Domain Testing: Divide and Conquer - Testing Education

Question 9 (15 points):
• Test A: ZLTech has a Web-based student records system. A student has to
enter his or her Social Security number in the text field provided for it and
then click on the sign in button to log in and access his or her records,
which include courses taken by the student so far and the corresponding
grades.
The Social Security number can have only 11 characters. The first
three characters have to be digits, then a hyphen and then two more digits, a
hyphen and finally four digits. No other characters whatsoever are allowed
to be entered for the Social Security number field.
What variables could be involved in analysis of this group of
facts? What variable do we know enough about to perform equivalence
class analysis and then a boundary value analysis? Develop a series of tests
by performing equivalence class analysis and boundary value analysis on
this variable.
• Test B: The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service has an online
application that lets international students check the status of their work
authorization application in the United States. Upon applying for work
authorization, every student is given a ticket number, which is an 11-
character value. Every ticket number consists of digits and uppercase letters,
with a letter in the fourth and eighth positions. The other characters have to
be strictly digits. What variables could be involved in analysis of this group
of facts? What variable do we know enough about to perform equivalence
class analysis and then a boundary value analysis? Develop a series of tests
by performing equivalence class and boundary value analysis on this
variable.
Table 6.09 analyzes and interprets learners’ scores on Question 9.
93