Quality engineering has its own precise collocations. Fix a flaky test, achieve test coverage, and automate regression testing are the phrases that QA engineers and developers use in daily standups, sprint reviews, and technical documentation. These exercises train you to use them correctly.
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Every engineer on the team is expected to ___ for any new function they implement.
Write unit tests is the universal software engineering collocation. Developers write tests just as they write code. 'Create' is also used but 'write' is strongly preferred in engineering culture and style guides — tests are authored, not manufactured.
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The CI pipeline is configured to ___ automatically on every pull request.
Run the test suite is the standard QA and DevOps collocation. 'Run' is the default verb for executing tests in engineering conversation and documentation. 'Execute' is more formal and sometimes used in enterprise contexts; 'trigger' refers to starting the CI pipeline rather than the tests themselves.
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The team spent Friday afternoon trying to ___ that had been causing random CI failures.
Fix a flaky test is the established engineering collocation. 'Fix' is the standard verb for resolving test failures in engineering culture. 'Flaky test' is the widely-used term for a test that passes and fails non-deterministically — 'fix a flaky test' is a set phrase in test engineering.
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The team set a goal to ___ of at least 80% on all new modules.
Achieve test coverage is the professional collocation for reaching a defined coverage threshold. 'Achieve' implies goal-directed effort and meeting a measurable target. 'Reach' and 'hit' are informal alternatives; 'get' is too vague for professional technical writing.
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The QA lead proposed a plan to ___ to prevent previously fixed bugs from re-appearing.
Automate regression testing is the standard QA engineering collocation. 'Automate' is the key verb — it distinguishes machine-executed tests from manual ones. 'Regression testing' as a compound noun collocates with 'automate' in QA documentation and testing frameworks.