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

Assume you are managing the system testing phase of a project.

The system test execution period is scheduled to twenty weeks.

All tests are manual tests. You are following a risk-driven test approach.

During the last staff meeting the project manager tells you new deadlines that will not allow completion of all the system tests.

Which of the following would you expect to be the best way to respond to this situation?

Number of correct responses: 1

APrioritize executing the tests for the highest product risks and track these risks

BRemove testers from your test team, so that they can be assigned to other projects

CAutomate all remaining tests

DNo action is needed, test as much as possible in the remaining time period

Answer : A

Question 3

Based on the historical data of 5 past and similar projects, you have calculated these average numbers of defects detected in system testing:

- for each 10000 LOC (lines of code), 200 defects

- for each person-month of development team effort, 49 defects

You want to use this information to perform estimation for a new project.

The project manager tells you that he/she has estimated 20000 new LOC for this new project.

Four developers work for four months on this project before system testing.

During system testing, 797 defects are discovered.

Assume that the system test of this new project is using the same amount of work as spent in the past projects.

Based on this information only, which of the following statement is certainly true about this project?

Number of correct responses: 1

AThe code for the new project contains a higher defect density than the code of the past projects

BThe number of defects found during the system test phase on the new project is approximately proportional to the development team effort

C40000 LOC have been delivered to system testing (against the 20000 LOC planned by the project manager)

DMore LOC than planned have been delivered to system testing with a higher defect density than the past projects

Answer : B

Question 4

The following are the requirements identified as ''critical'':

REQ-SEL-001. The user shall be able to combine all the three products with all the four durations to define an item to purchase

REQ-SEL-002. The user shall be able to add a maximum of six different items to the shopping cart

REQ-PUR-001. The user shall be able to purchase all the items in the shopping cart using a credit voucher

REQ-PUR-002. The user shall be able to purchase all the items in the shopping cart using the available credit already charged on the smartcard

REQ-PUR-003. The user shall be able to purchase all the items in the shopping cart using all the accepted credit cards (Visa, MasterCard and Great Wall Card)

REG-LOGO-001. The user shall be able to logout (by clicking the logout button) from both the ''select'' and ''purchase'' pages going back to the ''browse'' page (anonymous navigation)

Moreover the following quality risk item has been identified as ''critical'':

QR-P1. The web customer portal might not be able to provide the expected response time (less than 10 sec) for the purchase transactions under a load of up-to 1000 concurrent users

Test analysis for system testing has just begun and the following test conditions have been identified:

TC-SEL-01. Test the combinations of products and durations to define an item to purchase

TC-SEL-02. Test the maximum number of items, which can be added to the shopping cart

TC-PUR-01. Test the purchase of an item

TC-PUR-02. Test the purchase of an item with the credit charged on the smartcard

What is the MINIMUM number of test conditions that must be added to fulfill both the EXCR1 and EXCR2 exit criteria?

Number of correct responses: 1

Answer : C

Question 5

You are managing the system testing for a SOA based system. The integrated system consists of several subsystems:

- a SOA middleware

- a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system

- a BRM (Billing and Revenue Management) system

- a SMS (Subscriber Management System) system

and you performed a risk analysis based on these subsystems.

At the end of the scheduled period for test execution you produce a first classical report based on the traditional metrics of testing. Test pass/fail status and bug status (open/resolved) That table provides you a distorted picture of the quality risk, because there is no indication of the risk level of the failed tests, the tests not run, or the open bugs. Thus, you produce the following table to solve this distortion issue:

In the table above, where you have introduced the concept of risk weighting, the highest risk test or bug report has a score of 1, while the lowest risk test or bug report has a score of 0.04.

Which of the following subsystems, based on the risk scores of the table, is most risky?

Number of correct responses: 1

ASOA

BCRM

CBRM

DSMS

Answer : B

Question 6

Assume you are the Test Manager for a new software release of an e-commerce application.

The server farm consists of six servers providing different capabilities. Each capability is provided through a set of web services.

The requirements specification document contains several SLAs (Service Level Agreements) like the following:

SLA-001: 99.5 percent of all transactions shall have a response time less than five seconds under a load of up-to 5000 concurrent users

The main objective is to assure that all the SLAs specified in the requirements specification document will be met before system release. You decide to apply a risk-based testing strategy and an early risk analysis confirms that performance is high risk. You can count on a well-written requirements specification and on a model of the system behavior under various load levels produced by the system architect.

Which of the following test activities would you expect to be the less important ones to achieve the test objectives in this scenario?

Number of correct responses: 1

APerform unit performance testing for each single web service

BMonitor the SLAs after the system has been released into the production environment

CPerform system performance testing, consisting of several performance testing sessions, to verify if all the SLAs have been met

DPerform static performance testing by reviewing the architectural model of the system under various load levels

Answer : B

Question 7

Which of the following statements represents the most effective contribution of the stakeholders to the completion of the failure mode analysis table?

Number of correct responses: 1

AThe aircraft pilot and the customer representative should contribute to assess the detection. The chief software engineer, the system architect and the expert tester should contribute to assess the priority.

BThe aircraft pilot and the customer representative should contribute to assess the priority. The chief software engineer, the system architect and the expert tester should contribute to assess the detection.

CThe system architect and the chief software engineer should contribute to assess the priority. The expert tester is the only one who should contribute to assess the detection.

DThe aircraft pilot is the only one qualified to contribute to assess the priority and thus should be assigned this task. The customer representative should contribute to assess the detection.

Answer : B

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