tester must either spend hours in becoming master of a game, or resort to some automation technique.
• Multiple Builds : In any commercial software – more so in games – the developer may give several builds (versions) of the game before the final market-ready build. The initial builds have several flaws (popularly called as BUGS), which are progressively removed in further builds. Every time, a similar suite of test cases has to be executed and the automation of this suite can pay rich dividends in the long run. In the current Game Testing project done by the team, some thirty-six different file versions of the game have been tested for nine consecutive builds, with minor modifications. Thus, a few extra efforts done for making automation on the first build, result in substantial saving of time and efforts later.
• Time/Logic Constraint : Games may need a long sequence of moves to attain completion. A classic example would be the card games like Solitaire. In such games, the tester would have to expend a lot of time to reach the end-game scenario. Secondly, the tester would have to continually apply logic for making the right moves. So his efforts are directed at playing the moves, rather than testing the game behavior. Here automation can play wonders, by handling the game moves and leaving the tester free to focus on the other aspects. (We will see the way to manage this later)
• Load Simulation : For multiplayer games, the tester would have to manually load the game across several platforms or use network techniques to simulate the multiplayer situation. Either way, a lot of efforts are required and still the conditions are not adequately simulated. Testing tools can provide the multi-user simulation easily.
• Scenario Simulation : A classical problem in game testing is when the user suspects a bug in some peculiar game scenario, but is unable to reach that particular stage easily. Suppose you believe that the transition between given levels causes a problem if some other control parameter has a particular state(Imagine that you want to see the transition from 12th to 13th level when the game character has its last life). The situation becomes also arises in case the game algorithm is already proven, and the current focus is on game experience (UI and performance verification). The tester has no desire to play the game moves, but is forced to do so, just to reach the desired stage. A testing tool, correctly programmed can provide the scenario simulation easily.

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Interview Questions @ CA this week

Questions gathered from interview at CA, Hyd this week.

1. Why S/W need testing?
2. How will you choose your test team?
3. Testplan shouldn't contain?
4. Extension for Object Repository in QTP? Ans: .TSR
5. How will you communicate with client in deadline situations?
6. QTP uses which script?
7. QTP and QC Integration?
8. What are list of Functional testing tools?

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Manual vs. Automated

Some writers believe that test automation is so expensive relative to its value that it should be used sparingly. A challenge with automation is that automated testing requires automated test oracles (an oracle is a mechanism or principle by which a problem in the software can be recognised). Such tools have value in load testing software (by signing on to an application with hundreds or thousands of instances simultaneously), or in checking for intermittent errors in software. The success of automated software testing depends on complete and comprehensive test planning. Software development strategies such as test-driven development are highly compatible with the idea of devoting a large part of an organization's testing resources to automated testing.

Many large software organizations perform automated testing. Some have developed their own automated testing environments specifically for internal development, and not for resale.

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QTP Installation Guide

Quick Test Professional Installation with screenshots:

1. Click on the document
2. Download the document and follow the screenshots to install

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32 Basic QTP Interview Questions

Before start reading this let me explain what are all covered in this section:
Here i covered what is QTP,Check Points and limitations,Usage and some more basic and sure interview questions.
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1.Full form of QTP ?
Quick Test Professional

2.What’s the QTP ?
QTP is Mercury Interactive Functional Testing Tool.

3.Which scripting language used by QTP ?
QTP uses VB scripting.

4.What’s the basic concept of QTP ?
QTP is based on two concept-

• Recording
• Playback

5.How many types of recording facility are available in QTP ?
QTP provides three types of recording methods-

• Context Recording (Normal)
• Analog Recording
• Low Level Recording

6.How many types of Parameters are available in QTP ?
QTP provides three types of Parameter-

• Method Argument
• Data Driven
• Dynamic

7.What’s the QTP testing process ?
QTP testing process consist of seven steps-

1. Preparing to recoding
2. Recording
3. Enhancing your script
4. Debugging
5. Run
6. Analyze
7. Report Defects

8.What’s the Active Screen ?
It provides the snapshots of your application as it appeared when you performed a certain steps during recording session.

9.What’s the Test Pane ?
Test Pane contains Tree View and Expert View tabs.

