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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

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 Objectivity
C	Lack of training
D	Lack of technical documentation

Question 2

Test cases are designed during:

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

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT true of incidents?

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

Question 4

A Regression test:

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

Question 5

Inspections can find all the following except:

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

Question 6

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 7

Incorrect form of Logic coverage is:

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

Question 8

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

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

Question 9

Fault Masking is

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

Question 10

If an expected result is not specified then:

A	We cannot automate the user inputs
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 run the test

Question 11

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

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

Question 12

In a review meeting a moderator is a person who

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

Question 13

Statement Coverage will not check for the following

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

Question 14

The oracle assumption:

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

Question 15

Acceptance test cases are based on what?

A	Design
B	Code
C	Requirements
D	Decision table

Question 16

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

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

Question 17

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

A	3
B	5
C	2
D	4

Question 18

Independent Verification & Validation is

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

Question 19

Which of the following is not a characteristic for Testability?

A	Simplicity
B	Observability
C	Robustness
D	Operability

Question 20

Tests are prioritized so that:

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

Question 21

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

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

Question 22

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	None of the above
C	Proxy
D	Driver

Question 23

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

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

Question 24

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

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

Question 25

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

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

Question 26

Boundary value testing:

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

Question 27

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 question is easy to answer
D	This answer depends on the maturity of your developers

Question 28

Equivalence partitioning is:

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

Question 29

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

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

Question 30

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

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

Question 31

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

Question 32

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

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

Question 33

Which of the following is not a static testing technique?

A	Inspections
B	Error guessing
C	Data flow analysis
D	Walkthrough

Question 34

A common test technique during component test is

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

Question 35

What is Exploratory testing ?

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

Question 36

Defect Management process does not include

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

Question 37

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

A	Functionality
B	Maintainability
C	Usability
D	Supportability

Question 38

Code Coverage is used as a measure of what?

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

Question 39

The inputs for developing a test plan are taken from

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

Question 40

Pick the best definition of quality

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

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