iSQI ctal-ta-syll2019 practice test
ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Analyst (Syllabus 2019) Exam
Question 1
To enhance both the effectiveness and efficiency of the test design phase, the purchase of a test
design tool is being considered. Which one of these statements best characterizes a test design tool?
- A. A test design tool validates models of the software.
- B. A test design tool enables tests to be executed automatic ally.
- C. A test design tool enables individual tests to be traced to requirements
- D. A test design tool generates test inputs from requirements
Answer:
A
Question 2
In the recent past, you have learned that test automation just using capture & playback tooling,
possibly enhanced with some test programming, has limitations. For the next banking project, that
will be run using Agile methods, you want to implement a keyword-driven test automation
approach. You have already started to define some high-level test cases for the account transfer user
story:
TC 1 transfer 150 from Lars to Ann, verify Ann's balance to be 150
TC 2 transfer 300 from Tim to Ann, verify Ann's balance to be 450
In the context of implementing the keyword-driven test automation approach, which of the following
activities should now be conducted by the Test Analyst?
- A. Define keywords to be implemented, eg, check balance.
- B. Design test navigation scripts.
- C. Select a tool to support keyword-driven testing
- D. Work together with a developer to define a test automaton architecture
Answer:
B
Question 3
Consider the following user story: As a student, I want to be able to buy a parking pass (priority: high)
Acceptance criteria
- The student will not receive the parking pass if the payment is insufficient.
- Only registered students can buy a parking pass.
- The student can only buy one parking pass each month.
Which of the following checklist items would result in finding a defect for the user story?
- A. Are the acceptance criteria defined and testable?
- B. Does the story follow the commonly used format "As a < >, I want < > so that < >"?
- C. Is the story prioritized?
- D. Is the story written from the view of the person who requested it?
Answer:
C
Question 4
Supercar is an online vehicle sales website specialising in a single manufacturer's Sports Utility
Vehicles (SUVs) and saloons. A vehicle has two key elements, power unit and body style. The
manufacturer offers three choices of power unit: petrol, diesel and hybrid. There are 3 mam body
styles Saloon, Hatchback and SUV SUVs only come as petrol and diesel options Hybrid is available for
Hatchback only. The site will allow an order to be processed if at least one of the chosen vehicle
configurations is in stock, otherwise a message will be displayed asking the user to try again later As
a Test Analyst you are asked to review the Supercar specification before starting to design the
corresponding usability test cases. Which of the comments below should you make?
- A. I have no comments, specification looks OK
- B. Boundaries for stock levels are ambiguous.
- C. Dependencies between power unit and body style are ambiguous
- D. It is not clear which message will be displayed when the car is "out of stock"
Answer:
D
Question 5
You are a Test Analyst in the banking domain. You have received the following requirement: "The
system shall allow cash advances of at least 200 Euros for all supported credit cards. The following
credit cards are supported: American Express, Diners, Visa, Mastercard and Eurocard.
Which one of the findings described below is true regarding this requirement?
- A. The requirement is ambiguous in terms of supported cards.
- B. The requirement indicates potential performance problems.
- C. The requirement is unclear in terms of advance limits.
- D. The requirement indicates potential usability problems
Answer:
B
Question 6
REQ1 a sun cancer warning system shall produce a daily score sheet based on the number of hours
expose to the sun and the intensity of sun radiation.
REQ2 The number of hours exposed to the sun shall be categorized in A (below 2), B (2 to 4 hours) or
C (more than 4 hours)
REQ3 The intensity of sun radiation shall be labelled as low, medium, high, or extreme.
Based on the requirements stated above a Test Analyst has defined the following three test cases:
How many test conditions to be identified from requirements REQ2 and REQ3, are NOT covered by
the three test cases:
- A. 3
- B. 4
- C. 6
- D. 8
Answer:
A
Question 7
As a Test Analyst, you have been given a set of requirements that have been defined for the payment
module of a new public transport system The set includes the following requirements:
P101 The product shall calculate the lowest fare for the destination considering day of week and
time, (priority: medium)
P102 The product shall compare the traveler's payment with the calculated payment (priority: high)
P103 The product shall provide feedback if the payment is not sufficient (priority: high)
P104 The product will process payments within 20 seconds at all priority 1 stations during peak hours
(priority high)
Which set of requirements will typically be tested by a Test Analyst?
- A. P101,P102, P103
- B. P101, P102, P104
- C. P101, P103, P104
- D. P102, P103, P104
Answer:
A
Question 8
Rather than developing an e-commerce product, management has decided to acquire a COTS
package The e-commerce product needs to interface.
with backend applications such a finance, stock control and order delivery. You are asked to define a
test plan for this project.
Given just the information in the scenario, which of the following software quality characteristics
must be included in your test plan?
- A. Interoperability
- B. Reliability
- C. Maintainability
- D. Portability
Answer:
C
Question 9
Which of the following testing objectives would NOT be in focus for the Test Analyst during
installability testing?
- A. Testing whether a given application can function correctly in all intended target environments.
- B. Testing the functional correctness of installation and de-installation procedures.
- C. Identifying usability issues in installation and de-installation procedures
- D. Testing that different configurations of the software can be successfully installed
Answer:
A
Question 10
When preparing test cases for an interoperability test, not all interactions may be clearly specified in
the requirements documents. Which type of document is typically also used by a Test Analyst as the
test basis for interoperability testing?
- A. User stories
- B. Functional specifications
- C. Component specifications
- D. System architecture document
Answer:
B