Load Testing

Load Testing



Software Enhancement
-All are common activities of performance bottlenecks except one.

Private Bytes
-The number of bytes a process has allocated that can't be shared among other processes. These are used to measure memory leaks and usage.

bottlenecking
-This is when either coding errors or hardware issues cause a decrease of throughput under certain loads.


response time
-This should be very quick or else, the user has to wait too long and they lose interest.

Committed Memory
-The refers to the amount of virtual memory used.

Bandwidth
-This shows the bits per second used by a network interface.

methodology
-This _____________ adopted for can vary widely but the objective for performance tests remain the same.

network configurations
-The IT expert should understand the details of the hardware, software and _________________ used during testing before beginning the testing process.

Top Waits
-These are monitored to determine what wait times can be cut down when dealing with the how fast data is retrieved from memory.

Hard Page Faults
-This is when the code that is not from the current working set is called up from elsewhere and retrieved from a disk.

Memory Pages
-These referred to the number of pages written to or read from the disk in order to resolve hard page faults.

poor scalability
-A from this when it cannot handle the expected number of users or when it does not accommodate a wide enough range of users.

security professional
-Which of the following statements best describes a white-hat hacker?


remote attack
-Name the attack type when a hacker attempts to attack a host via the Internet.

authentication
-MAC address spoofing is which type of attack?

target of evaluation
-Which of the following is a system, program, or network that is the subject of a security analysis?

TRUE
-Hacking for a cause is called hacktivism.

white-box testing
-A security audit performed on the internal network of an organization by the network administration is also known as ______________.

as security decreases, functionality and ease of use increase
-The security, functionality, and ease of use triangle illustrates which concept?

cracker
-Who uses their hacking skills for destructive purposes?

physical access
-What type of ethical hack tests access to the physical infrastructure?

eCommerce
-This is a business conducted electronically.

yes
-The Computer Bus transmits data to different parts of the machine.

operating system
-The _____________ tells the computer how to perform the functions of loading, storing, and executing an application program and how to transfer data.

hyperlink
-A built-in connection to other documents, graphics, audio files, videos, web pages, or websites.

Internet
-The world's largest network is the:

TRUE
-The control unit is the part of the processor that interprets the instructions.

CPU
-This is the brain of the computer.

hard drive
-This is a storage device that contains one or more inflexible, circular platters that magnetically store data, instructions, and information.

mouse
-A pointing device that fits comfortably in the palm of your hand.

keyboard
-An input device that contains keys you press to enter data into a computer.

disgruntled employee
-Which type of person poses the greatest threat to an organization's security?

LR Controller
-In the start menu,click All Program-HP software-HP LoaderRunner-Controller to open the .

Separate command
-Verify that a window opens the following message

Apache Web Server
-If the is not running click start-all programs-HP Software-HP LoadRunner-Samples-Web-Start HP Web tours Server.

Pacing
-The time to wait before repeating the action.

Window Task Bar
-In verify that the Apache web server is running
.
Stress testing
-It is performed to find the upper limit capacity of the system and
also to determine how the system performs if the current load goes well above
the expected maximum.


Load testing
-It is the simplest form of testing conducted to understand the

Soak testing
-Also known as endurance testing is performed to determine the system parameters under continuous expected load.

Spike testing
-Performed by increasing the number of users suddenly by a very
large amount and measuring the performance of the system.

Performance testing
-Measures the quality attributes of the system, such as
scalability, reliability and resource usage.

Standalone Applications
-Enables you to run standalone installations of the following applications: Analysis, Load Generator, MI Listener, Monitors Over Firewall, and Virtual User Generator (VuGen).

Content Check
-For automatically detecting user-defined errors.

IDE Add-ins
-Installs a component that enables you to create and run scripts, written in your standard development environment, in the application's native language.

Think Time
-The time the user stops to think between steps.

Vusers Quantity
-Provide the desired

Service Test Add-in
-Enables you to run VuGen with all of the HP Service Test capabilities.

SiteScope
-Installs the SiteScope server used for the Siebel Web Server, SAP CCMS, SAP Portal, and Server Resource monitors

Speed Simulation
-Users using different network connections such as modem, DSL, and cable.

Log
-The level of information that you want to gather during the test.

HP Performance Validation SDK
-Provides you with the tools to create a custom protocol to run load tests on a previously unsupported
application.

