What's Ad Hoc Testing ?
A testing where the tester tries to break the software by randomly trying functionality of software.
What's the Accessibility Testing ?
Testing that determines if software will be usable by people with disabilities.
What's the Alpha Testing ?
The Alpha Testing is conducted at the developer sites and in a controlled environment by the end user of the software
What's the Beta Testing ?
Testing the application after the installation at the client place.
What is Component Testing ?
Testing of individual software components (Unit Testing).
What's Compatibility Testing ?
In Compatibility testing we can test that software is compatible with other elements of system.
What is Concurrency Testing ?
Multi-user testing geared towards determining the effects of accessing the same application code, module or database records. Identifies and measures the level of locking, deadlocking and use of single-threaded code and locking semaphores.
What is Conformance Testing ?
The process of testing that an implementation conforms to the specification on which it is based. Usually applied to testing conformance to a formal standard.
What is Context Driven Testing ?
The context-driven school of software testing is flavor of Agile Testing that advocates continuous and creative evaluation of testing opportunities in light of the potential information revealed and the value of that information to the organization right now.
What is Data Driven Testing ?
Testing in which the action of a test case is parameterized by externally defined data values, maintained as a file or spreadsheet. A common technique in Automated Testing.
What is Conversion Testing ?
Testing of programs or procedures used to convert data from existing systems for use in replacement systems.
What is Dependency Testing ?
Examines an application's requirements for pre-existing software, initial states and configuration in order to maintain proper functionality.
What is Depth Testing ?
A test that exercises a feature of a product in full detail.
What is Dynamic Testing ?
Testing software through executing it. See also Static Testing.
What is Endurance Testing ?
Checks for memory leaks or other problems that may occur with prolonged execution.
What is End-to-End testing ?
Testing a complete application environment in a situation that mimics real-world use, such as interacting with a database, using network communications, or interacting with other hardware, applications, or systems if appropriate.
What is Exhaustive Testing ?
Testing which covers all combinations of input values and preconditions for an element of the software under test.
What is Gorilla Testing ?
Testing one particular module, functionality heavily.
What is Installation Testing ?
Confirms that the application under test recovers from expected or unexpected events without loss of data or functionality. Events can include shortage of disk space, unexpected loss of communication, or power out conditions.
What is Localization Testing ?
This term refers to making software specifically designed for a specific locality.
What is Loop Testing ?
A white box testing technique that exercises program loops.
What is Mutation Testing ?
Mutation testing is a method for determining if a set of test data or test cases is useful, by deliberately introducing various code changes ('bugs') and retesting with the original test data/cases to determine if the 'bugs' are detected. Proper implementation requires large computational resources
What is Monkey Testing ?
Testing a system or an Application on the fly, i.e just few tests here and there to ensure the system or an application does not crash out.
What is Positive Testing ?
Testing aimed at showing software works. Also known as "test to pass". See also Negative Testing.
What is Negative Testing ?
Testing aimed at showing software does not work. Also known as "test to fail". See also Positive Testing.
What is Path Testing ?
Testing in which all paths in the program source code are tested at least once.
What is Performance Testing ?
Testing conducted to evaluate the compliance of a system or component with specified performance requirements. Often this is performed using an automated test tool to simulate large number of users. Also know as "Load Testing".
What is Ramp Testing ?
Continuously raising an input signal until the system breaks down.
What is Recovery Testing ?
Confirms that the program recovers from expected or unexpected events without loss of data or functionality. Events can include shortage of disk space, unexpected loss of communication, or power out conditions.
What is the Re-testing testing ?
Retesting- Again testing the functionality of the application.
What is the Regression testing ?
Regression- Check that change in code have not effected the working functionality
What is Sanity Testing ?
Brief test of major functional elements of a piece of software to determine if its basically operational.
What is Scalability Testing ?
Performance testing focused on ensuring the application under test gracefully handles increases in work load.
What is Security Testing ?
Testing which confirms that the program can restrict access to authorized personnel and that the authorized personnel can access the functions available to their security level.
What is Stress Testing ?
Stress testing is a form of testing that is used to determine the stability of a given system or entity. It involves testing beyond normal operational capacity, often to a breaking point, in order to observe the results.
