SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

EMERGING TRENDS IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the difference between load tests and stress tests?
A
Load tests know how much load a system can support. Stress testing overloads a system to find the breaking point
B
Load testing overloads a system to find the breaking point. Stress tests know how much load a system can support.
C
Load testing is a set of activities carried out to find flaws and vulnerabilities in web applications. Stress tests assess the availability and stability of the system under heavy load.
D
Load tests are established to test an application with a predefined workload. Stress tests are conducted to check business-critical features, functionality, and usability.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Performance testing ensures that the system is performing perfectly under varying loads. Load testing ensures that the system can handle how many users at a time without performance degradation. Performance testing checks the performance of the system. Load testing checks the operational capacity of the system.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stress Testing This test pushes an application beyond normal load conditions to determine which components fail first. Stress testing attempts to find the breaking point of the application and is used to evaluate the robustness of the application’s data processing capabilities and response to high volumes of traffic.

Detailed explanation-3: -Spike testing is a variation of a stress testing, but it does not gradually increase the load. Instead it spikes to extreme load over a very short period of time. While a stress test allows the SUT (System Under Test) to gradually scale up its infrastructure, a spike test does not.

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