ISTQB Foundation Level CTFL-FOUNDATION Questions & Answers

• Question 1:

  Which of the following factors is LEAST likely to be used as a basis for estimating testing effort?

  A. Requirements for documentation

  B. Quality of the test basis

  C. Work Breakdown Structure

  D. Skills of the test team

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 2:

  While reporting a defect, which of the following indicates the level of business importance assigned to the defect?

  A. Urgency

  B. Priority

  C. Difficulty

  D. Severity

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 3:

  Which of the following should be considered when purchasing a test execution tool?

  A. The ability of the tool to trace tests to requirements and report coverage level

  B. The amount of effort required to achieve positive Return on Investment (ROI)

  C. The ability of the tool to track the output and productivity of each individual tester

  D. The ability of the tool to run the unit-level tests for the developers

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 4:

  Which of the following are correct tasks during "Test analysis and design"?

  A. Designing and prioritizing test cases

  II. Identifying any required infrastructure and tools

  III. Reviewing the test basis

  IV. Creating test data and preparing test harnesses

  B. Writing automated test scripts

  C. II, III, IV, V

  D. I, II, III, IV

  E. I, II, III

  F. I, II

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 5:

  Which of the following statements correctly describe Black-Box Testing?

  A. Test on an individual software component in isolation from other components, to avoid external influence.

  B. Tests that investigate the input vs. the output behavior of a software system.

  C. Test derived from the ability of the testers and their intuition and experience with similar applications and technologies (sometimes used to strengthen systematic techniques)

  D. Test of the interfaces between components and of the interactions with different parts of a system.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 6:

  For a given set of test-cases, which of the following is a benefit of running these tests with a test

  automation tool?

  A. Test coverage is increased.

  B. The number of found bugs is reduced.

  C. The total cost of the test project always decreases

  D. The time spent on repetitive tasks is reduced.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 7:

  What is a "test harness"?

  A. One of the topics that needs to be covered in the final Test Report

  B. A general name for test data that is used by the test cases

  C. A detailed description of a test case to enable its execution by non-expert tester

  D. A test environment comprised of stubs and drivers needed to execute a test

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 8:

  A system sets new users' password to a temporary password.

  The temporary password is a random number based on the first six characters of the username.

  If the username is shorter than 6 characters, the system displays an error message.

  Which of the following is a possible representation of equivalence classes for the username string?

  A. {Random number} {Error message}

  B. {Error message displayed} {Error message not displayed}

  C. {Username shorter than 6 characters} {Username equal to or longer than 6 characters}

  D. {Username with a permanent password} {Username with a temporary password}

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 9:

  Which of the following BEST matches the attributes with a level of testing?

  A. Stubs and drivers are often used

  II.

  The test environment should correspond to the production environment

  II.

  Finding defects is not the main focus

  IV. Testing can be based on use cases

  B. Testing is normally performed by testers

  VI. Testing for functional and non-functional characteristics

  C. Component -V Integration -II System -IV Acceptance -VI

  D. Component -I Integration -V System -II Acceptance -IV

  E. Component -V Integration -I System -VI Acceptance -V

  F. Component -VI Integration -IV System -I Acceptance -III

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 10:

  Which of the following metrics is from the test design phase?

  A. Number of test cases run/not run

  B. Number of defects found and fix

  C. Percentage of test conditions covered by test cases

  D. Subjective confidence of testers in the system under test

  Correct Answer: B