test

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

A type of assessment method that is characterized by the process of exercising one or more assessment objects under specified conditions to compare actual with expected behavior, the results of which are used to support the determination of security control effectiveness over time.

polysemousNISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Senses

NIST Cybersecurity Framework

To ascertain the performance, reliability, or quality of something.

FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 2017

The purpose of this task is to determine if and how well something works.

FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 2012

A procedure, method, or process meant to ascertain the performance, reliability, or quality of something.

Notes on Measurement

(1) activity in which a system or component is executed under specified conditions, the results are observed or recorded, and an evaluation is made of some aspect of the system or component; (2) to conduct an activity as in (1); (3) set of one or more test cases and procedures.

The Psychology and Economics of Program Testing

the process of executing a program with the intent of finding errors.

Glossary of Terms for Quality Assurance and Good Laboratory Practices

Technical operation to determine one or more characteristics of or to evaluate the performance of a given product, material, equipment, organism, physical phenomenon, process or service according to a specified procedure.

An Introduction

any activity aimed at evaluating an attribute or capability of a program or system and deteermining that it meets its required results.

Wordset Dictionary

the act of validating something

Wordset Dictionary

the act of undergoing testing

Wordset Dictionary

any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality in people or living beings

Wordset Dictionary

a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins

Wordset Dictionary

trying something to find out about it

Wordset Dictionary

a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge, often used in schools or licensing

Wordset Dictionary

a game of cricket which lasts 5 days

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Variants

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Evaluationexaminationmental testmental testingpsychometric testruntrialtrial runtryoutVerification and Validation (TEVV)
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