ISTQB Foundation Question and Answer No.15

ISTQB Foundation Question and Answer No.15

Question

1. Which technique can be used to achieve input and output coverage? It can be applied to human input, input via interfaces to a system, or interface parameters in integration testing.

A. Error Guessing

B. Boundary Value Analysis

C. Decision Table testing

D. Equivalence partitioning

2. There is one application, which runs on a single terminal. There is another application that works on multiple terminals. What are the test techniques you will use on the second application that you would not do on the first application?

A. Integrity, Response time

B. Concurrency test, Scalability

C. Update & Rollback, Response time

D. Concurrency test, Integrity

3. You are the test manager and you are about the start the system testing. The developer team says that due to change in requirements they will be able to deliver the system to you for testing 5 working days after the due date. You can not change the resources(work hours, test tools, etc.) What steps you will take to be able to finish the testing in time.

A. Tell to the development team to deliver the system in time so that testing activity will be finish in time.

B. Extend the testing plan, so that you can accommodate the slip going to occur

C. Rank the functionality as per risk and concentrate more on critical functionality testing

D. Add more resources so that the slippage should be avoided

4. Item transmittal report is also known as

A. Incident report

B. Release note

C. Review report

D. Audit report

5. Testing of software used to convert data from existing systems for use in replacement systems

A. Data driven testing

B. Migration testing

C. Configuration testing

D. Back to back testing

6. Big bang approach is related to

A. Regression testing

B. Inter system testing

C. Re-testing

D. Integration testing

7. Cause effect graphing is related to the standard

A. BS7799

B. BS 7925/2

C. ISO/IEC 926/1

D. ISO/IEC 2382/1

8. “The tracing of requirements for a test level through the layers of a test documentation” done by

A. Horizontal tracebility

B. Depth tracebility

C. Vertical tracebility

D. Horizontal & Vertical tracebilities

9. A test harness is 

A. A high level document describing the principles, approach and major objectives of the organization regarding testing

B. A distance set of test activities collected into a manageable phase of a project

C. A test environment comprised of stubs and drives needed to conduct a test

D. A set of several test cases for a component or system under test

10. You are a tester for testing a large system. The system data model is very large with many attributes and there are a lot of interdependencies within the fields. What steps would you use to test the system and also what are the efforts of the test you have taken on the test plan

A. Improve supervision, More reviews of artifacts or program means stage containment of the defects.

B. Extend the test plan so that you can test all the interdependencies

C. Divide the large system into small modules and test the functionality

D. Test the interdependencies first, after that check the system as a whole

11. Change request should be submitted through development or program management. A change request must be written and should include the following criteria.

I. Definition of the change

II. Documentation to be updated

III. Name of the tester or developer

IV. Dependencies of the change request.

A. I, III and IV

B. I, II and III

C. II, III and IV

D. I, II and IV

12. ‘Entry criteria’ should address questions such as

I. Are the necessary documentation, design, and requirements information available that will allow testers to operate the system and judge correct behavior.

II. Is the test environment-lab, hardware, software, and system administration support ready?

III. Those conditions and situations that must prevail in the testing process to allow testing to continue effectively and efficiently.

IV. Are the supporting utilities, accessories, and prerequisites available in forms that testers can use

A. I, II and IV

B. I, II and III

C. I, II, III and IV

D. II, III and IV.

13. “This life cycle model is basically driven by schedule and budget risks” This statement is best suited for

A. Waterfall model

B. Spiral model

C. Incremental model

D. V-Model

14. The bug tracking system will need to capture these phases for each bug.

I. Phase injected

II. Phase detected

III. Phase fixed

IV. Phase removed

A. I, II and III

B. I, II and IV

C. II, III and IV

D. I, III and IV

15. One of the more daunting challenges of managing a test project is that so many dependencies converge at test execution. One missing configuration file or hardware device can render all your test results meaningless. You can end up with an entire platoon of testers sitting around for days. Who is responsible for this incident?

A. Test managers fault only

B. Test lead faults only

C. Test manager and project manager faults

D. Testers faults only

16. System test can begin when?

I. The test team competes for a three-day smoke test and reports on the results to the system test phase entry meeting

II. The development team provides software to the test team 3 business days prior to starting of the system testing

III. All components are under formal, automated configuration and release management control

A. I and II only

B. II and III only

C. I and III only

D. I, II and III

17. Test charters are used in ________ testing

A. Exploratory testing

B. Usability testing

C. Component testing

D. Maintainability testing

Answer

1 (D) 2 (C) 3 (C) 4 (B) 5 (B) 6 (D) 7 (B) 8 (A) 9 (C) 10 (A)

11 (D) 12 (A) 13 (D) 14 (B) 15 (A) 16 (D) 17 (A)