diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/IntegratedUDFTestUtils.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/IntegratedUDFTestUtils.scala
index 3228a2bd8cda..76ec85120e86 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/IntegratedUDFTestUtils.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/IntegratedUDFTestUtils.scala
@@ -40,23 +40,27 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.types.StringType
  *
  * To register Scala UDF in SQL:
  * {{{
- *   registerTestUDF(TestScalaUDF(name = "udf_name"), spark)
+ *   val scalaTestUDF = TestScalaUDF(name = "udf_name")
+ *   registerTestUDF(scalaTestUDF, spark)
  * }}}
  *
  * To register Python UDF in SQL:
  * {{{
- *   registerTestUDF(TestPythonUDF(name = "udf_name"), spark)
+ *   val pythonTestUDF = TestPythonUDF(name = "udf_name")
+ *   registerTestUDF(pythonTestUDF, spark)
  * }}}
  *
  * To register Scalar Pandas UDF in SQL:
  * {{{
- *   registerTestUDF(TestScalarPandasUDF(name = "udf_name"), spark)
+ *   val pandasTestUDF = TestScalarPandasUDF(name = "udf_name")
+ *   registerTestUDF(pandasTestUDF, spark)
  * }}}
  *
  * To use it in Scala API and SQL:
  * {{{
  *   sql("SELECT udf_name(1)")
- *   spark.select(expr("udf_name(1)")
+ *   spark.range(10).select(expr("udf_name(id)")
+ *   spark.range(10).select(pandasTestUDF($"id"))
  * }}}
  */
 object IntegratedUDFTestUtils extends SQLHelper {
@@ -64,8 +68,9 @@ object IntegratedUDFTestUtils extends SQLHelper {
 
   private lazy val pythonPath = sys.env.getOrElse("PYTHONPATH", "")
   private lazy val sparkHome = if (sys.props.contains(Tests.IS_TESTING.key)) {
-    assert(sys.props.contains("spark.test.home"), "spark.test.home is not set.")
-    sys.props("spark.test.home")
+    assert(sys.props.contains("spark.test.home") ||
+      sys.env.contains("SPARK_HOME"), "spark.test.home or SPARK_HOME is not set.")
+    sys.props.getOrElse("spark.test.home", sys.env("SPARK_HOME"))
   } else {
     assert(sys.env.contains("SPARK_HOME"), "SPARK_HOME is not set.")
     sys.env("SPARK_HOME")
@@ -186,14 +191,18 @@ object IntegratedUDFTestUtils extends SQLHelper {
   /**
    * A base trait for various UDFs defined in this object.
    */
-  sealed trait TestUDF
+  sealed trait TestUDF {
+    def apply(exprs: Column*): Column
+
+    val prettyName: String
+  }
 
   /**
    * A Python UDF that takes one column and returns a string column.
    * Equivalent to `udf(lambda x: str(x), "string")`
    */
   case class TestPythonUDF(name: String) extends TestUDF {
-    lazy val udf = UserDefinedPythonFunction(
+    private[IntegratedUDFTestUtils] lazy val udf = UserDefinedPythonFunction(
       name = name,
       func = PythonFunction(
         command = pythonFunc,
@@ -206,6 +215,10 @@ object IntegratedUDFTestUtils extends SQLHelper {
       dataType = StringType,
       pythonEvalType = PythonEvalType.SQL_BATCHED_UDF,
       udfDeterministic = true)
+
+    def apply(exprs: Column*): Column = udf(exprs: _*)
+
+    val prettyName: String = "Regular Python UDF"
   }
 
   /**
@@ -213,7 +226,7 @@ object IntegratedUDFTestUtils extends SQLHelper {
    * Equivalent to `pandas_udf(lambda x: x.apply(str), "string", PandasUDFType.SCALAR)`.
    */
   case class TestScalarPandasUDF(name: String) extends TestUDF {
-    lazy val udf = UserDefinedPythonFunction(
+    private[IntegratedUDFTestUtils] lazy val udf = UserDefinedPythonFunction(
       name = name,
       func = PythonFunction(
         command = pandasFunc,
@@ -226,6 +239,10 @@ object IntegratedUDFTestUtils extends SQLHelper {
       dataType = StringType,
       pythonEvalType = PythonEvalType.SQL_SCALAR_PANDAS_UDF,
       udfDeterministic = true)
+
+    def apply(exprs: Column*): Column = udf(exprs: _*)
+
+    val prettyName: String = "Scalar Pandas UDF"
   }
 
   /**
@@ -233,10 +250,14 @@ object IntegratedUDFTestUtils extends SQLHelper {
    * Equivalent to `udf((input: Any) => input.toString)`.
    */
   case class TestScalaUDF(name: String) extends TestUDF {
-    lazy val udf = SparkUserDefinedFunction(
+    private[IntegratedUDFTestUtils] lazy val udf = SparkUserDefinedFunction(
       (input: Any) => input.toString,
       StringType,
       inputSchemas = Seq.fill(1)(None))
+
+    def apply(exprs: Column*): Column = udf(exprs: _*)
+
+    val prettyName: String = "Scala UDF"
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQueryTestSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQueryTestSuite.scala
index 40232d4213fc..1c8cf6403c6c 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQueryTestSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQueryTestSuite.scala
@@ -383,24 +383,13 @@ class SQLQueryTestSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
       val testCaseName = absPath.stripPrefix(inputFilePath).stripPrefix(File.separator)
 
       if (file.getAbsolutePath.startsWith(s"$inputFilePath${File.separator}udf")) {
-        Seq(
+        Seq(TestScalaUDF("udf"), TestPythonUDF("udf"), TestScalarPandasUDF("udf")).map { udf =>
           UDFTestCase(
-            s"$testCaseName - Scala UDF",
+            s"$testCaseName - ${udf.prettyName}",
             absPath,
             resultFile,
-            TestScalaUDF(name = "udf")),
-
-          UDFTestCase(
-            s"$testCaseName - Python UDF",
-            absPath,
-            resultFile,
-            TestPythonUDF(name = "udf")),
-
-          UDFTestCase(
-            s"$testCaseName - Scalar Pandas UDF",
-            absPath,
-            resultFile,
-            TestScalarPandasUDF(name = "udf")))
+            udf)
+        }
       } else if (file.getAbsolutePath.startsWith(s"$inputFilePath${File.separator}pgSQL")) {
         PgSQLTestCase(testCaseName, absPath, resultFile) :: Nil
       } else {