ISTQB - 1000cau - Sua-801-900
ISTQB - 1000cau - Sua-801-900
ISTQB - 1000cau - Sua-801-900
Q. 802: Below you find a list of improvement goals a software development and test organization would
like to achieve.
Which of these goals for improving the efficiency of test activities would best be supported by a test
management tool?
Q. 803: Which statement about combinations of inputs and preconditions is true for a large system?
A. It is easy to test them all in a short time
B. It is not practically possible to test them all
C. It is not possible to test any of them
D. It is essential to test them all in order to do good testing
W. Component testing
X. Integration testing
Y. Alpha testing
Z. Robustness testing
A. Maintenance Testing
B. Unit Testing
C. System Testing
D. User Acceptance Testing
Q. 809: What is the KEY difference in the usage of static analysis tools?
A. Developers use static analysis tools before and during component testing Designers use static analysis
tools during software modeling
B. Developers use static analysis tools to check the syntax of their codes Designers use static analysis
tools to ensure adherence to programming standards
C. Developers use static analysis tools before and after integration testing Designers use static analysis
tools to guarantee regulatory compliance
D. Developers use static analysis tools to check the syntax of their codes Designers use static analysis
tools after software modeling
Read A, B, C;
If A > B then
Print "Primary ratio is" & A / B;
End If
If A > C then
Print "Secondary ration is" & A / C;
End If.
Which of the following test cases would achieve 100% statement coverage?
A. A = 5, B = 10 and C = 2
B. A = 10, B = 10 and C = 10
C. A = 10, B =5 and C = 2
D. A = 2, B= 5 and C = 10
A. A test condition specifies input values and expected results; a test case combines one or more test
conditions
B. A test condition may be derived from requirements or specifications; a test procedure specifies the
sequence of action for the execution of a test
C. A test case specifies the sequence of execution of test conditions; a test procedure specifies test pre-
conditions and post-conditions
D. A test case specifies input values and expected results; a test procedure may be derived from
requirements or specifications
Q. 812: Which one of the following statements about approaches to test estimation is true?
Q. 813: Which option BEST describes objectives for test levels within a life cycle model?
Q. 814: Which statement is a valid explanation as to why black-box test design techniques can be useful?
A. They can help to derive test data based on analysis of the requirement specification
B. They can help derive test cases based on analysis of a component's code structure
C. They can help to derive test conditions based on analysis of a system's internal structure
D. They can help to reduce testing costs
Q. 815: During which activity of the Fundamental Test Process test process do you determine the exit
criteria?
Q. 816: Which two of the following are common attributes of maintenance testing?
a. It is carried out to ensure that the system will be reliable once in service.
b. It includes regression testing.
c. It requires the use of fully defined specifications.
d. It can include testing of a system after migration from one platform to another.
A. a and b
B. a and c
C. c and d
D. b and d
Q. 817: Which of the following would TYPICALLY be carried out by a test leader and which by a tester?
a. Creation of a test strategy.
b. Creation of a test specification.
c. Raising of an incident report.
d. Write a test summary report.
A. a and b would be carried out by a test leader, whilst c and d would be carried out by a tester
B. b and c would be carried out by a test leader, whilst a and d would be carried out by a tester
C. a and d would be carried out by a test leader, whilst b and c would be carried out by a tester
D. a and c would be carried out by a test leader, whilst b and d would be carried out by a tester
What is the expected result for each of the following test cases?
A. P. Offer free upgrade to Business and discounted upgrade to First. Q. Offer discounted upgrade to First
B. P. Offer free upgrade to Business but cannot upgrade to First. Q. Offer discounted upgrade to First
C. P. Offer free upgrade to First. Q. Cannot upgrade to First
D. P. Offer discounted upgrade to First. Q. Offer free upgrade to First
Q. 821: Which of the following activities would improve how a tool is deployed within an organization?
a. Roll out the tool across the organisation as quickly as possible to all users.
b. Conduct periodic lessons learnt reviews with tool users.
c. Provide technical support to the test team for each type of tool.
d. If a tool is not being used, withdraw it and look for an alternative.
e. Make sure processes are improved to reflect a new tool.
