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Question 1

You are the Test Manager for a project to develop a client-server application that allows wine vendors to order custom-assorted packages of wines of several winemakers to sell special packages in their wine shops.

You decide to apply a blended risk-based and reactive testing strategy. Below the exit criteria for the system testing.

EXCR1- Each ''critical'' quality risk item must be covered by at least one test condition EXCR2- Each ''critical'' requirement must be covered by at least one test condition

The following are the ''critical'' requirements of the application:

REQ-SEL-1. The application shall allow the user to order only one package at a time

REQ-SEL-2. The application shall allow the user to select between four different packages (2-bottles, 6-bottles, 12-bottles, 15-bottles)

REQ-SEL-3. The application shall allow the user to order a package containing at least 1 bottle and no more bottles than the package size. No error messages shall be displayed if the user selects a valid number of bottles (at least 1 bottle and no more than the package size)

REQ-SEL-4. The application shall display an error message ''Invalid number of bottles'' if an invalid number of bottles is selected by the user (zero bottles or a number higher than the package size)

REQ-PAY-1. The application shall allow the user to pay with the three accepted credit cards (Visa,

MasterCard, American Express)

REQ-PAY-2. The application shall display an error message ''Invalid credit card'' if invalid credit card data are given by the user

The following is the unique ''critical'' quality risk item that has been identified:

CR-RSK-1. The GUI of the application might accept non-integer values for the input field designed to get the number of bottles from the user

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

TC-SEL-2. Test the selection of the package sizes

TC-SEL-4. Test wrong numbers of bottles for an order

TC-CR-RSK-1. Test the accepted values from the input field designed to get the number of bottles from the user

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

K3 2 credits

Answer : A

Question 2

After the presentation, you are asked to explain the chart. Assume you have applied a full risk-based testing strategy.

Which of the following answers would you expect to best describe the pie chart?

K4 3 credits

AAll the risk items have been covered with tests. No more risk items remain to test

BAccording to the full risk-based testing strategy applied, it is very likely that the highest-risk items, tests and bugs remain in the blue and red areas. Therefore, it is very risky to release the application

COnly the lowest-risk items, tests and bugs should remain in the blue and red areas. Therefore the application can be released at any time subject to management of the items identified in those areas

D97 percent of the risk items has been tested. No open bugs or test failures remain. Only 3 percent of risk items remains to be covered by the remaining test

Answer : C

Question 3

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? K3 2 credits (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 4

Assume you are working on a CAS (Conditional Access System) for Pay-TV that allows the access, selection and transfer of services and media to authorized users. Authorized users can choose their services through different channels: Web Customer Portal, IVR (Interactive Voice Response), Call Centre and SMS. The system uses a Smart Card to receive and decrypt the broadcasted encrypted control words which allow decrypting pay-per-view TV. Every authorized user must have a Smart Card and a Set-Top Box to view the contents.

The following is an excerpt from the product risk analysis document:

Both likelihood and impact have been rated on the following scale: (1 -- Very low, 2 -- Low, 3 --Medium, 4 -- High, 5 -- Very High).

The required test environment and code have been delivered. All test cases for each identified product risk item have been written and are ready to be executed. The Database used to contain the Smart Cards is empty and so only new Smart Cards can be used during test execution.

A Smart Card can only be activated if it has been previously pre-activated. This means the postconditions for the execution of the test cases to test the pre-activation of the Smart Card are the pre-conditions for activation of the Smart Card.

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

K4 3 credits

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

Question 5

In your organization the following tools of the same vendor are currently in use. a requirements management tool, a test management tool and a bug tracking tool.

You are the Test Manager.

You are currently evaluating a test automation tool of the same vendor (to complete the vendor's tool suite) against an interesting open-source test automation tool under the GNU GPL (General Public License).

There are no initial costs associated to that open-source tool.

Which of the following statements associated to the selection of the open-source tool is correct in this scenario?

K2 1 credit

AThe open-source tool can be modified but only if the community of developers of that tool gives you the formal permission to modify it

BThere are no initial costs for the open-source tool but you should carefully consider the costs associated to the integration with the existing tools and also evaluate the recurring costs

CThere are no initial costs for the open-source tool because open-source tools are usually lowquality, while vendor tools have always a better quality than the corresponding open-source tools

DThe open-source tool can be modified but it can't be distributed further in any way

Answer : B

Question 6

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 7

Which of the following answers describes a factor that may reduce the effort spent when using distributed test teams without negatively affecting system quality?

K2 1 credit

ADifficulties in communication between the distributed test teams due to time zone differences

BWith several distributed test teams, every team assumes that some test conditions are covered by other teams but actually no one covers them

CWith several distributed test teams, two or more teams assume some test conditions are covered by their team and their team alone. But all of the teams actually cover them

DWith several distributed test teams, all of the distributed test teams use a single unified test dashboard

Answer : D

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