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ISTQB CTAL-TM Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Management (CTAL-TM) v3.0 Exam Practice Test

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Question 1

Mary is an external IT auditor. She is conducting a review of the system-level testing done by Greg's functional testing team.

Which of the following items from Mary's assessment summary should concern Greg the most? [2]

Options:

A.

All the Business requirements could be traced to Test Objectives. However there was no tracing from the Business Requirements to the project's test

schedule.

B.

Some of the Test Objectives could only be mapped back to a single Business Requirement.

C.

A few of the Test Objectives did not have any Test Conditions assigned to them.

D.

There were Test Conditions which didn't tie back to any Business Requirement.

Question 2

Which of the following software characteristics are possibly revealed through the application of a open source static analysis tool? [1]

Options:

A.

Coding standard violations

B.

Memory leaks

C.

Concurrency thresholds

D.

Timing dependencies

Question 3

Which two of the following activities would normally occur in the Acquisition stage of a tool's lifecycle?

a) Assign a tool administrator to decide on best use of the tool

b) Establish a backup and restore strategy for the tool

c) Review other tools provided by the same vendor

d) Determine how the tool may be impacted by a change to the operating environment

e) Develop and implement a training plan for new users of the tool

SELECT ONE OPTION

Options:

A.

c and e.

B.

a and b.

C.

a and e.

D.

b and d.

Question 4

Your company specialises in the manufacture of luxury garden furniture to the UK market and it is starting a project that will deliver a major update to its payment processing component, addressing improvements to functional suitability and performance efficiency.

A decision has been made to transfer responsibility for functional system test procedure creation and execution to a software house, located offshore. System test analysis and design will be performed onshore, at the company's UK headquarters. As the senior test manager for your company, you want to employ another experienced test manager to oversee the daily operations of the software house to ensure that their work meets required quality standards and adheres to the agreed organisational test strategy and project test plan.

Which option presents the skills that are of MOST relevance for the new test manager role?

Options:

A.

Professional competence - knowledge of test implementation and execution. Methodological competence - application of black- and white-box test techniques.

B.

Professional competence - project management skills. Social competence - communication, conflict resolution and assertiveness.

C.

Professional competence - knowledge of performance test design and execution. Social competence - awareness of cultural differences and challenges.

D.

Professional competence - ability to develop a test strategy. Social competence - ability to develop the skills of the third-party testers.

Question 5

Your test process is fully integrated into the software development lifecycle. You are at which TMMi level? [1]

Options:

A.

Initial

B.

Managed

C.

Defined

D.

Optimized

Question 6

Your company just won a contract to create a new sales application and has committed to a very aggressive delivery timeline. Due to the quick turnaround your primary stakeholder wants to be

heavily involved in the design and is very anxious to see the outcome. Because of this, your company has decided to use a spiral development approach. You have a defined test policy and

typically use an analytical approach to testing, however, this approach will not work with the development approach.

What test strategy should be utilized? [3]

Options:

A.

Model-based

B.

Methodical

C.

Standard-compliant

D.

Reactive

Question 7

Assume that you are working for a company that has maintained and tested a car parking permit system for many years. The system holds the name and address of permit holders and automatically writes to the permit holder with a form to renew or cancel their permit each year.

The test plan states the following:

"since the system is considered a stable system. Boundary Value Analysis is the only test case design technique that needs to be applied during testing"

Consider the following change that was detailed in the Requirements Specification for a replacement to an existing parameter held within the system;

• The specified renewal date for each permit must be not be after 31 st January 2020. Which one of the following is a valid test condition that satisfies both the requirement and the test plan?

SELECT ONE OPTION

Options:

A.

Input the dates either side of and including 31/01/2020, and select tests from the regression pack relating to the renewal date and printing only.

B.

Input the date 31/01 /20 in the wrong field to see what happens, and run the whole of the regression test pack.

C.

Input the date 01/02/2020 and confirm this is not accepted. and select tests from the regression test back relating to the renewal date only

D.

Input a date in an invalid format e.g. 31 FEB 2020, and select tests from the regression pack relating to renewal date, policy holder's name, address and printing.

