ISTQB CTAL-TTA Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 16

When planning and specifying security tests which of the following is NOT likely to be a useful part of the approach?

The stakeholders in a new system want its mean time between failure to be three months or longer, with a mean time to repair the system of ten minutes or less when it does fail. When planning and specifying reliability tests to be performed before release, which ONE of the following is a factor that must be considered?

A project to develop a new system has performance efficiency listed as a critical requirement. Which of the following describes how and when the Technical Test Analyst should FIRST be involved in performance test activities for the new system?

A new application for planning journeys on public transport is being developed that will work on mobile devices. Why would you MOST likely include Portability testing in the test plan?

A new application for planning journeys on public transport is being developed that will work on mobile devices. Why would you MOST likely include Compatibility testing in the test plan?

You are a Technical Test Analyst preparing load test scripts. You have been invited to a technical review of the system's operational profile document produced by the business. The meeting is next week, during your preparation you notice that volumetric data covering projected transaction volumes will be held in a separate document that will not be available before the meeting. What would be the BEST course of action?

The last release of a hotel booking website resulted in poor system performance when hotel searches reached peak volumes. To address these problems in the forthcoming release, changes to the system architecture are to be implemented as follows:

Change 1 - Provision of a single Internet service using multiple servers, rather than a single server, to maximize throughput and minimize response time during peak volumes

Change 2 - Prevention of unnecessary database calls for objects that were not immediately needed by the calling applications. Achieved by not automatically creating database connections at the start of processing, instead only just before the data is required.

The system architecture document has been drafted and as Technical Test Analyst you have been invited to participate in its review. Which of the following review checklist items is MOST likely to identify any defects in the proposed system architecture for Change 1?

The last release of a hotel booking website resulted in poor system performance when hotel searches reached peak volumes. To address these problems in the forthcoming release, changes to the system architecture are to be implemented as follows:

Change 1 - Provision of a single Internet service using multiple servers, rather than a single server, to maximize throughput and minimize response time during peak volumes

Change 2 - Prevention of unnecessary database calls for objects that were not immediately needed by the calling applications. Achieved by not automatically creating database connections at the start of processing, instead only just before the data is required.

The system architecture document has been drafted and as Technical Test Analyst you have been invited to participate in its review. Which of the following review checklist items is MOST likely to identify any defects in the proposed system architecture for Change 2?

A review of the following pseudo code is to be performed using a checklist:

Module Vowel Counter

Message: array of Characters

M, N: Integer

ACount, ECount, ICount, OCount, UCount: Integer

BEGIN

I=1

Read Nextchar

While Nextchar <> 'S'

DO

Message (I) = Nextchar

I = I+1

Read Nextchar

ENDWHILE

FOR M = 1 To I

DO

Print (Message(M))

IF Message (M) = 'E'

THEN

ECount = ECount + 1

ELSE

IF Message (M) = 'A'

THEN

ACount = ACount + 1

ELSE

IF Message (M) = 'I'

THEN

ICount = ICount + 1

ELSE

IF Message (M) = 'O'

THEN

OCount = OCount + 1

ELSE

IF Message (M) = 'U'

THEN

UCount = UCount + 1

ENDIF

ENDIF

ENDIF

ENDIF

ENDIF

ENDFOR

Print ('Message contains ' ACount + ECount + ICount + OCount + UCount ' vowels')

END

Which of the following checklist items would find code errors in this scenario?

A) Are all variables properly declared?

B) Are all loops, branches, and logic constructs complete, correct, and properly nested?

C) Are all cases covered in an IF-ELSEIF, including ELSE or DEFAULT clauses?

D) Are loop termination conditions obvious and invariably achievable?

E) Are there any redundant or unused variables?