MARKED 2023 QUESTIONS Test A

Certified Tester, Foundation Level
Sample Exams set A

Sample Exam Questions
Questions
Question #1 (1 Point)
Which of the following statements describe a valid test objective?
a) To prove that there are no unfixed defects in the system under test
b) To prove that there will be no failures after the implementation of the system into production
c) To reduce the risk level of the test object and to build confidence in the quality level
d) To verify that there are no untested combinations of inputs
Select ONE option.
Which of the following options shows an example of test activities that contribute to success?
a) Having testers involved during various software development lifecycle (SDLC) activities will
help to detect defects in work products
b) Testers try not to disturb the developers while coding, so that the developers write better
code
c) Testers collaborating with end users help to improve the quality of defect reports during
component integration and system testing
d) Certified testers will design much better test cases than non-certified testers
Select ONE option.
You have been assigned as a tester to a team producing a new system incrementally. You have
noticed that no changes have been made to the existing regression test cases for several iterations
and no new regression defects were identified. Your manager is happy, but you are not. Which
testing principle explains your skepticism?
a) Tests wear out

b) Absence-of-errors fallacy
c) Defects cluster together
d) Exhaustive testing is impossible
Select ONE option.
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Sample Exams set A
You work in a team that develops a mobile application for food ordering. In the current iteration the
team decided to implement the payment functionality.
Which of the following activities is a part of test analysis?
a) Estimating that testing the integration with the payment service will take 8 person-days
b) Deciding that the team should test if it is possible to properly share payment between many
users
c) Using boundary value analysis (BVA) to derive the test data for the test cases that check
the correct payment processing for the minimum allowed amount to be paid
d) Analyzing the discrepancy between the actual result and expected result after executing a
test case that checks the process of payment with a credit card, and reporting a defect
Select ONE option.
Which of the following factors (i-v) have SIGNIFICANT influence on the test process?
i.
The SDLC
ii.
The number of defects detected in previous projects
iii.
The identified product risks
iv. New regulatory requirements forcing formal white-box testing
v. The test environment setup
a) i, ii have significant influence; iii, iv, v have not

b) i, iii, iv have significant influence; ii, v have not
c) ii, iv, v have significant influence; i, iii have not
d) iii, v have significant influence; i, ii, iv have not
Select ONE option.
Which TWO of the following tasks belong MAINLY to a testing role?
a) Configure test environments

b) Maintain the product backlog
c) Design solutions to new requirements
d) Create the test plan
e) Report on achieved coverage
Select TWO options.

Sample Exams set A
Which of the following skills (i-v) are the MOST important skills of a tester?
i. Having domain knowledge

ii. Creating a product vision
iii. Being a good team player
iv. Planning and organizing the work of the team
v. Critical thinking
a) ii and iv are important; i, iii and v are not

b) i, iii and v are important; ii and iv are not
c) i, ii and v are important; iii and iv are not
d) iii and iv are important; i, ii and v are not
Select ONE option.
How is the whole team approach present in the interactions between testers and business
representatives?
a) Business representatives decide on test automation approaches

b) Testers help business representatives to define test strategy
c) Business representatives are not part of the whole team approach
d) Testers help business representatives to create suitable acceptance tests
Select ONE option.
Consider SDLC In which
SDLC models does this rule hold?
a) Only in sequential SDLC models

b) Only in iterative SDLC models
c) Only in iterative and incremental SDLC models
d) In sequential, incremental, and iterative SDLC models
Select ONE option.

Sample Exams set A

Which of the following statements BEST describes the acceptance test-driven development (ATDD)
approach?
a) In ATDD, acceptance criteria are typically created based on the given/when/then format
b) In ATDD, test cases are mainly created at component testing and are code-oriented
c) In ATDD, tests are created, based on acceptance criteria to drive the development of the
related software
d) in ATDD, tests are based on the desired behavior of the software, which makes it easier for
team members to understand them
Select ONE option.

Which of the following is NOT an example of the shift left approach?
a) Reviewing the user requirements before they are formally accepted by the stakeholders
b) Writing a component test before the corresponding code is written
c) Executing a performance efficiency test for a component during component testing
d) Writing a test script before setting up the configuration management process
Select ONE option.

