ISTQB Agile Tester Sample Exam v1.0

Sample Exam
ISTQB Agile Tester

2014 Foundation Level Extension
Version 1.0
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................................2
Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................................3
0. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................4
0.1 Purpose of this document ..........................................................................................................4
0.2 Instructions ................................................................................................................................4
1. Agile Tester Sample Questions........................................................................................................5
Question 1 K1 .....................................................................................................................................5
Question 2 K1 .....................................................................................................................................5
Question 3 K2 .....................................................................................................................................6
Question 4 K2 .....................................................................................................................................6
Question 5 K2 .....................................................................................................................................7
Question 6 K2 .....................................................................................................................................7
Question 7 K1 .....................................................................................................................................8
Question 8 K3 .....................................................................................................................................8
Question 9 K2 .....................................................................................................................................9
Question 10 K2 ...................................................................................................................................9
Question 11 K2 ...................................................................................................................................9
Question 12 K1 .................................................................................................................................10
Question 13 K1 .................................................................................................................................10
Question 14 K2 .................................................................................................................................10
Question 15 K2 .................................................................................................................................11
Question 16 K2 .................................................................................................................................11
Question 17 K2 .................................................................................................................................11
Question 18 K2 .................................................................................................................................12
Question 19 K2 .................................................................................................................................12
Question 20 K2 .................................................................................................................................12
Question 21 K2 .................................................................................................................................13
Question 22 K2 .................................................................................................................................13
Question 23 K2 .................................................................................................................................14
Question 24 K2 .................................................................................................................................14
Question 25 K1 .................................................................................................................................14
Question 26 K1 .................................................................................................................................15
Question 27 K1 .................................................................................................................................15
Question 28 K2 .................................................................................................................................15
Question 29 K2 .................................................................................................................................16
Question 30 K3 .................................................................................................................................17
Question 31 K3 .................................................................................................................................17
Question 32 K3 .................................................................................................................................18
Question 33 K3 .................................................................................................................................18
Question 34 K2 .................................................................................................................................19
Question 35 K2 .................................................................................................................................19
Question 36 K3 .................................................................................................................................20
Question 37 K3 .................................................................................................................................20
Question 38 K3 .................................................................................................................................21
Question 39 K1 .................................................................................................................................22
Question 40 K1 .................................................................................................................................22
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Acknowledgements
This document was produced by a core team from the International Software Testing Qualifications
Board Examination Working Group: Mette Bruhn-Pedersen, Debra Friedenberg, Jen Leger, Lloyd
Roden, Lucjan Stapp, Patricia McQuaid, and the Foundation Agile Extension syllabus authors.
The core team thanks the Examination Working Group review team, the Foundation Agile Extension
team and the Member Boards for their suggestions and input.
This document was formally released by the ISTQB Examination Working Group on 1 May, 2014.
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0. Introduction
0.1 Purpose of this document
This document contains a full sample exam following the rules described in the ISTQB Foundation
Extensions Exam Structure and Rules document.
The sample questions, answer sets and associated justifications in this document have been created
by a team of subject matter experts and experienced question writers with the aim of assisting
ISTQB Member Boards and Exam Boards in their question writing activities as well as people
planning to take the ISTQB Agile Tester examination.
These questions cannot be used as-is in any official examination, but they should serve as guidance
for question writers. Given the wide variety of formats and subjects, these sample questions should
offer many ideas for the individual Member Boards on how to create good questions and appropriate
answer sets for their examinations. Furthermore training providers can use these questions as part of
their training to prepare participants for the examination.
0.2 Instructions
The question and answer sets are organized in the following way:
Learning Objective and K-level
Question - including any scenario followed by the question stem
Answer Set
Correct answer including justification of the answers
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1. Agile Tester Sample Questions

Question 1 K1
The Agile Manifesto has 4 statements of values. Match the agile value on the left (1-4) with its
traditional counterpart on the right (i-iv).
1) Customer collaboration over
2) Responding to change over
3) Individuals and interactions over
4) Working software over
i) Processes and tools

ii) Following a plan
iii) Contract negotiation
iv) Comprehensive documentation
Answer Set:
A. 1 iii, 2 iv, 3 ii, 4 i
B. 1 iii, 2 ii, 3 i, 4 iv
C. 1 iv, 2 ii, 3 i, 4 iii
D. 1 ii, 2 iii, 3 iv, 4 i
Question 2 K1
Which of the following statements best reflects one of the values of the Agile Manifesto?
