Software Engineering Unit 4 – Software Testing: AKTU previous year questions
25 AKTU questions from Unit 4 (Software Testing) asked in 2018–2025, tagged by marks, year and topic. In short: about 29 marks of every paper come from this unit; the most asked topic is Testing Levels and Types (12 times); 22 questions came back in a later year. The latest ones are listed below; on the page you can filter them by 2-mark or long questions, topic and repeats.
Unit 4 previous year questions
- Justify the statement "Exhaustive Testing is not possible". (2 marks, 2025, Testing Levels and Types)
- Discuss following type of testing techniques in details. 1. Unit Testing 2. Integration Testing 3. System Testing (7 marks, 2025, Testing Levels and Types)
- Consider a program for determination of the nature of roots of a quadratic equation. Its input is a triple of positive integers (say a, b, c) and values may be from interval [0, 10]. The program output may have one of the following words: Not a quadratic equation, Real roots, Imaginary roots, Equal roots. Design the Boundary value and Equivalence Partitioning test cases for the program. (7 marks, 2025, Functional Black Box Testing)
- Explain stubs and drivers. (2 marks, 2024, Top Down and Bottom Up Testing)
- Describe the importance of white box testing. (2 marks, 2024, Structural White Box Testing)
- Explain Error, Fault and Failure. (2 marks, 2024, Testing Levels and Types)
- Explain Code Inspection, Formal Technical Reviews (Peer Reviews) and Walk Through in detail. (10 marks, 2024, Static Testing Strategies)
- Write a short note on: Mutation testing, Alpha & Beta testing, Regression testing. (10 marks, 2024, Testing Levels and Types)
- A program reads an integer number within the range [1,100] and determines whether it is a prime number or not. Design test cases for this program using BVC, robust testing, and worst-case testing methods. (10 marks, 2024, Functional Black Box Testing)
- What is Integration Testing? Explain different approaches used for integration testing. (10 marks, 2024, Testing Levels and Types)
- What is stress testing? (2 marks, 2023, Testing Levels and Types)
- Distinguish between alpha and beta testing? (2 marks, 2023, Testing Levels and Types)
Most asked Unit 4 topics
- Testing Levels and Types – asked 12 times
- Functional Black Box Testing – asked 5 times
- Top Down and Bottom Up Testing – asked 4 times
Unit 4 question pattern
- 2-mark questions: 10 asked in 2018–2025
- 7-mark questions: 2 asked in 2018–2025
- 10-mark questions: 13 asked in 2018–2025
- About 29 marks from Unit 4 in every paper
- 22 questions were asked again in a later year
Unit 4 questions year by year
- 2025: 3 Unit 4 questions asked (16 marks across that year's papers)
- 2024: 7 Unit 4 questions asked (46 marks across that year's papers)
- 2023: 7 Unit 4 questions asked (46 marks across that year's papers)
- 2022: 4 Unit 4 questions asked (32 marks across that year's papers)
- 2018: 4 Unit 4 questions asked (24 marks across that year's papers)