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Question 1

Assume that you are the Test Manager for a small insurance application development project. You have decided to adopt a risk-based testing strategy: 5 product risks (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5)

have been identified and their levels of risk have been assessed. 10 test cases (T1, ..., T10) have been designed to cover all the product risks.

The following table shows the risk level and the test cases associated to the identified product risks (higher risk level means higher risk):

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? K3 2 credits

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 2

Consider an information system of a Pay-Tv company based on a SOA architecture.

The integrated system currently consists of three core systems:

- a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system

- a BRM (Billing and Revenue Management) system

- a CAS (Conditional Access System) system all of them communicating with SOA Middleware.

You have been asked to manage the testing activities for the integration of two additional off-theshelf systems from two different vendors: a SMS (Short Message Service) server and an IVR (Interactive Voice Response) system.

Assume that there is a high likelihood that the two off-the-shelf systems will be low-quality and that you have a clear proof that the testing performed by the two vendors on their systems has been unsystematic and unprofessional. This obviously leads to higher quality risk for the overall integrated system.

You are the Test Manager of this project. Your main goal is to plan for testing activities to mitigate this risk.

Which of the following answers best describes the test activities (assuming it is possible to perform all of them) you should plan for?

K4 3 credits

AYou should plan for an informal and minimal acceptance test of the two off-the-shelf systems and then a single end-to-end test of the overall integrated system

BYou should directly plan for a single end-to-end test focused on end-to-end tests of the overall integrated system without an acceptance test of the two off-the-shelf systems

CYou should plan for two levels: a system integration test and an end-to-end test of the overall integrated system

DYou should plan for adequate re-testing of both the systems followed by a system integration test and an end-to-end test of the overall integrated system

Answer : D

Question 3

Which of the following statements describing the consequences of specifying test conditions at a detailed level is NOT true?

K2 1 credit

AIn an environment where the test basis is continuously changing, it is recommended to specify test conditions at a detailed level in order to achieve a better maintainability

BThe specification of test conditions at a detailed level can be effective when no formal requirements or other development work products are available

CThe specification of test conditions at a detailed level can require the implementation of an adequate level of formality across the team

DFor system testing, the specification of test conditions at a detailed level, carried out early in the project as soon as the test basis is established, can contribute to defect prevention

Answer : A

Question 4

In the test strategy document your organization declares:

- To adopt a V-model development lifecycle, with three formal levels of testing. unit, integration and system testing

- To use a blended risk-based and regression-averse testing strategy for each level of testing The following is an excerpt of the ''approach'' section for the system test plan document of a new project:

''Testing will only use manual tests. Due to the short period of time for test execution, the following activities will be performed in parallel with test execution: Test planning, test analysis and test design.

Basic metrics will be taken for test effort (i.e. person-hours), test cases executed (passed/failed), and incidents (no more metrics, such as code coverage, will be collected).'' In the system test plan, no deviations from the test strategy are described. Based only on the given information, which of the following statements is true?

K4 3 credits

AThe approach described in the system test plan document is consistent with the test strategy

BThe approach described in the system test plan document is consistent with the risk-based testing strategy, but it is inconsistent with the regression testing strategy

CThe approach described in the system test plan document is consistent with the regression testing strategy, but it is inconsistent with the risk-based testing strategy

DThe approach described the system test plan document is inconsistent with both the risk-based and regression testing strategies

Answer : D

Question 5

You are the Test Manager of a new project aimed at developing a software system that must be certified at level B of the DO-178B standard. The project will follow a V-Model software development life cycle and it will have four formal levels of testing: component, integration, system and acceptance testing.

You must produce the test plan documentation for this project by providing an adequate coordination across the four levels of testing in order to assure audit ability.

Which of the following answers would you expect to best describe how to organize the test plan?

K3 2 credits

AProduce a single master test plan that covers in detail all four levels, describing the particular activities for all test levels

BProduce a master test plan that covers three levels (component, integration, system test) and a separate acceptance test plan

CProduce a master test plan describing the relationship between the four levels, and four separate detailed level test plans, one for each level

DProduce four separate detailed level test plans, one for each level, without a master test plan

Answer : C

Question 6

You are performing a quality risk analysis for a CSCI (Computer Software Configuration Item) used to implement a CBIT (Continuous Built-In Test) module of a safety-critical system. During the quality risk analysis you are trying to identify the ways in which failures of the CBIT module can occur, for each of them trying to determine the potential causes and likely effects, and the risk level (calculated as the product of three factors: severity, occurrence and detection). Which of the following risk analysis techniques are you working with? K2 1 credit

AA lightweight product risk analysis technique

BFailure Mode and Effect Analysis

CWide Band Delphi

DCost of Exposure

Answer : B

Question 7

Assume that the following test cases have been executed at the end of the first week of test execution: TC-001, TC-002 and TC-007. All these tests are 'passes'.

What is the MINIMUM number of the remaining test cases that must be successfully executed to fulfill the EX1 exit criteria?

K3 2 credits

Answer : A

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