What is Smoke Testing ?
A quick-and-dirty test that the major functions of a piece of software work. Originated in the hardware testing practice of turning on a new piece of hardware for the first time and considering it a success if it does not catch on fire.
What is Soak Testing ?
Running a system at high load for a prolonged period of time. For example, running several times more transactions in an entire day (or night) than would be expected in a busy day, to identify and performance problems that appear after a large number of transactions have been executed.
What's the Usability testing ?
Usability testing is for user friendliness.
What's the User acceptance testing ?
User acceptance testing is determining if software is satisfactory to an end-user or customer.
What's the Volume Testing ?
We can perform the Volume testing, where the system is subjected to large volume of data.
1 : With thorough testing it is possible to remove all defects from a program prior to delivery to the customer.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : b
2 : Which of the following are characteristics of testable software ?
a. observability
b. simplicity
c. stability
d. all of the above
ANSWER : d
3 : The testing technique that requires devising test cases to demonstrate that each program function is operational is called
a. black-box testing
b. glass-box testing
c. grey-box testing
d. white-box testing
ANSWER : a
4 : The testing technique that requires devising test cases to exercise the internal logic of a software module is called
a. behavioral testing
b. black-box testing
c. grey-box testing
d. white-box testing
ANSWER : d
5 : What types of errors are missed by black-box testing and can be uncovered by white-box testing ?
a. behavioral errors
b. logic errors
c. performance errors
d. typographical errors
e. both b and d
ANSWER : e
6 : Program flow graphs are identical to program flowcharts.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : b
7 : The cyclomatic complexity metric provides the designer with information regarding the number of
a. cycles in the program
b. errors in the program
c. independent logic paths in the program
d. statements in the program
ANSWER : c
8 : The cyclomatic complexity of a program can be computed directly from a PDL representation of an algorithm without drawing a program flow graph.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : a
9 : Condition testing is a control structure testing technique where the criteria used to design test cases is that they
a. rely on basis path testing
b. exercise the logical conditions in a program module
c. select test paths based on the locations and uses of variables
d. focus on testing the validity of loop constructs
ANSWER : b
10 : Data flow testing is a control structure testing technique where the criteria used to design test cases is that they
a. rely on basis path testing
b. exercise the logical conditions in a program module
c. select test paths based on the locations and uses of variables
d. focus on testing the validity of loop constructs
ANSWER : c
11 : Loop testing is a control structure testing technique where the criteria used to design test cases is that they
a. rely basis path testing
b. exercise the logical conditions in a program module
c. select test paths based on the locations and uses of variables
d. focus on testing the validity of loop constructs
ANSWER : d
12 : Black-box testing attempts to find errors in which of the following categories
a. incorrect or missing functions
b. interface errors
c. performance errors
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
ANSWER : d
13 : Graph-based testing methods can only be used for object-oriented systems
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : b
14 : Equivalence testing divides the input domain into classes of data from which test cases can be derived to reduce the total number of test cases that must be developed.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : a
15 : Boundary value analysis can only be used to do white-box testing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : b
16 : Comparison testing is typically done to test two competing products as part of customer market analysis prior to product release.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : b
17 : Orthogonal array testing enables the test designer to maximize the coverage of the test cases devised for relatively small input domains.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : a
18 : Test case design "in the small" for OO software is driven by the algorithmic detail of
the individual operations.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : a
19 : Encapsulation of attributes and operations inside objects makes it easy to obtain object state information during testing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : b
20 : Use-cases can provide useful input into the design of black-box and state-based tests of OO software.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : a
21 : Fault-based testing is best reserved for
a. conventional software testing
b. operations and classes that are critical or suspect
c. use-case validation
d. white-box testing of operator algorithms
ANSWER : b
22 : Testing OO class operations is made more difficult by
a. encapsulation
b. inheritance
c. polymorphism
d. both b and c
ANSWER : d
23 : Scenario-based testing
a. concentrates on actor and software interaction
b. misses errors in specifications
c. misses errors in subsystem interactions
d. both a and b
ANSWER : a
24 : Deep structure testing is not designed to
a. examine object behaviors
b. exercise communication mechanisms
c. exercise object dependencies
d. exercise structure observable by the user
ANSWER : d
25 : Random order tests are conducted to exercise different class instance life histories.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : a
26 : Which of these techniques is not useful for partition testing at the class level
a. attribute-based partitioning
b. category-based partitioning
c. equivalence class partitioning
d. state-based partitioning
ANSWER : c
27 : Multiple class testing is too complex to be tested using random test cases.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : b
28 : Tests derived from behavioral class models should be based on the
a. data flowdiagram
b. object-relation diagram
c. state diagram
d. use-case diagram
ANSWER : c
29 : Client/server architectures cannot be properly tested because network load is highly variable.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : b
30 : Real-time applications add a new and potentially difficult element to the testing mix
a. performance
b. reliability
c. security
d. time
ANSWER : d
Full form of QTP ?
