Model answers for 4 manual testing questions
Typical round: concepts, test cases on the spot, a bug scenario
Q: What is the difference between severity and priority? A: Severity is how badly a bug affects the system; priority is how soon it must be fixed. A spelling mistake in the company name on the home page is low severity but high priority; a crash in a rarely used admin report can be high severity but lower priority.
Q: Write test cases for a login page. A: Valid login; wrong password; unregistered email; empty fields; password field masking; error message wording; account lock after repeated failures; 'remember me'; forgot-password link; session behaviour after logout and browser back button; SQL injection and long-input handling.
Q: Explain boundary value analysis. A: Test at and around the edges of valid ranges, where bugs cluster. For an age field accepting 18 to 60, test 17, 18, 19, 59, 60 and 61.
Q: What is regression testing? A: Re-testing existing features after a change to make sure nothing that used to work is broken. It is usually prioritised by risk and is a prime candidate for automation.