ISTQB ISTQB Certifications CTFL-FOUNDATION Questions & Answers

• Question 501:

  In addition to risk, identify TWO other components of a testing strategy.

  A. The entry and exit criteria for each test phase

  B. Test training needs for the project resources

  C. The test design techniques to be used

  D. Test performance indicators

  E. The test schedule

  Correct Answer: AC

• Question 502:

  You have been asked to write a testing strategy for the company. Which statement best explains how risk can be addressed within the testing strategy?

  A. A test strategy should address identified generic product risks and present a process for mitigating those risks in line with the testing policy.

  B. A test strategy identifies the specific product for a project risk and defines the approach for the test project.

  C. A test strategy is derived from the test policy and describes the way risk assessments are performed in projects.

  D. A test strategy is the result of a project risk analysis and defines the approach and resources for testing.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 503:

  Which of the following is a project risk mitigation step you might take as test manager?

  A. Testing for performance problems

  B. Hiring a contractor after a test analyst leaves the company

  C. Arranging a back-up test environment in case the existing one fails during testing

  D. Performing a project retrospective meeting using the test results after each increment

  Correct Answer: C

  Testlet 1

  Topic 5, Scenario 5, V1"Human Resource System"

  You have recently been employed as a test manager for a software house producing Human Resource (HR) systems, namely Payroll, Personnel and Recruitment systems. The company is relatively new and wants to make a major impact in the market by producing a worldwide enterprise HR product.

• Question 504:

  Which of the following is least likely to be used as a technique to identify project and product risks?

  A. Brainstorming

  B. Inspections

  C. Expert interviews

  D. Independent assessments

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 505:

  Risks should be constantly reviewed. Given the current situation, which one of the following factors is most likely to lead to a revised view of product risk?

  A. The concerns over the user interface may lead to changes to the interface which cannot be implemented by development in time for the second test iteration.

  B. The concerns over the user interface raises the likelihood of a risk in that area and increases the amount of test effort needed for the user interface, thereby limiting the test effort available for other parts of the test management tool.

  C. The delivery of the application without the interface changes may upset the user community.

  D. The method used for test estimation is not accurate enough and hence the money spent on testing exceeded its budget.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 506:

  Which test management control option is most appropriate to adopt under these circumstances?

  A. Introduce mandatory evening and weekend working to retrieve the 3 week slippage.

  B. Reconsider the exit criteria and review the test plan in the context of the current situation.

  C. Advise the user community regarding the reduced scope of requirements and the additional incremental delivery.

  D. Arrange a meeting with the user community representatives to discuss the user interface.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 507:

  Which of the following would be the TWO most appropriate examples of entry criteria documented in the system integration test plan?

  A. The percentage of decision coverage achieved during unit testing.

  B. The availability of the latest version of the capture-replay tool (for testing the interface with the newly developed test management tool).

  C. The sign-off of a performance test software release note (test item transmittal report) by both development and testing showing that system performance meets the specified acceptance criteria.

  D. The percentage of acceptance test procedures scheduled for execution.

  E. The percentage of requirements coverage achieved during system integration test.

  Correct Answer: AB

  Testlet 1

  Topic 4, Scenario 4, V2 "Test Management Tool"

  The project situation after 11 months is:

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  The first increment was released one week late but contained sufficient functionality to be declared fit for purpose'. However, there were 20 outstanding incidents deferred to increment two.

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  The amount of voluntary overtime worked PV the test team has reduced the second Increment slippage to just 3 weeks.

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  There is talk of reducing the scope of requirements. The purpose of this is to first deliver the application with support for manual testing and then to provide a delivery * weeks later to resolve any remaining points and provide support for automated testing (i.e. the link to the capture-replay tool).

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  Concerns have been expressed by a section of the user community, that in some places the usability is very poor.

• Question 508:

  Which of the following would be the most significant input to estimating the time to carry out the specified testing tasks?

  A. The skills and experience of developers to correct the failures.

  B. The standards used for the requirements specification.

  C. The metrics recorded from testing the capture-replay tool.

  D. The number of testers in the company and their grade.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 509:

  Which of the following would you expect to see in the master test plan?

  A. A description of how the test cases are cross-referenced to requirements in the test management tool.

  B. A detailed identification of the resources that will carry out structural testing in the first iteration.

  C. The test approach that will be applied at system integration testing.

  D. A list of the names of the testers who will carry out the performance testing for the final iteration.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 510:

  Which of the following is a characteristic of good testing in any life cycle model?

  A. Analysis and design of tests begins as soon as development is completed.

  B. Some, but not all, development activities have corresponding test activities.

  C. Each test level has test objectives specific to that level.

  D. All document reviews involve the development team.

  Correct Answer: C