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ISTQB Practice Exam 3

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Instruction: Total number of questions : 40 Each question carry 1 mark, no negative marks Answers are revealed at the end of test Good Luck!

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Question 1

How much testing is enough?

A	This question is impossible to answer
B	The answer depends on the risk for your industry, contract and special requirements
C	This answer depends on the maturity of your developers
D	This question is easy to answer

Question 2

Incorrect form of Logic coverage is:

A	Incorrect form of Logic coverage is:
B	Statement Coverage
C	Condition Coverage
D	Path Coverage

Question 3

Which of the following would NOT normally form part of a test plan?

A	Features to be tested
B	Schedule
C	Risks
D	Incident reports

Question 4

What is Exploratory testing ?

A	Concurrent test design, test execution, test logging and learning
B	Systematic approach to identifying specific equivalent classes of input.
C	The testing carried out by a chartered engineer.
D	The process of anticipating or guessing where defects might occur.

Question 5

Which of the following is not a quality characteristic listed in ISO 9126 Standard?

A	Functionality
B	Maintainability
C	Usability
D	Supportability

Question 6

Consider the following statements about maintenance testing:

It requires both re-test and regression test and may require additional new tests.
It is testing to show how easy it will be to maintain the system.
It is difficult to scope therefore needs careful risk and impact analysis.
It need not be done for emergency bug fixes.

Which of the statements are true?

A	II and IV
B	I and III
C	I and IV
D	II and III

Question 7

The oracle assumption:

A	is that the tests are reviewed by experienced testers
B	is that the tester knows everything about the software under test
C	is that there is some existing system against which test output may be checked
D	is that the tester can routinely identify the correct outcome of a test

Question 8

Which of the following statements about component testing is not true?

A	Component testing should have completion criteria planned
B	Component testing should have completion criteria planned
C	Component testing does not involve regression testing
D	Component testing is also know as isolation or module testing

Question 9

Which of the following could be a reason for a failure1) Testing fault2) Software fault3) Design fault4) Environment Fault5) Documentation Fault

A	1,2,3,4 are valid reasons; 5 is not
B	2 is a valid reason; 1,3,4 & 5 are not
C	1,2,3 are valid reasons; 4 & 5 are not
D	All of them are valid reasons for failure

Question 10

Defect Management process does not include

A	Defect prevention
B	None of the above
C	Deliverable base-lining
D	Management reporting

Question 11

Acceptance test cases are based on what?

A	Code
B	Requirements
C	Decision table
D	Design

Question 12

Equivalence partitioning is:

A	A black box testing technique appropriate to all levels of testing
B	A black box testing technique used only by developers
C	A black box testing technique than can only be used during system testing
D	A white box testing technique appropriate for component testing

Question 13

A common test technique during component test is

A	Statement and branch testing
B	Usability testing
C	Security testing
D	Performance testing

Question 14

To test a function, the programmer has to write a _________, which calls the function to be tested and passes it test data.

A	Driver
B	None of the above
C	Proxy
D	Stub

Question 15

Boundary value testing:

A	Test boundary conditions on, below and above the edges of input and output equivalence classes
B	Is the same as equivalence partitioning tests
C	Tests combinations of input circumstances
D	Is used in white box testing strategy

Question 16

Which of the following tools would be involved in the automation of regression test?

A	Boundary tester
B	Output comparator
C	Data tester
D	Capture/Playback

Question 17

Fault Masking is

A	Masking a fault by developer
B	Error condition hiding another error condition
C	Masking a fault by a tester
D	Creating a test case which does not reveal a fault

Question 18

Given the Following program IF X <>= Z THEN Statement 2; END McCabe’s Cyclomatic Complexity is:

A	4
B	3
C	2
D	5

Question 19

Independent Verification & Validation is

A	Done by an Entity Outside the Project’s sphere of influence
B	Done by the Developer
C	Done By Management
D	Done by the Test Engineers

Question 20

To test a function, the programmer has to write a ______, which calls the function and passes it test data

A	Driver
B	Proxy
C	None of the above
D	Stub

Question 21

Which of the following is NOT true of incidents?

A	Incident resolution is the responsibility of the author of the software under test
B	Incidents are raised when expected and actual results differ
C	Incidents require investigation and/or correction
D	Incidents may be raised against user requirements

Question 22

Pick the best definition of quality

A	Zero defects
B	Work as designed
C	Quality is job one
D	Conformance to requirements

Question 23

If an expected result is not specified then:

A	It may be difficult to determine if the test has passed or failed
B	It may be difficult to repeat the test
C	We cannot automate the user inputs
D	We cannot run the test

Question 24

Which of the following should NOT normally be an objective for a test?

A	To prove that the software is correct
B	To find faults in the software
C	To assess whether the software is ready for release
D	To demonstrate that the software doesn’t work

Question 25

Which two specifications based testing techniques are most closely related to each other?

A	Equivalence partitioning and state transition testing
B	Equivalence partitioning and boundary value analysis
C	Decision tables and boundary value analysis
D	Decision tables and state transition testing

Question 26

When a new testing tool is purchased, it should be used first by:

A	A small team to establish the best way to use the tool
B	Everyone who may eventually have some use for the tool
C	The independent testing team
D	The vendor contractor to write the initial scripts

Question 27

One Key reason why developers have difficulty testing their own work is:

A	Lack of Objectivity
B	Lack of test tools on the market for developers
C	Lack of training
D	Lack of technical documentation

Question 28

An input field takes the year of birth between 1900 and 2004. The boundary values for testing this field are:

A	1899,1900,2004,2005
B	0,1900,2004,2005
C	1900, 2004
D	1899, 1900, 1901,2003,2004,2005

Question 29

Code Coverage is used as a measure of what?

A	Trends analysis
B	Test Effectiveness
C	Time Spent Testing
D	Defects

Question 30

A Regression test:

A	Will help ensure changed areas of the software have not been affected
B	Will always be automated
C	Will help ensure unchanged areas of the software have not been affected
D	Will help ensure changed areas of the software have not been affected

Question 31

In a review meeting a moderator is a person who

A	Takes minutes of the meeting
B	Writes the documents to be reviewed
C	Mediates between people
D	Takes telephone calls

Question 32

Tests are prioritized so that:

A	You do the best testing in the time available
B	You shorten the time required for testing
C	You find more faults
D	You do more effective testing

Question 33

Statement Coverage will not check for the following

A	Dead Code
B	Statement Coverage will not check for the following
C	Unused Statement
D	Unused Branches

Question 34

Test cases are designed during:

A	test specification
B	test planning
C	test recording
D	test configuration

Question 35

Inspections can find all the following except:

A	Spelling and grammar faults in the documents
B	How much of the code has been covered
C	Requirements that have been omitted from the design documents
D	Variables not defined in the code

Question 36

Which of the following is not a characteristic for Testability?

A	Observability
B	Simplicity
C	Operability
D	Robustness

Question 37

Which one of the following statements, about capture-replay tools, is NOT correct?

A	They are used to capture and animate user requirements
B	They are used to support multi-user testing
C	They are the most frequently purchased types of CAST tool
D	They capture aspects of user behavior

Question 38

Which of the following is not a static testing technique?

A	Walkthrough
B	Error guessing
C	Inspections
D	Data flow analysis

Question 39

The inputs for developing a test plan are taken from

A	Business plan
B	None of the above
C	Support plan
D	Project plan

Question 40

Which of these activities provides the biggest potential cost saving from the use of CAST?

A	Test management
B	Test planning
C	Test execution
D	Test design

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