BCS ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Management v3.0 TM3 Exam Questions

You are a tester working in an Agile team in the finance domain. The team consists of 6 members, and you are the only tester. The team is responsible for the development and maintenance of a mobile front-end application. The application is considered to be critical with respect to customer impact and market branding.

You have been asked to identify which test management activity needs to be performed within the team to enhance test maturity and achieve a higher level of product quality.

Which test management activity would you recommend the team should adopt?

You have been contracted to manage the user acceptance testing of a new reservation system for a travel agency. The reservation system is

being developed by a third party. Detailed specifications of the system are available, as well as an estimate of the total effort that will be spent

developing the system. The system is to be delivered in four increments, and the functionality to be delivered in each increment has already

been agreed.

Which of the following estimation techniques would be most appropriate to use in this context?

A project has been running for a few months and the team does not seem to be making progress in their test approach. The team also lacks drive and enthusiasm and is sometimes seen to be performing their tasks too slowly. You have been asked to recruit an extra person into the team. In addition to introducing the new team member, you have decided to raise motivation.

Which of the actions listed below would most likely result in the opposite, a de-motivation of the team?

Test control uses the information from test monitoring to provide guidance and take corrective action when required.

Which of the following is not a possible test control action?

Which of the following test stakeholders are most likely not involved in defining requirements?

Management is sceptical regarding the budget request (25,000) for the next testing project. You are asked for a cost-benefit calculation. Based on historical data from several projects, you have come up with the following numbers:

Average prevention cost per defect: 200

Average cost of detection per defect: 400

Average cost of internal failure: 150

Average cost of external failure: 2,500

Expected number of defects to be found in this project during testing: 50

What is the result for the expected cost-benefit calculation for the upcoming project?

The stakeholders matrix is a strategic tool to be used by test managers and is composed of four quadrants.

Which quadrant is described by the following statements?

Typically do not have a strong interest in day-to-day tasks

Their decisions are critical for resource allocation and high-level project direction