iSQI ctal-tm-syll2012 practice test
ISTQB?International Software Testing Qualifications Exam
Question 1
Consider the following skills assessment spreadsheet for your test team (consisting of four team
members):
This spreadsheet has three sections: technical expertise, testing skills and professionalism.
The skill levels for each skill area for both the technical expertise and testing skills sections have
been rated on a four-point scale:
- E (Expert): indicates that a person has expert knowledge and experience in the skill area
- B (Beginner): indicates that a person has some knowledge and experience in the skill area but
he/she is not autonomous
- W (Wants to learn): indicates that a person has no knowledge or experience in the skill area but
he/she wants to learn that skill
- NI (Not Interested): indicates that a person has no knowledge or experience in the skill area and
he/she is not interested to learn that skill
The skill levels for each skill area of the professionalism section have been rated on a three point
scale (H=High, M=Medium, L=Low).
You are using this skills assessment spreadsheet in order to define a training development plan for
your test team.
Your objective is to fill the skill gaps by having at least a team member rated as an expert for each
skill identified for the technical expertise and testing skills sections, and with the ability to train
the other team members.
Considering the budget constraints you can send only one person to a training course.
Based only on the given information, which of the following answers would you expect to be the best
option to achieve your objective?
K4 3 credits
- A. Send Robert to a performance testing training course
- B. Send Alex to a performance testing training course
- C. Send John to a performance testing training course
- D. Send Mark to a test automation training course
Answer:
B
Question 2
Which of the following would you expect to be most likely an example of a demotivating factor for
testers?
K2 1 credit
- A. The management asks the testers to be kept informed about the intensity, quality and results of testing
- B. The testers recommendations to improve the system or its testability are adopted by the development team
- C. The same regressions tests are manually executed by the same testers, for every product release, without regression test tools
- D. The testers are assessed on whether and how often they detect important and critical failures
- E. Test quality is measured by counting the number of customer/user reported problems.
Answer:
C,E
Question 3
Which of the following would you expect to be most likely an example of a motivating factor for
testers?
K2 1 credit
- A. The resources allocated for the testing activities are not sufficient and dont allow the testers to contribute to the quality of the product
- B. The testers contribution to the quality of the software products developed from an organization is recognized with increased responsibilities
- C. The same regressions tests are executed manually by the same testers, for every product release, without any progression in content
- D. The testers are asked to perform, in parallel with their testing tasks, other tasks unrelated to their testing responsibilities
Answer:
B
Question 4
An agile development team decides to hire a tester who has always worked.
- in independent test teams, reporting the problems found in a defect tracking system
- in safety-critical projects, with a stronger focus on the quality of the product than on time and
budget. This agile team is focused on short-term goals to get the product released on time and
within budget. Which of the following answers would you expect to be most likely true in this
scenario? K2 1 credit
- A. Agile teams like the presence of a tester in their teams and the tester will be able to adapt to the new context without any issue
- B. The developers will immediately follow the guidelines described by the tester
- C. The tester can continue to report the problems found in a defect tracking system and be more focused on the quality than on time and budget constraints
- D. The testers mission could be to verify adherence to requirements, instead of reporting formally the problems in a defect tracking system
Answer:
D
Question 5
Assume you are managing the system testing execution phase of a project. The system test execution
period for that project is scheduled for eighteen weeks and the release date is scheduled at the end
of system testing.
During the sixth week of system test execution, at the staff meeting, the project manager informs
you that the project deadlines are changed and the release date that is only three weeks ahead. This
new release will not allow the completion of the system tests. Suppose also that you have followed a
risk-driven test approach for this project. Which of the following statements represents the worst
way to lead your test team in the next three weeks?
K2 1 credit
- A. Neglect your management activities and work side-by-side with your test team executing tests
- B. Considering the executed tests, you should reduce the test coverage back on the risk analysis and adjust downward the priority of the associated risk items
- C. Convince all the people of your test team that each of them is an important and needed member, and that their contribution is fundamental to the success of the team
- D. Favor and encourage a proactive attitude where people ask for new tasks as soon as they finish their current tasks
Answer:
A
Question 6
Your test team consists of four members (Mary, Bob, Mark, Dave) with different interpersonal skills.