E.

Input the date 01/02/2020 and confirm this is not accepted. and select tests from the regression testback relating to the renewal date only

Question 8

A car rental company offers discounts to its customers based on a number of factors, including booking history, length of membership and type of car being booked. An update to the rental application is under test, with test cases written that specifically address a documented product risk covering discount calculation. Although the risk impact was analysed as high, the likelihood was given as low, as there had been no known changes to the calculation rules. However, during test execution some discount calculations were incorrect and investigation showed that code changes had been made that impacted the discount algorithms. As a result, the likelihood was increased to high by the risk management team.

Which would be the BEST measure to take to respond to the current situation?

Options:

A.

Monitor the risk and adjust the risk register to reflect the changed risk level and any new risksdiscovered

B.

Update the test case coverage of the discount calculation risk to reflect the increased risk level

C.

Review the composition of the risk management team to ensure a better diversity of stakeholders

D.

Adopt a risk-based testing strategy to help mitigate failures in the rental application

Question 9

Which one of the following statements correctly describes how product quality risks should be mitigated and managed? SELECT ONE OPTION

Options:

A.

The number of people dedicated to analysis, design and execution should be proportional to the level of risk identified.

B.

The number of test levels should address the different priorities of identified product quality risks.

C.

The amount of time dedicated to analysis, design and execution of tests should be based on the assessed level of risk.

D.

The size of the test team should be proportional to the number of high priority product quality risks identified.

Question 10

You are the Test Manager on a project to replace an old sales and merchandising system with one that will be based on modern platforms.

The main requirements for the system are:

    Loading sales data, sent electronically from the stores each evening, into a central database.

    Producing sales reports for the merchandisers.

    Producing forecast reports, used to predict demand.Loading sales data and producing reports with the current system has frequently taken longer than the overnight processing window allows. The Data Centre Manager requires that all batch processing takes at least 10% less time than currently.The Sales and Merchandising Manager is more concerned about usability because the parameter entry will be complex.Which option contains two key considerations that would need to be added to your test approach?

Options:

A.

Full user experience testing in a model office lab and load testing on user parameter entry

B.

Usability testing during system testing; performance efficiency testing post system test phase

C.

Usability testing during system testing and acceptance testing in pre-prod; performance testing in pre-prod

D.

Usability testing in pre-prod by the team; performance efficiency testing in pre-prod too

Question 11

Which ONE of the following is considered to be the LEAST independent form of testing for anorganisation? SELECT ONE OPTION

Options:

A.

Testing is performed by a tester who is part of an independent test team.

B.

Testing is performed by an organisation external to the company that has developed the code.

C.

Testing is performed by a tester who is part of the development team.

D.

Testing is performed by specialists from the business organisation.

Question 12

You are reviewing the project's traceability matrix after the first cycle of testing. You have discovered that new requirements have been introduced and others have

changed.

What should you do? [2]

Options:

A.

Assign the new requirements to a maintenance release, update the test documentation for the changed requirements.

B.

Ask for more time and budget for testing.

C.

Update the "lessons learned" document to avoid future issues similar to this.

D.

Re-assess the test coverage.

Question 13

You are interviewing a candidate for the position of test analyst. At one stage of the interview, you are looking specifically for skills in the area of professional competence. Which of the following skills would demonstrate this?

Options:

A.

Analytical ability

B.

Ability to delegate

C.

Black box test design

D.

Communication

Question 14

'Safe as Houses' is a company that specialises in home security software, including alarm systems, surveillance cameras and other forms of deterrence.

It is currently developing the software for a device which simulates an active television, producing sound and light images that suggest someone is home watching the television. 'Safe as Houses' recently won a lucrative contract to supply the software to Smart Alarms', who will be manufacturing the hardware devices Sound will be created using actual television and film archives, licensed through a third-party supplier, 'Silver Sound Ltd'. A user interface will be developed in house to allow the customer to choose sound tracks.

The software will be delivered as a programme of work, consisting of three projects. Project 1 will develop the software for the light images. Project 2 will develop the sound system and Project 3 will integrate the two using hardware prototypes supplied from 'Smart Alarms'. The programme will conclude with 'Smart Alarms' performing User Acceptance testing in usability labs.

