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Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Testing

Your team is developing new functionality for an employee management system: a Simple Reporting feature. The team must estimate the test effort needed to test this feature.

The team used the standard three-point estimation method to produce the predicted effort.

The team determined the following estimates:

  • In the optimistic scenario, testing can be completed in 1 hour.
  • In the most likely scenario, testing can be completed in 2 hours.
  • In the worst-case scenario, testing can be completed in 9 hours.

What is the team’s final estimate of the test effort?

  • A 4 hours
  • B 2 hours
  • C 3 hours
  • D 6 hours
Explanation

The standard three-point estimate is calculated as (E = (O + 4M + P)/6), where (O) is the optimistic estimate, (M) the most likely estimate, and (P) the pessimistic estimate. Here, ((1 + 4\times2 + 9)/6 = 3) hours.

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