Answer Set:
A. Working software allows the customer to provide rapid feedback to the developer.
B. Developers should use unit testing tools to support the testing process.
C. Business representatives should provide a backlog of user stories and their estimates to the
team.
D. Adopting plans to change adds no real value to an agile project.
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Question 3 K2
Which TWO activities below best represent responsibilities that are consistent with agile
developments Whole Team approach?
Select TWO options.
Answer Set:
A. Testers are responsible for developing unit tests which they pass on to the developers for
testing
B. Business representatives are expected to select the tools the team will use during the project
C. Testers are expected to work with customer representatives to create acceptance tests
D. The whole team, not just testers, has responsibility for the quality of the product
E. Developers are expected to test non-functional requirements (performance, usability, security,
etc.)
Question 4 K2
Which of the following is an advantage of having the whole team responsible for quality?
Answer Set:
A. Companies no longer need to recruit and train software testing specialists.
B. Test automation tasks are now the responsibility of the development team instead of the test
team.
C. Role barriers are eliminated and team members contribute to project success based on their
unique skills and perspectives.
D. Project costs are lower because the need for a specialized test team is eliminated.
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Question 5 K2
Which TWO of the following statements are true?
1) Early feedback gives the developers more time to develop new system features because they
spend less time reworking features expected in a given iteration.
2) Early feedback enables agile teams to deliver features with the highest business value first,
because the customer maintains focus on features with the highest system value.
3) Early feedback reduces costs because it decreases the amount of time needed for system
testing.
4) Early feedback makes it more likely that the system built is what the customer wanted
because they are given the opportunity to make changes throughout the iteration.
Answer Set:
A.
B.
C.
D.
1 and 4
2 and 3
2 and 4
1 and 3
Question 6 K2
Which of the following is a benefit of the agile process promoting early and frequent feedback?
Answer Set:
A. The total number of defects found during the project is much higher than on traditional
software development projects such as waterfall.
B. There is less rework because customers see the product regularly.
C. It is easy to determine the developer who introduces the most defects when integrating code.
D. There is enough time to complete all features scheduled for the given iteration.
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Question 7 K1
Match the following agile software development approaches on the top with their corresponding
descriptions on the bottom.
1) Extreme Programming
2) Scrum
3) Kanban
I.
II.
III.
Embraces 5 values to guide development: Communication, Simplicity, Feedback, Courage,

and Respect
Divides the project into short iterations called sprints.
Optimizes the flow of work in a value-added chain.
Answer Set:
A. 1-i, 2-iii, 3-ii
B. 1-i, 2-ii, 3-iii
C. 1-i, 2-ii, 3-iii
D. 1-iii, 2-ii, 3-i
Question 8 K3
During an iteration planning meeting, the team is sharing their thoughts about a user story. The
product owner advises that the customer should have one screen to enter information. The developer
explains that there are technical limitations for the feature, due to the amount of information needed to
be captured on the screen. Another developer says that there are risks about performance as the
information will be stored in an external offsite database.
Which of the following would best represent a testers contribution to this discussion?
Answer Set:
A. The tester advises that the screen for the user story needs to be a single page to reduce test
automation effort.
B. The tester advises that usability is more important than performance.
C. The tester advises that performance acceptance criteria should standard maximum of 1
second for data storage.
D. The tester advises that the user story needs acceptance criteria to be testable.
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Question 9 K2
Which of the following BEST describes a tester participating in a retrospective meeting?
Answer Set:
A. As a tester participating in a retrospective meeting, I should bring in topics that are related to
testing only. All other topics will be covered by different participants.
B. As a tester, I participate in a retrospective meeting as an observer, ensuring that the meeting
follows the retrospective rules and agile values.
C. As a tester participating in a retrospective meeting, I should provide feedback and input on all
activities conducted by the team during the sprint.
D. As a tester, I should only attend and participate in a retrospective meeting if I have any
feedback and input related to activities conducted by the team during the sprint.
Question 10 K2
Which of the following items should NOT be raised during a retrospective meeting?
Answer Set:
A. There should be more emphasis on unit testing in the future, to improve overall quality.
B. The build process is manual and takes too long. Research and implementation of an
automated build framework should be done.
