[Year 12 SofDev] What I want for testing in Criterion 7

[Mary Ho]

Will you also be doing a trace table?  Or is this not needed for the
purpose of the SAT?

On 4 August 2016 at 09:24, Philip Feain <feainp at stkevins.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> Dear All
>
> I have asked my students for a testing table with the following headings:
> - Item tested
> - Test data
> - Expected result
> - Actual result
> - Works
> - Meets requirements
>
> I thought about a column for a description, but thought it might just lead
> to taking up more time. I am thinking of getting students to print out
> their testing table and to annotate it.
>
>
> Things that need to be tested:
> - Validation - existence, range and type - test for correct and incorrect
> data
> - Writing to files
> - Reading from files
> - Searching files
> - Sorting files
> - Adding to files
> - Deleting from files
> - Editing files
> - Menu items
> - Buttons - Clear - Calculations - a variety of tests to show working
> - Viewing reports/ data in listboxes
> - Security - Logins/encryption/authentication
>
> Tests should show what is working and what is not working.
>
> I have included the Meets requirements column so students can have a quick
> reference to see how their solution is meeting requirements for when they
> write their report later.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards
>
> Phil.
>
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