BCS TM12 Exam Practice Test Instant Access

Question 1

Which of the following would you expect to be most likely an example of a demotivating factor for testers?

Number of correct responses: 2

AThe management asks the testers to be kept informed about the intensity, quality and results of testing

BThe testers' recommendations to improve the system or its testability are adopted by the development team

CThe same regressions tests are manually executed by the same testers, for every product release, without regression test tools

DThe testers are assessed on whether and how often they detect important and critical failures

ETest quality is measured by counting the number of customer/user reported problems.

Answer : C, E

Question 2

You are the Test Manager of a new project aimed at developing a software system that must be certified at level B of the DO-178B standard. The project will follow a V-Model software development life cycle and it will have four formal levels of testing: component, integration, system and acceptance testing.

You must produce the test plan documentation for this project by providing an adequate coordination across the four levels of testing in order to assure auditability.

Which of the following answers would you expect to best describe how to organize the test plan?

Number of correct responses: 1

AProduce a single master test plan that covers in detail all four levels, describing the particular activities for all test levels

BProduce a master test plan that covers three levels (component, integration, system test) and a separate acceptance test plan

CProduce a master test plan describing the relationship between the four levels, and four separate detailed level test plans, one for each level

DProduce four separate detailed level test plans, one for each level, without a master test plan

Answer : C

Question 3

You are the Test Manager of a new project that will have three formal levels of testing: unit, integration and system testing. The testing strategy you decide to adopt a blend of risk-based testing and reactive testing strategies.

Which of the following answers describes the most consistent example of implementation of this test strategy during the execution of the system tests?

Number of correct responses: 1

AYour test team executes exploratory tests following a session-based test management approach throughout the system test phase

BYour test team executes system tests under the guidance of a sample of users throughout the system test phase

CYour test team executes scripted tests designed and implemented before the execution of the system test phase, to cover the identified product risks. It also performs exploratory testing sessions throughout the system test phase

DYour test team autonomously performs some exploratory testing sessions and, at the very end of the system testing phase, it also executes more system tests under the guidance of a sample of users

Answer : C

Question 4

Consider the following test strategies:

Consultative test strategy

Reactive test strategy

Analytical test strategy

Process-compliant test strategy

Consider also the following examples of test activities:

1. Prioritize the test cases, based on the results of a FMEA analysis, to ensure early coverage of the most important areas and discovery of the most important defects during test execution

2. Execute usability testing driven by the guidance of a sample of users (external to the test team)

3. Perform exploratory testing sessions throughout the system test phase

4. On an Agile project, execute tests that cover the test conditions identified for each user story of a feature planned for an iteration

Which of the following correctly matches each test strategy with an appropriate example?

Number of correct responses: 1

AI-2; II-3; III-4; IV-1

BI-3; II-2; III-1; IV-4

CI-1; II-2; III-3; IV-4

DI-2; II-3; III-1; IV-4

Answer : D

Question 5

In the next two months some new features will be constantly added to new releases of a project you are working on as Test Manager.

You have identified as one of the main project risks, that the requirements specification will still be incomplete when your team starts the test design and implementation phase.

Some requirements will most likely be completed too late to allow a proper test preparation.

You and your test team have already worked on several similar past projects in the same organization.

Which one of the following options would you expect to be the most effective at mitigating this risk?

Number of correct responses: 1

ADon't prepare any test and just run the regression test suite to check that the new features don't introduce regression

BMake reasonable assumptions about the missing details and design lightweight tests that can be easily updated during test execution

CDon't design any test until the test execution starts, then communicate that test execution is blocked due to incomplete requirements

DEven if there are only few details missing, escalate the risk to the project manager without preparing any tests

Answer : B

Question 6

In the test strategy document your organization declares:

- to adopt a V-model development lifecycle, with three formal levels of testing: unit, integration and system testing

- to use a blended risk-based and regression-averse testing strategy for each level of testing

The following is an excerpt of the ''approach'' section for the system test plan document of a new project:

''Testing will only use manual tests. Due to the short period of time for test execution, the following activities will be performed in parallel with test execution: Test planning, test analysis and test design.

Basic metrics will be taken for test effort (i.e. person-hours), test cases executed (passed/failed), and incidents (no more metrics, such as code coverage, will be collected).''

In the system test plan, no deviations from the test strategy are described.

Based only on the given information, which of the following statements is true?

Number of correct responses: 1

AThe approach described in the system test plan document is consistent with the test strategy

BThe approach described in the system test plan document is consistent with the risk-based testing strategy, but it is inconsistent with the regression testing strategy

CThe approach described in the system test plan document is consistent with the regression testing strategy, but it is inconsistent with the risk-based testing strategy

DThe approach described the system test plan document is inconsistent with both the risk-based and regression testing strategies

Answer : D

Question 7

Assume you are currently working on a project developing a system where functional requirements are very well specified. Unfortunately non-functional requirements do almost not exist.

You are the Test Manager. You have to choose a technique for test selection that allows testing of non-functional characteristics, especially reliability.

Which of the following techniques for test selection do you expect being most useful in this scenario?

Number of correct responses: 1

AA model-based technique based on the creation of operational profiles

BAmbiguity reviews

CTest condition analysis

DCause-effect graphing

Answer : A

BCS TM12 ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Advanced Level- Test Manager Exam Practice Test