Quick Test Professional
What's the QTP ?
QTP is Mercury Interactive Functional Testing Tool.
Which scripting language used by QTP ?
QTP uses VB scripting.
What's the basic concept of QTP ?
QTP is based on two concept-
* Recording
* Playback
How many types of recording facility are available in QTP ?
QTP provides three types of recording methods-
* Context Recording (Normal)
* Analog Recording
* Low Level Recording
How many types of Parameters are available in QTP ?
QTP provides three types of Parameter-
* Method Argument
* Data Driven
* Dynamic
What's the QTP testing process ?
QTP testing process consist of seven steps-
* Preparing to recoding
* Recording
* Enhancing your script
* Debugging
* Run
* Analyze
* Report Defects
What's the Active Screen ?
It provides the snapshots of your application as it appeared when you performed a certain steps during recording session.
What's the Test Pane ?
Test Pane contains Tree View and Expert View tabs.
What's Data Table ?
It assists to you about parameterizing the test.
What's the Test Tree ?
It provides graphical representation of your operations which you have performed with your application.
Which all environment QTP supports ?
ERP/ CRM
Java/ J2EE
VB, .NET
Multimedia, XML
Web Objects, ActiveX controls
SAP, Oracle, Siebel, PeopleSoft
Web Services, Terminal Emulator
IE, NN, AOL
How can you view the Test Tree ?
The Test Tree is displayed through Tree View tab.
What's the Expert View ?
Expert View display the Test Script.
Which keyword used for Nornam Recording ?
F3
Which keyword used for run the test script ?
F5
Which keyword used for stop the recording ?
F4
Which keyword used for Analog Recording ?
Ctrl+Shift+F4
Which keyword used for Low Level Recording ?
Ctrl+Shift+F3
Which keyword used for switch between Tree View and Expert View ?
Ctrl+Tab
What's the Transaction ?
You can measure how long it takes to run a section of your test by defining transactions.
Where you can view the results of the checkpoint ?
You can view the results of the checkpoints in the Test Result Window.
What's the Standard Checkpoint ?
Standard Checkpoints checks the property value of an object in your application or web page.
Which environment are supported by Standard Checkpoint ?
Standard Checkpoint are supported for all add-in environments.
What's the Image Checkpoint ?
Image Checkpoint check the value of an image in your application or web page.
Which environments are supported by Image Checkpoint ?
Image Checkpoint are supported only Web environment.
What's the Bitmap Checkpoint ?
Bitmap Checkpoint checks the bitmap images in your web page or application.
Which enviornment are supported by Bitmap Checkpoints ?
Bitmap checkpoints are supported all add-in environment.
What's the Table Checkpoints ?
Table Checkpoint checks the information with in a table.
Which environments are supported by Table Checkpoint ?
Table Checkpoints are supported only ActiveX environment.
What's the Text Checkpoint ?
Text Checkpoint checks that a test string is displayed in the appropriate place in your application or on web page.
Which environment are supported by Test Checkpoint ?
Text Checkpoint are supported all add-in environments
Note:
* QTP records each steps you perform and generates a test tree and test script.
* QTP records in normal recording mode.
* If you are creating a test on web object, you can record your test on one browser and run it on another browser.
* Analog Recording and Low Level Recording require more disk sapce than normal recording mode.