The 'Safe as Houses' test team has experience in testing alarm and surveillance systems but lacks experience in testing light imagery software. The organisational test policy includes the following objectives:

1 Exploratory testing should be used to augment more formal, structured testing within constraints of time and budget

2. Test automation tools should be purchased and employed to maximise the breadth and efficiency of regression testing

The Programme risk register currently includes the following risks:

RISK1 Working prototypes will be delivered late to the integration test environments

RISK 2 A delay in signing the contract with 'Silver Sound Ltd' will impact the programme schedule

RISK 3 Inexperience in testing light imagery software will cause major defects to be missed RISK 4 The user interface software for the sound systems will be delivered late into testing

Refer to SCENARIO 2 - The IT Director for 'Safe as Houses' is recruiting a Programme Test Manager and has been provided with a skills matrix for four prospective candidates. The matrix shows the skill level (5 being highest. 1 lowest) for each candidate:

Consider which of these skills are key for a Programme Test manager in this scenario. Based on these, which candidate would be the most suitable?

SELECT ONE OPTION

Options:

A.

Sarah.

B.

Bill

C.

Mary.

D.

John

Question 15

You are Test Manager working on a project which is improving the user interface for its call centre staff handling customer enquiries. The project has completed UAT for the first iteration; however a large number of defects were raised by call centre staff seconded to help with the User Acceptance testing.

The defects described the user interface as not being intuitive enough with a poor 'help' facility. A user representative spent a week working with developers and system testers to explain the issues, which were subsequently agreed to have resulted from poorly specified usability requirements.

The requirements were defined separately for each iteration and have been formally reviewed by business analysts, developers and the IT director.

The user representative was also able to answer a number of other questions that the system test team had regarding call centre workflows, which improved their domain knowledge.

You have been asked to conduct a project retrospective and recommend improvements for the next iteration which introduces further user interface changes. Which of the following would be the MOST effective improvement for the next iteration?

Options:

A.

System test analysts to attend external training on usability testing techniques.

B.

System test cases to incorporate usability testing and be reviewed by a call centre user representative.

C.

Call centre representatives to participate in reviews of the user interface requirements.

D.

A call centre user representative to be seconded to the system test team to help improve test design.

Question 16

Which one of the following metrics would be MOST suitable for helping to determine whether test analysis and design is complete? SELECT ONE OPTION

Options:

A.

Percentage of requirements linked to passed test cases.

B.

Number of testability defects found in the requirements.

C.

Number of test cases automated versus planned.

D.

Number of product risks covered by test conditions.

Question 17

Which of the followingis a factor that is likely to increase the test estimate? [1]

Options:

A.

Use of a new technology

B.

A requirement for high level test documentation

C.

Assigned personnel who are experienced on working with similar projects in similar environments

D.

Static test data

Question 18

You have done a comprehensive risk analysis. You have involved the appropriate people in assessing the risks and determining the likelihood and impact of those risks. You have been testing for three months and have been able to mitigate 75% of the high risk items. You have two weeks left in testing and you now do not expect to be able to complete all the items on the high-risk

mitigation list, never mind any from the medium or low-risk lists.

What is the most effective action you should take? [3]

Options:

A.

Use a random selection algorithm to pick tests from the high, medium, and low risk mitigation lists - thereby ensuring that each risk list has some mitigation.

B.

Present your risk mitigation progress and project status to the project's stakeholders, and request additional time or assistance in re-prioritizing the remaining high-risk items.

C.

Concentrate testing in areas that have already found numerous problems.

D.

Retest the highest risk areas to ensure no regressions have occurred.

Question 19

You are a new Test Manager on a maintenance release for an existing mature product that is expected to be retired in the not too distant

future. The previous release had utilized a performance regression test suite written in an in-house custom tool using the same

programming language as the product itself. This suite will most likely require tweaking to ensure it works with the new version of the

product. While there are several members in the performance testing team, the original author of the performance testing tool has moved on

to another company, and none of the remaining staff have a great deal of familiarity with the performance test scripts used to test this

product.