The following skills assessment spreadsheet shows the characteristics of the team members with
respect to a list of interpersonal-skills (for each characteristic only the member with the highest level
of that characteristic is indicated and marked with X):
On the next project a member of your test team will have to perform some routine tasks requiring
collaboration with other teams. Who in your test team would you expect to be most suitable at doing
these tasks? K4 3 credits
- A. Mary
- B. Bob
- C. Mark
- D. Dave
Answer:
A
Question 7
Consider the following skills assessment spreadsheet for your test team (consisting of four team
members):
This spreadsheet has three sections: technical expertise, testing skills and professionalism.
The skill levels for each skill area for both the technical expertise and testing skills sections have
been rated on a four-point scale:
- E (Expert): indicates that a person has expert knowledge and experience in the skill area
- B (Beginner): indicates that a person has some knowledge and experience in the skill area but
he/she is not autonomous
- W (Wants to learn): indicates that a person has no knowledge or experience in the skill area but
he/she wants to learn that skill
- NI (Not Interested): indicates that a person has no knowledge or experience in the skill area and
he/she is not interested to learn that skill
The skill levels for each skill area of the professionalism section have been rated on a three point
scale (H=High, M=Medium, L=Low).
Consider the following analysis of testing skills performed on four people. Alex, Robert, John and
Mark (all the skills have been rated on an ascending scale. The higher the score, the better the skill):
Which of these people, based on this analysis, would you expect to be most suitable to work
specifically as test designer?
K4 3 credits
- A. Alex
- B. Roberta
- C. John
- D. Mark
Answer:
B
Question 8
Assume you are a Test Manager involved in system testing of a CRM application for a Pay-TV
company. Currently the application is able to support a proper number of users assuring the required
responsiveness. Since the business is expected to grow, you have been asked to evaluate the ability
of the application to grow to support more users while maintaining the same responsiveness.
Which of the following tools would you expect to be the most useful at performing this evaluation?
K2 1 credit
- A. Coverage tools
- B. Test management tools
- C. Static analysis tools
- D. Performance tools
Answer:
D
Question 9
After a selection process you have selected a test management tool that is going be introduced in
your organization and used by your test team in a pilot project.
You have already identified the member of your test team who will be the administrator of the tool,
since he/she has a significant experience with the administration of test management tools and so
he/she is able to make effective and efficient up-front decisions about "how" the tool will be used.
You have also developed a training plan for the other members of your test team.
In collaboration with the administrator of the tool you have also devised standard ways of managing,
storing and maintaining the tool and its assets including backup/restore procedures.
You have also analyzed standard formats supported by the tool (CSV, XLS, XML, etc.) to export, import
and archive all the information managed by the tool itself (requirements, test case specifications,
test plans etc.) for compliance with the most important test management tools, in order to minimize
the impacts of migrating this information to a new tool that could replace the existing one in the
future.
Which of the following phases in the lifecycle of the new tool has NOT been adequately considered in
this description?
K2 1 credit
- A. Acquisition
- B. Support and maintenance
- C. Evolution
- D. Retirement
Answer:
C
Question 10
Assume you are the Test Manager in charge of independent testing for avionics applications. You are
in charge of testing for a project to implement three different CSCI (Computer Software Configuration
Item):
- a BOOT-X CSCI that must be certified at level B of the DO-178B standard
- a DIAG-X CSCI that must be certified at level C of the DO-178B standard
- a DRIV-X CSCI that must be certified at level A of the DO-178B standard
These are three different software modules written in C language to run on a specific hardware
platform.
You have been asked to select a single code coverage tool to perform the mandatory code coverage
measurements, in order to meet the structural coverage criteria prescribed by the DO-178B
standard. This tool must be qualified as a verification tool under DO-178B.
Since there are significant budget constraints to purchase this tool, you are evaluating an opensource
tool that is able to provide different types of code coverage. This tool meets perfectly your technical
needs in terms of the programming language and the specific hardware platform (it supports also the
specific C-compiler).
The source code of the tool is available.
Your team could easily customize the tool to meet the project needs. This tool is not qualified as a
verification tool under the DO-178B.
Which of the following are the three main concerns related to that open-source tool selection?
K4 3 credits (2 credits out of 3 credits correct, 1 credit point)
- A. Does the tool support all the types of code coverage required from the three levels A, B, C of the DO-178B standard?
- B. Does the tool have a good general usability?
- C. What are the costs to qualify the tool as a verification tool under the DO-178B?
- D. Is the installation procedure of the tool easy?
- E. Does the tool require a system with more than 4GB of RAM memory?
- F. Is the licensing scheme of the tool compatible with the confidentiality needs of the avionics company?
Answer:
A,C,F