Which of the arguments below would you use to convince your manager to organize retrospectives
at the end of each release cycle?
a) Retrospectives are very popular these days and clients would appreciate it if we added them
to our processes
b) Organizing retrospectives will save the organization money because end user
representatives do not provide immediate feedback about the product
c) Process weaknesses identified during the retrospective can be analyzed and serve as a to
do list for the organization process improvement program
d) Retrospectives embrace five values including courage and respect, which are crucial to
maintain continuous improvement in the organization
Select ONE option.

Sample Exams set A

Which types of failures (1-4) fit which test levels (A-D) BEST?
1. Failures in system behavior as it deviates from

2. Failures in communication between components
3. Failures in logic in a module
4. Failures in not correctly implemented business rules
A. Component testing
B. Component integration testing
C. System testing
D. Acceptance testing
a) 1D, 2B, 3A, 4C

b) 1D, 2B, 3C, 4A
c) 1B, 2A, 3D, 4C
d) 1C, 2B, 3A, 4D
Select ONE option.

You are testing a user story with three acceptance criteria: AC1, AC2 and AC3. AC1 is covered by
test case TC1, AC2 by TC2, and AC3 by TC3. The test execution history had three test runs on three
consecutive versions of the software as follows:
Execution 1 Execution 2 Execution 3

TC1 (1) Failed (4) Passed (7) Passed
TC2 (2) Passed (5) Failed (8) Passed
TC3 (3) Failed (6) Failed (9) Passed
Tests are repeated once you are informed that all defects found in the test run are corrected and
a new version of the software is available.
Which of the above tests are executed as regression tests?
a) Only 4, 7, 8, 9
b) Only 5, 7
c) Only 4, 6, 8, 9
d) Only 5, 6
Select ONE option.

Sample Exams set A

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of static testing?
a) Having less expensive defect management due to the ease of detecting defects later in the
SDLC
b) Fixing defects found during static testing is generally much less expensive than fixing defects
found during dynamic testing
c) Finding coding defects that might not have been found by only performing dynamic testing
d) Detecting gaps and inconsistencies in requirements
Select ONE option.

Which of the following is a benefit of early and frequent feedback?
a) It improves the test process for future projects

b) It forces customers to prioritize their requirements based on agreed risks
c) It is the only way to measure the quality of changes
d) It helps avoid requirements misunderstandings
Select ONE option.

The reviews being used in your organization have the following attributes:
There is the role of a scribe

The main purpose is to evaluate quality
The meeting is led by the author of the work product
There is individual preparation
A review report is produced
Which of the following review types is MOST likely being used?
a) Informal review
b) Walkthrough
c) Technical review
d) Inspection
Select ONE option.

Which of these statements is NOT a factor that contributes to successful reviews?
a) Participants should dedicate adequate time for the review

b) Splitting large work products into small parts to make the required effort less intense
c) Participants should avoid behaviors that might indicate boredom, exasperation, or hostility to
other participants
d) Failures found should be acknowledged, appreciated, and handled objectively
Select ONE option.

Sample Exams set A

Which of the following is a characteristic of experience-based test techniques?
a) Test cases are created based on detailed design information

b) Items tested within the interface code section are used to measure coverage
c) The techniques heavily rely on the of the software and the business
domain
d) The test cases are used to identify deviations from the requirements
Select ONE option.

You are testing a simplified apartment search form which has only two search criteria:
floor (with three possible options: ground floor; first floor; second or higher floor)
garden type (with three possible options: no garden; small garden; large garden)
Only apartments on the ground floor have gardens. The form has a built-in validation mechanism
that will not allow you to use the search criteria which violate this rule.
Each test has two input values: floor and garden type. You want to apply equivalence partitioning
(EP) to cover each floor and each garden type in your tests.
What is the minimal number of test cases to achieve 100% EP coverage?
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6
Select ONE option

Sample Exams set A

You are testing a system that calculates the final course grade for a given student.
The final grade is assigned based on the final result, according to the following rules:
0 50 points: failed
51 60 points: fair
61 70 points: satisfactory
71 80 points: good
81 90 points: very good
91 100 points: excellent
You have prepared the following set of test cases:
Final Final
result grade
TC1 91 excellent
TC2 50 failed
TC3 81 very good
TC4 60 fair
TC5 70 satisfactory
TC6 80 good
What is the 2-value Boundary Value Analysis (BVA) coverage for the final result that is achieved with
the existing test cases?
a) 50%
b) 60%
c) 33.3%
d) 100%
Select ONE option.

