Specific Field Tests

1.Date Field Checks
1. Assure that leap years are validated correctly & do not cause errors/miscalculations.
2. Assure that month code 00 and 13 are validated correctly & do not cause errors/miscalculations.
3. Assure that 00 and 13 are reported as errors.
4. Assure that day values 00 and 32 are validated correctly & do not cause errors/miscalculations.
5. Assure that Feb. 28, 29, 30 are validated correctly & do not cause errors/ miscalculations.
6. Assure that Feb. 30 is reported as an error.
7. Assure that century change is validated correctly & does not cause errors/ miscalculations.
8. Assure that out of cycle dates are validated correctly & do not cause errors/miscalculations.

2.Numeric Fields
1. Assure that lowest and highest values are handled correctly.
2. Assure that invalid values are logged and reported.
3. Assure that valid values are handles by the correct procedure.
4. Assure that numeric fields with a blank in position 1 are processed or reported as an error.
5. Assure that fields with a blank in the last position are processed or reported as an error an error.
6. Assure that both + and - values are correctly processed.
7. Assure that division by zero does not occur.
8. Include value zero in all calculations.
9. Include at least one in-range value.
10. Include maximum and minimum range values.
11. Include out of range values above the maximum and below the minimum.
12. Assure that upper and lower values in ranges are handled correctly.

3.Alpha Field Checks
1. Use blank and non-blank data.
2. Include lowest and highest values.
3. Include invalid characters & symbols.
4. Include valid characters.
5. Include data items with first position blank.
6. Include data items with last position blank.