Unit Testing - Is it bad form to have unit test calling other unit tests

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I have a unit test called TestMakeAValidCall(). It tests my phone app making a valid call.

I am about to write another test called TestShowCallMessage() that needs to have a valid call made for the test. Is it bad form to just call TestMakeAValidCall() in that test?

For reference this is my TestMakeAValidCall() test.

    [TestMethod]
    public void TestMakeAValidCall()
    {
       //Arrange
        phone.InCall = false;
        phone.CurrentNumber = "";
        // Stub the call to the database
        data.Expect(x => x.GetWhiteListData()).
            Return(FillTestObjects.GetSingleEntryWhiteList());
        // Get some bogus data
        string phoneNumber = FillTestObjects.GetSingleEntryWhiteList().
            First().PhoneNumber;
        // Stub th call to MakeCall() so that it looks as if a call was made.
        phone.Expect(x => x.MakeCall(phoneNumber)).
            WhenCalled(invocation =>
                       {
                           phone.CurrentNumber = phoneNumber;
                           phone.InCall = true;
                       });

       //Act
        // Select the phone number
        deviceControlForm.SelectedNumber = phoneNumber;
        // Press the call button to make a call.
        deviceMediator.CallButtonPressed();

       //Assert
        Assert.IsTrue(phone.InCall);
        Assert.IsTrue(phone.CurrentNumber == phoneNumber);
    }
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"Could someone ellaborate on how the refactoring would look like in this case? – Philip Bergström Nov 28 '15 at 15:33"

I am currently doing something like this and this is what i came up with:

Notice that ProcessorType and BuildProcessors both call TestLevels

the actual content besides that fact is unimportant

its using XUnit, and Shouldly NuGet package

private static void TestLevels(ArgProcessor incomingProcessor)
{
    Action<ProcessorLevel, int> currentLevelIteration = null;
    currentLevelIteration = (currentProcessor, currentLevel) =>
    {
        currentProcessor.CurrentLevel.ShouldBeEquivalentTo(currentLevel);
        ProcessorLevel nextProcessor = currentProcessor.CurrentProcessor;
        if (nextProcessor != null)
            currentLevelIteration(nextProcessor, currentLevel + 1);
    };

    currentLevelIteration(incomingProcessor, 0);
}

[Theory]
[InlineData(typeof(Build), "Build")]
public void ProcessorType(Type ProcessorType, params string[] args)
{
    ArgProcessor newCLI = new OriWeb_CLI.ArgProcessor(args);

    IncomingArgumentsTests.TestLevels(newCLI);

    newCLI.CurrentProcessor.ShouldBeOfType(ProcessorType);
}

[Theory]
[InlineData(typeof(Build.TypeScript), "TypeScript")]
[InlineData(typeof(Build.CSharp), "CSharp")]
public void BuildProcessors(Type ProcessorType, params string[] args)
{
    List<string> newArgs = new List<string> {"Build"};
    foreach(string arg in args) newArgs.Add(arg);

    ArgProcessor newCLI = new OriWeb_CLI.ArgProcessor(newArgs.ToArray());

    IncomingArgumentsTests.TestLevels(newCLI);

    newCLI.CurrentProcessor.CurrentProcessor.ShouldBeOfType(ProcessorType);
}
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