iSQI CTAL-TM_Syll2012 ISTQB® Exam Practice Test Instant Access

Question 1

Assume you are managing a test automation project for a mission-critical system. Because vendor provided tools and open source solutions don't meet the needs of this project, you ask your test team to develop a custom automation framework. Which of the following management issues associated to the development of this custom automation framework is least likely to manage?

K2 1 credit

AProper testing for the custom automation framework must be performed

BThe custom automation framework will require an adequate documentation

CThe changes to the custom automation framework should be communicated to all external users of this tool under the GNU license

DThe custom automation framework will need proper maintenance

Answer : C

Question 2

During the system testing phase a tester from your test team observes a failure in the system under test and he/she decides to create an incident report. The incident report is currently in a ''new'' state, indicating it needs to be investigated.

Which THREE of the following information items can't yet be present in the incident report? K3 2 credits (2 credits out of 3 credits correct, 1 credit point)

AThe type of defect that caused the failure

BThe actual and the expected result highlighting the failure

CThe lifecycle phase in which the defect has been introduced

DWhat really caused the failure (actual cause)

ESteps to reproduce the failure, including screenshots, database dumps and logs where applicable

Answer : A, C, D

Question 3

Which of the following statements best describes an appropriate approach for managing exploratory testing?

Number of correct responses: 1

K2 1 credit

ADefine very detailed mission statements, which allow testing work to be broken into sessions of up to 10 minutes duration in which testing is guided by these mission statements

BBreak the testing work in 30 to 120 minutes sessions and use properly defined mission statements consisting of two or three sentences to guide testing during these sessions

CDefine very generic charters to drive exploratory testing sessions of 2 days where testers are completely free to decide what to test

DExploratory testing should not be managed because such testing is inherently unmanageable and not measurable

Answer : B

Question 4

Consider an agile team adopting Extreme Programming (XP) with five developers and one tester without any coding experience.

To which of the following activities would you expect the tester will contribute most?

K2 1 credit

ADeveloping unit tests

BExecuting unit tests

CPlanning and executing tests during the integration test phase to detect interface defects

DSupporting the customer in the execution of acceptance testing

Answer : D

Question 5

Which of the following statements, about the test reporting activities for a project adopting an iterative lifecycle model with very short iterations (e.g. two weeks iterations), is correct? K2 1 credit

ATest reporting activities can't be influenced by the use of an iterative lifecycle model with short iterations

BTest reporting activities are not important for projects adopting an iterative lifecycle model with short iterations

CTest reporting activities are less important for projects adopting an iterative life cycle model with short iterations. They should be performed at the end of the last iteration

DTest reporting activities are still important with an iterative lifecycle. The reports can be used to conduct post-iteration review sessions before starting with the next iteration

Answer : D

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?

K4 3 credits

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?

K2 1 credit

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

BAmbiguity reviews

CTest condition analysis

DCause-effect graphing

Answer : A

iSQI CTAL-TM_Syll2012 ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Manager ISTQB® Exam Practice Test