When asserting a value is the same as a boolean literal, use assertTrue/assertFalse, instead of assertEquals. Example:
public class MyTestCase extends TestCase {
public void testMyCase() {
boolean myVar = true;
// Ok
assertTrue("myVar is true", myVar);
// Bad
assertEquals("myVar is true", true, myVar);
// Bad
assertEquals("myVar is false", false, myVar);
}
}