Interviews question on Bug Report

What are Bug Report components?Or/What fields do you fill out in a Bug Report?Or/Describe to me the basic elements you put in a defect/bug report?

Ans:     1) Report number: Unique number given to the report

              

               2) Application / Module being tested

              3)  Version & release number

              4 ) Problem Summary / Short Description / Synopsis

               

               5) Steps to reproduce (Detailed Description)

               6) Severity (Critical, Serious, Minor, Suggestion)

                7) Priority (High, Medium, Low)  

                 

                8)  Environment (Software and/or hardware configuration)

                9)  Reported by

                10) Assigned to 

                11)Status (Open, Pending, Fixed, Closed, cannot reproduce, etc.)

Q If you find a bug and the developer says it is as-designed, what can you 

do?

ANS : find an exact requirement, which defines the way it should be designed if there is no specific requirement compare to same feature implemented in quality applications (ask your manager which applications to compare to).

Q  How do you write a bug report?

     ANS :

1  Rule of WWW - What happened, Where it happened, under Which circumstances.

2   Write one bug report for each fix to be verified.

3   Bug report should be as complete as possible.

4  Bug reports are as concise as possible.

5  Report a bug immediately, do not postpone.

6  Use technical terms, not "people off the street" language


 Q  What is the most important part of bug report?   

ANS:
1.   Steps to reproduce

2.  Short Description 

3.  Severity 

4. Priority 

5.  Status  
  

Q  What is the bug life cycle?

ANS:

The bug should go through the life cycle to be closed. Here are the stages:
1) bug found

2)bug reported

3)bug assigned to developer

4)bug fixed by developer

5)fix verified by tester

6)  bug closed