The invention relates to a test method for determining a wire configuration for a circuit carrier having at least one component arranged thereon, where internal lines in the component are connected to component connections in a prescribed order, and where the component connections are wired to connections on the circuit carrier. According to the method, a respective prescribed test signal is applied to each internal line of the component using a controllable test signal generator integrated in the component. Output signals applied to the connections of the circuit carrier are tapped off. Thereafter, the respective output signals tapped off are identified with the corresponding test signals applied to the internal lines of the component using an external test apparatus for determining the wire configuration between the component connections and circuit carrier connections.