How would you recommend this scenario be addressed? [3]

Options:

A.

Retire the in-house tool and switch to a vendor supported tool for performance testing.

B.

Reduce the scope of the product testing to exclude performance testing.

C.

Make the in-house tool available to the open source community.

D.

Leverage the development team to fill any knowledge gaps in the in-house tool.

Question 20

Refer to SCENARIO 2 It has been agreed that the following test planning documents will be produced;

• A single overarching document outlining the general testing methodology for the whole programme of work

• A subordinate test plan for each of the three projects

• A separate test plan for performance testing within each project

Which one of the following options BEST describes the type of test management document that will meet the programme requirements?

Options:

A.

Option 2.

B.

Option 4.

C.

Option 1.

D.

Option 3.

Question 21

Club 65 to 90 is a holiday club for retired people run by a small company, the IT department consists of 1 Designer, 3 Developers and 1 System Tester Their booking system has been "live" for a number of years and the company has a loyal client base. A variety of automation tools are used for development and testing to improve effectiveness and efficiency.

A new project will introduce a loyalty scheme and both a Business Requirement Specification and a System Design Specification have been produced A Rapid Application Development (RAD) lifecycle model will be used where time is crucial. In the past there have been problems with updates to the existing system, which has affected existing functionality. Testers have not used representative and realistic operational profiles and data, which has led to significant production problems. The following test policy statements have been proposed for the project:

a. Testing must be risk based;

b. A Master Test Plan, confirming to IEEE829, must be produced for each test project;

c. Test procedures must be run by a tester who did not write the procedure;

d. Regression testing should be carried out on all releases;

e. The testers are accountable for all defects found in production;

f. Time must be given to designing test environments so that they are representative of the live environment. Which of the following options identifies the three policy statements that would be MOST beneficial for this project?

Options:

A.

a, d and e.

B.

a. b and e.

C.

a. d and f.

D.

b. c and f.

Question 22

Assuming that 'In progress' means that somebody is working on a fix and that 'Resolved' means that the fix passed the confirmation test; which option provides a defect workflow that flows in a sensible way from an initial state to a terminal state?

Options:

A.

New, Under Investigation, Rejected, Re-test, Resolved, Closed

B.

New, Under Investigation, In progress, Re-test, Resolved, Closed, Deferred

C.

In progress, Under Investigation, Deferred, Retest, Resolved, Closed

D.

New, under investigation, Deferred, In progress, Re-test, Resolved, Closed

Question 23

Which four combinations of stages and activities correctly characterise the lifecycle of a tool?

Stages:

    Evolution

    Retirement

    Support and maintenance

    Acquisition

Activities:

a) Data must be preserved and/or archived

b) Vendor decisions can require changes to the tool

c) Decisions are made about where work products will be stored

d) Decisions on backup and restoration of artefacts are required

Options:

A.

1a, 2d, 3b, 4c

B.

1b, 2d, 3d, 4a

C.

1d, 2a, 3c, 4d

D.

1b, 2a, 3d, 4c

Question 24

Which work experience is likely to develop the necessary skills to effectively test a software system? [3]

Options:

A.

Being a member of the production group that supported the previous release of the system

B.

Being the developer of testing tools used for automation

C.

Being the current Project Manager for the system

D.

Being a former Test Manager

Question 25

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

Options:

A.

b, c, d and f.

B.

b, d, e and f.

C.

a. b, d and f.

D.

a, c, d and e.

Question 26

When, at a minimum, should project risks be re-evaluated? [1]

Options:

A.

Prior to test case creation

B.

At major project milestones

C.

During the creation of the test plan

D.

At the beginning of the test execution phase

Question 27

Which of the following organizational structures would be considered unorthodox? [1]

Options:

A.

Developers within the same team unit test each others' code prior to handing over to a separate testing team for system testing

B.

Developers and testers are integrated within the same project team, each role focusing on a different level of testing

C.

After developers are done unit testing, business analysts alpha test the system before handing over to a separate testing team for system testing

D.

