Tutorial-2 To Generate BVA Test Cases-For the Triangle Problem

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Tutorial-2: To Generate BVA Test Cases-For the Triangle Problem

Before we generate the test cases, firstly we need to define the problem domain as described below.

Problem Domain: “The triangle program accepts three integers, a, b and c as input. These are taken to be the sides of a triangle. The integers a, b and c must satisfy the following conditions

C1: 1 ≤ a ≤ 200

C2: 1 ≤ b ≤ 200

C3: 1 ≤ c ≤ 200

C4: a < b+c

C5: b < a+c

C6: c < a+b

The output of the program may be either of: Equilateral Triangle, Isosceles Triangle, Scalene or “Not a Traingle”.

Objective of this Tutorial: How to Generate BVA Test Cases for this problem?

We know that our range is [1, 200] where 1 is the lower bound and 200 being the upper bound.

Also, we find that this program has three inputs like a, b and c.

Hence for our

case number of inputs or n = 3Since BVA yields (4n + 1) test cases according to single fault assumption theory, hence we can say that the total number of test cases will be (4*3+1)=12+1=13.

Now we can draw the following Table indicating all the 13 test-cases.

Test Case ID	Side “a”	Side “b”	Side “c”	Expected Output
1	100	100	1	Isosceles Triangle
2	100	100	2	Isosceles Triangle
3	100	100	100	Equilateral Triangle
4	100	100	199	Isosceles Triangle
5	100	100	200	Not a Triangle
6	100	1	100	Isosceles Triangle
7	100	2	100	Isosceles Triangle
8	100	100	100	Equilateral Triangle
9	100	199	100	Isosceles Triangle
10	100	200	100	Not a Triangle
11	1	100	100	Isosceles Triangle
12	2	100	100	Isosceles Triangle
13	100	100	100	Equilateral Triangle
14	199	100	100	Isosceles Triangle
15	200	100	100	Not a Triangle

It may be noted that as explained above that we can have 13 test cases (4n + 1) for this problem. But instead of 13, now we have 15 test cases.

Moreover we can see that the test cases vide ID number 8 and 13 are redundant. Hence we can ignore them. However, we do not ignore test case ID number 3, as we must consider at least one test case out of these three. Thus it is evident that it is a mechanical activity.

Hence we can say that these 13 test cases are sufficient to test this program using BVA technique.

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