ISTQB Foundation Level Certification Software Testing - 6

161) What information need not be included in a test incident report:

a) how to fix the fault

b) how to reproduce the fault

c) test environment details

d) severity, priority

e) the actual and expected outcomes

162) Which expression best matches the following characteristics or review processes:

1. led by author

2. undocumented

3. no management participation

4. led by a trained moderator or leader

5. uses entry exit criteria

s) inspection

t) peer review

u) informal review

v) walkthrough

a) s = 4, t = 3, u = 2 and 5, v = 1

b) s = 4 and 5, t = 3, u = 2, v = 1

c) s = 1 and 5, t = 3, u = 2, v = 4

d) s = 5, t = 4, u = 3, v = 1 and 2

e) s = 4 and 5, t = 1, u = 2, v = 3

163) Which of the following is NOT part of system testing:

a) business process-based testing

b) performance, load and stress testing

c) requirements-based testing

d) usability testing

e) top-down integration testing

164) What statement about expected outcomes is FALSE:

a) expected outcomes are defined by the software’s behaviour

b) expected outcomes are derived from a specification, not from the code

c) expected outcomes include outputs to a screen and changes to files and databases

d) expected outcomes should be predicted before a test is run

e) expected outcomes may include timing constraints such as response times

165) The standard that gives definitions of testing terms is:

a) ISO/IEC 12207

b) BS7925-1

c) BS7925-2

d) ANSI/IEEE 829

e) ANSI/IEEE 729

166) The cost of fixing a fault:

a) Is not important

b) Increases as we move the product towards live use

c) Decreases as we move the product towards live use

d) Is more expensive if found in requirements than functional design

e) Can never be determined

167) Which of the following is NOT included in the Test Plan document of the Test Documentation

Standard:

a) Test items (i.e. software versions)

b) What is not to be tested

c) Test environments

d) Quality plans

e) Schedules and deadlines

168) Could reviews or inspections be considered part of testing:

a) No, because they apply to development documentation

b) No, because they are normally applied before testing

c) No, because they do not apply to the test documentation

d) Yes, because both help detect faults and improve quality

e) Yes, because testing includes all non-constructive activities

169) Which of the following is not part of performance testing:

a) Measuring response time

b) Measuring transaction rates

c) Recovery testing

d) Simulating many users

e) Generating many transactions

170) Error guessing is best used

a) As the first approach to deriving test cases

b) After more formal techniques have been applied

c) By inexperienced testers

d) After the system has gone live

e) Only by end users

171. COTS is known as

A. Commercial off the shelf software

B. Compliance of the software

C. Change control of the software

D. Capable off the shelf software

172. From the below given choices, which one is the ‘Confidence testing’

A. Sanity testing

B. System testing

C. Smoke testing

D. Regression testing

173. ‘Defect Density’ calculated in terms of

A. The number of defects identified in a component or system divided by the size of the component or the system

B. The number of defects found by a test phase divided by the number found by that test phase and any

other means after wards

C. The number of defects identified in the component or system divided by the number of defects found

by a test phase

D. The number of defects found by a test phase divided by the number found by the size of the system

174. ‘Be bugging’ is known as

A. Preventing the defects by inspection

B. Fixing the defects by debugging

C. Adding known defects by seeding

D. A process of fixing the defects by tester

175. An expert based test estimation is also known as

A. Narrow band Delphi

B. Wide band Delphi

C. Bespoke Delphi

D. Robust Delphi

176. When testing a grade calculation system, a tester determines that all scores from 90 to 100 will yield a

grade of A, but scores below 90 will not. This analysis is known as:

A. Equivalence partitioning

B. Boundary value analysis

C. Decision table

D. Hybrid analysis

177. All of the following might be done during unit testing except

A. Desk check

B. Manual support testing

C. Walkthrough

D. Compiler based testing

178. Find the Min number of tests to ensure that each statement is executed at least once

A. 5

B. 6

C. 4

D. 8

179. Which of the following characteristics is primarily associated with software reusability?

A. The extent to which the software can be used in other applications

B. The extent to which the software can be used by many different users

C. The capability of the software to be moved to a different platform

D. The capability of one system to be coupled with another system

180. Which of the following software change management activities is most vital to assessing the impact

of proposed software modifications?

A. Baseline identification

B. Configuration auditing

C. Change control

D. Version control

181. Which of the following statements is true about a software verification and validation program?

I. It strives to ensure that quality is built into software.

II. It provides management with insights into the state of a software project.

III. It ensures that alpha, beta, and system tests are performed.

IV. It is executed in parallel with software development activities.

A. I, II&III

B.II, III&IV

C.I, II&IV

D.I, III&IV

182. Which of the following is a requirement of an effective software environment?

I. Ease of use

II. Capacity for incremental implementation

III. Capability of evolving with the needs of a project

IV. Inclusion of advanced tools

A.I, II &III

B.I, II &IV

C.II, III&IV

D.I, III&IV

183. A test manager wants to use the resources available for the automated testing of a web application.

The best choice is

A. Test automater, web specialist, DBA, test lead

B. Tester, test automater, web specialist, DBA

C. Tester, test lead, test automater, DBA

D. Tester, web specialist, test lead, test automater

184. A project manager has been transferred to a major software development project that is in the

implementation phase. The highest priority for this project manager should be to

A. Establish a relationship with the customer

B. Learn the project objectives and the existing project plan

C. Modify the project’ s organizational structure to meet the manager’ s management style

D. Ensure that the project proceeds at its current pace

185. Change X requires a higher level of authority than Change Y in which of the following pairs?

Change X Change Y

A. Code in development Code in production

B. Specifications during requirements analysis Specifications during systems test

C. Documents requested by the technical development group Documents requested by customers

D. A product distributed to several sites A product with a single user

186. Which of the following functions is typically supported by a software quality information system?

I. Record keeping

II. System design

III. Evaluation scheduling

IV. Error reporting

A.I, II&III

B.II, III &IV

C.I, III &IV

D.I, II & IV

187. During the testing of a module tester ‘X’ finds a bug and assigned it to developer. But developer

rejects the same, saying that it’s not a bug. What ‘X’ should do?

A. Report the issue to the test manager and try to settle with the developer.

B. Retest the module and confirm the bug

C. Assign the same bug to another developer

D. Send to the detailed information of the bug encountered and check the reproducibility

188. The primary goal of comparing a user manual with the actual behavior of the running program during

system testing is to

A. Find bugs in the program

B. Check the technical accuracy of the document

C. Ensure the ease of use of the document

D. Ensure that the program is the latest version

189. A type of integration testing in which software elements, hardware elements, or both are combined

all at once into a component or an overall system, rather than in stages.

A. System Testing

B. Big-Bang Testing

C. Integration Testing

D. Unit Testing

190. In practice, which Life Cycle model may have more, fewer or different levels of development and

testing, depending on the project and the software product. For example, there may be component

integration testing after component testing, and system integration testing after system testing.

A. Water Fall Model

B.V-Model

C. Spiral Model

D. RAD Model