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# Test Assertions for VVSG 1.1, Volume 2, Section 2.1,  September 23, 2016 (tabular)

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**NOTE:***This section contains requirements on the content of the quality assurance and configuration management documentation that manufacturers must supply.*

**Operational Definitions**

**Critical** – A part, component, or assembly shall be defined as **critical** if its failure may:
                  - Cause a faulty display of options;
                  - Cause an uncertainty if voter's choice has been recorded;
                  - Cause a false recording of vote cast;
                  - Cause the change of stored votes;
                  - Cause the false transmission for polling station totals;
                  - Cause injury to voters or staff;
                  - Provide an opening for tampering;
                  - Violate a voter's privacy;
                  - Cause a false accumulation of polling station totals;
                  - Cause a false transmission for regional totals;
                  - Give the appearance of irregularity;
                  - Violate a voter's ability to vote independently; and
                  -  Impede the usability of the polling station for all voters. 

(**ref:***Requirement 2.1f, Volume 2, VVSG 1.1*)

**Difficulties** – **"Difficulties"** are any occasions when it is recognized that changes in past design decisions or in the project plan (see Requirement c) are necessary to complete the project.  (**ref:***Requirement 2.1e, Volume 2, VVSG 1.1*)

**Life Cycle** – The **“life cycle”****of a****voting system model** is defined as the time period from the delivery of the first voting system of that model to the time when the certification of the model expires or is revoked.

**Process** – A **process** defines **“what”** needs to be done and which roles are involved. (**ref:**http://sei.cmu.edu/library/assets/process-pro.pdf)

**Procedure** – A **procedure** defines **“how”** to do the task and usually only applies to a single role. (**ref:**http://sei.cmu.edu/library/assets/process-pro.pdf)

**Quality Check** – A **"quality check"** is the sum of the activities Design and Development Review, Design and Development Verification, and Design and Development Validation, as defined in ISO 9001:2000 Sections 7.3.4. through 7.3.6. (**ref:***Requirement 2.1d, Volume 2, VVSG 1.1*)

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