ISTQB CTAL-TM Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 9

You are a newly appointed Test Manager in an organisation that has no separate test team, no formal testing process and testing is considered to be, at best, ad-hoc in approach. The IT director is keen to introduce improvement across all areas of the organisation, not just testing. This is so that the current level of maturity can be assessed and roadmaps outlined for improving processes in a staged way. He has asked you to recommend a test process improvement model and you have suggested TMMi.

Which ONE of the following is a valid reason for your recommendation? SELECT ONE OPTION

You have recently implemented a new defect management process which now includes a defect triage committee whose job is to review all new defects. The process is shown in the following diagram:

b. The total number of defects rejected as not a problem following investigation by the product author

c. The number of defects returned to the defect author, expressed as a percentage of all defects raised

d. The total number of defects that failed re-test more than once

e. The total number of defects closed by the defect triage committee

SELECT ONE OPTION

You are Test Manager of a project delivering a workflow system for complex business processes It has been decided a tool is required to increase the efficiency of test execution. What would be a valid issue to consider when deciding whether to build a custom made tool?

SELECT ONE OPTION

Which two of the following are considered to be advantages when specifying detailed test conditions?

a) They may influence development activities.

b) They form the basis for vertical traceability

c) They are suited to agile methodology

d) They can aid defect prevention

e) They are quick and easy to deliver

SELECT ONE OPTION

A test team is working long hours to achieve a deadline for release of a new product which has had problems throughout development and is well behind schedule. Which of the following is most likely to have a MOTIVATING effect on the testers in the team?

SELECT ONE OPTION

In a standard defect lifecycle. which of the following states would MOST LIKELY require input or action from a member of the Test team? SELECT ONE OPTION

As the Test Manager working for a company developing safety related software for defence equipment, you have been asked to consider how you can track test progress and report on the following:

1) Test cases adequately cover all requirements

2) Issues relating to safety critical vulnerabilities are being addressed in priority order

3) How much of the developed system has been exercised through testing What tools would help to achieve this?

SELECT ONE OPTION

You are Test Manager on a major project that is of strategic importance to your company. Your team has access to a suite of testing tools that provide support across the development life cycle and this suite of tools has been in place for the last two projects. You are concerned that the suite does not have an integrated defect management tool and have negotiated a small budget to find and implement such a tool. Your first choice is an open source tool that has been available for just over a year and appears to be popular with its users, who have found it easy to learn. The main disadvantage of the tool would be that current manual defect management processes would need to be modified to embrace use of the tool.

Which of the following would be the MAIN risk to consider in deciding whether or not to acquire the defect management tool? SELECT ONE OPTION

You have initiated a test process improvement project for your organisation using the STEP model. You have agreed the objectives, goals, scope and coverage of the process improvements with the stakeholders and defined the success criteria that will be applied to the project. Success criteria make risk reduction the most important target benefit for the process improvements, but overall return on investment is also an important consideration. You have just received the initial test

assessment report.

Which ONE of the following would be the next step? SELECT ONE OPTION