Sample Exams set A

Your favorite bicycle daily rental store has just introduced a new Customer Relationship
Management system and asked you, one of their most loyal members, to test it.
The implemented features are as follows:
Anyone can rent a bicycle, but members receive a 20% discount

However, if the return deadline is missed, the discount is no longer available
After 15 rentals, members get a gift: a T-Shirt
Decision table describing the implemented features looks as follows:
Conditions R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8
Being a member T T T T F F F F
Missed deadline T F T F T F F T
15th rental F F T T F F T T
Actions
20% discount X X
Gift T-Shirt X X X
Based ONLY on the feature description of the Customer Relationship Management system, which
of the above rules describes an impossible situation?
a) R4
b) R2
c) R6
d) R8
Select ONE option.

You test a system whose lifecycle is modeled by the state transition diagram shown below. The
system starts in the INIT state and ends its operation in the OFF state.
What is the MINIMAL number of test cases to achieve valid transitions coverage?
a) 4
b) 2
c) 7
d) 3
Select ONE option.

Sample Exams set A

Your test suite achieved 100% statement coverage. What is the consequence of this fact?
a) Each instruction in the code that contains a defect has been executed at least once
b) Any test suite containing more test cases than your test suite will also achieve 100%
statement coverage
c) Each path in the code has been executed at least once
d) Every combination of input values has been tested at least once
Select ONE option.

Which of the following is NOT true for white-box testing?
a) During white-box testing the entire software implementation is considered

b) White-box coverage metrics can help identify additional tests to increase code coverage
c) White-box test techniques can be used in static testing
d) White-box testing can help identify gaps in requirements implementation
Select ONE option.

Which of the following BEST describes the concept behind error guessing?
a) Error guessing involves using your knowledge and experience of defects found in the past
and typical errors made by developers
b) Error guessing involves using your personal experience of development and the errors you
made as a developer
c) Error guessing requires you to imagine that you are the user of the test object and to guess
errors the user could make interacting with it
d) Error guessing requires you to rapidly duplicate the development task to identify the sort of
errors a developer might make
Select ONE option.

In your project there has been a delay in the release of a brand-new application and test execution
started late, but you have very detailed domain knowledge and good analytical skills. The full list of
requirements has not yet been shared with the team, but management is asking for some test results
to be presented.
Which test technique fits BEST in this situation?
a) Checklist-based testing
b) Error guessing
c) Exploratory testing
d) Branch testing
Select ONE option.

Sample Exams set A

Which of the following BEST describes the way acceptance criteria can be documented?
a) Performing retrospectives to determine the actual needs of the stakeholders regarding a

given user story
b) Using the given/when/then format to describe an example test condition related to a given
user story
c) Using verbal communication to reduce the risk of misunderstanding the acceptance criteria
by others
d) Documenting risks related to a given user story in a test plan to facilitate the risk-based
testing of a given user story
Select ONE option.

Consider the following user story:
As an Editor
I want to review content before it is published
so that I can assure the grammar is correct
and its acceptance criteria:
The user can log in to the content management system with "Editor" role
The editor can view existing content pages
The editor can edit the page content
The editor can add markup comments
The editor can save changes
The editor can reassign to the "content owner" role to make updates
Which of the following is the BEST example of an ATDD test for this user story?
a) test if the editor can save the document after deleting the page content
b) test if the content owner can log in and make updates to the content
c) test if the editor can schedule the edited content for publication
d) test if the editor can reassign to another editor to make updates
Select ONE option.

How do testers add value to iteration and release planning?
a) Testers determine the priority of the user stories to be developed

b) Testers focus only on the functional aspects of the system to be tested
c) Testers participate in the detailed risk identification and risk assessment of user stories
d) Testers guarantee the release of high-quality software through early test design during the
release planning
Select ONE option.

