NEW QUESTION 1
Which of the following would be the TWO most appropriate examples of entry criteria documented in the system integration test plan? 2 credits

• 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 tes

Answer: AB

NEW QUESTION 2
Which is the best definition of complete testing..?

• A. You have discovered every bug in the program
• B. You have tested every statement, branch, and combination of branches in the program
• C. You have reached the scheduled ship date
• D. You have completed every test in the test plan

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 3
Which of the following is true of iterative development?

• A. It uses fully defined specifications from the start.
• B. It involves the users in the testing throughout.
• C. Changes to the system do not need to be formally recorded.
• D. It is not suitable for developing website

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 4
Comparing TMMi and TPI, which is not a valid reason for choosing either TPI or TMMi? 2 credits

• A. If the scope of test performance improvement covers all test levels, TMMi is preferred since TPI focusses mainly on black-box testing.
• B. If the organization is already applying CMMI, TMMi may be preferred since it has the same structure and uses the same terminolog
• C. TMMi addresses management commitment very strongly and is therefore more suitable to support a top-down improvement process.
• D. TPI is much more a bottom-up model that is suitable for addressing test topics for a specific (test) project.
• E. TMMi can only be used with the traditional V model,whereas TPI can be used with all types of software life cycle

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 5
Which of the following is a role of a formal review? [K1]

• A. Adjudicator
• B. Moderator
• C. Governor
• D. Corrector

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 6
A tool that supports traceability, recording of incidents or scheduling of tests is called..?

• A. A dynamic analysis tool
• B. A test execution tool
• C. A debugging tool
• D. A test management tool
• E. A configuration management tool

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 7
Consider the typical objectives of testing. Which of the following metrics can be used to measure the effectiveness of the testing process in achieving one of those objectives? 1 credit

• A. Average number of days between defect discovery and resolution
• B. Percentage of requirements covered
• C. Lines of code written per developer per day
• D. Percentage of test effort spent on regression testing

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 8
Which of the following would typically be identified using static analysis by tools? [K1]

• A. Spelling mistake on an error message
• B. A potential infinite loop
• C. Memory leakage
• D. A variable set to the wrong value

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 9
Within the projects, a master test plan and phase test plan will be used. Following is a list of characteristics applicable for test plans:

• A. Any deviation from the procedures described in the test
• B. strategy document
• C. The overall estimated costs, timescales and resource
• D. requirements
• E. A detailed schedule of testing activities
• F. The development deliverables to be tested
• G. Which test staff members (names) will be involved and when
• H. Level of requirements coverage achievedWhich TWO of the above mentioned characteristics relate to the phase test plan? 1 credit
• I. a
• J. b
• K. c
• L. d
• M. e
• N. f

Answer: CE

NEW QUESTION 10
A new system is about to be developed. Which of the following functions has the highest level of risk?

• A. Likelihood of failure = 20%; impact value = £100,000
• B. Likelihood of failure = 10%; impact value = £150,000
• C. Likelihood of failure = 1%; impact value = £500,000
• D. Likelihood of failure = 2%; impact value = £200,000

Answer: A

Explanation:
In (B) the product of probability × impact has the value £15,000; in (C) the value is £5,000 and in (D) it is £4,000. The value of £20,000 in (A) is therefore the highest.

NEW QUESTION 11
Which statement is most true?

• A. Different testing is needed depending upon the application.
• B. All software is tested in the same way.
• C. A technique that finds defects will always find defects.
• D. A technique that has found no defects is not useful.

Answer: A

Explanation:
This is a restatement of the testing principle ‘Testing is context dependent’

NEW QUESTION 12
Which of the following is a Black Box test design technique?

• A. Decision Coverage
• B. Error Guessing
• C. Statement Coverage
• D. Equivalence Partitioning

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 13
In general, why is it NOT a good idea to estimate the testing effort based only on a percentage of development effort? Identify THREE valid reasons. 1 credit

• A. The quality of the development estimate may be poor.
• B. In general bottom-up estimation is always better than top-down estimation.
• C. The percentage based technique only applies to the V life cycle model.
• D. Using the same percentage every time does not address the level of risk of the application to be tested.
• E. The maturity of the organization, e.
• F. the quality of the test basis, quality of development testing, configuration management, availability of test tools, also influence the effort needed for testing.
• G. It builds on large set of historical data
• H. The result is almost always a too low estimate for the required test effort

Answer: ADE

NEW QUESTION 14
Refer to the exhibit

Given the following State Transition diagram, match the test cases below with the relevant set of state transitions. (i)X-Z-V-W (ii)W-Y-U-U

• A. (i) = S1 – S2 – S3 – S4 – S2 and (ii) = S4 – S2 – S4 – S4 – S4
• B. (i) = S1 – S2 – S3 – S4 – S4 and (ii) = S2 –S4 – S4 – S4 – S2
• C. (i) = S2 – S3 – S4 – S2 – S2 and (ii) = S4 – S2 – S4 – S4 – S4
• D. (i) = S2 – S3 – S4 - S4 – S2 and (ii) = S2 –S3 – S4 –S4 – S4

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 15
Which THREE activities would be valid steps during the development of the test strategy?2 credits (2 out correct 1 credit)

• A. Identify test staff members that will be involved in the system test
• B. Define test career paths
• C. Understand the software development life cycle used by the software house
• D. Assess the testing that needs to be done to minimize the risks
• E. Issue the test strategy document for review
• F. Define a master test plan template
• G. Perform a project risk analysis

Answer: CDE

NEW QUESTION 16
Which is not a major task of test implementation and execution?