10.What’s Data Table ?
It assists to you about parameterizing the test.

11.What’s the Test Tree ?
It provides graphical representation of your operations which you have performed with your application.

12.Which all environment QTP supports ?
ERP/ CRMJava/ J2EEVB, .NETMultimedia, XMLWeb Objects, ActiveX controlsSAP, Oracle, Siebel, PeopleSoftWeb Services, Terminal EmulatorIE, NN, AOL

13.How can you view the Test Tree ?
The Test Tree is displayed through Tree View tab.

14.What’s the Expert View ?
Expert View display the Test Script.

15.Which keyword used for Nornam Recording ?
F3

16.Which keyword used for run the test script ?
F5

17.Which keyword used for stop the recording ?
F4

18.Which keyword used for Analog Recording ?
Ctrl+Shift+F4

19.Which keyword used for Low Level Recording ?
Ctrl+Shift+F3

20.Which keyword used for switch between Tree View and Expert View ?
Ctrl+Tab

21.What’s the Transaction ?
You can measure how long it takes to run a section of your test by defining transactions.

22.Where you can view the results of the checkpoint ?
You can view the results of the checkpoints in the Test Result Window.

23.What’s the Standard Checkpoint ?
Standard Checkpoints checks the property value of an object in your application or web page.

24.Which environment are supported by Standard Checkpoint ?
Standard Checkpoint are supported for all add-in environments.

25.What’s the Image Checkpoint ?
Image Checkpoint check the value of an image in your application or web page.

26.Which environments are supported by Image Checkpoint ?
Image Checkpoint are supported only Web environment.

27.What’s the Bitmap Checkpoint ?
Bitmap Checkpoint checks the bitmap images in your web page or application.

28.Which enviornment are supported by Bitmap Checkpoints ?
Bitmap checkpoints are supported all add-in environment.

29.What’s the Table Checkpoints ?
Table Checkpoint checks the information with in a table.

30.Which environments are supported by Table Checkpoint ?
Table Checkpoints are supported only ActiveX environment.

31.What’s the Text Checkpoint ?
Text Checkpoint checks that a test string is displayed in the appropriate place in your application or on web page.

32.Which environment are supported by Test Checkpoint ?
Text Checkpoint are supported all add-in environments

Note:

• QTP records each steps you perform and generates a test tree and test script.
• QTP records in normal recording mode.
• If you are creating a test on web object, you can record your test on one browser and run it on another browser.
• Analog Recording and Low Level Recording require more disk sapce than normal recording mode.

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QTP interview questions

1.What is QTP?
Quick Test is a graphical interface record-playback automation tool. It is able to work with any web, java or windows client application. Quick Test enables you to test standard web objects and ActiveX controls. In addition to these environments, Quick Test Professional also enables you to test Java applets and applications and multimedia objects on Applications as well as standard Windows applications, Visual Basic 6 applications and.NET framework applications .

2.Explain QTP Testing process?
Quick Test testing process consists of 6 main phases:
Create your test plan - Prior to automating there should be a detailed description of the test including the exact steps to follow, data to be input, and all items to be verified by the test. The verification information should include both data validations and existence or state verifications of objects in the application.
Recording a session on your application - As you navigate through your application, Quick Test graphically displays each step you perform in the form of a collapsible icon-based test tree. A step is any user action that causes or makes a change in your site, such as clicking a link or image, or entering data in a form.
Enhancing your test - Inserting checkpoints into your test lets you search for a specific value of a page, object or text string, which helps you identify whether or not your application is functioning correctly. NOTE: Checkpoints can be added to a test as you record it or after the fact via the Active Screen. It is much easier and faster to add the checkpoints during the recording process. Broadening the scope of your test by replacing fixed values with parameters lets you check how your application performs the same operations with multiple sets of data. Adding logic and conditional statements to your test enables you to add sophisticated checks to your test. Debugging your test - If changes were made to the script, you need to debug it to check that it operates smoothly and without interruption.
Running your test on a new version of your application - You run a test to check the behavior of your application. While running, Quick Test connects to your application and performs each step in your test.
Analyzing the test results - You examine the test results to pinpoint defects in your application.
Reporting defects - As you encounter failures in the application when analyzing test results, you will create defect reports in Defect Reporting Tool.