Sample Exams set A

Which TWO of the following options are the exit criteria for testing a system?
a) Test environment readiness

b) The ability to log in to the test object by the tester
c) Estimated defect density is reached
d) Requirements are translated into given/when/then format
e) Regression tests are automated
Select TWO options.

Your team uses the three-point estimation technique to estimate the test effort for a new high-risk
feature. The following estimates were made:
Most optimistic estimation: 2 person-hours

Most likely estimation: 11 person-hours
Most pessimistic estimation: 14 person-hours
What is the final estimate?
a) 9 person-hours
b) 14 person-hours
c) 11 person-hours
d) 10 person-hours
Select ONE option.

You are testing a mobile application that allows users to find a nearby restaurant based on the type
of food they want to eat. Consider the following list of test cases, priorities (i.e., a smaller number
means a higher priority), and dependencies:
Test case Logical

Test condition covered Priority
number dependency
TC 001 Select type of food 3 none
TC 002 Select restaurant 2 TC 001
TC 003 Get direction 1 TC 002
TC 004 Call restaurant 2 TC 002
TC 005 Make reservation 3 TC 002
Which of the following test cases should be executed as the third one?
a) TC 003
b) TC 005
c) TC 002
d) TC 001
Select ONE option.

Sample Exams set A

Consider the following test categories (1-4) and agile testing quadrants (A-D):
1. Usability testing
2. Component testing
3. Functional testing
4. Reliability testing
A. Agile testing quadrant Q1: technology facing, supporting the development team
B. Agile testing quadrant Q2: business facing, supporting the development team
C. Agile testing quadrant Q3: business facing, critique the product
D. Agile testing quadrant Q4: technology facing, critique the product
How do the following test categories map onto the agile testing quadrants?
a) 1C, 2A, 3B, 4D

b) 1D, 2A, 3C, 4B
c) 1C, 2B, 3D, 4A
d) 1D, 2B, 3C, 4A
Select ONE option.

During a risk analysis the following risk was identified and assessed:
Risk: Response time is too long to generate a report

Risk likelihood: medium; risk impact: high
Response to risk:
o an independent test team performs performance testing during system testing
o a selected sample of end users performs alpha and beta acceptance testing
before the release
What measure is proposed to be taken in response to this analyzed risk?
a) Risk acceptance
b) Contingency plan
c) Risk mitigation
d) Risk transfer
Select ONE option.

Sample Exams set A

Which tool can be used by an agile team to show the amount of work that has been completed and
the amount of total work remaining for a given iteration?
a) Acceptance criteria
b) Defect report
c) Test completion report
d) Burndown chart
Select ONE option.

You need to update one of the automated test scripts to be in line with a new requirement. Which
process indicates that you create a new version of the test script in the test repository?
a) Traceability management
b) Maintenance testing
c) Configuration management
d) Requirements engineering
Select ONE option.

You received the following defect report from the developers stating that the anomaly described in
this test report is not reproducible.
Application hangs up
2022-May-03 John Doe Rejected
the new
user creation screen. Tried to log off, log in with test_admin01 account, same issue. Tried
with other test admin accounts, same issue. No error message received; log (see
attached) contains fatal error notification. Based on the test case TC-1305, the
application should accept the provided input and create the user. Please fix with high
priority, this feature is related to REQ-0012, which is a critical new business requirement.
What critical information is MISSING from this test report that would have been useful for the
developers?
a) Expected result and actual result

b) References and defect status
c) Test environment and test item
d) Priority and severity
Select ONE option.

Sample Exams set A

Which test activity does a data preparation tool support?
a) Test monitoring and control

b) Test analysis and design
c) Test implementation and execution
d) Test completion
Select ONE option.

Which item correctly identifies a potential risk of performing test automation?
a) It may introduce unknown regressions in production

b) Sufficient efforts to maintain testware may not be properly allocated
c) Testing tools and associated testware may not be sufficiently relied upon
d) It may reduce the time allocated for manual testing
Select ONE option.

Sample Exams set A
Appendix: Additional Questions

Question #A1 (1 Point)
You were given a task to analyze and fix causes of failures in a new system to be released.
Which activity are you performing?
a) Debugging
b) Software testing
c) Requirement elicitation
d) Defect management
Select ONE option.

