Monday, March 30, 2009

Inspirational Quotations by Swami Vivekananda

• Choose the highest ideal and live your life up to that. Look at the "ocean" and not at the wave.
• Religion is the idea which is raising the brute unto man, and man unto God.
• All power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that.
• Work, work, work - let this be your motto.
• That which tends to increase the divinity in you is virtue, and that which tends to increase brutality in you is vice.
• Every duty is holy, and devotion to duty is the highest form of worship of God.
• He who sees Shiva in the poor, in the weak, and in the diseased, really worships Shiva.
• Purity in thought, speech, and act is absolutely necessary for anyone to be religious. Purity is strength. Spiritual truth is purity.
• The ideal of the man is to see God in everything. The real evil is idleness which is the principal cause of our poverty.
• Everyone should know that there is no salvation except through the conquering of desires.
• Death being so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.
• Religion is the manifestation of the Divinity already in man.
• Your country requires heroes, be heroes!
• To me the very essence of education is concentration of the mind, not the collecting of facts.
• Each soul is potentially divine.
• Now the only way out is to listen to the words of the Lord in the Gita.
• Be a hero. Always say, "I have no fear".
• Struggle hard to get money, but don't get attached to it.
• Feel that you are great and you become great.
• To devote your life to the good of all and to the happiness of all is religion. Whatever you do for your own sake is not religion.
• At my will mountains will crumble up. Have that sort of energy, that sort of will; work hard, and you will reach the goal.
• It is those foolish people who identify themselves with their bodies that piteously cry, 'Weak, weak, we are weak'.
• Keep the motto before you: "Elevation of the masses without injuring their religion".
• Man never progresses from error to truth, but from truth to truth, from lesser truth to higher truth.
• Avoid all weakness, for weakness is sin, weakness is death.
• Never talk about the faults of others, no matter how bad they may be. Nothing is ever gained by that.
• The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
• Neither seeks nor avoids, take what comes.
• You should work like a master and not as a slave; work incessantly, but do not do a slave's work
• Believe that the soul is immortal, infinite and all powerful.
• Even if the order be wrong, first obey and then contradict it.
• Be a hero. Always say, "I have no fear".
• I shall inspire men everywhere until the world shall know that it is one with God.
• Let us go forward and do yet greater things.
• The more selfish a man, the more immoral he is.
• Give to the weak, for there all the gift is needed.
• Knowledge exists, man only discovers it.
• Give up all desire for enjoyment in earth or heaven.
• Be courageous. Do not try to lead your brethren, but serve them.
• Be the witness and do not react, only thus can you be happy.
• None can help you, help yourself; work out your own salvation.
• Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work.
• Try to love anybody and everybody.
• You have to gwo from the inside out. None can teach you, non can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
• Know it for certain that you are in everything.
• Go on bravely. Do not expect success in a day or a year.
• Let all your nerves vibrate through the backbone of your religion.
• Do not talk much, but feel the spirit within you.
• If you want to be spiritual, you must renounce.
• Your way is the best for you, but that is no sign that it is the best for others.
• Renounce the lower so that you may get the higher.
• Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being?
• Our first duty is not to hate ourselves; because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God.
• Your work is to serve the poor and miserable, without distinction of caste or color.
• Help another because yu are in him and he is in you.
• The poor, the illiterate, the ignorant, the afflicted, let these be your God. Know that service to these alone is the highest religion.
• If I am in the dark, let me light a lamp.
• The earths bravest and best will have to sacrifice themselves for the good of many, for the welfare of all.
• We only get what we deserve. It is a lie when we say, the world is bad and we are good. It can never be so.
• You will understand the mighty strength of Krishna better with a little of strong blood in you.
• It is struggle against nature and not conformity to nature that makes man what he is.
• Each work has to pass through these stages - ridicule, opposition and then acceptance.
• First there should be strict integrity...Secondly, entire devotion to the cause
• The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free.
• You fail only when you do not strive sufficiently to manifest infinite power.
• Whatever you do, devote your whole Mind, Heart, and Soul to it.
• Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be.
• Never mind failures; they are quite natural, they are the beauty of life - these failures.
• He works best who works without any motive, neither for money, nor for fame, nor for anything else.

