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QualitycenterinterviewquestionsandanswerscontributedbyRohitSrivastava

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Q1.WhatisQualityCenter?
Q2.WhatarethemodulesofQualityCenter?
Q3.HowmanybuiltintablesdoesQualityCenterhave?
Q4.WhatarethebenefitsofRequirementTraceability?
Q5.CanWeConvertorGenerateTestfromtherequirements?
Q6.ExplainVersionControl.
Q7.CanwecreateaQTPtestfromQC?
Q8.WhatisPurgeRun?
Q9.Whatistestsetnotification,andwhenweneedit?
Q10.WhatistheneedofHostManager?
Q11.ExplainLinkingDefecttotestinQualityControl.
Q12.WhatisMatchingDefects?
Q13.WhatisDefectTracking?
Q14.HowmanytypesofreportarethereinQC?
Q15.HowmanytypesofGraphsarethereinQC?
Q16.WhatarethefeaturesofQualityCenter?
Q17.HowtouseQualityCentreinrealtimeproject?
Q18.HowtomaptherequirementswithtestcasesinQualityCentre?
Q19.HowcanweuseFilterinQC?
Q20.WhatisUnattachedFolderinTestPlan?
Q21.WhatisdifferencebetweenGenerateTestfromtherequirementsandConvertrequirementstotest?
Q22.Is'Notcovered'and'Notrun'statusaresame?
Q23.WhatistheadvantageoflibrariesinQualitycenter?
Q24.WhattypesofdatabaseareusedinQC?

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Q1.WhatisQualityCenter?
HPQualityCenterisWebbasedTestManagementtool.WecanaccessQualityCenterovertheinternet
orintranet,viaaWebbrowser.Itinvolvesinterrelatedstepssuchasdefiningrelease,developing
requirement,designingandexecutionoftests,monitoringandreportingdefects.QualityCentersimplifies
andorganizesapplicationmanagementbygivingussystematiccontrolovertheprocess.Ithelpsin
creatingframeworkandfoundationforapplicationmanagementworkflow.Qualitycenterfeaturesasystem
fororganizingandtrackingapplicationrelease,enablingustoalignbusinessprioritiesandquality
expectationwithourprojectsrequirement,testanddefects.

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Q2.WhatarethemodulesofQualityCenter?
TheQualityCentermodulesare:
ManagementModule:Thismoduleincludesfollowingsubmodules:
1.Releasemodule:Enableustodefinereleaseandcyclesfortheapplicationmanagement
process.
2.Librariesmodule:Enablesustodefinelibrariestotrackchangesinproject,reuseentitiesin
project,orshareentitiesacrossmultipleprojects.
RequirementModule:Helpsustomanagerequirements.Thisincludesdefiningwhatweare
testing,definingrequirementtopicsanditems,alsoanalyzingrequirements.
TestPlan:Enableustodevelopandmanagetestinahierarchicaltreestructure.Testscanbe
linkedtorequirementanddefects.
TestResources:Enablesustomanagetestresourcesinahierarchicaltreestructure.Tests
resourcescanbeassociatedwithtests.
Testlab:Enablesustoruntestsandanalyzetheresults.
DefectModule:Helpsustoreportdefects,determine,repairprioritiesandreopendefects.
Dashboard:Helpstocreategraphs,reportsandexcelreports.

Q3.HowmanybuiltintablesdoesQualityCenterhave?
TherearesixtablesaccessibletouserviaQCscustomizedprojectinterface:
TestTable
TestStepTable
TestSetTable
RunTable

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DefectTable
RequirementTable

Q4.WhatarethebenefitsofRequirementTraceability?
RequirementTraceabilitydefinesarelationshipbetweentwoormorerequirements.Whenanalyzingthe
impactofachangeproposedinspecificrequirements,thetraceabilitylinksindicatetheother
requirementsintherequirementstreewecanestablishtraceabilitybetweentherequirements.Usingthis
tabintheRequirementDetailsview,youcanaddtraceabilitylinktoandfromselectedrequirement.Trace
fromlinksindicatesrequirementsthataffectaselectedrequirement.Tracetolinksindicatesrequirements
thatareaffectedbyaselectedrequirement.WhenarequirementchangeQCalertstheaffected
requirementsthiscanbeseenbyallusers.QCsendsemailnotificationtotheauthorsoftheaffected
requirements.

Q5.CanWeConvertorGenerateTestfromtherequirements?
Yeswecanconvertandalsogeneratetestcasefromtherequirements.
Therearetwomethodswecanusetogeneratetestsfromtherequirements:
ConvertRequirementtotest:convertrequirementtotestinaspecifiedsubjectinthetestplantree.
Wecanconvertselectedrequirementorallrequirementsintherequirementstree.
Generateatestfromrequirements:convertrequirementtoatestinaspecifiedsubjectinthetest
plantreeandaspecifiedtestsetintheTestLabmodules.Thismethodenablesustoquicklyruna
testwhenanalyzingourrequirements.

