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Program Testing and Maintenance

12.3

What the syllabus asks of you

  • Show understanding of ways of exposing and avoiding faults in programs
  • Locate and identify the different types of errors
  • Correct identified errors
  • Show understanding of the methods of testing available and select appropriate data for a given method
  • Show understanding of the need for a test strategy and test plan and their likely contents
  • Choose appropriate test data for a test plan
  • Show understanding of the need for continuing maintenance of a system and the differences between each type of maintenance
  • Analyse an existing program and make amendments to enhance functionality

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Chapter 12: Program testing and maintenance

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All 13 questions on Program Testing and Maintenance, untimed — answer on paper, then mark yourself against the mark scheme.

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13 questions

These are structured questions, answered in working rather than by picking an option, so they are not listed here one by one. The drill above puts each in front of you with its mark scheme to check against.