stress tests
Strain-based examinations
Stress tests are evaluations that push a system, institution, or person to extreme conditions to assess performance under pressure.
Banks undergo stress tests to determine if they can survive economic downturns.
Engineers stress test bridges and aircraft.
Doctors administer cardiac stress tests to examine heart function during exertion: The stress test showed no blockages.
Software stress tests measure how programs handle heavy loads.
- load testingEvaluating capacity under strain
- extreme conditionsSeverely challenging environmental situations
- pressure cookerSealed pot using steam
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- scenarioPostulated event sequence
examination · risk assessment · risk management · VO2 max · heart rate · blood pressure · systemic risk · financial crisis · bank run · too big to fail · Dodd-Frank · banking · worst-case · worst case scenario · coronary artery disease · finance · monitor · simulation
- Dodd-Frankliving wills, whistleblower protections
- stressstrain, stressor, overload, overwhelm, stressors
- finance termsnet profit, gross profit, budget, credit, debt
- US bankingFDIC, Fed, national banks, bank runs, bank failures
- financial reformbank reform, tax reform, budget reform, pension reform, banking oversight
- software testingunit testing, closed beta, open beta, unit tests, playtesting