• A. Develop and prioritizing test cases, creating test data, writing test procedures and optionally, preparing test harness and writing automated test scripts.
• B. Logging the outcome of test execution and recording the identities and versions of the software under test, test tools and testware.
• C. Checking test logs against the exit criteria specified in test planning.
• D. Verifying that the test environment has been set up correctl

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 17
What are the key features to be concentrated upon when doing a testing forworld wide web sites ..?

• A. Interaction between html pages
• B. Performance on the client side
• C. Security aspects
• D. All of the above

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 18
“Experience based" test design techniques, typically...

• A. Use decision tables to generate the Boolean test conditions to be executed.
• B. Identify the structure of the system or software at the component, integration or system level.
• C. Use the skill, intuition and experience of the tester to derive the test cases, using error guessing and exploratory testing.
• D. Establish traceability from test conditions back to the specifications and requirement

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 19
Which of the following characteristics of good testing apply to any software development life cycle model?

• A. Acceptance testing is always the final test level to be applied.
• B. All test levels are planned and completed for each developed feature.
• C. Testers are involved as soon as the first piece of code can be executed.
• D. For every development activity there is a corresponding testing activit

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 20
Which of the following statements is the MOST valid goal for a test team?

• A. Determine whether enough component testing was executed.
• B. Cause as many failures as possible so that faults can be identified and corrected.
• C. Prove that all faults are identified.
• D. Prove that any remaining faults will not cause any failure

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 21
Select THREE issues from the options provided that should at least be raised. 1 credit

• A. Has there been sufficient comparison of tools?
• B. What are the problems we are trying to address?
• C. Do we have a set of tool requirements to validate the tool against?
• D. How will the implementation be organized?
• E. Which project will be selected to perform the tool pilot?
• F. Is customized training available?
• G. How will the change process be managed?

Answer: ABC

NEW QUESTION 22
A new testing tool has been selected for an organisation and a pilot project has successfully completed. The next step is to deploy the tool within the organization.
What is a key success factor in tool deployment?

• A. Estimate a cost-benefit ratio based on a firm business case
• B. Determine whether benefits will be achieved at reasonable cost
• C. Provide support for the test team using the tool
• D. Assessment of organisational maturity, strengths and weaknesses

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 23
Which of the following BEST describes the relationship between test planning and test execution? [K2]

• A. Test planning ensures the level of detail in test procedures is appropriate for test execution
• B. Test planning schedules test execution but does not assign resources
• C. Test planning defines the overall approach to testing but does not schedule specific activities such as test execution
• D. Test planning identifies test objectives related to scope and risk but does not define the level of detail for test procedures used in test execution

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 24
Incidents would not be raised against

• A. Requirements
• B. Documentation
• C. Test cases
• D. Improvements suggested by users

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 25
In the MASPAR case study..?

• A. Security failures were the result of untested parts of code
• B. The development team achieved complete statement and branch coverage but missed a serious bug in the MASPAR operating system
• C. An error in the code was so obscure that you had to test the function with almost every input value to find its two special-case failures
• D. All the above

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 26
Which statement BEST describes when test planning should be performed? [K1]

• A. Test planning is performed only once, at the beginning of the life cycle, andgenerates a Master Test Plan
• B. Test planning is performed at the beginning of the life cycle and again at the beginning of test execution
• C. Test planning is performed at the beginning of the life cycle and again at every test level
• D. Test planning is performed continuously in all life cycle processes and activities

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 27
Component testing may include:

• A. Sociability testing.
• B. User acceptance testing.
• C. Beta testing.
• D. The use of stubs and driver

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 28
What other details should be included in the following incident report when it is first submitted? Date of Issue: 23/11/05 Severity: P1
Build: Version15.6
Details: Expected field to be limited to 15 chars, able to enter 27

• A. Suggested solution, priority and number of defects assigned to this developer.
• B. Status of the incident, degree of impact, Test Case Number.
• C. History, related defects and expected fix time.
• D. Line of code, number of defects found, time of da

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 29
A test log is one of the documents that need to be produced in this domain in order to provide evidence of testing. However, the level of detail of test logs can vary. Which of the following is NOT an influencing factor for the level of detail of the test logs being produced? 1 credit

• A. Level of test execution automation
• B. Test level
• C. Regulatory requirements
• D. Experience level of testers

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 30
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