A testing where the tester tries to break the software by randomly trying functionality of software.
What's the Accessibility Testing ?
Testing that determines if software will be usable by people with disabilities.
What's the Alpha Testing ?
The Alpha Testing is conducted at the developer sites and in a controlled environment by the end user of the software
What's the Beta Testing ?
Testing the application after the installation at the client place.
What is Component Testing ?
Testing of individual software components (Unit Testing).
What's Compatibility Testing ?
In Compatibility testing we can test that software is compatible with other elements of system.
What is Concurrency Testing ?
Multi-user testing geared towards determining the effects of accessing the same application code, module or database records. Identifies and measures the level of locking, deadlocking and use of single-threaded code and locking semaphores.
What is Conformance Testing ?
The process of testing that an implementation conforms to the specification on which it is based. Usually applied to testing conformance to a formal standard.
What is Context Driven Testing ?
The context-driven school of software testing is flavor of Agile Testing that advocates continuous and creative evaluation of testing opportunities in light of the potential information revealed and the value of that information to the organization right now.
What is Data Driven Testing ?
Testing in which the action of a test case is parameterized by externally defined data values, maintained as a file or spreadsheet. A common technique in Automated Testing.
What is Conversion Testing ?
Testing of programs or procedures used to convert data from existing systems for use in replacement systems.
What is Dependency Testing ?
Examines an application's requirements for pre-existing software, initial states and configuration in order to maintain proper functionality.
What is Depth Testing ?
A test that exercises a feature of a product in full detail.
What is Dynamic Testing ?
Testing software through executing it. See also Static Testing.
What is Endurance Testing ?
Checks for memory leaks or other problems that may occur with prolonged execution.
What is End-to-End testing ?
Testing a complete application environment in a situation that mimics real-world use, such as interacting with a database, using network communications, or interacting with other hardware, applications, or systems if appropriate.
What is Exhaustive Testing ?
Testing which covers all combinations of input values and preconditions for an element of the software under test.
What is Gorilla Testing ?
Testing one particular module, functionality heavily.
What is Installation Testing ?
Confirms that the application under test recovers from expected or unexpected events without loss of data or functionality. Events can include shortage of disk space, unexpected loss of communication, or power out conditions.
What is Localization Testing ?
This term refers to making software specifically designed for a specific locality.
What is Loop Testing ?
A white box testing technique that exercises program loops.
What is Mutation Testing ?
Mutation testing is a method for determining if a set of test data or test cases is useful, by deliberately introducing various code changes ('bugs') and retesting with the original test data/cases to determine if the 'bugs' are detected. Proper implementation requires large computational resources
What is Monkey Testing ?
Testing a system or an Application on the fly, i.e just few tests here and there to ensure the system or an application does not crash out.
What is Positive Testing ?
Testing aimed at showing software works. Also known as "test to pass". See also Negative Testing.
What is Negative Testing ?
Testing aimed at showing software does not work. Also known as "test to fail". See also Positive Testing.
What is Path Testing ?
Testing in which all paths in the program source code are tested at least once.
What is Performance Testing ?
Testing conducted to evaluate the compliance of a system or component with specified performance requirements. Often this is performed using an automated test tool to simulate large number of users. Also know as "Load Testing".
What is Ramp Testing ?
Continuously raising an input signal until the system breaks down.
What is Recovery Testing ?
Confirms that the program recovers from expected or unexpected events without loss of data or functionality. Events can include shortage of disk space, unexpected loss of communication, or power out conditions.
What is the Re-testing testing ?
Retesting- Again testing the functionality of the application.
What is the Regression testing ?
Regression- Check that change in code have not effected the working functionality
What is Sanity Testing ?
Brief test of major functional elements of a piece of software to determine if its basically operational.
What is Scalability Testing ?
Performance testing focused on ensuring the application under test gracefully handles increases in work load.
What is Security Testing ?
Testing which confirms that the program can restrict access to authorized personnel and that the authorized personnel can access the functions available to their security level.
What is Stress Testing ?
Stress testing is a form of testing that is used to determine the stability of a given system or entity. It involves testing beyond normal operational capacity, often to a breaking point, in order to observe the results.