Q6.ExplainVersionControl.
VersionControlhelpsustokeeptrackofchangesmadetoentitiesinourprojectincludingrequirements.
InthiswecancreateandmanageQCentitieswhilemaintainingpreviousversionofthoseentitiesin
requirements.Tomakechangesinanentityinaversioncontrolenabledproject,firstwehavetocheck
outtheentity.Whenwecheckoutanentity,QClockstheentity,preventingotherusersfromoverwriting
anychangeswemake.Thecheckedoutversionoftheentityisnotvisibletotheotheruser.
Wecancheckoutanentityinthefollowingways:
CheckingOutEntitiesAutomatically
CheckingOutEntitiesManually

Q7.CanwecreateaQTPtestfromQC?
YeswecancreateQTPtestfromQCbutwemustfirstmakesureQTPhastheabilitytoexecutetests
fromQualityCenter.PleaseensurethefollowingoptioninQTPRunSettingsisenabled:
WhenQTPisenabled,followthebelowstepstoscheduleandexecutetestsfromQualityCenter:
1.LogintoQualityCenterandNavigatetoTestLabModule
2.AfterselectingthecorrectTestSet,ClicktheExecutionFlowTab.
3.RightclickonthetestthatrequiresconfigurationofTimeDependencyandclickTestRunSchedule.
4.IntheRunSchedulewindow,selecttheTimeDependencytab.Thetimeanddateofexecutioncanbe
configured.
5.Timedependencywillbeaddedtotherelevanttest.
6.Aftertimedependencyhasbeenadded,navigatebacktotheExecutionGridpane.FromtheExecution
Grid,selecttheteststoberunatthedesignateddateandtime.
7.FromtheAutomaticRunnerdialog,clickRunAll.
8.OnceRunAllisclickedfromtheAutomaticRunnerdialog,theteststatuswillchangetoWaitingand
QCwillfiretheteststoberunatthescheduleddateandtime:
9.QCwillfirethetestsinthesequenceconfiguredintheExecutionFlowpane.TheTestRunScheduler
willshowalltheteststhatwereselectedandareexecutingandaretobeexecuted.

Q8.WhatisPurgeRun?
PurgeRunisusedtodeleteoldtestrunresultinproject.BydefaultPurgeRundeletealltherunresultin
theselectedtestsets.Purgeruncanbeusedto:
DeleteonlyTestRuns:Inthiswecanselectaperiodoftimebeforewhichwewanttodeletetest
runresult
DeleteonlyRunSteps:Inthiswecanselectaperiodoftimebeforewhichwewanttodeleterun
steps.

Q9.Whatistestsetnotification,andwhenweneedit?
Testsetnotificationisusedtoinformspecifieduser.WecaninstructQCtosendemailtoaspecifieduser
ifanyofthefollowingeventsoccursforatestset:
Anytestisthetestsetfails.
Testinthetestsetfailsduetoreasonotherthanthetestlogicitself,Environmentalfailurecould
include.Ex.Functionalcallnotreturningaccessviolations,versionincompatibilitybetween
applicationcomponents,amissingDLL.
Alltestsinthetestsetthatwererunhavebeenfinishedrunning.Butthisdoesnotincludetests
thatarenotexecuted.

Q10.WhatistheneedofHostManager?

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UsinghostManagerwecanruntestonahostconnectedtoournetwork.UsingtheHostManagerDialog
boxwecancreatealistofavailablehostfortestexecutionandalsoorganizehostsintogroupstobe
usedforaspecificproject.
Followingconditionmustbekeptinmindbeforeexecutingtestonremotehost:
1.QTPmustbeinstalledoneachmachinewhereyouwishtoexecutethetests.
2.QTPmustbeconfiguredtoallowotherHPproductstorun
3.QTPConnectivityaddininstalledonboththeHost(QTP)machinesaswellastheQCmachine.
4.DefineyourhostmachinesintheHostManagerofQC.
5.EnsurethatObjectRepositoriesand/orFunctionLibrarieswhichareusedbyallscriptsare'shared'and
accessiblefromallmachines.

Q11.ExplainLinkingDefecttotestinQualityControl.
WecanlinkatestinourtestplantoaspecificdefectintheDefectGrid.Thisisuseful,forexample,when
anewtestiscreatedspecificallyforaknowndefect.Bycreatingalinking,wecandetermineifthetest
shouldberunbasedonthestatusofthedefect.Wecanalsolinkthedefecttootherentities,suchas
requirements.Adefectcanbelinkeddirectlyorindirectlytoanentity.Whenweaddadefectlinktoan
entity,QCaddsadirectlinktothisentityandindirectlinktootherrelatedentities.Whenwelinkadefect
torunstep,itaddsanindirectlinktoitsrun,testinstance,testsetandtest.Ifthesametestiscovered
byarequirement,anindirectlinkisalsoaddedtotherequirement,butindirectlinkageisonedirectional
flow.