A. a, b and c
B. a, c and d
C. c, d and e
D. b, c and e
Q. 822: Place the stages of the Fundamental Test Process in the usual order (by time).
A. c, b, d, e, a
B. c, b, e, d, a
C. c, b, d, a, e
D. b, c, d, e, a
Q. 823: If a system has been tested and only a few defects have been found, what can we conclude
about the state of the system?
a. The system may be defect free but the testing done cannot guarantee that this is true.
b. The system is defect free and further testing would therefore be a waste of resources.
c. It depends what the system is designed to do.
d. Further testing should be considered but this should be focussed on areas of highest risk because it
would not be possible to test everything.
e. Testing should be curtailed because it is yielding no value.
A. a, c and d
B. b, c and d
C. a, d and e
D. b, c and e
Q. 824: What would USUALLY have a set of input values and execution conditions?
A. Test basis
B. Test case
C. Test objective
D. Test control
Q. 825: Which of the following defects would NORMALLY be identified by a static analysis tool?
A. The response time for the search function exceeded the agreed limit
B. The design specification had many grammatical errors
C. The component's code had variables that were used but had not been declared
D. The component was found to be the source of the memory leak
Q. 826: Which of the following statements describe why error guessing is a useful test design technique?
A. a and b
B. b and c
C. c and d
D. a and c
Q. 827: Which of the following activities should be considered before purchasing a tool for an
organization?
a. Ensure that the tool does not have a negative impact on existing test processes.
b. Produce a business justification examining both costs and benefits.
c. Determine whether the vendor will continue to provide support for the tool.
d. Introduce tool deployment activities into the testing schedule.
A. a and d
B. b and c
C. c and d
D. a and c
ABCD
S1 S2/R1 S3/R2 S1/N S4/R6
S2 S2/N S2/N S3/R3 S4/R4
S3 S4/R5 S2/R3 S2/R6 S2/N
S4 S4/N S4/N S2/N S1/R7
Which of the following would result in a change of state to S2 with an action of R6?
Q. 829: Which of the following would NOT NORMALLY be considered for a testing role on a project?
A. System operator
B. Developer
C. Configuration manager
D. Performance specialist
Q. 830: Which one of the following provides the BEST description of test design?
Q. 831: Which one of the following examples describes a typical benefit of static analysis supported by
tools?
A. Static analysis supported by tools may find defects prior to manual test execution.
B. Static analysis supported by tools prevents business analysts and requirement engineers building
software models (e.g. state transition diagrams), which do not match the requirements.
C. By using static analysis tools user acceptance testing can be shortened because the users need to
execute less tests.
D. By performing static analysis of the code supported by tools the need for the developers doing unit
testing is decreased.
A. b and d
B. a and b
C. b and c
D. c and d
A. Individual preparation
B. Writing test conditions
C. Developing a test plan
D. Executing test scripts
A. a and e
B. b and d
C. b and e
D. e and d
Q. 835: Which of the following matches the activity (i to iv) to its most suitable type of tool (p to s)?
p. Test management.
q. Test design tool.
r. Static analysis tool.
s. Test harness.
Q. 837: Which of the following account for most of the failures in a system?
Q. 839: Which of the following software work products would NOT TYPICALLY be examined using static
analysis techniques?
a. Design specification.
b. Component's code.
c. Software model.
d. Test procedure.
e. Non-functional requirements specification.
A. a, c and d
B. a, d and e
C. b, c and d
D. a, b and e
Q. 840: An automated air-conditioner is programmed to turn its heating unit on when the temperature falls
below 17 Deg. C and to turn its refrigeration unit on when the temperature exceeds 26 Deg. C. The air-
conditioner is designed to operate at temperatures between -10 Deg. C and +40 Deg. C. Given the above
specification, which of the following sets of values shows that the equivalence partition test design
technique has been used correctly?
A. As early as possible
B. After the test environment is ready
C. After the requirements have been reviewed
D. Once the code is available to test
What is the expected action for each of the following test cases?
