Quality Center Interview Questions And Answers

We need to specify the users and the privileges for each user.

To import test cases from Excel to Quality Center:

☛ We need to Install and Configure the Microsoft Excel Add-In for Quality Center.
☛ Need to Map the Columns present in the Excel with Columns in Quality Center.
☛ Export the data from Excel using "Export to Quality Center option" in Excel.
☛ Check for the errors if any.

Sprinter provides automated environment to execute various manual testing tasks. It offers advanced tools which helps in easy execution of testing tasks.

By default in the order in which they were added.

We can find duplicate bugs in the defect manager tab using "Find Similar Defects" button. We need to enter defect description in brief and it shows similar defects.

To inform any specific user we use test set notification if case of any failure.

SQL Server is the default database in Quality Center.

The different edition of HP QC/ALM includes:

☛ HP ALM essentials:It is used by the corporates that need the basic features for supporting their entire software life cycle.
☛ HP QC enterprise edition:It is used by corporates more commonly who use ALM more testing purposes, also provides integration with UFT
☛ HP ALM performance center edition:It is best suitable for organizations who would like to use HP ALM to drive HP-Loadrunner scripts. It helps the users to manage, maintain, execute, schedule and monitor performance tests.

Quality Center is a product of HP known as HP QC or Quality Center or HP ALM (application Lifecycle Management) tool. It is a web based test management tool which supports various phases of software development life cycle. It helps in improving application quality with more effective implementation of a project and it is cost efficient too.

Business component is used for Business Process testing known as BPT. Business component provide script free environment for creating tests.

To run reports from QC:

☛ Open the Quality Center project
☛ It displays the requirements modules
☛ Choose report: Analysis > reports > standard requirements report

Host manager helps to run test on a host connected to our network. It shows the list of available host for test execution and also organizes them into groups for a specific project.

Quality Center 8.0 is the first version and Quality Center or ALM 12.0 is the latest version.

There are two types of requirements can be added to test cases in Quality Center:
Parent Requirements which covers high level functions of the requirements
Child Requirements which covers low level functions of the requirements.

To see the records that meet the specific criteria that we define we use filters. We can define multiple items as Filter.

Defects can be linked to test in the defect grid. It helps to run the tests based on the status of the defect. Defects can be linked to other entities as well such as requirements. Linking can be direct or indirect. If the defect link is with entity then QC adds a direct link and if the link is with run step then QC adds an indirect link to its run, test instance, test set and test.

There are six built in tables:

☛ Test Table
☛ Test Step Table
☛ Test Set Table
☛ Run Table
☛ Defect Table
☛ Requirement Table

Defect Tracking is a method of finding and removing application defects. We can add or detect defects to project in any stage of application management process.

Quality Center is simple and one of the best test management tool. Its benefits are:

☛ It can be accessed through an IE browser.
☛ Project database of a test can be maintained by QC.
☛ It can be integrated with HP testing tools like QTP and Load Runner. It is also compatible with third party tools.
☛ It helps in effectively executing test sets, collecting results and analyzing data.
☛ It helps in monitoring defects closely.
☛ QC can be linked to an email system which provides an easy way to share defect tracking information.
☛ It can be used for creating reports and graphs which helps in analyzing test data.
☛ It supports virtual environments like Citrix XenApp 6.0 and VMware ESX 5.0.

To keep track of changes made to entities in the project we use version control. We can create QC entities and also keep previous version of those entities in requirements to track the changes.

No, we don't have programming interface in Quality Center.

A table is a part of database which stores records of information about the test plan.

No, there is difference between 'Not Covered' and 'Not Run' status.

Not Covered status means all those requirements for which the test cases are not written and Not Run status means all those requirements for which test cases are written but are not run.

The Quality Center modules are:

☛ Release Module: Allows us creating a project release. Each release can have multiple cycles.
☛ Requirement Module: Allows us in managing requirements like what we are testing, what are the requirement topics and items and what are the analyzing requirements.
☛ Test Plan: Allows us to write test cases for the requirements in a hierarchical tree-structure.
☛ Test Resources: Allows us in managing test resources. Tests resources can be associated with tests.
☛ Test lab: Allows us to run tests and analyze the results.
☛ Defect Module: Allows us to log all the failed test cases results.
☛ Dashboard: Allows us to create graphs and reports.

HP ALM has following components:

☛ HP ALM client.
☛ ALM server/Application server.
☛ Database servers.