In many software organizations the test department is called the Quality Assurance (QA) department.
Is this sentence correct or not and why?
a) It is correct. Testing and QA mean exactly the same thing

b) It is correct. These names can be used interchangeably because both testing and QA focus
their activities on the same quality issues
c) It is not correct. Testing is something more; testing includes all activities with regard to quality.
QA focuses on quality-related processes
d) It is not correct. QA is focused on quality-related processes while testing concentrates on
demonstrating that a component or system is fit for purpose and to detect defects
Select ONE option.

A phone ringing in a neighboring cubicle distracts a programmer causing him to improperly program
the logic that checks the upper boundary of an input variable. Later, during system testing, a tester
notices that this input field accepts invalid input values.
Which of the following correctly describes an incorrectly coded upper bound?
a) The root cause

b) A failure
c) An error
d) A defect
Select ONE option.

Sample Exams set A

Consider the following testware.
Test Charter #04.018 Session time: 1h

Explore: Registration page
With: Different sets of incorrect input data
Defects related to accepting the registration process with the
To discover:
incorrect input
Which test activity produces this testware as an output?
a) Test planning
b) Test monitoring and control
c) Test analysis
d) Test design
Select ONE option.

Which of the following is the BEST example of how traceability supports testing?
a) Performing the impact analysis of a change will give information about the completion of the
tests
b) Analyzing the traceability between test cases and test results will give information about the
estimated level of residual risk
c) Performing the impact analysis of a change will help selecting the right test cases for
regression testing
d) Analyzing the traceability between the test basis, the test objects and the test cases will help
in selecting test data to achieve the assumed coverage of the test object
Select ONE option.

Which of the following BEST explains a benefit of independence of testing?
a) The use of an independent test team allows project management to assign responsibility for
the quality of the final deliverable to the test team
b) If a test team external to the organization can be afforded, then there are distinct benefits in
terms of this external team not being so easily swayed by the delivery concerns of project
management and the need to meet strict delivery deadlines
c) An independent test team can work separately from the developers, need not be distracted
with project requirement changes, and can restrict communication with the developers to
defect reporting through the defect management system
d) When specifications contain ambiguities and inconsistencies, assumptions are made on their
interpretation, and an independent tester can be useful in questioning those assumptions and
the interpretation made by the developer
Select ONE option.

Sample Exams set A

Sample Exams set A

You are working as a tester in the team that follows the V-model. The choise of software
development lifecycle (SDLC) model impacts the timing of testing, which of the following statement
is NOT true?
a) Dynamic testing cannot be performed early in the SDLC

b) Static testing cannot be performed early in the SDLC
c) Test planning cannot be performed early in the SDLC
d) Acceptance testing can be performed early in the SDLC
Select ONE option.

Which of the following are advantages of DevOps?
i. Faster product release and faster time to market

ii. Increases the need for repetitive manual testing
iii. Constant availability of executable software
iv. Reduction in the number of regression tests associated with code refactoring
v. Setting up the test automation framework is inexpensive since everything is
automated
a) i, ii, iv are advantages; iii, v are not

b) iii, v are advantages; i, ii, iv are not
c) i, iii are advantages; ii, iv, v are not
d) ii, iv, v are advantages; i, iii are not
Select ONE option.

You work as a tester in a project on a mobile application for food ordering for one of your clients.
The client sent you a list of requirements. One of them, with high priority, says
You created a set of test cases in which a number of random orders were made, the processing time
measured, and the test results were checked against the requirements.
What test type did you perform?
a) Functional, because the test cases

b) Non-
c) Functional, because the test cases interact with the user interface
d) Structural, because we need to know the internal structure of the program to measure the
order processing time
Select ONE option.

Sample Exams set A

Your test strategy suggests that once a system is going to be retired, data migration
shall be tested. As part of what test type is this testing MOST likely to be performed?
a) Maintenance testing
b) Regression testing
c) Component testing
d) Integration testing
Select ONE option.

