Interview Questions 154

What is Performance testing?It is a test to check the user’s response time for number of users using multiple scenarios (multiple business process) of the same application at the same time.

(Did you notice the difference between Load Testing and Performance testing? What is it? See the highlighted bold letters)

What is Stress testing?In this type of testing the application is tested against heavy load such as complex numerical values, large number of inputs, large number of queries etc. which checks for the stress/load the applications can withstand.

What is User acceptance testing (UAT)?In this type of testing, the software is handed over to the user in order to find out if the software meets the user expectations and works as it is expected to. In this testing, the tester may do the testing or the clients may have their own testers (For example, banks may have their own teller employees who can test the application).