C. Tester XYZ is struggling to find defects. Test design training is required for this resource.
D. Automated regression test suites are taking too long to run. A review of the tests, to eliminate
redundant or unnecessary tests, is required.
Question 11 K2
Which of the following is NOT a principle of continuous integration?
Answer Set:
A. Continuous integration helps to build changed software regularly, including testing and
deploying, in an automated way.
B. Continuous integration allows new builds to be available frequently to testers and stakeholders.
C. Continuous integration helps to identify new integration defects early and makes the analysis
of these defects easier.
D. Continuous integration ensures that testing of builds is done manually, as this generates more
reliable results than automated scripts.
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Question 12 K1
Which of the following activities would a tester do during release planning?
Answer Set:
A. Produce a list of acceptance tests for user stories
B. Help break down user stories into smaller and more detailed tasks.
C. Estimate testing tasks generated by new features planned for this iteration.
D. Support the clarification of the user stories and ensure that they are testable
Question 13 K1
What is the most appropriate explanation of a user story?
Answer Set:
A. An artifact that the tester must review and sign off before testing can begin.
B. An artifact used to detail only the functional requirements of the system.
C. An artifact documented by business representatives to help developers and testers
understand the system requirements.
D. An artifact written collaboratively by developers, testers, and business representatives to
capture requirements.
Question 14 K2
Which of the following test activities is typically done during agile projects, but is not as common on
traditional projects?
Answer Set:
A. Testers write detailed test plans so all team members can understand what will be tested
during each iteration.
B. Testers are heavily involved in the creation of automated test cases which are then used to
verify the implementation of the requirements.
C. Testers perform exploratory testing in order to find important defects quickly.
D. Testers collaborate with developers to better understand what needs to be tested.
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Question 15 K2
Consider the following activities:
i. Strict enforcement of system test level entry and exit criteria.
ii. Collaboration between tester, developer, and business stakeholders to define acceptance
criteria.
iii. Functional verification testing of user stories developed in the previous iteration.
Which of the following combination of these activities should occur in an agile project?
Answer Set:
A. ii only
B. i and ii
C. ii and iii
D. iii only
Question 16 K2
Which TWO of the following statements are true on agile projects?
Select TWO options.
Answer Set:
A. Testers should work closely with developers while retaining an objective outlook.
B. Test managers do not exist in organizations doing agile development.
C. There is no difference between what testers and developers do on agile projects.
D. Developers should rely on testers to create the automated regression tests.
E. A selection of users may perform beta testing on the product after the completion of a series
of iterations.
Question 17 K2
Which of the following statements about independent testing on agile projects is FALSE?
Answer Set:
A. There can be a risk of losing test independence for organizations introducing agile.
B. Independent testers will find more defects than developers regardless of test level.
C. Independent testing can be introduced at the end of a sprint.
D. The independent test team can be part of another team.
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Question 18 K2
In an agile project, which of the following would best denote product quality at the end of iteration 6 of
a new system release consisting of 8 iterations?
Answer Set:
A. No severity 1 or 2 defects were detected during system testing of iteration 6, which allowed
the teams to move into iteration 7.
B. The results of a customer beta test on the iteration 6 software release indicate that the system
works correctly and that it has improved productivity.
C. The agile team has been successfully tracking to estimates, with limited variance showing on
the burndown charts for all iterations to date.
D. All story cards in scope for each iteration, up to the current iteration, have been marked as
Done, but with some technical debt being incurred.
Question 19 K2
Which of the following is best at showing the teams progress against estimates?
Answer Set:
A. Burndown charts
B. Automation logs
C. The agile task board showing user story and task progress
D. Defect tracking tools
Question 20 K2
The business advises during iteration 5 planning that they require changes to the system delivered in
iteration 3. Of the following activities, which would need to be done first to minimize the introduction of
regression risk when this feature is changed?
Answer Set:
A. Review and update all manual and automated tests impacted by this change to meet the new
acceptance criteria.
B. Write new manual and automated tests for the feature and add them to the regression test
suite.
C. Automate all test cases from the previous iteration and add them to the automated regression
test suite.
D. Increase the amount of test automation around the system to include more detailed test
conditions.
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Question 21 K2
Which TWO of the following are reasons why automation is essential within agile projects?
