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Test Case Documentation
Margaret Lee
Marymount University
7/10/2014
IT 355, Software Testing and Quality Assurance
Dr. Bono
“On my honor, I have neither given nor received aid on this assignment, except a family friend
reviewed my writing”
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Table of Contents
1: Description of Application……………………………………………………………………...3
2: Description of Test Environment……………………………………………………………….4
3: Overview of Tests………………………………………………………………………………4
4: Level of Effort….........................................................................................................................5
5: Test Cases……………….……………………………………………………………………...5
6: References……………….…………………………………………………………………….11
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1: Description of Application
The Grade Point Average (GPA) calculator application provides Marymount University
users with the ability to easily calculate GPA grades on a desktop. This application is intended
for Marymount staff and student usage to calculate grade averages in an educational
environment. The staff is able to use this application to compute student GPAs to submit for
academic review (grades and transcripts) while students are able to track their academic standing
each semester in school (how well they are performing).
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2: Description of Test Environment
The GPA calculator application will be used in an educational environment and in order
to use this application, a desktop with internet connection is required. The application runs on
Mac OS X, Windows 8, and Linux operating systems and is stored on Marymount’s internet
server. Both Marymount students and staff need to have user accounts in order to be allowed
access to the GPA calculator application.
3: Overview of Tests
The following tests will be used to test the each function of the software application:
Test
Purpose
Risks
Black Box Testing
The purpose of black box
It is not possible to test every
testing for these tests is to
input/output for the software.
verify if all inputs and outputs
There are an endless number
function correctly in the GPA
of possibilities.
calculator application.
White Box Testing
The purpose of white box
It is not possible to test every
testing is to ensure that the
path of the software.
internal structure of the GPA
calculator application is
operational. Each module and
code path will be tested for
functionality.
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Error Guessing
The purpose of error guessing
Error guessing potential
is to locate errors intuitively
mainly relies on the
and to put the GPA calculator
experience of the tester.
through a number of different
scenarios. This method will
examine how the GPA
calculator responds to
different commands.
4: Level of Effort
The level of effort required in performing each test will vary. The GPA calculator
application is not complex software to work with. It is an application that carries out a limited
number of commands and is not comprised of millions of lines of code. Therefore, testing basic
input commands and module paths will not require a large effort. However, the difficulty lies in
attempting to test every possible function occurrence in the working environment. There are an
infinite number of testable inputs and paths and in order to test them, large amounts of time,
money, and effort are required.
5: Test Cases
Test Case
Test Scenario
Test Case ID
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Does the application open
WB_0001
Steps
Test Steps
1
User selects GPA calculator
2 User accesses the application
Test Data
Run the .exe
Expected Result
The GPA calculator application
should launch
Test Result
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Test Case
Test Scenario
Test Case ID
Steps
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Leave a "score" field blank but not
the corresponding course field
BB_0002
Test Steps
User enters an alphabetic value in
1 the course field but leaves the
corresponding score field blank
2 User submits the value
Test Case
Test Scenario
Test Case ID
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Display the calculated A grade
WB_0003
Steps
Test Steps
Test Data
Course: Biology, Score: (blank)
Test Data
Course: Biology, Score: 95
User enters 5 courses and 5
Course: History, Score: 95
1 midterm grades that average to an Course: English, Score: 95
A percentage
Course: Math, Score: 90
Course: Drawing, Score: 100
2 User submits the value
Test Case
Test Scenario
Test Case ID
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Display a calculated B grade
WB_0004
Steps
Test Steps
Test Data
Course: Biology, Score: 87
User enters 5 courses and 5
Course: History, Score:85
1 midterm grades that average to a B Course: English, Score: 85
percentage
Course: Math, Score: 85
Course: Drawing, Score: 89
2 User submits the value
Test Case
Test Scenario
Test Case ID
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Display a calculated C grade
WB_0005
Steps
Test Steps
Test Data
Course: Biology, Score: 77
User enters 5 courses and 5
Course: History, Score: 75
1 midterm grades that average to a C Course: English, Score:73
percentage
Course: Math, Score: 75
Course: Drawing, Score: 75
Expected Result
Test Result
Application reports an "Error"
message and the application does
not compute the GPA
Expected Result
Test Result
Display "You have a(n) A grade
average!" message
Expected Result
Test Result
Display "You have a(n) B grade
average!" mesage
Expected Result
Test Result
Display "You have a(n) C grade
average!" message
2 User submits the value
Test Case
Test Scenario
Test Case ID
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Display a calculated F grade
WB_0006
Steps
Test Steps
Test Data
Course: Biology, Score: 60
User enters 5 courses and 5
Course: History, Score: 50
1 midterm grades that average to a F Course: English, Score: 45
percentage
Course: Math, Score: 60
Course: Drawing, Score: 62
2 User submits the value
Expected Result
Display "You have a(n) F grade
average!" message
Test Result
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Test Case
Test Scenario
Test Case ID
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Display the developer name
WB_0007
Steps
Test Steps
1 User enters a name
Test Data
Mandy Swithenbank
Expected Result
Display the developer name
(Many Swithenbank)
Test Result
Expected Result
Test Result
2 User submits the value
Test Case
Test Scenario
Test Case ID
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Enter a negative value
