
Test Adequacy Assessment
Table 6.11 MC/DC adequacy and the growth in the least number of
tests required for a condition with n simple conditions
Minimum tests Time to execute all tests
n MC MC/DC MC MC/DC
12 2 2ms 2ms
4 16 5 16 ms 5 ms
8 256 9 256 ms 9 ms
16 65,536 17 65.5 s 17 ms
32 4,294,967,296 33 49.5 days 33 ms
6.2.10 DEFINITION OF MC/DC COVERAGE
We now provide a complete definition of the MC/DC coverage. A test set
T for program P written to meet requirements R is considered adequate
with respect to the MC/DC-coverage criterion if upon execution of P on
each test in T, the following requirements are met:
1. Each block in P has been covered.
2. Each simple ...