DBAs confirm the referential integrity of the database and developers complete their unit testing before handing over to

external organization for system testing

Question 28

Your current project is delivering a warehouse management system for use in distribution centres, you are writing a test plan to address acceptance testing. You need to determine which stakeholders would be interested in receiving regular reports covering the progress of test execution against agreed schedule and budget. Which roles would be MOST interested in these reports?

Options:

A.

Lead developer

B.

Operations manager

C.

Business owner

D.

System users

E.

Project manager

Question 29

Most managers in your company consider the efforts of your test team valuable, while others seecomprehensive testing as an unnecessary cost overhead to the SDLC.

What action could the Test Manager take to quantify the value of testing to the organization? [3]

Options:

A.

Develop metrics that illustrate planned and actual testing hours.

B.

Review the Test Plan with the management team.

C.

Determine the cost of external failures.

D.

Demonstrate the role QA has in similar size organizations.

Question 30

You are the Test Manager for a software house (SoftTech), who provide a core banking product to retail banks around the world to enable their customers to process payments via the Internet and telephone banking.

Your current project is to integrate SoftTech's core banking product with Welsh Bank's existing bank systems. However, Welsh Bank's systems are maintained by experienced developers and are poorly documented.

Welsh Bank has stated that this project must comply with Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulatory banking standards.

A specification for the 10 interfaces to Welsh Bank's existing systems has been produced by SoftTech's development team.

You have been asked to plan and conduct reviews for the system integration and support documentation of all the systems. Which of the following is the BEST approach for this project?

SELECT ONE OPTION

Options:

A.

Conduct Inspections to verify that all documentation conforms to a set standard.

B.

Conduct a management review to assess progress of the integration features.

C.

Conduct an audit to verify that all test deliverables have been produced and signed off.

D.

Conduct an informal review of the integration documentation before the systems are integrated.

Question 31

Which statement about defining process improvement actions using defect report information is TRUE?

Options:

A.

Information about defect location can be used to assess the effectiveness of test processes at finding defects

B.

Information about the phase of introduction of defects can identify the lifecycle stages in which most defects are created

C.

Information about defect root causes can be used to enable refactoring of troublesome components

D.

Information about duplicate and rejected defect reports can be used to assess the quality of debugging and fixing the defects

Question 32

You have directed one of your testers to construct a "smoke test" to execute against new builds prior to starting formal testing. This is an example of which software development lifecycle activity?

[1]

Options:

A.

Project management

B.

Software development and maintenance

C.

Change and configuration management

D.

Technical support

Question 33

As the Test Manager for an agile project how would you BEST plan and guide the testing activities during development? SELECT ONE OPTION

Options:

A.

Ensure testers provide training to developers to help them write a set of auto-mated unit tests

B.

Ensure testers are integrated into the development process, helping to review and develop automated unit tests

C.

Ensure testers are separated from the developers to provide an independent set of functional tests

D.

Ensure all tests are written and reviewed by the developers to ensure they reflect the code being developed

Question 34

Your testing team has just received the test conditions for a new project. You are conducting Test Design activities for this project. Your team feels that it would be beneficial to create high-level test cases.

What should they do concurrently with creating these test cases? [2]

Options:

A.

Create the test plan.

B.

Create the test automation scripts.

C.

Create the test summary report for the test cases you are creating.

D.

Create the traceability between the test cases and the requirements.

Question 35

Your team has been given the following test objective Ensure that the users are happier with this version than they were with the last version?

What is wrong with the way this is defined?

Options:

A.

It is unlikely that just a version change will make users happier so this is not achievable

B.

It cannot be measured because happier' is subjective

C.

It does not define a timeframe

D.

It is not aligned with the organization's objectives

Question 36

What is the purpose of lest control?

Options:

A.

To monitor the testing

B.

To return the test environment to its starting state and data

C.

To project detect trends and outcomes

D.

To take corrective actions required to meet the test objectives

Question 37

You are working In an environment that is continually pushing process improvements down to the lest team You are skeptical that any of these have actually accomplished any improvement In fact you know that some of the changes have actually impaired progress

Given this information what step of the IDEAL model is missing?