BB_0008
Steps
Test Steps
Test Data
1 User enters a negative number in a Score: -97.5
score field
2 User submits the value
Test Case
Test Scenario
Test Case ID
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Enter a grade value of more than
100
BB_0009
Steps
Test Steps
1
Test Data
User enters a value higher than 100
Score: 105
in score field
Application reports an "Error"
message and the application does
not compute the GPA
Expected Result
Test Result
Application reports an "Error"
message and the application does
not compute the GPA
2 User submits the value
Test Case
Test Scenario
Test Case ID
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Score field is entered as a letter
BB_0010
Steps
Test Steps
Test Data
User enters an alphabetic value in
score field
Score: ajd
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Expected Result
Test Result
Application reports an "Error"
message and the application does
not compute the GPA
2 User submits the value
Test Case
Test Scenario
Test Case ID
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Two decimal points are entered in
the score field
BB_0011
Steps
Test Steps
1
Test Data
User enters two decimal points into
Score: 8..85
the score field
2 User submits the value
Expected Result
Test Result
Application reports an "Error"
message and the application does
not compute the GPA
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Test Case
Test Scenario
Test Case ID
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Calculate the GPA by less than 5
courses and scores
WB_0012
Steps
Test Steps
Test Data
Course: Biology / Score: 95.5
Course: History/ Score: 94.2
User enters data for only 4 courses
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Course: English/ Score: 84.5
and scores
Course: Math/ Score: 75.5
Expected Result
Test Result
The GPA calculation should be
based on the number of
course/score inputs. If 4 courses
and scores are entered, then the
GPA is calculated by 4 grade
values and not 5. If 3 courses and
scores are entered, then GPA is
calculated by 3 grade values and
not 5. Same goes for 2 and 1.
2 User submits the value
Test Case
Test Scenario
Test Case ID
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Score is visible after submit button
is clicked
WB_0013
Steps
Test Steps
Test Data
Course: Biology, Score: 76
Course: History, Score: 88
1 User inputs course and score values Course: English, Score: 67
Course: Math, Score: 97
Course: Drawing, Score:89
Expected Result
Test Result
The GPA calculated score
(A,B,C,F) is visible after the
submit button is clicked
2 User submits the value
Test Case
Test Scenario
Test Case ID
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The Calculated GPA message
should appear after submit button
is clicked
WB_0014
Steps
Test Steps
User enters values into the data
1
fields
Test Data
Expected Result
Course: Biology, Score: 70
Course: History, Score: 67
Course: English, Score: 45
Course: Math, Score: 66
Course: Drawing, Score: 80
"You have a(n) _ grade average!"
message should appear
Test Result
2 User submits the value
Test Case
Test Scenario
Test Case ID
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A course name is misspelled
BB_0015
Steps
Test Steps
User inputs a mispelled course
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name into the course field
2 User submits the value
Test Data
Course: Histry
Expected Result
Test Result
Application reports an "Error"
message and the application does
not compute the GPA
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Test Case
Test Scenario
Test Case ID
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One decimal point is used in the
score field
BB_0016
Steps
Test Steps
Test Data
User inputs a value with 1 decimal
point into the score field
Score: 95.3
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Expected Result
Test Result
The GPA calculation should
compute successfully and display
the "You have a(n) _ grade
average!" message with the
calculated grade
2 User submits the value
Test Case
Test Scenario
Test Case ID
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Submitting information
WB_0017
Steps
Test Steps
Test Data
1 User enters course and score values Click Submit buttom
Expected Result
Test Result
The GPA calculation should
compute successfully and display
the "You have a(n) _ grade
average!" message with the
calculated grade
2 User clicks "Submit" button
Test Case
Test Scenario
Test Case ID
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User enters a valid score number
between 0 and 100
BB_0018
Steps
Test Steps
Test Data
User inputs a number between 0
and 100 into the score field
Score: 85
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Expected Result
Test Result
The GPA calculation should
compute successfully and display
the "You have a(n) _ grade
average!" message with the
calculated grade
2 User submits the value
Test Case
Test Scenario
Test Case ID
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User enters a valid course into the
course field
BB_0019
Steps
Test Steps
1
Test Data
User inputs a course into the course
Course: Biology
field
Expected Result
Test Result
The GPA calculation should
compute successfully and display
the "You have a(n) _ grade
average!" message with the
calculated grade
2 User submits the value
Test Case
Test Scenario
Test Case ID
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A number in entered into the
course field
BB_0020
Steps
Test Steps
1 User enters inputs a number into
the course field
2 User submits the value
Test Data
Course: B1ology
Expected Result
Test Result
Application reports an "Error"
message and the application does
not compute the GPA
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Test Case
Test Scenario
Test Case ID
20
A number entered into the course
field
BB_0020
Steps
Test Steps
1 User enters inputs a number into
the course field
2 User submits the value
Test Data
Course: B1ology
Expected Result
Test Result
Application reports an "Error"
message and the application does
not compute the GPA
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References
Myers G.J, Corey Sandler and Tom Badgett (2012). “The Art of Software Testing”, 3rd Edition.
New Jersey, John Wiley and Sons Publications.
Software Testing Documentation. (n.d.). Retrieved June 26, 2014, from Tutorials Point website:
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/software_testing/testing_documentation.htm
Software and Testing Training. (n.d.). How to write effective test cases quickly [Video file].
Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VvQKEvsPpE