iSQI CTAL-TM_Syll2012 ISTQBÂ® Exam Questions Instant Access

Question 1

You are estimating the effort for the integration testing activities of a new project. Consider the following factors, which can affect that estimation:

. Availability of re-usable test systems and documentation from previous, similar projects

2. Unexpected timing of components arrival

3. Stability of the integration test team (no turnover)

4. Many and geographically distributed sub-teams

Which of the following statements is true?

K2 1 credit

AI. and II. can negatively affect the estimation
III. and IV. usually favor the accuracy of the estimation effort

BII. and III. can negatively affect the estimation

Cand IV. usually favor the accuracy of the estimation effort

DII. and IV. can negatively affect the estimation

Eand III. usually favor the accuracy of the estimation effort

FIII. and IV. can negatively affect the estimation

Gand II. usually favor the accuracy of the estimation effort

Answer : C

Question 2

Which of the following would you expect to be most likely an example of a motivating factor for testers?

K2 1 credit

AThe resources allocated for the testing activities are not sufficient and don't allow the testers to contribute to the quality of the product

BThe testers contribution to the quality of the software products developed from an organization is recognized with increased responsibilities

CThe same regressions tests are executed manually by the same testers, for every product release, without any progression in content

DThe testers are asked to perform, in parallel with their testing tasks, other tasks unrelated to their testing responsibilities

Answer : B

Question 3

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?

K4 3 credits

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 4

Assume you are a Test Manager involved in system testing of a CRM application for a Pay-TV company. Currently the application is able to support a proper number of users assuring the required responsiveness. Since the business is expected to grow, you have been asked to evaluate the ability of the application to grow to support more users while maintaining the same responsiveness.

Which of the following tools would you expect to be the most useful at performing this evaluation? K2 1 credit

ACoverage tools

BTest management tools

CStatic analysis tools

DPerformance tools

Answer : D

Question 5

During the follow-up phase the following conditions are checked:

X1. The code has been completely reviewed

X2. All the identified defects have been correctly fixed and the modified code has been compiled successfully and run through all the static analyzers used by the project without warnings and errors X3. The modified code is available under the configuration management system with a new version number for the specified CI

If these conditions are fulfilled then the review process terminates.

Which of the following characteristics of a formal review is missing in this description? K2 1 credit

ADefined entry and exit criteria

BChecklists to be used by the reviewers

CDeliverables such as reports, evaluation sheets or other review summary sheets

DMetrics for reporting on the review effectiveness, efficiency, and progress

Answer : D

Question 6

You can count on well-written requirements, but you can't count on an adequate contribution of the stakeholders to the quality risk analysis. You have to mitigate the insufficient contribution of the stakeholders because the risk-based testing approach shall minimize the product risks. Your test team has one expert tester in security testing. Which of the following test activities would you expect to be the less important in this context? K4 3 credits

AExtract from the defect tracking system of the previous project all the security defects and failures, and classify them to support design and execution of specific tests

BAutomate all functional and non-functional system tests

CApply systematic and exploratory testing for integration and system test

DPerform exploratory testing sessions with adequate charters covering security aspects

Answer : B

Question 7

Consider the following statements describing the importance of improving the test process:

1. Test process improvement is important because being focused only on the test process it can provide recommendations to improve the test process itself, but it can't indicate or suggest improvement to areas of the development process

2. Test process improvement is important because it is much more effective than software process improvement to improve the quality of a software system

3. Test process improvement is important because several process improvement models (STEP, TPI Next, TMMi) have been developed over the years

4. Test process improvement is important because every organization, regardless of the context, should always achieve the maximum level of maturity of testing described in the test improvement models such as TMMi

Which of the following answers is correct?

K2 1 credit

AI. and IV. are true; II. and III. are false

BI., II., III. and IV are false

CI., II. and III are true; IV. is false

DI., II. and III. are false; IV. is true

Answer : B

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