Which acceptance test activity will be required to check whether the new software integrates well with current IT system?

A hospital is purchasing a new software product that will advise nurses when to give medications to hospitalised patients. This is a mobile application that will be used on tablets carried by the nurses. The software is being developed and tested by a company that specialises in mobile medical applications. This software will interface with existing hospital software that orders the medications from the pharmacy.

Which acceptance test activity will be required to check whether the new software integrates well with current IT system?
A . Health and safety testing
B . Dry running
C . Stress testing
D . Compatibility testing

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Answer: D

Explanation:

In the scenario, one of the requirements for the new software is that the new one will interface with current system. Compatibility testing would be the most appropriate test here.

There are also other acceptance tests that are mentioned in L4M7 study guide:

– Health and safety test aims at establishing new health and safety routines, providing guidance notices and documentation and ensuring designed-in safety in operation.

– Stress testing (sometimes called torture testing) is a form of deliberately intense or thorough testing used to determine the stability of a given system, critical infrastructure or entity. It involves testing beyond normal operational capacity, often to a breaking point, in order to observe the results.

– A dry run (or a practice run) is a testing process where the effects of a possible failure are intentionally mitigated. For example, an aerospace company may conduct a "dry run" test of a jet’s new pilot ejection seat while the jet is parked on the ground, rather than while it is in flight.

The usage of "dry run" in acceptance procedures (for example in the so-called FAT = factory acceptance testing) is meant as following: the factory C which is a subcontractor C must perform a complete test of the system it has to deliver before the actual acceptance by customer.

Reference: CIPS study guide page 150-151 LO 3, AC 3.1