The following is a list of the work products produced in the SDLC.
i. Business requirements
ii. Schedule
iii. Test budget
iv. Third-party executable code
v. User stories and their acceptance criteria
Which of them can be reviewed?
a) i and iv can be reviewed; ii, iii and v cannot

b) i, ii, iii and iv can be reviewed; v cannot
c) i, ii, iii, and v can be reviewed; iv cannot
d) iii, iv, v can be reviewed; i and ii cannot
Select ONE option.

Decide which of the following statements (i-v) are true for dynamic testing and which are true for
static testing.
i. Abnormal external behaviors are easier to identify with this testing

ii. Discrepancies from a coding standard are easier to find with this testing
iii. It identifies failures caused by defects when the software is run
iv. Its test objective is to identify defects as early as possible
v. Missing coverage for critical security requirements is easier to find and fix
a) i, iv, v are true for static testing; ii, iii are true for dynamic testing
b) i, iii, iv are true for static testing; ii, v are true for dynamic testing
c) ii, iii are true for static testing; i, iv, v are true for dynamic testing
d) ii, iv, v are true for static testing; i, iii, iv are true for dynamic testing
Select ONE option.

Sample Exams set A

Which of the following statements about formal reviews is TRUE?
a) Some reviews do not require more than one role

b) The review process has several activities
c) Documentation to be reviewed is not distributed before the review meeting, with the exception
of the work product for specific review types
d) Defects found during the review are not reported since they are not found by dynamic testing
Select ONE option.

What task may management take on during a formal review?
a) Taking overall responsibility for the review

b) Deciding what is to be reviewed
c) Ensuring the effective running of review meetings, and mediating, if necessary
d) Recording review information such as review decisions
Select ONE option.

A wine storage system uses a control device that measures the wine cell temperature T (measured
in °C, rounded to the nearest degree) and alarms the user if it deviates from the optimal value of
12, according to the following rules:
if T = 12, the system says, o

if T < 12, the system says, temperature is
if T > 12, the system says, temperature is
You want to use the 3-point boundary value analysis (BVA) to verify the behavior of the control
device. A test input is a temperature in °C provided by the device.
What is the MINIMAL set of test inputs that achieves 100% of the desired coverage?
a) 11, 12, 13
b) 10, 12, 14
c) 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
d) 10, 11, 13, 14
Select ONE option.

Sample Exams set A

Which of the following statements about branch testing is CORRECT?
a) If a program includes only unconditional branches, then 100% branch coverage can be
achieved without executing any test cases
b) If the test cases exercise all unconditional branches in the code, then 100% branch coverage
is achieved
c) If 100% statement coverage is achieved, then 100% branch coverage is also achieved
d) If 100% branch coverage is achieved, then all decision outcomes in each decision statement
in the code are exercised
Select ONE option.

You are testing a mobile application that allows customers to access and manage their bank
accounts. You are running a test suite that involves evaluating each screen, and each field on each
screen, against a general list of user interface best practices derived from a popular book on the
topic that maximizes attractiveness, ease-of-use, and accessibility for such applications. Which of
the following options BEST categorizes the test technique you are using?
a) Black-box
b) Exploratory
c) Checklist-based
d) Error guessing
Select ONE option.

Which of the following BEST describe the collaborative approach to user story writing?
a) User stories are created by testers and developers and then accepted by business
representatives
b) User stories are created by business representatives, developers, and testers together
c) User stories are created by business representatives and verified by developers and testers
d) User stories are created in a way that they are independent, negotiable, valuable,
estimable, small, and testable
Select ONE option.

Sample Exams set A

Consider the following part of a test plan.
Testing will be performed using component testing and component integration testing.
The regulations require to demonstrate that 100% branch coverage is achieved for
each component classified as critical.
Which part of the test plan does this part belong to?
a) Communication
b) Risk register
c) Context of testing
d) Test approach
Select ONE option.

Your team uses planning poker to estimate the test effort for a newly required feature. There is a
rule in your team that if there is no time to reach full agreement and the variation in the results is
the
After two rounds, the consensus was not reached, so the third round was initiated. You can see the
test estimation results in the table below.
Team members' estimations

Round 1 21 2 5 34 13 8 2
Round 2 13 8 8 34 13 8 5
Round 3 13 8 13 13 13 13 8
Which of the following is the BEST example of the next step?
a) The product owner has to step in and make a final decision

b) Accept 13 as the final test estimate as this has most of the votes
c) No further action is needed. Consensus has been reached
d) Remove the new feature from the current release because consensus has not been
reached
Select ONE option.

