Terms of Software Testing (ISTQB) (F)

Fa u İt Tree An a lysi s (FTA) :

A technique used to analyze the causes of faults (defects). The technique v ...

factory acceptance testing :

Acceptance testing conducted at the site at which the product is developed ...

fail :

A test is deemed to fail if its actual result does not match its expected r ...

failover testing :

Testing by simulating failure modes or actually causing failures in a contr ...

failure :

Deviation of the component or system from its expected delivery, service or ...

failure mode :

The physical or functional manifestation of a failure. For example, a syste ...

Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) :

A systematic approach to risk identification and analysis of identifying po ...

Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) :

An extension of FMEA, as in addition to the basic FMEA, it includes a criti ...

failure rate :

The ratio of the number of failures of a given category to a given un it of ...

false-fail result :

A test result in which a defect is reported although no such defect actuall ...

false-negative result :

See false-pass result

false-pass result :

Atest result which failsto identifythe presence of a defect that is actuall ...

false-positive result :

See false-fail result

fault :

See defect.

fault attack :

See attack.

fault density :

See defect density.

Fault Detection Percentage (FDP) :

See Defect Detection Percentage (DDP).

fault injection :

The process of intentionally adding defects to a system for the purpose of ...

fault masking :

See defect masking.

fault seeding :

The process of intentionally adding defects to those already in the compone ...

fault seeding tool :

A tool for seeding (i.e. intentionally inserting) faults in a component or ...

fault tolerance :

The capability of the software product to maintain a specified level of per ...

feasible path :

A path for which a set of input values and preconditions exists which cause ...

feature :

An attribute of a component or system specified or implied by requirements ...

feature-driven development :

An iterativeand incremental software development process driven from a clie ...

field testing :

See beta testing

finite state machine :

A computational model consisting of a finite number of states and transitio ...

finite state testing :

See state transition testing

fishbone diagram :

See cause-effect diagram

formal revievv :

A review characterized by documented procedures and requirements, e.g. insp ...

frozen test basis :

A test basis document that can only be amended by a formal change control p ...

Function Point Analysis (FPA) :

Method aiming to measure the size of the functionality of an information sy ...

functional integration :

An integration approach that combines the components or systems for the pur ...

functional requirement :

A requirement that specifies a function that a component or system must per ...

functional test design technique :

Procedure to derive and/or select test cases based on an analysis of the sp ...

functional testing :

Testing based on an analysis of the specification of the functionality of a ...

functionality :

The capability of the software product to provide functions which meet stat ...

functionality testing :

The process of testing to determine the functionality of a software product ...