What is mutation testing

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What is mutation testing..

Answer / ghouse

Mutation testing (or Mutation analysis or Program mutation)
is a method of software testing, which involves modifying
programs' source code or byte code in small ways. In short,
any tests which pass after code has been mutated are
considered defective.

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What is mutation testing..

Answer / divya

Testing each and every line of a code is called mutation testing or it is also called as white box testing.

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What is mutation testing..

Answer / suneel reddy

The answer which is given by Guest is called Defect
Injection Not Mutation Testing

Ok na Ashok Reddy

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What is mutation testing..

Answer / tushar

A testing methodology in which two or more program mutations
are executed using the same test cases to evaluate the
ability of the test cases to detect differences in the
mutations.

or

A method whereby errors are purposely inserted into a
program under test to verify that the test can detect the
error. Also known as error seeding.

or

A method to determine test set thoroughness by measuring the
extent to which a test set can discriminate the program from
slight variants of the program. Non-intrusive Testing:
Testing that is transparent to the software under test; ie,
testing that does not change the timing or processing
characteristics of the software under test from its behavior
in a real environment. ...

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What is mutation testing..

Answer / jaggu

More information is available at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation_testing

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What is mutation testing..

Answer / ashok

Mutation Testing means a complex change in a program used
to estimate Test Coverage of a Program.

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What is mutation testing..

Answer / vnk, testing engineer

Mutation Testing is nothing but testing the program by
changing the Logic.


VNK
Testing Engineer.,

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What is mutation testing..

Answer / sujit

Mutation testing is the process by which 2 or more program
mutations are executed with the same set of testcases, in
order to determine the ability of the test cases to find
differences in the mutations if any.

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What is mutation testing..

Answer / shwetali

mutation testing is done to verify the changes in application with & without bug(bug is intentionally introduced)

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What is mutation testing..

Answer / poonam

it means that purposely u introduce bugs & it is also known
as bebugging.

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