Monkey Testing

In computer science, a monkey test is a unit test that runs with no specific test in mind. The monkey in this case is the producer of any input. For example, a monkey test can enter random strings into text boxes to ensure handling of all possible user input or provide garbage files to check for loading routines that have blind faith in their data.

Testers use the term monkey when referring to a fully automated testing tool. This tool doesn’t know how to use any application, so it performs mouse clicks on the screen or keystrokes on the keyboard randomly. The test monkey is technically known to conduct stochastic testing, which is in the category of black-box testing. There are different types of monkey testing.[