Q12.WhatisMatchingDefects?
MatchingDefectsenablesustoeliminateduplicateorsimilardefectsinproject.Whenweaddanew
defect,QCstoreslistofkeywordsfromtheSummaryandDescriptionFields.Whenwesearchforsimilar
defects,keywordsinthesefieldsarematchedagainstotherdefects.Keywordsaremorethantwo
charactersandtheyarenotcasesensitive.Wehavetwomethodstoconductsearchofsimilardefects.
FindingsimilarDefects:compareaselecteddefectwithallotherexistingdefectsinproject.
FindingsimilarText:compareaspecificteststringagainstallotherexistingdefectsinproject.

Q13.WhatisDefectTracking?
DefectTrackingmeanslocatingandrepairingapplicationdefectefficiently.Defectscanbeaddedor
detectedtoprojectbytheusersduringallstagesofapplicationmanagementprocess.Thedefecttracking
workflowconsistsoffollowing:
AddingDefects:AfterfindingnewdefectwesubmittoQCproject.Theprojectstoresdefect
informationthatcanbeaccessedbyauthorizedusers.
ReviewingNewDefects:Reviewingallnewdefectsanddecidewhichonetofix.
RepairingOpenDefects:FixtheOpendefects.
TestingaNewApplicationBuild:Runtestonthenewbuildoftheapplication.
AnalyzingDefectData:ViewDefectReporttoseehowmanydefectswereresolved,andhow
manystillremainopen.

Q14.HowmanytypesofreportarethereinQC?
WecangeneratereportsanytimeduringthetestingprocessfromeachQCmodule,usingdefaultor
customizedsetting.Wecanapplyfiltersandsortconditions,anddisplayinformationaccordingtoour
specification.FollowingtypesarereportsareavailabletousinQC:
RequirementModuleReports:StandardRequirements,Tabular,Requirementwithcoveragetest,
requirementwithCoveragetestandSteps,requirementwithlinkedDefects,requirementswith
Traceability,reportselected.
TestPlanModuleReports:standardtestplanning,subjecttree,testswithdesignsteps,tests
withcoveredRequirements,testswithlinkedDefect,reportSelected,
TestLabModuleReports:currenttestset,crosstestset,testsetHierarchywithtests,crosstest
setwithtests,executionnotification.
DefectsModuleReports:standardDefects,Tabulardefects,fixedorrejectedDefects,report
selected.

Q15.HowmanytypesofGraphsarethereinQC?
FollowingtypesarereportsareavailabletousinQC:
RequirementModuleGraphs:requirementssummarygraph,requirementsprogressgraph,
requirementscoveragegraph,requirementstrendgraph,graphwizard.
TestPlanModuleGraphs:testplanningsummarygraph,testplanningprogressgraph,testplan
trendgraph,graphwizard,
TestLabModuleGraph:testexecutionsummarygraph(currenttestset),testexecutionprogress
graph(currenttestset),testexecutionsummarygraph(crosstestset),testexecutionprogress
graph(crosstestset),graphwizard.
DefectModuleGraph:defectsummarygraph,defectprogressgraph,defectagegraph,defect
trendgraph,graphwizard.

Q16.WhatarethefeaturesofQualityCenter?
FeaturesofQCarelistedbelow:
QChelpstomaintainprojectdatabaseoftestthatcoversallfunctionalityofapplication.
QCoffersintegrationwithHPtestingtools(WinRunner,QTPandLoadRunner)aswellasthird

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partytools.
QCprovidesanintuitiveandefficientmethodforschedulingandexecutingtestsets,collectingtest
results,andanalyzingthedata.
Qchelpsindefecttracking,enablingtomonitordefectscloselyfrominitialdetectiontoresolution.
BylinkingQCtoemailsystem,defecttrackinginformationcanbesharedbyallapplication
development,qualityassuranceandcustomersupport.

Q17.HowtouseQualityCentreinrealtimeproject?
Aftercompletingthetestcases,wedo:
1.ExportthetestcasesintoQualityCentre.
2.Thetestcaseswillbeloadedinthetestplanmodule.
3.Whenexecutionisstarted.Wemovethetestcasesfromtestplantabtothetestlabmodule
4.Intestlab,weexecutethetestcasesandputaspassorfailorincomplete.Wegeneratethegraphin
thetestlabfordailyreportandsenttothespecificuser.
5.Ifwegotanydefectsandraisethedefectsinthedefectmodule.Whenraisingthedefects,attachthe
defectswiththescreenshot.

