Negative and Positive Testing

Question

What is negative and positive testing?

Satyapriya Nayak · Answer

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Positive Testing - testing the system by giving the valid data. Negative Testing - testing the system by giving the Invalid data. For Exam application contains a textbox and as per the user's Requirements the textbox should accept only Strings. By providing only String as input data to the textbox & to check whether it's working properly or not means it is Positive Testing. If giving the input other than String means it is negative Testing. /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:Table Normal;mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-qformat:yes;mso-style-parent:;mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibrisans-serif;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}