Famous Quotations by famous People.....8

"We all agree that your theory is crazy, but is it crazy enough?" - Niels Bohr (1885-1962)
"When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong." - Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)
"In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite." - Paul Dirac (1902-1984)
"I would have made a good Pope." - Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994)
"In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience." - W.B. Prescott
"Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin." - John von Neumann (1903-1957)
"The mistakes are all waiting to be made." - chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower (1887-1956) on the game's opening position
"It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)
"Grove giveth and Gates taketh away." - Bob Metcalfe (inventor of Ethernet) on the trend of hardware speedups not being able to keep up with software demands
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important." - Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
"A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation." - H. H. Munro (Saki) (1870-1916)
"There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C. A. R. Hoare
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
"What do you take me for, an idiot?" - General Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), when a journalist asked him if he was happy
"I heard someone tried the monkeys-on-typewriters bit trying for the plays of W. Shakespeare, but all they got was the collected works of Francis Bacon." - Bill Hirst
"Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do." - Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
"A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines." - Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959)
"It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid." - George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
"If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me." - Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)
"A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies." - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names." - John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
"Logic is in the eye of the logician." - Gloria Steinem
"No one can earn a million dollars honestly." - William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925)
"Everything has been figured out, except how to live." - Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)

Friday, March 13, 2009

Quotes by Washington Irving

A father may turn his back on his child, … . but a mother's love endures through all.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.

There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others, however humble.

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

2006-04-22 20Questions

CSTE April 22nd 2006.


Subjective:
* All these are not exact questions. These are
prepared to the extent I remember.

1. You gave the software for independent testers. You
are responsible for Unit, Integration, System and
Acceptance testing. Explain about each testing methods
and tell which testing can be given to Independent
Testing and Which for development team.

2. Any 3 tools and vendor of the tools.

3. One question on Optimum testing

4. You developed Risk Plan, Test Plan, Test Scripts.
You are doing testing. At this point you got major
requirements change. What changes are required to
in-corporate these changes in your plan.

5. Explain about
Complexity Measures
Data Flow Analysis
Symbolic Execution

6. Acceptance Test Plan for “Inventory Control
Software”

7. COTS s/w, critical success factors.

8. Security Vulnerabilities for e-comm application

9. e-comm project is newly developed in your
organization. You are not able to test all types of
Operating Systems and Browsers. Prepare mitigation
plan.

10. V-Model

11. 5 important S/W quality factors, why do you think
they are important.

12. 5 important things you consider for writing test
plan, why do you think they are important.

13. One question on defect management

14. Difference between Acceptance and System Testing

15. Preventive, Detective and Corrective Controls

16. 3 important issues for wireless technology.

17. One question on Pareto Charts
Like gave a scenario for no. of critical, minor
and major bugs and no. of days to fix the bugs.
Analyze the scenario.


Objective:
* All these are not exact questions. These are
prepared to the extent I remember.


1. Which communication skill will be neglected by most
a. Reading
b. Listening
c. Writing

2. Therapeutic listening is
a. Sympathetic listening
b. Listening to pieces of information…

3. Which model demonstrates relation between 2 or more
parameters of effort, duration or resource?
a. Cost
b. Constraint
c. Function Point

4. In which model expertise can be used to estimate
cost
a. Top-Down
b. Expert Judgment
c. Bottom-Up

5. Two objective questions on responsibility
Like who is responsible in issuing IT policy, work
policy etc.

6. Fit for use is
a. Transcendent
b. Product Based
c. User Based
d. Value Based

7. Re-Use of data is done in which type of testing
(Similar type 2 questions. Re-Use, Retesting sort of
qs.)
a. Capture/Play back
b. System Testing
c. Regression Testing
d. Integration Testing

