Stress Test

Stress test may refer to:

  • Stress testing, a form of testing that is used to determine the stability of a given system or entity
  • Stress testing#Financial sector, broad overview of financial sector stress tests
  • Bank stress tests, links to USA - Supervisory Capital Assessment Program (stress testing) and EU banking stress test exercise program
  • Stress testing (software), determines the robustness of software
  • Cardiac stress test
  • Stress Test (television), an episode of Brandy and Mr Whiskers
  • Contraction stress test


  • For stress testing of materials, see Fatigue (material)

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