ISTQB CTAL-TM Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 11

As a Test Manager, which one of the following do you think is the MOST important reason for ensuring effective processes are in place for test monitoring and reporting?

SELECT ONE OPTION

You are documenting a test methodology for your organisation and have specified that the following activities must be adopted for all future projects: 1. The design, implementation and execution of tests to mitigate the quality risks

2 Extensive use of checklists to test web page navigation

3 Exploratory test sessions to be integrated into the test schedule Consider the following test strategies:

a. Analytical test strategy

b Methodical test strategy

c. Process or standard compliant test strategy

d Reactive test strategy

e. Regression-averse test strategy

Which three of these strategies is MOST appropriate for this organisation?

You are Test Manager for a project which is in the Test Implementation stage for the first planned iteration, creation of the initial Test Cases and required test data is progressing well.

The Test Strategy documents the Stakeholders view that small teams should collaborate together to create and test functionality which is to be released in iterations, with each release building on the success of the last.

Stakeholders are willing to accept the risks of a partly working system in the early stages. Delivery of working functionality (particularly around interfaces to third party systems and performance of back end databases) is the priority for the early releases.

Which of the following test types would you select for this first planned iteration, in order to meet Stakeholders expectations?

a) Usability testing

b) Structural testing

c) Functional testing of process flows

d) Performance testing

e) Business process testing

f) Component integration testing

You are Test Manager for a project which is in the Test Implementation stage for the first planned iteration, creation of the initial Test Cases and required test data is progressing well.

The Test Strategy documents the Stakeholders view that small teams should collaborate together to create and test functionality which is to be released in iterations, with each release building on the success of the last.

Stakeholders are willing to accept the risks of a partly working system in the early stages. Delivery of working functionality (particularly around interfaces to third party systems and performance of back end databases) is the priority for the early releases.

Which of the following test types would you select for this first planned iteration, in order to meet Stakeholders expectations?

a) Usability testing

b) Structural testing

c) Functional testing of process flows

d) Performance testing

e) Business process testing

f) Component integration testing

Risks have been identified for a project and they have been analysed using a quantitative method, with the following results for probability and impact.

Which risk should the System Testing focus on mitigating first?

SELECT ONE OPTION

How does a risk based testing approach address risks in a software product? SELECT ONE OPTION

An old stock control system is being decommissioned and replaced with a new system that has been running successfully in the live environment for the last few months. The stakeholders would like to -

* retain historical information held in the database to comply with their data retention policy (which requires order information to be retained for 7 years)

* query the historical information by running pre-written SQL queries.

* all commands must be invoked by keyboard as one of the end users is unable to use a mouse

The pre-written SQL queries will be designed, developed and tested by the developers who are decommissioning the system and writing the data migration routine.

As the system to be decommissioned is integrated to other systems that will remain operational, the stakeholders have requested that testing incorporates all systems that are part of the stock control suite.

The stakeholders and project manager have identified the following risks, in priority order -

* 1st - Data has not been successfully migrated to an archived data store, resulting in the inability to query past stock levels and re-order details.

* 2nd - Historical data for the last 7 years is unavailable, resulting in the failure to meet the data retention policy.

* 3rd - Failure of existing systems within the stock control suite, adversely affecting the operational running of the business

The risks are to form the basis of the test objectives. Which three of the following test activities, work products and/or resources achieves the test objectives?

a. Use of the live database to test the data migration does not corrupt or lose data

b. A test plan detailing the test approach for ST. SIT & OT test levels

c. Accessibility testing of the pre-defined SQL queries

d. Security and Penetration testing of the archived database

e Performance testing of the data migration exercise to ensure it completes in the time specified by the stakeholders

f. Functional testing of the pre-defined SQL queries

g. Regression testing of the end to end process for maintaining specified stock levels.

Which three of the following would be considered a good mix of technical and interpersonal skills (hard and soft), for a test team leader?

a. Ability to compliment a developer.

b. Presenting information regarding a test project progress to stakeholders

c. Using a configuration management tool.

d. Ability to read a development coding language

e. Assessing a failure and documenting it correctly.

SCENARIO 1

DreamPartner dating agency are redesigning their dating application following a major security breach in which sensitive customer data was made publically available. The redesign includes stronger security encryption and performance tuning.

The product risk register for the redesign project, which was produced after all requirements had been agreed, includes the following:

The organisational Test Strategy contains the following objectives:

1. A Risk-based lest approach must be adopted for all projects

2. Functional regression testing should start as soon as functional testing is complete

3. Automated tests may be run before or in parallel with manual tests

The project Test Plan has allocated 6 weeks to complete all test execution, with functional testing taking 3 weeks to execute, performance and security testing 2 weeks each and regression testing 1 week.

Which of the following options places the test suites (TS1 to TS5) in the correct order for test execution?

SELECT ONE OPTION

Which of the following statements correctly describes a 'depth-first approach' to managing risk based testing? SELECT ONE OPTION