be described in this specification it will of course be appreciated that in the development of any such actual embodiment numerous implementation specific decisions must be made to achieve the specific implementation goals which will vary from one implementation to another moreover it will be appreciated that such a development effort might be complex and time consuming but would nevertheless be a routine undertaking for those of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of the present disclosure to facilitate a better understanding of the present disclosure the following examples of certain embodiments are given in no way should the following examples be read to limit or define the scope of the disclosure embodiments of the present disclosure may be applicable to horizontal vertical deviated or otherwise nonlinear wellbores in any type of subterranean formation embodiments may be applicable to injection wells as well as production wells including hydrocarbon wells certain embodiments of the present disclose provide for the use of a work string after it is cemented in place to physically load test the plug in the upward direction with a pull test the upward direction provides an appropriate simulation of the forces that the plug would bear and knowledge of the pulling force and the travel stretch of the string may be used to calculate the position of the plug the pulling force may include an axial force directed up the wellbore alternatively or in addition load testing in the downward direction may be performed with an axial force directed down the wellbore additionally certain embodiments provide for.