3.What are the Features & Benefits of Quick Test Pro (QTP 8.0)?
Operates stand-alone, or integrated into Mercury Business Process Testing and Mercury Quality Center. Introduces next-generation zero-configuration Keyword Driven testing technology in Quick Test Professional 8.0 allowing for fast test creation, easier maintenance, and more powerful data-driving capability. Identifies objects with Unique Smart Object Recognition, even if they change from build to build, enabling reliable unattended script execution. Collapses test documentation and test creation to a single step with Auto-documentation technology. Enables thorough validation of applications through a full complement of checkpoints.

4.How to handle the exceptions using recovery scenario manager in QTP?
There are 4 trigger events during which a recovery scenario should be activated. A pop up window appears in an opened application during the test run: A property of an object changes its state or value, A step in the test does not run successfully, An open application fails during the test run, These triggers are considered as exceptions.You can instruct QTP to recover unexpected events or errors that occurred in your testing environment during test run. Recovery scenario manager provides a wizard that guides you through the defining recovery scenario. Recovery scenario has three steps:

1. Triggered Events
2. Recovery steps
3. Post Recovery Test-Run

5.What is the use of Text output value in QTP?
Output values enable to view the values that the application talks during run time. When parameterized, the values change for each iteration. Thus by creating output values, we can capture the values that the application takes for each run and output them to the data table.

6.How to use the Object spy in QTP 8.0 version?
There are two ways to Spy the objects in QTP:
1) Thru file toolbar, In the File Toolbar click on the last toolbar button (an icon showing a person with hat).
2) True Object repository Dialog, In Object repository dialog click on the button object spy.
In the Object spy Dialog click on the button showing hand symbol. The pointer now changes in to a hand symbol and we have to point out the object to spy the state of the object if at all the object is not visible. or window is minimized then, hold the Ctrl button and activate the required window to and release the Ctrl button.

7.How Does Run time data (Parameterization) is handled in QTP?
You can then enter test data into the Data Table, an integrated spreadsheet with the full functionality of Excel, to manipulate data sets and create multiple test iterations, without programming, to expand test case coverage. Data can be typed in or imported from databases, spreadsheets, or text files.

8.What is keyword view and Expert view in QTP?
Quick Test’s Keyword Driven approach, test automation experts have full access to the underlying test and object properties, via an integrated scripting and debugging environment that is round-trip synchronized with the Keyword View. Advanced testers can view and edit their tests in the Expert View, which reveals the underlying industry-standard VBScript that Quick Test Professional automatically generates. Any changes made in the Expert View are automatically synchronized with the Keyword View.

9.Explain about the Test Fusion Report of QTP?
Once a tester has run a test, a Test Fusion report displays all aspects of the test run: a high-level results overview, an expandable Tree View of the test specifying exactly where application failures occurred, the test data used, application screen shots for every step that highlight any discrepancies, and detailed explanations of each checkpoint pass and failure. By combining Test Fusion reports with Quick Test Professional, you can share reports across an entire QA and development team.

10.Which environments does QTP support?
Quick Test Professional supports functional testing of all enterprise environments, including Windows, Web,..NET, Java/J2EE, SAP, Siebel, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Visual Basic, ActiveX, mainframe terminal emulators, and Web services.

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Automated Testing Using Quick Test Professional

QTP Video:
A wonderful video explaining basic level usage of QTP with examples
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Test automation

Test automation is the use of software to control the execution of tests, the comparison of actual outcomes to predicted outcomes, the setting up of test preconditions, and other test control and test reporting functions. Commonly, test automation involves automating a manual process already in place that uses a formalized testing process.
Over the past few years, tools with graphical user interfaces (GUI) that help programmers quickly create applications have dramatically improved programmer productivity. This has increased the pressure on testers, who are often perceived as bottlenecks to the delivery of software products. Testers are being asked to test more and more code in less and less time. Test automation is one way to do this, as manual testing is time consuming. As different versions of software are released, the new features will have to be tested manually time and again. But, now there are tools available that help the testers in the automation of the GUI which reduce the test time as well as the cost; other test automation tools support execution of performance tests.

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