Joe is a smoker who will be skiing and has an existing medical condition. Sue is a non-smoker who does
not ski and does not have an existing medical condition.
Q. 843: Which of the following test activities are more likely to be undertaken by a test lead rather than a
tester?
A. c and d
B. a and b
C. b and d
D. b and c
Q. 844: The list below (a to e) describes one major task for each of the five main activities of the
fundamental test process. Which option (A to D) places the tasks in the correct order, by time?
A. a, c, b, e, d
B. c, a, d, e, b
C. c, a, e, b, d
D. d, a, c, b, e
Q. 845: A simple gaming system has been specified as a set of use cases. It has been tested by the
supplier and is now ready for user acceptance testing. The system is assessed as low risk and there is
pressure to release the software into the market as soon as possible. Which of the following test
techniques would be most appropriate for this testing?
Q. 846: A failure has occurred during system testing and incident report must be raised. The following
attributes are available for the report:
a. Tester's name.
b. Date raised.
c. Priority (to fix).
d. Severity (impact on the system).
e. Expected Results.
f. Actual Results.
g. Test case specification identifier.
h. Failing software function.
i. Tester's recommendations.
Which attributes would be the MOST effective to enable determination of WHEN the incident should be
fixed and HOW MUCH effort might be required to apply the fix?
A. b, c, e, f, g
B. a, b, d, h, i
C. c, d, e, f, h
D. c, d, e, g, i
Q. 847: Which of the following would be MOST USEFUL in estimating the amount of re-testing and
regression testing likely to be required?
A. a and b
B. b and c
C. a and d
D. c and d
Q. 848: Which of the following are key success factors to the review process?
A. Review time is allowed in the test execution schedule, process improvement is recognised in the follow
up meeting and the objective is always to find defects
B. Each review has a clear objective, the right people are involved, training is provided in the review
technique and management fully support the process
C. Participants are trained, all review meetings are time boxed and moderators are project managers
D. Every team member will be involved, all review techniques are used on every work product and test
managers control the review process
Input ExamScore
If ExamScore <= 75 then
Print "Candidate has failed"
Else
Print "Candidate has passed"
If ExamScore >= 120 then
Print "Candidate has achieved a distinction"
EndIf
EndIf.
What is the minimum number of test cases required to guarantee 100% decision coverage?
A. 2
B. 1
C. 3
D. 4
Roles
1. Moderator.
2. Recorder.
3. Reviewer.
4. Manager.
Responsibilities
P. The person chosen to represent a particular viewpoint and role.
Q. The person who decides on the execution of inspections and determines if the inspection objectives
have been met.
R. The person who leads the inspection of a document or set of documents.
S. The person who documents all the issues, problems and open points.
Q. 851: During which activity of the Fundamental Test Process do you compare actual with expected
results?
Q. 852: Which one of the following pairs of factors is used to quantify risks?
A. Test input and expected results are stored in a table or spreadsheet, so that a single control script can
execute all of the tests in the table
B. Action-words are defined to cover specific interactions in system (e.g., log-on entries) which can then
be used by testers to build their tests
C. Keywords are entered into a test harness to obtain pre-defined test coverage reports
D. The test basis is searched using keywords to help identify suitable test conditions
Q. 854: Which of the following is a TYPICAL objective of a pilot project for introducing a testing tool into
an organization?
Q. 855: Which activity in the Fundamental Test Process creates test suites for efficient test execution?
A. a, c and e
B. a, b and d
C. b, c and d
D. b, c and e
Q. 858: Which of the following best describes the purpose of non-functional testing?
A. To measure characteristics of a system which give an indication of how the system performs its
functions
B. To ensure that a system complies with the quality standards set by ISO 9126
C. To ensure that the system deals appropriately with software malfunctions
D. To measure the extent to which a system has been tested by functional testing
Q. 859: Which one of the following methods for test estimation rely on information captured from previous
projects?