What is Smoke Testing ?
A quick-and-dirty test that the major functions of a piece of software work. Originated in the hardware testing practice of turning on a new piece of hardware for the first time and considering it a success if it does not catch on fire.
What is Soak Testing ?
Running a system at high load for a prolonged period of time. For example, running several times more transactions in an entire day (or night) than would be expected in a busy day, to identify and performance problems that appear after a large number of transactions have been executed.
What's the Usability testing ?
Usability testing is for user friendliness.
What's the User acceptance testing ?
User acceptance testing is determining if software is satisfactory to an end-user or customer.
What's the Volume Testing ?
We can perform the Volume testing, where the system is subjected to large volume of data.
1 : With thorough testing it is possible to remove all defects from a program prior to delivery to the customer.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : b
2 : Which of the following are characteristics of testable software ?
a. observability
b. simplicity
c. stability
d. all of the above
ANSWER : d
3 : The testing technique that requires devising test cases to demonstrate that each program function is operational is called
a. black-box testing
b. glass-box testing
c. grey-box testing
d. white-box testing
ANSWER : a
4 : The testing technique that requires devising test cases to exercise the internal logic of a software module is called
a. behavioral testing
b. black-box testing
c. grey-box testing
d. white-box testing
ANSWER : d
5 : What types of errors are missed by black-box testing and can be uncovered by white-box testing ?
a. behavioral errors
b. logic errors
c. performance errors
d. typographical errors
e. both b and d
ANSWER : e
6 : Program flow graphs are identical to program flowcharts.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : b
7 : The cyclomatic complexity metric provides the designer with information regarding the number of
a. cycles in the program
b. errors in the program
c. independent logic paths in the program
d. statements in the program
ANSWER : c
8 : The cyclomatic complexity of a program can be computed directly from a PDL representation of an algorithm without drawing a program flow graph.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : a
9 : Condition testing is a control structure testing technique where the criteria used to design test cases is that they
a. rely on basis path testing
b. exercise the logical conditions in a program module
c. select test paths based on the locations and uses of variables
d. focus on testing the validity of loop constructs
ANSWER : b
10 : Data flow testing is a control structure testing technique where the criteria used to design test cases is that they
a. rely on basis path testing
b. exercise the logical conditions in a program module
c. select test paths based on the locations and uses of variables
d. focus on testing the validity of loop constructs
ANSWER : c
11 : Loop testing is a control structure testing technique where the criteria used to design test cases is that they
a. rely basis path testing
b. exercise the logical conditions in a program module
c. select test paths based on the locations and uses of variables
d. focus on testing the validity of loop constructs
ANSWER : d
12 : Black-box testing attempts to find errors in which of the following categories
a. incorrect or missing functions
b. interface errors
c. performance errors
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
ANSWER : d
13 : Graph-based testing methods can only be used for object-oriented systems
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : b
14 : Equivalence testing divides the input domain into classes of data from which test cases can be derived to reduce the total number of test cases that must be developed.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : a
15 : Boundary value analysis can only be used to do white-box testing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : b
16 : Comparison testing is typically done to test two competing products as part of customer market analysis prior to product release.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : b
17 : Orthogonal array testing enables the test designer to maximize the coverage of the test cases devised for relatively small input domains.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : a
18 : Test case design "in the small" for OO software is driven by the algorithmic detail of
the individual operations.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : a
19 : Encapsulation of attributes and operations inside objects makes it easy to obtain object state information during testing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : b
20 : Use-cases can provide useful input into the design of black-box and state-based tests of OO software.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : a
21 : Fault-based testing is best reserved for
a. conventional software testing
b. operations and classes that are critical or suspect
c. use-case validation
d. white-box testing of operator algorithms
ANSWER : b
22 : Testing OO class operations is made more difficult by
a. encapsulation
b. inheritance
c. polymorphism
d. both b and c
ANSWER : d
23 : Scenario-based testing
a. concentrates on actor and software interaction
b. misses errors in specifications
c. misses errors in subsystem interactions
d. both a and b
ANSWER : a
24 : Deep structure testing is not designed to
a. examine object behaviors
b. exercise communication mechanisms
c. exercise object dependencies
d. exercise structure observable by the user
ANSWER : d
25 : Random order tests are conducted to exercise different class instance life histories.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : a
26 : Which of these techniques is not useful for partition testing at the class level
a. attribute-based partitioning
b. category-based partitioning
c. equivalence class partitioning
d. state-based partitioning
ANSWER : c
27 : Multiple class testing is too complex to be tested using random test cases.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : b
28 : Tests derived from behavioral class models should be based on the
a. data flowdiagram
b. object-relation diagram
c. state diagram
d. use-case diagram
ANSWER : c
29 : Client/server architectures cannot be properly tested because network load is highly variable.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER : b
30 : Real-time applications add a new and potentially difficult element to the testing mix
a. performance
b. reliability
c. security
d. time
ANSWER : d
Full form of QTP ?