Q18.HowtomaptherequirementswithtestcasesinQualityCentre?
Formappingtherequirementwithtestcaseswedo:
1.Inrequirementstabselectcoverageview
2.Selectrequirementbyclickingonparent/childorgrandchild
3.Onrighthandside(Incoverageviewwindow)anotherwindowwillappear.Ithastwotabs:
Testscoverage
Details
Testcoveragetabwillbeselectedbydefaultoryouclickonit.
4.Clickonselecttestsbuttonanewwindowwillappearonrighthandsideandyouwillseealistofall
tests.Youcanselectanytestcaseyouwanttomapwithyourrequirements.

Q19.HowcanweuseFilterinQC?
WecanuseFilteronQualityCenterdatatodisplayonlythoserecordthatmeetsthecriteriathatwe
define.Wecanassignasingleitem(suchasfailed)orlogicalexpression(suchasPassedorFailed)toa
filter.Onlyrecordmeetingallthecriteriaofthefilterappearinthegridortree.Inaddition,wecandefine
multiplefilters.
Forexample,wecandefinetheStatusfilterasFailedandthetesterasRohitorMayank.Onlytestruns
performedbyRohitandMayankaredisplayed.

Q20.WhatisUnattachedFolderinTestPlan?
Wedeleteafolderortestfromthetestplantree.Whenwedeleteafolder,wecanchoosetodeletethe
folderonly,orthefolder,itssubfolders,andtest.Ifwechoosetodeletethefolderonly,allthetestsare
movedtounattachedfolderinthetestplantree.Ifwechoosetodeleteafolderandtest,allsubfolderand
testundertheselectedfolderaredeletedpermanently.Ifwedeleteatest,thetestandtestscriptare
deletedpermanently.

Q21.WhatisdifferencebetweenGenerateTestfromtherequirementsandConvert
requirementstotest?
Whenweconverttherequirementstotestinaspecifiedsubjectinthetestplantreewhereasin
generatingtestcase,thetestcasegeneratesfromrequirementsarestoredinaspecifiedsubjectinatest
plantreeandaspecifictestsetinTestLabmodule.Andbydefaultwecannotgenerateatestforthe
following,whichdonotenabletocoverage:
Business
Folder
Groups

Q22.Is'Notcovered'and'Notrun'statusaresame?
No,NotCoveredstatusmeansallthoserequirementsforwhichthetestcasesarenotwrittenwhereas
NotRunstatusmeansallthoserequirementsforwhichtestcasesarewrittenbutarenotrun.

Q23.WhatistheadvantageoflibrariesinQualitycenter?
AlibraryrepresentsacollectionofentitiesinaQC,includingtheirrelationshiptoeachother.Whendealing
withmanysimilarprojects,itofferstheadvantageofnothavingrepeatedlycreatedentities.Librariescan
beimportedformProjectAintoProjectB,compareagainsteachother,orevensynchronized.Alibrary
alsoallowsonetocollectthesameentitiesasinversioning.WithQualityCenterPremierEdition,defects
arenotincluded,buttheycanbesharedwiththenewHPQualityCenterSynchronizermanuallyamong
severalQCproject.

Q24.WhattypesofdatabaseareusedinQC?
WhenwecreateaQCproject.WeneedtostoreandmanagethedatageneratedandcollectedbyQuality
Center.Eachprojectissupportedbyadatabasethatstoresprojectinformation.
ThefollowingdatabaseapplicationcouldbeusedtostoreandmanageQualityCenterinformation:
Oracle9.2.0.6Standard/EnterpriseEdition

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Oracle10.2.0.3
MicrosoftSQLServer2005(SP2).

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DiscussionBoard
ToAnalyzingQCRequirements.whatdoesthismean
ToAnalyzingQCRequirements.whatdoesthismean
Anaskhan033201505:37AM
Defects
1)Byusingfiltertogivecondition,selectalland
exportselected
2)gototestlabtestsettest
selectrespectivetestsettest
andexportselected
RanjithReddy0612201406:30AM
ans
Hi,
Ithink,UsingFiltertoselectalldefectsfrom1project.
sweta0429201403:56PM
qualitycenter
Thankyousomuch
Itisveryhelpfull
Swarna042201411:34AM
QC
FewQuestionsforQCexperts........IfyouKnowyoucananswerit.
1)Howtobringalldefectsofsameprojectfromdifferentversionsintooneexcelsheet?
2)IfWeexecutesameTestcasetwicenorthriceinTestLabhowtoimportthoseexecutiontimesofthat
particularTestcaseintoexcelsheet?
Waitingforanswersguys............
kumar0125201401:29PM

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