Protocol Testing Interview Questions

The following are some basic protocol testing interview questions with answers.

Name one free tool which you would use to craft a packet?

Scapy

How would you design a test plan for testing a feature on a router.

The design document of the feature has to understood, based on which the test plan would be created.

How two tools which you use to automate the process of remote test execution

A combination of TCL and Expect or Python and Pexpect can be used for the purpose.

Name the typical fields which would be available in a test case document used for protocol testing

Test ID, Test description, steps to execute, expected result, actual result, status, remarks

What is the difference between functionality and conformance testing.

Functionality testing refers to the verification and working of the feature on a product. For ex, the working of VLAN on a switch. This is dependent on the design of the specific feature. Conformance testing refers to the procedure of testing the protocol for adherence to standards like RFC, IEEE etc.

Name two commercial tools which can be used for performance testing

IXIA, Spirent.

Name two applications which can be used for test case and defect management.

HP Quality center and Bugzilla.