8. 1 qs. On configuration management / Change
Management / Version Control

9. In Acceptance testing, which data is used.
a. Test Cases
b. Use Case
c. Test Plan
10. In four components of FIT, reliability is included
in (Similar type 2 qs)
a. Data
b. People
c. Structure
d. Rules

11. Obligations of both contractual parties should be
spelled out in
a. What is done
b. Who does it
c. When it is done
d. How it is done

12. Dates on which Obligations need to be filled out
should be specified in
a. What is done
b. Who does it
c. When it is done
d. How it is done

13. Two questions on Internal Auditor, Internal
Control responsibilities

14. One question on ERM model

15. One question on Control Frame Work Model

16. Two questions on CMM 5 levels of maturity (Like in
which level controls are implemented…)

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

2006-06 20Questions

Subjective:

1. There are many factors like maintainability and reliability among software Quality Factors.Give 5 most important software quality factors that u would mention for testing a webbased testing?
2. Create a Test plan for a simple project not a complex project?
3. Write a standard template for testpaln,testscript,Status report of a project?
4. Design a screen which will show the fields necessary for a defect description?
5. Question related to usecase like guidelines for writing usecase for customer?
6. Draw a control chart and explain how it can be used to see that the testing process is in control?
7. Question on Defects Uncovered versus Corrected Gap timeline?
8. Difference between system test and acceptance test?
9. Aspects of computer software that should be observed during the demontstration of COTS software?
10. Define unit,integration,system,regression,acceptance testing and explain what would you recommend for the new independent test team formed.Previously in the organisation,testing was being performed by software development team?
11. Question on Preventive Controls?
12. Question on Security Testing technique.What tests you would include in the testpaln for testing security with minimal knowledge about security testing?
13. Risks involved in testing wireless technology and how will u develop controls on it to gain confidence about the wirelesss technolog used.
14. your commany is launching a ecommerce project?
15. Give MEASUREMENTS for
a] Test Effectiveness and
b] Test Efficiency?
16. Your Company is about to roll out an E-Commerce application. It is not possible to test the application on all types of browsers on all platforms and operating systems. What steps would you take in the testing environment to reduce the business risks and commercial risks?
17. Developing compatability and motivation with a test team helps assure effective testing.List atleast four guidelines you would follow to develop compatability and motivation within your test team?

(from another group member)
The question listed below are not put in the same format as how it was asked . I have written on contents which I remember.

1. Describe Unit, Integration, System and Acceptance testing.
2. How to measure testing.
a. Effectiveness
b. Efficiency

3. We are developing a web application what are the quality factor that need to be considered.
4. Test plan , Test case, test script
5. List few guidelines to develop compatibility and motivation with in a team to assure effective testing. (CSTE sample QP-Subjective Qn #5).
6. System testing Vs Acceptance testing.
7. In a development project Test planning, resource allocation , test scripting is also completed. Testing is being executed. At this stage if there is a major change in requirement , what will be the tester’s role here(actions in response to the changes) .- The question is already asked in one of the previous year papers .
8. There is a delay of 5 days in the development project. How will the tester handle the testing activities , without changing on resources , working time , … .- The question is already asked in one of the previous year papers .
9. what aspect of computer software need to be observed during demonstration of COTS software.
10. Explanation on total number of defects found Vs defects corrected using Graph.
11. one question on control chart
12. A tester who is not much familiar with security testing is posted to plan for security testing. So he has to plan for the security testing using some of basic security knowledge though he is not an expert in it. Comment on his test plan on what should be considered and included.
13. List 3 issues or constraints in implementing wireless network technology.
14. A question on e-commerce.
15. A question related to Current status report.