Run Logic
-The number of times a user repeats a set of actions.


Change Scenario group name
-Select the script and click the

Browser Emulation
-Users using different browsers to see their application’s performance.

Locate the desired script
-Navigate to find out that that our desired script basic script in this case appears in the Group Name column of the Scenario Groups pane.

correct
-APIs should be functionally ____________, as well as available, fast, secure and reliable.

performance tests
-Most API tests also fall under the umbrella term “__________________” because their purpose is to determine the overall performance of a system under specific circumstances.

functional API tests
- ______________are the equivalent of unit tests for software.

developers
-For _____________, API testing is essential not just for making promises to customers (and keeping them) but also for gathering data about API performance to improve development.

load tests
-API performance tests can be divided into two: functional and _______________.

same results
-When the deployment works, the tests should return the ____________ everywhere.

API Load Tests
-This is because non-functional constraints such as reliability and responsiveness look differently under various real-world conditions.

virtual users
-Every load test works with _____________, typically abbreviated to VU, which simulate different clients.

equivalent system
-Load API tests, on the other hand, typically run in production or an ______________.

functional API tests
-It's recommended to run them to verify that deployment doesn't break functionality.

shorter than
-A peak test is typically _____________ a soak test and often includes ramping up and ramping down to a higher pressure but not as huge as within a stress test.

testing, monitoring
- _____________ is done as part of the development, build and deploy process; ______________ is done in regular intervals to catch potential problems with the system while it's in production.

API Monitoring
- ______________ typically includes simple uptime checks as well as performance or functional tests.

Soak Testing
-The idea behind ______________ is that sometimes a system seems to perform as expected under a particular load and then, all of a sudden, it stops working without any changes in traffic.

stress testing
-The idea behind this testing approach is to continuously grow the load to find the point at which your API becomes either too slow, non-responsive or throws errors.

peak test
-hese are the times during which you expect a higher load.

URL/API Test
-To set up an function endpoint test in BlazeMeter you can click the button under and enter your API operation endpoints.

increase
-The idea behind Spike Testing is to _______________ the load in short bursts, much faster than in a peak test, to see how the system performs to sudden increases who flatline again.

UAT tests
-This is testing by the actual users.

server memory or disk space
-Running out of ______________ due to leaks or not cleaning up logs etc. is a common reason for it. To discover these errors before they happen, you can soak test.

starts
-The ramp-up ___________ with a single user and grows linearly until reaching the selected number of users.

The correct answer is:
-To set up an function endpoint test in BlazeMeter you can click the button under and enter your API operation endpoints.
This is a type of performance testing conducted to evaluate the behavior of a system at increasing workload.
-Load Testing

This is a type of software testing that intends to determine how a system performs in terms of responsiveness and stability under a certain load.
-Performance Testing

This determines the maximum user load the software application can handle.
-Scalability

This is a type of performance testing conducted to evaluate the behavior of a system when the load is suddenly and substantially increased.
-Spike Testing

This determines whether the application responds quickly.
-Speed

This is a type of performance testing conducted to evaluate the behavior of a system when a significant workload is given continuously
-Endurance Testing

This determines if the application is stable under varying loads.
-Stability

The goal of Performance Testing is to eliminate these.
-Bottlenecks

This is a type of performance testing conducted to evaluate the behavior of a system at or beyond the limits of its anticipated workload.
-Stress Testing

Its response time, reliability, resource usage, and scalability do matter.
-Software Application's Performance

Performance
Testing is a subset of
-True

Performance
Testing cannot uncover what needs to be tested and upgraded before the product goes to the market.
-False

Without Performance
Testing, software is likely to suffer from issues such as running slow while several users use it simultaneously
-True

Application Testing will determine whether their software meets speed, scalability, and stability requirements under expected workloads.
-Flase

Applications sent to market with poor performance metrics due to non-existent or poor are likely to gain popularity and new niche in the market.
-False

Mission-critical applications like space launch programs or life-saving medical equipment should be performance tested to ensure that they run for a long period without deviations.
-True

Only a 1-minute downtime of is estimated to cost the search giant as much as $545,000.
-False

It is estimated that companies lost sales worth $1100 per second due to a recent.
-True

Scability Testing is to check software application's performance under varying database volumes.
-False

