Software Testing, Second Edition

Appendix A. Answers to Quiz Questions

Chapter 1

1:	In the Year 2000 bug example, did Dave do anything wrong?
A1:	If Dave was a good programmer he would have questioned the “obvious” oversight and not just programmed his software to only work through 1999. Because he didn't, a software tester should have tested for and found the bug. The team could have then decided whether to fix it.
2:	True or False: It's important what term your company or team calls a problem in its software.
A2:	False. It's not important, but the term used often reflects the personality of the team and how they approach the finding, reporting, and fixing of the problems.
3:	What's wrong with just testing that a program works as expected?
A3:	At most, that's only half the testing ...