Sample Exams set A

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the test pyramid?
a) The test pyramid emphasizes having a larger number of tests at the lower test levels
b) The closer to the top of the pyramid, the more formal your test automation should be
c) Usually, component testing and component integration testing are automated using API-
based tools
d) For system testing and acceptance testing, the automated tests are typically created using
GUI-based tools
Select ONE option.

During risk analysis the team considered the following risk: The system allows too high a discount
for a customer risk impact to be very high.
What can one say about the risk likelihood?
a) It is also very high. High risk impact always implies high risk likelihood
b) It is very low. High risk impact always implies low risk likelihood
c) One cannot say anything about risk likelihood. Risk impact and risk likelihood are
independent.
d) Risk likelihood is not important with such a high-risk impact. One does not need to define it.
Select ONE option.

The following list contains risks that have been identified for a new software product to be developed:
i. Management moves two experienced testers to another project

ii. The system does not comply with functional safety standards
iii. System response time exceeds user requirements
iv. Stakeholders have inaccurate expectations
v. Disabled people have problems when using the system
Which of them are project risks?
a) i, iv are project risks; ii, iii, v are not project risks

b) iv, v are project risks; i, ii, iii are not project risks
c) i, iii are project risks; ii, iv, v are not project risks
d) ii, v are project risks; i, iii, iv are not project risks
Select ONE option.

Sample Exams set A

Which of the following is an example of how product risk analysis influences thoroughness and scope
of testing?
a) The test manager monitors and reports the level of all known risks on a daily basis so the
stakeholders can make an informed decision on the release date
b) One of the identified risks was "Lack of support of open-source databases", so the team
decided to integrate the system with an open-source database
c) During the quantitative risk analysis, the team estimated the total level of all identified risks
and reported it as the total residual risk before testing
d) Risk assessment revealed a very high level of performance risks, so it was decided to perform
detailed performance efficiency testing early in the SDLC
Select ONE option.

Which TWO of the following options are common metrics used for reporting on the quality level of
the test object?
a) Number of defects found during system testing

b) Total effort on test design divided by the number of designed test cases
c) Number of executed test procedures
d) Number of defects found divided by the size of a work product
e) Time needed to repair a defect
Select TWO options.

Which of the following pieces of information contained in a test progress report is the LEAST useful
for business representatives?
a) Impediments to testing
b) Branch coverage achieved
c) Test progress
d) New risks within the test cycle
Select ONE option.


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Sample Exams set A

Select ONE option.

Select ONE option.

a) Tests wear out

Select ONE option.

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Which of the following activities is a part of test analysis?

a) i, ii have significant influence; iii, iv, v have not

Select ONE option.

a) Configure test environments

Select TWO options.

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i. Having domain knowledge

a) ii and iv are important; i, iii and v are not

Select ONE option.

a) Business representatives decide on test automation approaches

Select ONE option.

a) Only in sequential SDLC models

Select ONE option.

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Question #10 (1 Point)

Select ONE option.

Question #11 (1 Point)

Select ONE option.

Question #12 (1 Point)

Select ONE option.

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Question #13 (1 Point)

1. Failures in system behavior as it deviates from

a) 1D, 2B, 3A, 4C

Select ONE option.

Question #14 (1 Point)

Execution 1 Execution 2 Execution 3

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Question #15 (1 Point)

Select ONE option.

Question #16 (1 Point)

a) It improves the test process for future projects

Select ONE option.

Question #17 (1 Point)

There is the role of a scribe

Select ONE option.

Question #18 (1 Point)

a) Participants should dedicate adequate time for the review

Select ONE option.

Question #19 (1 Point)

a) Test cases are created based on detailed design information

Select ONE option.

Question #20 (1 Point)

What is the minimal number of test cases to achieve 100% EP coverage?

Select ONE option

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Question #21 (1 Point)

You have prepared the following set of test cases:

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Question #22 (1 Point)

The implemented features are as follows:

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