A. Test point-based
B. Expert-based
C. Metrics-based
D. Development effort-based
Q. 860: Arrive-and-Go airline wants to clarify its baggage handling policy, whilst maximizing revenues,
and will introduce the following tariffs for all baggage per individual customer (weights are rounded up to
the nearest 0.1Kg):
Which of the following would constitute boundary values for baggage weights in the price calculation?
A. To cause as many failures as possible so that defects in the software are identified and can be fixed
B. To confirm that the system works as expected and that requirements have been met
C. To assess the quality of the software with no intention of fixing defects
D. To give information to stakeholders of the risk of releasing the system at a given time
Q. 862: Which one of the following BEST describes a test control action?
Q. 863: To test an input field that accepts a two - digit day based on a particular month which data set
demonstrates boundary value analysis?
A. 0, 1, 16, 31 and 100
B. 1, 27, 28, 30 and 31
C. 2, 26, 27, 29 and 30
D. -1, 0, 15, 32 and 99
A. a and b
B. a and d
C. b and d
D. b and c
Q. 865: Which one of the following BEST describes the purpose of a priority rating in an incident report?
A. Operational
B. Customer
C. Contractual
D. Regulatory
Q. 867: Which of the following is MOST clearly a characteristic of structure based (white-box) techniques?
A. Load testing
B. Portability testing
C. Maintenance testing
D. Maintainability testing
Q. 870: Which of the following statements about black box and white box techniques is correct?
A. Decision Testing, Equivalence Partitioning and Condition Coverage are all black box techniques
B. Decision Table Testing, State Transition and Use Case Testing are all black box techniques
C. Decision Testing, Equivalence Partitioning and Statement Testing are all white box techniques
D. Boundary Value Analysis, State Transition and Statement Testing are all white box techniques
Q. 871: Which of the following are characteristics of good testing in any life cycle model?
A. a, d and e
B. b, c and e
C. a, c and d
D. a, b and d
Q. 872: A system requires 100% decision coverage at component testing for all modules.
The following module has been tested with a single test case.
The test case follows the path A, B, D, E, F, G.
A. a, b and c
B. a, b and d
C. a, c and d
D. b, c and d
Q. 874: Which one of the following characteristics of test execution tools describes best a specific
characteristic of a keyword-driven test execution tool?
A. A table containing test input data, action words, and expected results controls the execution of the
system under test.
B. Actions of testers will be recorded in a script that can be rerun several times.
C. Actions of testers will be recorded in a script that is then being generalized to run with several sets of
test input data.
D. The ability to log test results and compare them against the expected results.
Q. 875: Which of the following are the typical defects found by static analysis tools?
Q. 876: The Following table shows 6 test procedures (P to U) that must now be entered into a test
execution schedule.
Business severity is regarded as the most important element in determining the sequence of the test
procedures, but other dependencies must also be taken into consideration. Regression testing can only
be run once all other tests have completed.
Which of the following represents the MOST effective sequence for the test execution schedule (where
the first entry in the sequence is the first procedure to be run, the second entry is the second to be run
and so on)?
A. R, Q, S, T, U, P
B. S, R, P, U, Q, T
C. Q, R, S, T, P, U
D. S, R, U, P, Q, T
Q. 877: Which of the following activities would improve how a tool is deployed within an organization?
a. Defining best practice guidelines for users.
b. Roll out the tool across the organization as quickly as possible to all users.
c. Provide technical support to the test team for each type of tool.
d. Introduce a system to monitor tool usage and user feedback.
e. Ensure that the test process is not changed as result of the tool's introduction.
A. a, b and c.
B. a, c and d.
C. c, d and e.
D. b, d and e.
Q. 878: Which of the following is MOST likely to be an objective of a pilot project to introduce a test tool?
Q. 879: Which of the following statements describe why error guessing is a useful test design technique?
A. a and b
B. b and c
C. c and d
D. a and c
Which of the test cases below will cover the following series of state transitions? SS - S1 - S2 - S1 - S2 -
ES
A. A, B, E, B, F
B. A, B, C, D
C. A, B, E, B, C, D
D. A, B, F
Q. 881: A programme level Master Test Plan states that a number of best practices must be adopted for
its project life cycle models, irrespective of whether a sequential or iterative- incremental approach is
adopted for each project. Which of the following life cycle related best practices would you expect to see
in the Master Test Plan?