Options:

A.

Diagnosing

B.

Establishing

C.

Acting

D.

Learning

Question 38

You have been asked to estimate the testing effort for an upgrade to a legacy product Your team did the testing on the last upgrade, and you have ascertained that this upgrade is about 10% bigger than the last one Given this information which estimation technique should you use to come up with the test effort number?

Options:

A.

Function points

B.

Extrapolation

C.

Planning poker

D.

Three-point estimation

Question 39

What is the purpose of the defect management committee?

Options:

A.

To control the flow of defect reports into the system

B.

To validate defect reports and determine fix plans

C.

To implement strict guidelines for defect report creation

D.

To ensure the developers fix all defects

Question 40

In what environment are you most likely to see multiple defect management systems used in one project?

Options:

A.

Sequential

B.

Agile

C.

Hybrid

D.

Multi-tenant

Question 41

What occurs In the retrospective closing?

Options:

A.

Everyone shakes hands

B.

The data collection methods are reviewed

C.

The strengths and opportunities for improvement in the retrospectives are discussed

D.

A brainstorming session is held to discuss the solutions to the root causes of the most significant issues

Question 42

Your team has been assigned to lest a new product that is tightly integrated with existing systems The integrations include data transfers and transformations You have access to the architectural design documents and the integration specifications and some of your testers are former developers.

Given this information, what is the most appropriate test approach?

Options:

A.

Model-based and white-box

B.

Experience-based and black-box

C.

Risk-based and non-functional

D.

Requirements-based and functional

Question 43

Your manager has decided that your team of manual testers should all become test automation engineers Your team is much stronger in analysis than In technical testing so you are concerned about their ability to adapt. What tool capabilities could help with this transition?

Options:

A.

Low license costs

B.

Remote storage of the test automation scripts

C.

High usability with Al-assisted object capture

D.

Good reporting

Question 44

Your team has decided that they will build their own test management tool This will allow them to link the requirements and test cases together providing full traceability It will also allow them to create fully customized reporting and color-coded dashboards They have estimated the time required to create the new tool and the cost These fit within the project schedule and budget

What other consideration should be taken before this decision is made?

Options:

A.

Relative benefits to your vendors

B.

Maintenance costs

C.

Licensing fees to other parts of the organization

D.

Reduction of manual repetitive testing

Question 45

One of your team members is struggling to identify the requirements to be tested for a project The requirements documents are not conventional but you have determined that the data is there. If they do some digging to find it Given this information in what competence area does this person need to improve?

Options:

A.

Professional competence

B.

Methodical competence

C.

Social competence

D.

Personal competence

Question 46

Your team has been assigned to test a loyalty card program for a supermarket chain. Because this is a highly competitive market significant investment has been made to determine the shortcomings of the products offered by competitors While the feature sets are mostly the same, there is a wide variance In usability and performance and the users perceptions of these quality characteristics

Given only this information what test approach would be most appropriate?

Options:

A.

Model-based

B.

Experience-based

C.

Risk-based

D.

Requirements-based

Question 47

You are managing the test team that is testing a new mobile application that provides a "step-by-step' hiking guide Your risk assessment resulted in the following table:

Your team has clone the depth and breadth testing for the GPS accuracy and usability features but when the product was given to beta testers there were some issues Despite the users reporting the app was easy to use at least one user walked off the edge of a cliff and another one ended up in a river. Your team has confirmed that the functionality is working correctly. and the GPS information is accurate.

What other area of testing should you now prioritize?

Options:

A.

Usability

B.

Functionality

C.

Performance

D.

Security

Question 48

Which of the following is required to apply an experience-based testing approach''

Options:

A.

Detailed requirements

B.

Usage models

C.

Tester knowledge of the system and its usage

D.

A full risk-assessment to support risk prioritization

Question 49

Your organization has decided to augment your testing team with an offshore team. The offshore team members are experienced testers who are experts in the domain of the system under test Your team is worried about the offshore team taking their jobs and they are resistant to the change You need to pick three of your team members to be the ambassadors for the new team

Which competences will be most important for your ambassadors to possess?