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
So that teams maintain or increase their velocity

To prevent the test team from becoming bored with manual, repetitive tasks
To retest all test cases from previous iterations
To eliminate regression in the product due to high code churn
To ensure that code changes do not break the software build
Answer Set:
A. i and iv
B. i and v
C. iii and iv
D. ii and v
Question 22 K2
In agile projects there is more need for testers to understand and develop test automation scripts than
in traditional projects. Of the following, which are the TWO reasons why this is a necessary skill on
agile projects?
i.
Requirements change daily and have to be regression tested. This rapid change requires
automated tests because manual testing is too slow.
ii.
The tests should generate feedback on product quality as early as possible. So all acceptance
tests should be executed in each iteration, ideally as modifications are made. In practice that
can only be realized by automated tests.
iii.
Test-First and Continuous Integration Practice require that the regression test suite is
executed whenever changed code is checked-in. In practice that can only be realized by
automated tests.
iv.
Iterations or sprints are of fixed length. The team has to guarantee that all tests can be
completely executed at the last day of each iteration/sprint. In practice, that can only be
realized by automated tests.
v.
Agile projects rely on unit testing rather than on systems testing. Since unit tests cannot be
executed manually, all tests have to be automated tests.
Answer Set:
A. i & iii
B. ii & v
C. iv & v
D. ii and iii
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Question 23 K2
Which tasks are typically expected of a tester on an agile project?
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
decide on user acceptance

design, create and execute appropriate tests
schedule defect reports for analysis
automate and maintain tests
improve program logic by pair programming
Answer Set:
A. i & iii
B. ii & iii
C. ii & iv
D. ii & v
Question 24 K2
Which of the following is NOT a typical task performed by the tester within an agile team?
Answer Set:
A. To automate tests and maintain them
B. To mentor and coach other team members
C. To produce and update burndown charts
D. To participate in code analyzing activities
Question 25 K1
The term burndown refers to which of the following?
Answer Set:
A. A chart showing which team members are working the most, and are likely to be under stress
B. A chart showing the progress of each user story, and when they are likely to be completed
C. A chart showing the amount of work left to be done, versus the time allocated for the iteration
D. A chart showing defects that have been fixed, and when the remaining defects are likely to be
fixed
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Question 26 K1
Which of the following statements about Test Driven Development (TDD) is FALSE?
Answer Set:
A. TDD is a test first approach to develop reusable automated tests.
B. The TDD cycle is continuously used until the software product is released.
C. TDD helps to document the code for future maintenance efforts.
D. The result of TDD are test classes used by the developer to develop test cases
Question 27 K1
What does the term Test Pyramid refer to and illustrate situations for?
Answer Set:
A. The teams testing workload increases from sprint to sprint
B. The backlog size, and thus the number of tests, decreases
C. The number of automated unit tests is higher than the number of automated tests for higher
test levels.
D. The number of automated tests in place increases from sprint to sprint
Question 28 K2
Which of the following demonstrates effective use of the testing quadrants?
Answer Set:
A. When communicating test ideas, the tester can refer to the matching test quadrant, so that the
rest of the team will better understand the purpose of the test.
B. The tester can use the types of tests described in the testing quadrants as a coverage metric,
the more tests covered from each quadrant, the higher the test coverage.
C. The team should pick a number of tests expected from each quadrant, and the tester should
design and execute those tests to ensure all levels and types of tests have been executed.
D. The tester can use the testing quadrants during risk analysis; with the lower level quadrants
representing lower risk to customer.
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Question 29 K2
Given the following user stories:
As a bank teller, I can easily navigate through the system menu and links, and find the information I
am looking for
For all users, the system must display all queries in less than 2 seconds, 90% of the time
And the associated test cases:
TC1: Login as bank teller. Enter customer ID. Verify that the customer transaction history is easy to
find, and that navigating through the menus is intuitive.
TC2: Login as bank teller: Enter customer Name. Verify that the customer accounts are easy to find
and that navigating through the menus is intuitive.
TC3: Simulate expected traffic on system and validate the time for customer transaction history to
display is less than 2 seconds.
Which TWO test quadrants would the above test cases be part of?
Answer Set:
A. Q1 unit level, technology facing & Q2 system level, business facing
B. Q2 system level, business facing & Q3 system or user acceptance level, business facing
C. Q3 system or user acceptance level, business facing & Q4 system or operation acceptance
level, technology facing
D. Q2 system level, business facing & Q4 system or operation acceptance level, technology
facing
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Question 30 K3
th
At the beginning of the 5 iteration of a project, a new requirement was introduced to support a new
type of browser. The tester realizes that the existing test automation framework and scripts will not
support the new type of browser. What is the best course of action for the tester on this team to take?