A. a and b
B. a and c
C. b and d
D. c and d
Q. 882: Which of the following statements BEST describes one of the seven key principles of software
testing?
A. Automated tests are better than manual tests for avoiding the Exhaustive Testing.
B. Exhaustive testing is, with sufficient effort and tool support, feasible for all software.
C. It is normally impossible to test all input / output combinations for a software system.
D. The purpose of testing is to demonstrate the absence of defects.
Q. 883: Which of the following statements is the MOST valid goal for a test team?
Q. 884: Which of these tasks would you expect to perform during Test Analysis and Design?
Q. 885: Below is a list of problems that can be observed during testing or operation.
A. The product crashed when the user selected an option in a dialog box.
B. One source code file included in the build was the wrong version.
C. The computation algorithm used the wrong input variables.
D. The developer misinterpreted the requirement for the algorithm.
Q. 886: Which of the following, if observed in reviews and tests, would lead to problems (or conflict) within
teams?
Q. 888: Which of the following statements BEST describes the difference between testing and
debugging?
A. Testing pinpoints (identifies the source of) the defects. Debugging analyzes the faults and proposes
prevention activities.
B. Dynamic testing shows failures caused by defects. Debugging finds, analyzes, and removes the
causes of failures in the software.
C. Testing removes faults. Debugging identifies the causes of failures.
D. Dynamic testing prevents causes of failures. Debugging removes the failures.
A. The process of testing an integrated system to verify that it meets specified requirements.
B. The process of testing to determine the compliance of a system tocoding standards.
C. Testing without reference to the internal structure of a system.
D. Testing system attributes, such as usability, reliability or maintainability.
Q. 890: What is important to do when working with software development models? [K1]
Q. 891: Which of the following characteristics of good testing apply to any software development life cycle
model?
Q. 894: Which of the following comparisons of component testing and system testing are TRUE?
A. Component testing verifies the functioning of software modules, program objects, and classes that are
separately testable, whereas system testing verifies interfaces between components and interactions with
different parts of the system.
B. Test cases for component testing are usually derived from component specifications, design
specifications, or data models, whereas test cases for system testing are usually derived from
requirement specifications, functional specifications or use cases.
C. Component testing focuses on functional characteristics, whereas system testing focuses on functional
and non-functional characteristics.
D. Component testing is the responsibility of the technical testers, whereas system testing typically is the
responsibility of the users of the system.
Q. 895: Which of the following are the main phases of a formal review?
Q. 896: Which TWO of the review types below are the BEST fitted (most adequate) options to choose for
reviewing safety critical components in a software project?
Select 2 options.
A. Informal review.
B. Management review.
C. Inspection.
D. Walkthrough.
E. Technical Review.
Q. 897: One of the test goals for the project is to have 100% decision coverage. The following three tests
have been executed for the control flow graph shown below.
Test A covers path: A, B, D, E, G.
Test B covers path: A, B, D, E, F, G.
Test C covers path: A, C, F, C, F, C, F, G.
Which of the following statements related to the decision coverage goal is correct?
Q. 898: A defect was found during testing. When the network got disconnected while receiving data from
a server, the system crashed. The defect was fixed by correcting the code that checked the network
availability during data transfer.
The existing test cases covered 100% of all statements of the corresponding module. To verify the fix and
ensure more extensive coverage, some new tests were designed and added to the test suite.
A. Functional testing.
B. Structural testing.
C. Re-testing.
D. Performance testing.
A. A, B and D.
B. A and C.
C. A, B and C.
D. A, C and D.
Q. 899: Which of the following statements about the given state table is TRUE?
A. The state table can be used to derive both valid and invalid transitions.
B. The state table represents all possible single transitions.
C. The state table represents only some of all possible single transitions.
D. The state table represents sequential pairs of transitions.
Q. 900: Which TWO of the following solutions below lists techniques that can all be categorized as Black
Box design techniques?
Select 2 options.