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Subject observe is a subtopic of design examine provide ensure that recruit from give see benefit by know that perform report has definition

beta tester 10.9 - Strategies for Testing Large Systems tests that explicitly try to catch a range of specific types of defects that commonly occur the set of use cases is complete and that they are expressed consistently and unambiguously the potential user population of a product a pre-release version of the software using the features of the software before others have access to them the software will contain more defects than the final version cost estimation problems when he or she discovers them A person performing beta testing

black-box tester outputs from the system 10.2 - Effective and Efficient Testing tests that explicitly try to catch a range of specific types of defects that commonly occur inputs to the system the set of use cases is complete and that they are expressed consistently and unambiguously the source code, the internal data, nor any of the design documentation describing the system's internals software developers tend to have certain habits that can lead to errors, and hence to defects black-box testing A person performing black-box testing

glass-box tester the steps taken by algorithms and their internal data (at run time) 10.2 - Effective and Efficient Testing design tests that will exercise all aspects of each algorithm and data structure the design documents and the code testing strategy has reached a targeted coverage of statements and branches software developers tend to have certain habits that can lead to errors, and hence to defects glass-box testing

independent testing group 10.9 - Strategies for Testing Large Systems tests that explicitly try to catch a range of specific types of defects that commonly occur the set of use cases is complete and that they are expressed consistently and unambiguously software developers tend to have certain habits that can lead to errors, and hence to defects cost estimation A testing group separate from those who designed and programmed the system

paraphraser 10.10 - Inspections tests that explicitly try to catch a range of specific types of defects that commonly occur the set of use cases is complete and that they are expressed consistently and unambiguously software developers tend to have certain habits that can lead to errors, and hence to defects cost estimation A person in an inspection who steps through the document explaining it in their own words

Subject	observe	is a subtopic of	design	examine	provide	ensure that	recruit from	give	see	benefit by	know that	perform	report	has definition
beta tester		10.9 - Strategies for Testing Large Systems	tests that explicitly try to catch a range of specific types of defects that commonly occur			the set of use cases is complete and that they are expressed consistently and unambiguously	the potential user population of a product	a pre-release version of the software		using the features of the software before others have access to them	the software will contain more defects than the final version	cost estimation	problems when he or she discovers them	A person performing beta testing
black-box tester	outputs from the system	10.2 - Effective and Efficient Testing	tests that explicitly try to catch a range of specific types of defects that commonly occur		inputs to the system	the set of use cases is complete and that they are expressed consistently and unambiguously			the source code, the internal data, nor any of the design documentation describing the system's internals		software developers tend to have certain habits that can lead to errors, and hence to defects	black-box testing		A person performing black-box testing
glass-box tester	the steps taken by algorithms and their internal data (at run time)	10.2 - Effective and Efficient Testing	design tests that will exercise all aspects of each algorithm and data structure	the design documents and the code		testing strategy has reached a targeted coverage of statements and branches					software developers tend to have certain habits that can lead to errors, and hence to defects	glass-box testing
independent testing group		10.9 - Strategies for Testing Large Systems	tests that explicitly try to catch a range of specific types of defects that commonly occur			the set of use cases is complete and that they are expressed consistently and unambiguously					software developers tend to have certain habits that can lead to errors, and hence to defects	cost estimation		A testing group separate from those who designed and programmed the system
paraphraser		10.10 - Inspections	tests that explicitly try to catch a range of specific types of defects that commonly occur			the set of use cases is complete and that they are expressed consistently and unambiguously					software developers tend to have certain habits that can lead to errors, and hence to defects	cost estimation		A person in an inspection who steps through the document explaining it in their own words

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