Answer Set:
A. The tester should notify the team that they are planning on working extra hours throughout the
next 2 sprints in order to update the existing test automation framework and scripts to support
the new type of browser so as not to disturb the existing sprint plan.
B. The tester will notify the team of the issue. A risk analysis is done, and the team decides that
regression testing must be performed on the new type of browser in addition to the other
supported browsers. The tester will update the sprint plan by adding tasks to modify the
framework and scripts to support the new type of browser.
C. The tester does some research and concludes that the risk is low that any new defects would
be introduced in the new type of browser that have not already been found in other supported
browsers. The tester continues with the existing sprint plan and makes no changes to test
automation framework or scripts.
D. The tester will stop what they are doing, design specific tests for compatibility testing of the
new type of browser, and communicate with the team that any other testing work for the sprint
will have to be pushed to the next iteration.
Question 31 K3
Given the following results from a product risk analysis that occurred at the beginning of an iteration:
User story 1 (Performance): likelihood: high, impact: high

User story 2 (Security): likelihood: high, impact: high
User story 3 (Functional): likelihood: medium, impact: high
User story 4 (Functional): likelihood: high, impact: medium
User story 5 (Compatibility): likelihood: low, impact: low
User story 6 (Recoverability): likelihood: low, impact: low
Which TWO of the following describes best what the team should do with this information?
Select TWO options.
Answer Set:
A. Move onto planning poker session to estimate effort for user stories, and determine what can
be done in the current iteration, and what needs to be added to backlog.
B. Remove user stories 5 and 6 from the current iteration and move to a later iteration.
C. Because of the number of high likelihood, high impact risks slotted for this iteration, the team
has no choice but to extend the timeframe of the iteration by 2 weeks.
D. The team should collaborate on effective ways to mitigate the high likelihood, high impact risks.
E. The team should plan to complete all items in the current sprint, but save the lower risk items
for the end of the sprint, and only test these items if there is time.
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Question 32 K3
Given the following user story: As the president, any data I upload should not be viewable by any
other user of the system
During the first poker planning session, the following story points were given based on risk, effort,
complexity, and proper extent of testing:
Customers: 5
Developers: 5
Testers: 20
What is the best outcome following this planning session?
Answer Set:
A. Because the customers and developers size estimates match, the team can be confident that
this estimate is good and should move onto the next user story.
B. The team should hold a conversation to understand why the testers felt this user story was
significantly more work. Another round of the planning poker session should occur following
that discussion.
C. Because the customer owns the system in the end, the customers estimates should be taken
as correct when there is a conflict.
D. The poker planning sessions should continue until all estimated story points are an exact
match between customers, developers, and testers.
Question 33 K3
An agile team is assigned to a project to update an existing medical device to newer technologies.
Since the last release of the existing medical device, a new version of the medical device standard
has been released. User access to the device is changing and will be documented in user stories.
Based on this information, and in addition to the user stories, which of the following would best provide
relevant information to support your testing activities?
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
Updated version of standards document for medical system.

Existing defects or typical defect areas in existing system.
Obsolete user access test cases and results for existing application.
Performance metrics for existing application.
Defects logged during other similar conversion projects for medical devices.
Answer Set:
A.
B.
C.
D.
i, ii, iii, iv
ii, iv, v
i, ii, v
All of the above
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Question 34 K2
Which alternative is the BEST description of when to stop testing (release criteria) in an agile project?
Answer Set:
A. All test cases have been executed.
B. The probability of remaining faults has been reduced to a level that can be accepted by the
customer
C. The achieved test coverage is considered enough. The coverage limit is justified by the
complexity of the included functionality, its implementation, and the risks involved.
D. The iteration/sprint is finished
Question 35 K2
Which TWO of the following are examples of testable acceptance criteria for test related activities?
Select TWO options.
Answer Set:
A. Structure based testing: White box testing in addition to black box testing is used.
B. System testing: At least 80% of functional regression tests are automated.
C. Security testing: A threat risk analysis scan is completed with no faults identified.
D. Performance testing: The application is responding in a reasonable amount of time with 5000
users.
