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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

Incorrect form of Logic coverage is:

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

Question 2

The inputs for developing a test plan are taken from

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

Question 3

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

A	Usability
B	Supportability
C	Functionality
D	Maintainability

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT true of incidents?

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

Question 5

The oracle assumption:

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

Question 6

What is Exploratory testing ?

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

Question 7

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 is also know as isolation or module testing
D	Component testing does not involve regression testing

Question 8

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

Question 9

Which of the following is not a static testing technique?

A	Walkthrough
B	Data flow analysis
C	Error guessing
D	Inspections

Question 10

Boundary value testing:

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

Question 11

Pick the best definition of quality

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

Question 12

Inspections can find all the following except:

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

Question 13

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

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

Question 14

How much testing is enough?

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

Question 15

A Regression test:

A	Will always be automated
B	Will help ensure changed areas of the software have not been affected
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 16

Test cases are designed during:

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

Question 17

If an expected result is not specified then:

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

Question 18

Tests are prioritized so that:

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

Question 19

Defect Management process does not include

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

Question 20

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

Question 21

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

A	None of the above
B	Stub
C	Driver
D	Proxy

Question 22

A common test technique during component test is

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

Question 23

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

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

Question 24

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

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

Question 25

In a review meeting a moderator is a person who

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

Question 26

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 27

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

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

Question 28

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

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

Question 29

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

A	Stub
B	Driver
C	None of the above
D	Proxy

Question 30

Equivalence partitioning is:

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

Question 31

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

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

Question 32

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

A	3
B	2
C	4
D	5

Question 33

Independent Verification & Validation is

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

Question 34

Code Coverage is used as a measure of what?

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

Question 35

Fault Masking is

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

Question 36

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

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

Question 37

Statement Coverage will not check for the following

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

Question 38

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

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

Question 39

Acceptance test cases are based on what?

A	Requirements
B	Design
C	Decision table
D	Code

Question 40

Which of the following is not a characteristic for Testability?

A	Operability
B	Robustness
C	Observability
D	Simplicity

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