Objective Type:

1. A question on fit components. Which of the following contributes to fit .
a. Data
b. Structure
c. People
d. Rule
e. All of the above

2. Reliaability, timeliness, consistency are included in which component of fit
a. Data
b. Structure
c. People
d. Rule

3. Who will develop the test process for software development using new technology?.(Almost same question was asked in Part 1 ad part 3)
a. Management
b. Project team
c. Auditor
d. Tester and few more options

4. Which of the following are relatively complete acceptance criteria?
a. Performance should increase
b. Response time should be with in 10 sec
Few more statements


5. Experienced people can be used as a tool for estimating the cost- Budgeting
a. Bottom up
b. Top down
c. Expert judgment

6. The communication type which is rarely emphasized
a. Listening
Few more options .

7. There were 2 questions on maturity level e.g which level enforces control for technology.

8. There were 3 question on standard , policy , procedure

9. which of the following model has these steps .. event identification , risk assessment, risk response
a. ERM
b. COSO internal control framework
c. CobiT model

10. Utilize the computer resources to perform their work.. belong to which type of activity specified below
a. Interface
b. Development
c. Computer operation

11. Obligations of both contractual parties should be spelled out in detail in which part of the contract
a. What
b. Who
c. When
d. How

12. There was a similar question on when the contracted software will be completed

13. Test planning activity which includes starting and end time for each test milestone.
a. Budgeting
b. Scheduling
c. Estimation
d. Staffing

From another group member, with a basic answer:

Below are three risks associated with s/w testing. Explain each of them and give a mitigation for each risk.
1. Not Enough Training/Lack of Test Competency
2. Us versus Them Mentality
3. Lack of Customer and User Involvement

Most of the subjective questions were repeated from the previous question papers.

Objective questions were mostly from Skill Category 7,8,9 and 10 and could be answered well only if you have read through the prep guide atleast twice.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

2006-06 20Questions1

Subjective:

1. There are many factors like maintainability and reliability among software Quality Factors.Give 5 most important software quality factors that u would mention for testing a webbased testing?
2. Create a Test plan for a simple project not a complex project?
3. Write a standard template for testpaln,testscript,Status report of a project?
4. Design a screen which will show the fields necessary for a defect description?
5. Question related to usecase like guidelines for writing usecase for customer?
6. Draw a control chart and explain how it can be used to see that the testing process is in control?
7. Question on Defects Uncovered versus Corrected Gap timeline?
8. Difference between system test and acceptance test?
9. Aspects of computer software that should be observed during the demontstration of COTS software?
10. Define unit,integration,system,regression,acceptance testing and explain what would you recommend for the new independent test team formed.Previously in the organisation,testing was being performed by software development team?
11. Question on Preventive Controls?
12. Question on Security Testing technique.What tests you would include in the testpaln for testing security with minimal knowledge about security testing?
13. Risks involved in testing wireless technology and how will u develop controls on it to gain confidence about the wirelesss technolog used.
14. your commany is launching a ecommerce project?
15. Give MEASUREMENTS for
a] Test Effectiveness and
b] Test Efficiency?
16. Your Company is about to roll out an E-Commerce application. It is not possible to test the application on all types of browsers on all platforms and operating systems. What steps would you take in the testing environment to reduce the business risks and commercial risks?
17. Developing compatability and motivation with a test team helps assure effective testing.List atleast four guidelines you would follow to develop compatability and motivation within your test team?

(from another group member)
The question listed below are not put in the same format as how it was asked . I have written on contents which I remember.

1. Describe Unit, Integration, System and Acceptance testing.
2. How to measure testing.
a. Effectiveness
b. Efficiency

3. We are developing a web application what are the quality factor that need to be considered.
4. Test plan , Test case, test script
5. List few guidelines to develop compatibility and motivation with in a team to assure effective testing. (CSTE sample QP-Subjective Qn #5).
6. System testing Vs Acceptance testing.
7. In a development project Test planning, resource allocation , test scripting is also completed. Testing is being executed. At this stage if there is a major change in requirement , what will be the tester’s role here(actions in response to the changes) .- The question is already asked in one of the previous year papers .
8. There is a delay of 5 days in the development project. How will the tester handle the testing activities , without changing on resources , working time , … .- The question is already asked in one of the previous year papers .
9. what aspect of computer software need to be observed during demonstration of COTS software.
10. Explanation on total number of defects found Vs defects corrected using Graph.
11. one question on control chart
12. A tester who is not much familiar with security testing is posted to plan for security testing. So he has to plan for the security testing using some of basic security knowledge though he is not an expert in it. Comment on his test plan on what should be considered and included.
13. List 3 issues or constraints in implementing wireless network technology.
14. A question on e-commerce.
15. A question related to Current status report.

