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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

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

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

Question 2

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

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

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT true of incidents?

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

Question 4

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

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

Question 5

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

A	2
B	3
C	4
D	5

Question 6

How much testing is enough?

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

Question 7

In a review meeting a moderator is a person who

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

Question 8

Defect Management process does not include

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

Question 9

Statement Coverage will not check for the following

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

Question 10

Code Coverage is used as a measure of what?

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

Question 11

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

Question 12

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 13

A Regression test:

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

Question 14

Incorrect form of Logic coverage is:

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

Question 15

Inspections can find all the following except:

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

Question 16

Equivalence partitioning is:

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

Question 17

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

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

Question 18

Which of the following is not a static testing technique?

A	Walkthrough
B	Error guessing
C	Data flow analysis
D	Inspections

Question 19

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

A	Functionality
B	Maintainability
C	Supportability
D	Usability

Question 20

What is Exploratory testing ?

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

Question 21

The oracle assumption:

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

Question 22

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

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

Question 23

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

A	Proxy
B	None of the above
C	Driver
D	Stub

Question 24

Pick the best definition of quality

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

Question 25

Test cases are designed during:

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

Question 26

A common test technique during component test is

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

Question 27

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

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

Question 28

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

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

Question 29

Acceptance test cases are based on what?

A	Design
B	Requirements
C	Decision table
D	Code

Question 30

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 31

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

A	Driver
B	Stub
C	None of the above
D	Proxy

Question 32

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

Question 33

If an expected result is not specified then:

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

Question 34

Independent Verification & Validation is

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

Question 35

Which of the following is not a characteristic for Testability?

A	Observability
B	Robustness
C	Operability
D	Simplicity

Question 36

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 37

Fault Masking is

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

Question 38

Tests are prioritized so that:

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

Question 39

Boundary value testing:

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

Question 40

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

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

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