What is Test Scenario?

A Test Scenario is a statement describing the functionality of the application to be tested. It is used for end-to-end testing of a feature and is generally derived from the use cases.

Test scenarios can serve as the basis for lower-level test case creation. A single test scenario can cover one or more test cases. Therefore a test scenario has a one-to-many relationship with the test cases.

As an example, consider a test scenario – “Verify that the user is not able to login with incorrect credentials”. Now, this test scenario can be further broken down into multiple test cases like-

Checking that user with correct username and incorrect password should not be allowed to login.
Checking that user with incorrect username and correct password should not be allowed to login.
Checking that user with incorrect username and incorrect password should not be allowed to login.

Test Scenario Template
A Test Scenario document can have the below fields-

Module – The module or the component of the application.
RequirementId – This field is optional and can be linked to the SRS.
TestScenarioId – This field is the identifier of the test scenarios.
Description – The description field describes the purpose of the test scenario.

Frequently asked Test scenario examples for Interview Practice

#testing