Quick Test Professional
What's the QTP ?
QTP is Mercury Interactive Functional Testing Tool.
Which scripting language used by QTP ?
QTP uses VB scripting.
What's the basic concept of QTP ?
QTP is based on two concept-
* Recording
* Playback
How many types of recording facility are available in QTP ?
QTP provides three types of recording methods-
* Context Recording (Normal)
* Analog Recording
* Low Level Recording
How many types of Parameters are available in QTP ?
QTP provides three types of Parameter-
* Method Argument
* Data Driven
* Dynamic
What's the QTP testing process ?
QTP testing process consist of seven steps-
* Preparing to recoding
* Recording
* Enhancing your script
* Debugging
* Run
* Analyze
* Report Defects
What's the Active Screen ?
It provides the snapshots of your application as it appeared when you performed a certain steps during recording session.
What's the Test Pane ?
Test Pane contains Tree View and Expert View tabs.
What's Data Table ?
It assists to you about parameterizing the test.
What's the Test Tree ?
It provides graphical representation of your operations which you have performed with your application.
Which all environment QTP supports ?
ERP/ CRM
Java/ J2EE
VB, .NET
Multimedia, XML
Web Objects, ActiveX controls
SAP, Oracle, Siebel, PeopleSoft
Web Services, Terminal Emulator
IE, NN, AOL
How can you view the Test Tree ?
The Test Tree is displayed through Tree View tab.
What's the Expert View ?
Expert View display the Test Script.
Which keyword used for Nornam Recording ?
F3
Which keyword used for run the test script ?
F5
Which keyword used for stop the recording ?
F4
Which keyword used for Analog Recording ?
Ctrl+Shift+F4
Which keyword used for Low Level Recording ?
Ctrl+Shift+F3
Which keyword used for switch between Tree View and Expert View ?
Ctrl+Tab
What's the Transaction ?
You can measure how long it takes to run a section of your test by defining transactions.
Where you can view the results of the checkpoint ?
You can view the results of the checkpoints in the Test Result Window.
What's the Standard Checkpoint ?
Standard Checkpoints checks the property value of an object in your application or web page.
Which environment are supported by Standard Checkpoint ?
Standard Checkpoint are supported for all add-in environments.
What's the Image Checkpoint ?
Image Checkpoint check the value of an image in your application or web page.
Which environments are supported by Image Checkpoint ?
Image Checkpoint are supported only Web environment.
What's the Bitmap Checkpoint ?
Bitmap Checkpoint checks the bitmap images in your web page or application.
Which enviornment are supported by Bitmap Checkpoints ?
Bitmap checkpoints are supported all add-in environment.
What's the Table Checkpoints ?
Table Checkpoint checks the information with in a table.
Which environments are supported by Table Checkpoint ?
Table Checkpoints are supported only ActiveX environment.
What's the Text Checkpoint ?
Text Checkpoint checks that a test string is displayed in the appropriate place in your application or on web page.
Which environment are supported by Test Checkpoint ?
Text Checkpoint are supported all add-in environments
Note:
* QTP records each steps you perform and generates a test tree and test script.
* QTP records in normal recording mode.
* If you are creating a test on web object, you can record your test on one browser and run it on another browser.
* Analog Recording and Low Level Recording require more disk sapce than normal recording mode.
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