Options:

A.

Professional competence and methodological competence

B.

Methodological competence and social competence

C.

Social competence and personal competence

D.

Personal competence and professional competence

Question 50

You have assembled the following cost of quality numbers 200 defects were found prior to release and 100 were found after.

Given this information what is the total cost of quality for this project?

Options:

A.

$300,000

B.

$200,000

C.

$100,000

D.

$10 000

Question 51

Your team has been working on an Agile project for two months. There is a retrospective at the endof each sprint One of the data items reviewed is how many defects are being caught by users rather than by testers. The test team is being blamed for these escapes

What do you need to do to make these sessions more productive?

Options:

A.

You should attend the retrospective instead of the individual testers

B.

You should do root cause analysis to prove the developers are responsible

C.

You should gather metrics to present to the team regarding all the hours spent testing

D.

You should help the team brainstorm ideas on how to improve the testing to eliminate the escapes

Question 52

Your defect opened trend is converging to the closed trend but there is still a gap. What does that gap represent?

Options:

A.

Defects that are projected but have not been found yet

B.

Defects fixed but not yet closed

C.

Defects that have resulted from regressions

D.

Defects that will be introduced to production

Question 53

You tend to be conservative in your project estimations because you know how many things can go wrong and extend the schedule. You manager is not happy with your estimates and thinks you are being too negative with your numbers and not trying hard enough Which estimation method should you use to provide your manager with a positive' number while still also providing the number you think is more realistic?

Options:

A.

Wideband defphi

B.

Planning poker

C.

Three-point estimation

D.

Extrapolation

Question 54

You are working on a project where the business part of the organization works traditionally with defined requirements, but the development team follows an Agile model Neither team plans to change their approach What is the proper name for this type of project approach''

Options:

A.

Sequential

B.

Hybrid as a transition to Agile

C.

Agile

D.

Hybrid as fit for purpose

Question 55

You have decided to help your team improve their skills. One of their assignments is to mentor a junior member of the team Which competency should you expect the mentor to develop during this exercise?

Options:

A.

Social

B.

Professional

C.

Methodological

D.

Biological

Question 56

Which of the following defect statistics will provide input to be used for improvement in the defect reporting process?

Options:

A.

Number of defect reports re-opened

B.

Number of defects in a particular area of the code

C.

Number of defect reports rejected by the developers

D.

Number of defects found in a phase later than they were introduced

Question 57

You have been looking at the actual vs expected defects in one high risk area of the software The actual is much higher than the expected value What should you do?

Options:

A.

Reassess the risk with a higher likelihood number

B.

Reassess the risk with a higher impact number

C.

Concentrate more testing in the area because the risk is clearly higher

D.

Concentrate less testing in the area because the defects are already found

Question 58

You are looking to Improve the efficiency of testing. The developers have been claiming that the majority of defect reports they receive are invalid either due to the test environment or because the tester did not follow the right steps In a standard defect management process where should you look for more information about these invalid defects?

Options:

A.

In the ones that are stuck in the In Progress state

B.

In the ones that are Resolved but not Closed

C.

In the ones that are in the status Rejected or Closed without a fix

D.

In the ones with the status of Re-Opened

Question 59

Which of the following Is a way in which risk analysis drives test analysis?

Options:

A.

It determines which tests should be executed first

B.

It guides the selection of test conditions that must be covered by testing

C.

It influences the type of reporting that will be used during execution

D.

it drives root cause analysis for any defects found

Question 60

You are managing the testing for a bank card project. The testing was scheduled to take 10 weeks but by the time the software was developed only six weeks were available for testing Knowing there were a lot of risks with the software your team started testing activities early by overseeing code reviews, defining acceptance criteria by working with the users and by doing all lest creation prior to the code arriving

You are now three days away from the go-live date Your testing has mitigated all the high and medium risk items leaving only the low-risk elements unmitigated by testing You estimate it will take two weeks to manually test the low-risk elements At this point what should you do?

Options:

A.

Automate the testing of the untested elements to ensure they are covered

B.

Block the go-live and start testing the low-risk elements immediately

C.

