Software Testing and Analysis: Process, Principles, and Techniques 1st Edition

Answer from the textbook. For each option, address how pessimistic/optimistic it is relative to the rest and how simple/complex it is to check relative to the rest, providing brief explanation for your rankings

Exercises 2.1

The Chipmunk marketing division is worried about the start-up time of the new version of the RodentOS operating system (an (imaginary) operating system of Chipmunk). The marketing division representative suggests a software requirement stating that the start-up time shall not be annoying to users.

Explain why this simple requirement is not verifiable and try to reformulate the requirement to make it verifiable.