Objective Type:

1. A question on fit components. Which of the following contributes to fit .
a. Data
b. Structure
c. People
d. Rule
e. All of the above

2. Reliaability, timeliness, consistency are included in which component of fit
a. Data
b. Structure
c. People
d. Rule

3. Who will develop the test process for software development using new technology?.(Almost same question was asked in Part 1 ad part 3)
a. Management
b. Project team
c. Auditor
d. Tester and few more options

4. Which of the following are relatively complete acceptance criteria?
a. Performance should increase
b. Response time should be with in 10 sec
Few more statements


5. Experienced people can be used as a tool for estimating the cost- Budgeting
a. Bottom up
b. Top down
c. Expert judgment

6. The communication type which is rarely emphasized
a. Listening
Few more options .

7. There were 2 questions on maturity level e.g which level enforces control for technology.

8. There were 3 question on standard , policy , procedure

9. which of the following model has these steps .. event identification , risk assessment, risk response
a. ERM
b. COSO internal control framework
c. CobiT model

10. Utilize the computer resources to perform their work.. belong to which type of activity specified below
a. Interface
b. Development
c. Computer operation

11. Obligations of both contractual parties should be spelled out in detail in which part of the contract
a. What
b. Who
c. When
d. How

12. There was a similar question on when the contracted software will be completed

13. Test planning activity which includes starting and end time for each test milestone.
a. Budgeting
b. Scheduling
c. Estimation
d. Staffing

From another group member, with a basic answer:

Below are three risks associated with s/w testing. Explain each of them and give a mitigation for each risk.
1. Not Enough Training/Lack of Test Competency
2. Us versus Them Mentality
3. Lack of Customer and User Involvement

Most of the subjective questions were repeated from the previous question papers.

Objective questions were mostly from Skill Category 7,8,9 and 10 and could be answered well only if you have read through the prep guide atleast twice.

Monday, March 2, 2009

2006-03 exam questions

1. Reliability and maintainability are certain Quality factors given explicitly in the requirements. If so,list a few other QFs for a web based project and write the rationale for selecting the same.

2. Acceptance test plan contents and explanation

3.Difference between system test plan and acceptance test plan

4. One question on team building- as a test manager what do you think the important things to have a successful team.

5.What are important Quality factors that u will test for in a multiple workstation scenario taht u will not do in asingle work station scenario.

6.The contents of a system test report

7.List 5 test metrics and explain how u can use them.

8.The UI for a defect managment tool.

9.Which steps in a testing process are defect prone- explain why?

10.What according to you are the important docs that u wud refer wen u r testing a change that has been made in a project that has been relased.(ie operational)

11.What do u mean by defect expectation. How can u use it for improving the testing process.

12.Mention three techniques for unit testing. State an objective for unit testing,Based on those, how will ensure that the unit tsting has complied to the expectations.

13. steps involved in testing for security (domain 9)

14.Mention and write on a few techniques for the defect prevention - internal control testing - domain 9

15. What are the important things that u ll look for during a demo of a contractor software.

16.Waht are CSF s. What are the CSFs that u ll look for in a contactor delivered software.Define them.

17 How do u use control charts for controlling the tetsing process. Explain control charts.

18. Write on symbolic execution, complexity measure and one more testing technique (sorry i dont remeber).

19. If the code to be deliverd will be delivered after a week but no change in release date, how will you as test manager plan yr test. (a question that has appeared in lot of previous question papaers.the phrasing is wrong here. but the same)

20. As a test manager - test skill set relates question (iam not sure).