iSQI CTAL-TM_Syll2012 ISTQB® Exam Practice Test Instant Access

Question 1

In your organization the following tools of the same vendor are currently in use. a requirements management tool, a test management tool and a bug tracking tool.

You are the Test Manager.

You are currently evaluating a test automation tool of the same vendor (to complete the vendor's tool suite) against an interesting open-source test automation tool under the GNU GPL (General Public License).

There are no initial costs associated to that open-source tool.

Which of the following statements associated to the selection of the open-source tool is correct in this scenario?

K2 1 credit

AThe open-source tool can be modified but only if the community of developers of that tool gives you the formal permission to modify it

BThere are no initial costs for the open-source tool but you should carefully consider the costs associated to the integration with the existing tools and also evaluate the recurring costs

CThere are no initial costs for the open-source tool because open-source tools are usually lowquality, while vendor tools have always a better quality than the corresponding open-source tools

DThe open-source tool can be modified but it can't be distributed further in any way

Answer : B

Question 2

You are the Test Manager on a project following an iterative life-cycle model. The project should consist of nine iterations of one month duration each. It is planned to develop the most important features to have a stable core of the application in the first three iterations and to add the additional features in the last six iterations.

At the beginning of the first iteration, only a draft version of the requirements specification document for the core features is available. Assume that during each of the first three iterations, the chosen features are fully completed and unit tested.

Which of the following statements is true in this context?

K4 3 credits

AThe system test phase should start when all the requirements are frozen

BYou should allocate a large effort for system testing during the first three iterations

CYou should allocate all the effort for the system test phase only in the last iteration

DYou should apply the same test strategy as used in a sequential life cycle model

Answer : B

Question 3

Which of the following answers describes a factor that may reduce the effort spent when using distributed test teams without negatively affecting system quality?

K2 1 credit

ADifficulties in communication between the distributed test teams due to time zone differences

BWith several distributed test teams, every team assumes that some test conditions are covered by other teams but actually no one covers them

CWith several distributed test teams, two or more teams assume some test conditions are covered by their team and their team alone. But all of the teams actually cover them

DWith several distributed test teams, all of the distributed test teams use a single unified test dashboard

Answer : D

Question 4

Assume you have some data related to confirmation testing during system testing of a past project.

In that project 240 bug reports have been opened once, 80 were opened twice, 10 were opened three times and no bug reports have been opened more than three times.

You estimate that a bug report, which has failed its confirmation test, costs, on average, 3 personhours.

Which of the following statements correctly describe the value of these confirmatory testing activities based on cost of quality?

K3 2 credits

A300 person-hours have been spent on the project during the system testing phase, because of the failed confirmation tests and this cost belongs to the costs of internal failure

B340 person-hours have been spent on the project during the system testing phase, because of the failed confirmation tests and this cost belongs to the costs of external failure

C340 person-hours have been spent on the project during the system testing phase, because of the failed confirmation tests and this cost belongs to the costs of internal failure

D300 person-hours have been spent on the project during the system testing phase, because of the failed confirmation tests and this cost belongs to the costs of detection

Answer : A

Question 5

For which of the following activities would the costs be classified as a cost of detection? K2 1 credit

AWriting test specifications according to the test design

BTraining developers to better understand the new features of the coding language they will use on the project

CRe-running a test case, during the system testing phase, to verify that a fix eliminates a previously found defect

DFixing field failures

Answer : A

Question 6

Which of the following statements about management of product quality risks in mature organizations with respect to the lifecycle, is true?

K2 1 credit

AMature organizations address product quality risks associated to non-functional characteristics only during the system test phase

BMature organizations are aware that the contribution of testing to analysis of product quality risks is very important. The analysis should occur throughout the entire lifecycle

CMature organizations don't waste time identifying the sources of risks. They only focus on identifying product quality risks

DMature organizations are aware that risk management of product quality risks only occurs during testing

Answer : B

Question 7

Which of the following statements describing how identified product quality risks should be mitigated and managed, is true?

K2 1 credit

AThe extent of re-testing and regression testing activities should be based on the risk level

BThe identification of new risks, the re-assessment of the level of existing risks and the evaluation of the effectiveness of risk mitigation activities should only occur at the very beginning of a project

CRisk mitigation of product quality risks can be effective only after starting test execution

DThe priority of the development and execution of tests should not be based on the risk level but only on the likelihood

Answer : A

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