Volume Testing helps plan capacity addition to the software system.
-False

This refers to an amount of time processor spends executing non-idle threads.
-Processor Usage

An applications health can be measured by the number of threads that are running and currently active.
-thread counts

Proper loading includes goals and constraints for throughput, _____________ and resource allocation. It is also necessary to identify project success criteria outside of these goals and constraints.
-response times

This is the rate of a computer or what the network can receive a request per second.
-Throughput

It has to do with returning unused memory back to the system.
-Garbage Collection

This has to do with the number ofSQL statements that are handled by cached data instead of expensive I/O operations.
-Hit Ratios

This is an amount of time when the disk is busy executing a read or write request.
-Disk Time

This is normally the initial time it takes an application to start.
-long load time

This refers to the amount of physical memory available to process on a computer.
-Memory Use

This referred to the time from when a user enters a request until the first character of the response is received.
-Response Time

This is the average number of read and write requests queued for the selected disk during a sample interval.
-Disk Queue Length

The key to fixing a ________________ issue is to find the section of code that is causing the slowdown and try to fix it there.
-bottlenecking

Performance Testing is a subset of performance engineering.
-True

Performance Testing cannot uncover what needs to be tested and upgraded before the product goes to the market.
-False

Without Performance Testing, software is likely to suffer from issues such as running slow while several users use it simultaneously.
-True

Application Testing will determine whether their software meets speed, scalability, and stability requirements under expected workloads.
-False

Applications sent to market with poor performance metrics due to non-existent or poor performance testing are likely to gain popularity and new niche in the market.
-False

Mission-critical applications like space launch programs or life-saving medical equipment should be performance tested to ensure that they run for a long period without deviations.
-True

Only a 1-minute downtime of Google.com (19-Aug-13) is estimated to cost the search giant as much as $545,000.
-False

It is estimated that companies lost sales worth $1100 per second due to a recent Amazon Web Service Outage
-true

Scability Testing is to check software application's performance under varying database volumes.
-False

Volume Testing helps plan capacity addition to the software system.
-false

This should be very quick or else, the user has to wait too long and they lose interest.
-response time

This shows the bits per second used by a network interface.
-Bandwidth

These referred to the number of pages written to or read from the disk in order to resolve hard page faults.
-Memory Pages

Proper loading includes goals and constraints for throughput, _____________ and resource allocation. It is also necessary to identify project success criteria outside of these goals and constraints.
-response times

It has to do with returning unused memory back to the system.
-Garbage Collection

The IT expert should understand the details of the hardware, software and _________________ used during testing before beginning the testing process.
-network configurations

The key to fixing a bottlenecking issue is to find the section of code that is causing the slowdown and delete it entirely.
-False

This refers to an amount of time processor spends executing non-idle threads.
-Processor Usage

This referred to the time from when a user enters a request until the first character of the response is received.
-Response Time

A software product suffers from this when it cannot handle the expected number of users or when it does not accommodate a wide enough range of users.
-poor scalability

This is when either coding errors or hardware issues cause a decrease of throughput under certain loads.
-bottlenecking

This refers to the amount of physical memory available to process on a computer.
-Memory Use

This is normally the initial time it takes an application to start.
-long load time

The refers to the amount of virtual memory used.
-Committed Memory

This has to do with the number of SQL statements that are handled by cached data instead of expensive I/O operations.
-Hit Ratios

The number of bytes a process has allocated that can't be shared among other processes. These are used to measure memory leaks and usage.
-Private Bytes

This is an amount of time when the disk is busy executing a read or write request.
-Disk Time

These are monitored to determine what wait times can be cut down when dealing with the how fast data is retrieved from memory.
-Top Waits

This _____________ adopted for performance testing can vary widely but the objective for performance tests remain the same.
-test

The key to fixing a ________________ issue is to find the section of code that is causing the slowdown and try to fix it there.
-bottlenecking

All are common activities of performance bottlenecks except one.
-Software Enhancement

This is the rate of a computer or what the network can receive a request per second.
-Throughput

This is when the code that is not from the current working set is called up from elsewhere and retrieved from a disk.
-Hard Page Faults

An applications health can be measured by the number of threads that are running and currently active.
-thread counts

This is the average number of read and write requests queued for the selected disk during a sample interval.
-Disk Queue Length