diff --git a/test/functions/utilities.spec b/test/functions/utilities.spec
index 12501348..ad0f4efb 100755
--- a/test/functions/utilities.spec
+++ b/test/functions/utilities.spec
@@ -10,6 +10,24 @@ function oneTimeSetUp() {
   source functions/utilities.zsh
 }
 
+function testDefinedFindsDefinedVariable() {
+  my_var='X'
+
+  assertTrue "defined 'my_var'"
+  unset my_var
+}
+
+function testDefinedDoesNotFindUndefinedVariable() {
+  assertFalse "defined 'my_var'"
+}
+
+function testSetDefaultSetsVariable() {
+  set_default 'my_var' 'x'
+
+  assertEquals 'x' "$my_var"
+  unset my_var
+}
+
 function testPrintSizeHumanReadableWithBigNumber() {
   # Interesting: Currently we can't support numbers bigger than that.
   assertEquals '0.87E' "$(printSizeHumanReadable 1000000000000000000)"
@@ -19,4 +37,72 @@ function testPrintSizeHumanReadableWithExabytesAsBase() {
   assertEquals '9.77Z' "$(printSizeHumanReadable 10000 'E')"
 }
 
+function testGetRelevantItem() {
+  typeset -a list
+  list=(a b c)
+  local callback='[[ "$item" == "b" ]] && echo "found"'
+
+  local result=$(getRelevantItem "$list" "$callback")
+  assertEquals 'found' "$result"
+
+  unset list
+}
+
+function testGetRelevantItemDoesNotReturnNotFoundItems() {
+  typeset -a list
+  list=(a b c)
+  local callback='[[ "$item" == "d" ]] && echo "found"'
+
+  local result=$(getRelevantItem "$list" "$callback")
+  assertEquals '' ''
+
+  unset list
+}
+
+function testSegmentShouldBeJoinedIfDirectPredecessingSegmentIsJoined() {
+  typeset -a segments
+  segments=(a b_joined c_joined)
+  # Look at the third segment
+  local current_index=3
+  local last_element_index=2
+
+  local joined
+  segmentShouldBeJoined $current_index $last_element_index "$segments" && joined=true || joined=false
+  assertTrue "$joined"
+
+  unset segments
+}
+
+function testSegmentShouldBeJoinedIfPredecessingSegmentIsJoinedTransitivley() {
+  typeset -a segments
+  segments=(a b_joined c_joined)
+  # Look at the third segment
+  local current_index=3
+  # The last printed segment was the first one,
+  # the second segmend was conditional.
+  local last_element_index=1
+
+  local joined
+  segmentShouldBeJoined $current_index $last_element_index "$segments" && joined=true || joined=false
+  assertTrue "$joined"
+
+  unset segments
+}
+
+function testSegmentShouldNotBeJoinedIfPredecessingSegmentIsNotJoinedButConditional() {
+  typeset -a segments
+  segments=(a b_joined c d_joined)
+  # Look at the fourth segment
+  local current_index=4
+  # The last printed segment was the first one,
+  # the second segmend was conditional.
+  local last_element_index=1
+
+  local joined
+  segmentShouldBeJoined $current_index $last_element_index "$segments" && joined=true || joined=false
+  assertFalse "$joined"
+
+  unset segments
+}
+
 source shunit2/source/2.1/src/shunit2