Explain what you understand by the terms: Regression Testing and Re-Testing? - Regression Testing: Running tests to ensure that the software has not regressed in anyway as a result of changes to the software and/or environment. Regression testing is running passed tests again to ensure that they still pass. Re-Testing This is running a test again that had found a fault to check that the fault has been fixed correctly. Re-testing is running a failed test again to ensure that it now passes.

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Question: Explain what you understand by the terms: Regression Testing and Re-Testing?

Answer: Regression Testing:
Running tests to ensure that the software has not regressed in anyway as a result of changes to the software and/or environment. Regression testing is running passed tests again to ensure that they still pass. Re-Testing

This is running a test again that had found a fault to check that the fault has been fixed correctly. Re-testing is running a failed test again to ensure that it now passes.

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Question: Explain what you understand by the terms: Regression Testing and Re-Testing?

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Regression Testing:
Running tests to ensure that the software has not regressed in anyway as a result of changes to the software and/or environment. Regression testing is running passed tests again to ensure that they still pass. Re-Testing

This is running a test again that had found a fault to check that the fault has been fixed correctly. Re-testing is running a failed test again to ensure that it now passes. Source: CoolInterview.com

Regression Testing:Test Run so as to ensure that changes made into certain parts of the application did not affect other parts of the applications which did not change. Source: CoolInterview.com

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