Transfer the risk of the untested low-risk items to the help desk

D.

Select one of the low-risk elements and perform depth testing to assess the residual risk

Question 61

Which of the following Is the common set of information to be produced in a test estimate''

Options:

A.

Number of people number of systems lines of code, cost

B.

Time per person budget end date start date

C.

Test effort test duration time to complete, cost

D.

Effort time cost, test activities

Question 62

You are working with a development team who have a CI/CD pipeline implemented. They want to integrate your team's existing test automation into the pipeline to augment their unit tests so they will have continuous testing. They have already determined that this is technically possible with the tool you are using but with require some changes to the test automation framework to integrate the results reporting

What will your team need to make this happen?

Options:

A.

Investigation that the tool will be fit for purpose

B.

Training regarding how to make the framework modifications so the integration is possible

C.

A review to determine if this is the best tool to use for the integration with the CI/CD pipeline

D.

investigation of the licensing models of the tool and an understanding of any potential costs

Question 63

There is a debate in your organization about who can close a defect report The developers think they should be able to reject and close defects without any further steps The testers are not happy with this approach as they are afraid the rejections may go undetected and the developers may close something without understanding the real problem

How can this problem be rectified7

Options:

A.

Only testers should be allowed to close defect reports

B.

Only management should be allowed to close defect reports

C.

No one should close a defect report until the release is completed and the product is successfully deployed to production

D.

Closure should only occur when a defect is fixed and tested

Question 64

Which of the following is the proper order for the stages of a tool lifecycle?

Options:

A.

Acquisition Support Evolution Retirement

B.

Acquisition Evolution Support Retirement

C.

Evolution Acquisition Retirement Support

D.

Evolution Support Acquisition Retirement

Question 65

You are working for an outsource testing company You have a client that will only consider candidates that are highly skilled with Salesforce. regardless of the number of years they have spent testing similar products You have looked through your skills matrix and you have no one with the right type of experience for this project.

What competence area is your team lacking?

Options:

A.

Social competence because they are lacking the ability to work with the rest of the team

B.

Personal competence because they are not confident enough to pass the interviews with the clientand they are not willing to learn Salesforce

C.

Methodical competence because they lack the ability to create test cases from a Salesforce requirements document

D.

Professional competence because they do not have the required domain knowledge in Salesforce

Question 66

Your team has been assigned to a new project You have a mix of manual testers and automation engineers but everyone is currently doing manual testing. The development learn has alreadydecided to use DevOps as its approach but they have never used it before and are happy to take your input Unfortunately, about 50% of the development is completed already In the testing your team is doing they are finding that about 40% of the defects they catch are actually regressions caused by other changes

Given this information what should you do to help mitigate risk'?

Options:

A.

Review the policies regarding defect reporting and ensure your team is adding all the necessary information to each defect report

B.

Pivot part of the team from manual testing to test automation development to address the regression risk and implement better quality gates to reduce regressions

C.

Optimize the test environment to provide faster testing with more accurate test data and better testing tools to provide wider coverage

D.

Implement code reviews for the development team and require tester signoff before code can be released into the pipeline

Question 67

In an Agile project, when Is it acceptable lo not write a formal defect report when a defect is found''

Options:

A.

Never

B.

If the defect can be fixed in the same iteration in which it was found

C.

the defect can be fixed in a later hardening sprint

D.

If the defect must be fixed by another team

Question 68

You have been assigned t o a project that has a very tight schedule. In fact, given your first analysis you do not think the planned test execution can be completed within the schedule There is no time allowed for defect fixing or for repeating tests. Regression testing has been left out of the planning entirely There is no time to develop test automation. The team has agreed that this Is not the way to run a project, yet they are stuck with the current schedule

Given this information what is the best way to proceed with the testing to try to meet the deadline with the best outcome1?

Options:

A.

Review the personnel plan and get more resources onto the test team

B.

Continue with the current plan but highlight to the project manager that either the deadline will be missed or the testing will not be done

C.

Develop a test automation plan so that automation can be started now

D.

Conduct a quality risk analysis and prioritize the testing based on risk so the highest risk items are tested first

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