BCS TM12 Exam Practice Test Instant Access

Question 1

Which one of the following metrics to be produced needs traceability between the test cases and each item in a proper test basis?

Number of correct responses: 1

ARequirements coverage

BTrends in the lag time from defect reporting to resolution

CMean time between failures for the system

DCumulative number of reported defects versus cumulative number of resolved defects

Answer : A

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?

Number of correct responses: 3

(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

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?

Number of correct responses: 1

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 4

You are not confident with the assessment of the risk level and you suspect that it will be possible to find high-priority bugs in low-risk areas.

Furthermore the period for test execution is very short. Your goal is to test all the product risks in a risk-based way, while assuring that each product risk gets at least some amount of testing.

Which of the following answers describes the best test execution schedule in this scenario?

Number of correct responses: 1

AT1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10

BT1, T3, T5, T7, T9, T2, T4, T6, T8, T10

CT10, T9, T8, T7, T6, T5, T4, T3, T2, T1

DT10, T8, T6, T4, T2, T9, T7, T5, T3, T1

Answer : B

Question 5

The following are the exit criteria described in the test plan of a software product:

EX1. The test suite for the product must ensure that at least each quality risk item is covered by at least one test case (a quality risk item can be covered by more test cases).

EX2. All test cases in the test suite must be run during the execution phase.

EX3. Defects are classified into two categories: ''C'' (critical defect) and ''NC'' (non-critical defect). No known C defects shall exist in the product at the end of the test execution phase.

Which of the following information is useless when the specified exit criteria is evaluated?

Number of correct responses: 1

AA traceability matrix showing the relationships between the product risk items and the test cases

BA list of all the open defects with the associated classification information extracted from the defect tracking system

CA chart, showing the trend in the lag time from defect reporting to resolution, extracted from the defect tracking system

DThe execution status of all the test cases extracted from the test management tool

Answer : C

Question 6

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

Assume that you have used traceability to determine the logical test cases that cover all the requirements and the single risk item identified in that scenario.

Which of the following is a positive logical test that is complete, is correct, and covers the REG-LOGO-001 requirement?

Number of correct responses: 1

AOn the purchase page (''purchase state''), click the logout button; verify that the browse page (''browse state'') is displayed

BOn the select page (''select state''), click the logout button

COn the purchase page (''purchase state''), click the logout button; verify that the ''Impossible to logout -- complete or cancel the current transaction'' message is displayed

DOn the browse page (''browse state''), click the logout button

Answer : A

Question 7

Assume that no additional product risks have been identified during the first week of test execution.

Which of the following answers would you expect to best describe the residual risks associated with the identified product risks, at the end of the first week of test execution?

Number of correct responses: 1

ASince R3 is the only risk for which all test cases have passed, the risk has been reduced by 20%

BThe test execution status table indicates that the risk has been reduced by 56%

CThe residual risk level can't be determined, because it requires that all the test cases have been executed

DThe test execution table doesn't give an indication of the risk level of the open defects and the test cases that failed or are not run yet

Answer : D

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