E. Compatibility testing: The application is working on all major browsers.
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Question 36 K3
Given the following User Story: As a bank teller, I would like to be able to view all of my customers
bank transactions on the screen, so I can answer his/her questions.
Which of the following can be considered as relevant acceptance test cases?
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
Login as a bank teller, get the customers account balance for all open accounts.
Login as a bank teller, enter a customer account ID, get his transactions history on the
screen
Login as a bank teller, request customer account ID by using name abbreviations, and get
his transaction history on the screen
Login as a bank teller, enter a customer IBAN (international bank account number), get
his transaction history on the screen
Login as a Bank Teller, enter a customer Account ID, get the Transactions history in less
than 3 seconds on screen.
Answer Set:
A. i, ii, iv
B. i, iii, iv
C. ii, iv, v
D. ii, iii, iv
Question 37 K3
Given the following user story: An online application charges customers to ship purchased items,
based on the following criteria:
Standard shipping costs for under 6 items

Shipping is $5 for 6-10 items.
Shipping is free for more than 10 items.
Which of the following is the best black box test design technique for the user story?
Answer Set:
A. State Transition testing: Test the following states browsing, logged in, selecting, purchasing,
confirming, and exiting.
B. Decision tables: Test the following conditions User logged in; At least 1 item in cart;
Purchase confirmed; Funding approved; with the resulting action of Ship Item.
C. Boundary Value Analysis: Test the following inputs 0,5,6,10,11,max
D. Use Case Testing: Actor=customer; Prerequisites=customer logs in, selects and purchases
items; Postconditions= items are shipped.
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Question 38 K3
Your manager would like to introduce exploratory testing to your agile team. He has received the
following suggestions on how to proceed from previous colleagues:
i. User stories are assigned to testers who are completely new to the user story. There is allotted
120 minutes allocated to complete exploratory testing on the user story. Testers do not need to
document tests, or test results, but do need to log defects if any are encountered.
ii. User stories are assigned to testers who have already completed risk based testing on the same
areas. There is allotted 120 minutes allocated to complete exploratory testing for this user story.
The team expects at the end of the 120 minutes to have a list of test ideas, including data and
actors, results and issues encountered, and list of defects to be logged in the defect
management tool.
iii. A user story is assigned to business representative. The business representative is told to use
the system like the customer would on a day-to-day basis. If issues are encountered, the
business representative is told to inform the tester, so that they can prioritize and log the defect.
iv. A user story is assigned to a tester for exploratory testing. Tester is told to learn the functionality
of the user story, to make sure the functionality is correct and to include negative testing. There
is no set deadline for this exploratory testing to be complete; it depends on what is found by the
tester. Documentation is not necessary, but defects need to be logged in defect tracking tool.
Your manager presents you with his conclusions about how best to introduce exploratory testing to an
agile team.
Which one of your managers conclusions is correct?
Answer Set:
A. Scenario i IS NOT the best way because: In exploratory testing, test design and test execution
happen at the same time but are guided by a documented test charter that includes actors,
test conditions, test data, etc. Test results are also documented and will guide the next test.
B. Scenario ii IS the best way because: In this case, the testers have knowledge of the user story
already, which will help them come up with test conditions and ideas. The team is using timeboxed exploratory test sessions. The team is expected to document test conditions, data, and
user information, and to log results of the test. Issues are logged in a defect tracking tool just
like any other test technique.
C. Scenario iii IS NOT the best way because: This could be describing system acceptance
testing, but not exploratory testing.
D. Scenario iv IS NOT the best way because: Documentation is necessary for exploratory testing,
and testers must log test ideas and results of testing. The results of testing are used to guide
future exploratory testing.
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Question 39 K1
Which of the following is one of the purposes of an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tool on
an agile project?
Answer Set:
A. An ALM tool allows teams to build up a knowledge base on tools and techniques for
development and testing activities
B. An ALM tool provides quick response about the build quality and details about code changes
C. An ALM tool provides visibility into the current state of the application, especially with
distributed teams
D. An ALM tool generates and loads large volumes and combinations of data to use for testing
Question 40 K1
Which of the following statements is FALSE with respect to exploratory testing?
Answer Set:
A. Exploratory testing encompasses concurrent learning, test design, and execution.
B. Exploratory testing eliminates the need for testers to prepare test ideas prior to test execution.
C. Best results are achieved when exploratory testing is combined with other test strategies.
D. Exploratory testers need to have a solid understanding of the system under test.
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