ISTQB 2011 1

1. Q. 61: ‘X’ has given a data on a person age, which should be between 1 to 99. Using
BVA which is the appropriate one

0,1,2,99

1, 99, 100, 98

0, 1, 99, 100

–1, 0, 1, 99

2. Q. 53: System testing should investigate

Non-functional requirements only not Functional requirements

Functional requirements only not non-functional requirements

Non-functional requirements and Functional requirements

Non-functional requirements or Functional requirements

3. Q. 68: Use cases can be performed to test

Performance testing

Unit testing

Business scenarios

Static testing

4. Q. 69: Purpose of test design technique is

Identifying test conditions only, not Identifying test cases

Not Identifying test conditions, Identifying test cases only

Identifying test conditions and Identifying test cases

Identifying test conditions or Identifying test cases

5. Q. 59: Bug life cycle

Open, Assigned, Fixed, Closed

Open, Fixed, Assigned, Closed

Assigned, Open, Closed, Fixed

Assigned, Open, Fixed, Closed

6. Q. 45: Complete statement and branch coverage means:

That you have tested every statement in the program.

That you have tested every statement and every branch in the program.

That you have tested every IF statement in the program.

That you have tested every combination of values of IF statements in the program

7. Q. 76: The __________ testing is performed at the developing organization’s site

Unit testing

Regression testing

Alpha testing

Integration testing

8. Q. 70: One person has been dominating the current software process improvement
meeting. Which of the following techniques should the facilitator use to bring other
team members into the discussion?

Confront the person and ask that other team members be allowed to express their opinions.

Wait for the person to pause, acknowledge the person’ s opinion, and ask for someone else’ s opinion.

Switch the topic to an issue about which the person does not have a strong opinion.

Express an opinion that differs from the person’ s opinion in order to encourage others to express their ideas.

9. Q. 54: Contract and regulation testing is a part of

System testing

Acceptance testing

Integration testing

Smoke testing

10. Q. 46: There are several risks of managing your project's schedule with a statistical
reliability model. These include (choose one or more of the following):

It can increase the end-of-project pressure on testers to not find bugs, or to not report bugs.

All of the above

11. Q. 56: Which is not the testing objectives

Finding defects

Gaining confidence about the level of quality and providing information

Preventing defects.

Debugging defects

12. Q. 60: Who is responsible for document all the issues, problems and open point that
were identified during the review meeting

Moderator

Scribe

Reviewers

Author

13. Q. 80: Which is not the fundamental test process

Planning and control

Test closure activities

Analysis and design

None

14. Q. 47: Typical defects that are easier to find in reviews than in dynamic testing are:

Deviations from standards,

Requirement defects,

Design defects,

Insufficient maintainability and incorrect interface specifications.

All of the above.

15. Q. 79: The software engineer's role in tool selection is

To identify, evaluate, and rank tools, and recommend tools to management

To determine what kind of tool is needed, then find it and buy it

To initiate the tool search and present a case to management

To identify, evaluate and select the tools

16. Q. 62: Which is not a testing principle

Early testing

Defect clustering

Pesticide paradox

Exhaustive testing

17. Q. 64: The ___________ Testing will be performed by the people at client own
locations

Alpha testing

Field testing

Performance testing

System testing

18. Q. 73: Arc testing is known as

Branch testing

Agile testing

Beta testing

Ad-hoc testing

19. Q. 52: Poor software characteristics are

Only Project risks

Only Product risks

Project risks and Product risks

Project risks or Product risks

20. Q. 63: A project that is in the implementation phase is six weeks behind schedule.
The delivery date for the product is four months away. The project is not allowed to slip the delivery date or compromise on the quality standards established for his product. Which of the following actions would bring this project back on schedule?

Eliminate some of the requirements that have not yet been implemented.

Add more engineers to the project to make up for lost work.

Ask the current developers to work overtime until the lost work is recovered.

Hire more software quality assurance personnel.

21. Q. 43: A defect arrival rate curve:

Shows the number of newly discovered defects per unit time

Shows the number of open defects per unit time.

Shows the cumulative total number of defects found up to this time.

Any of these, depending on the company.

22. Q. 55: Find the correct flow of the phases of a formal review

Planning, Review meeting, Rework, Kick off

Planning, Individual preparation, Kick off, Rework

Planning, Review meeting, Rework, Follow up

Planning, Individual preparation, Follow up, Kick off

23. Q. 66: Which is not a black box testing technique

Equivalence partition

Decision tables

Transaction diagrams

Decision testing

24. Q. 48: Reviews, static analysis and dynamic testing have the same objective

Identifying defects.

Fixing defects.

A. and B

None of the above

25. Q. 58: Which is not the project risks

Supplier issues

Organization factors

Technical issues

Error-prone software delivered

26. Q. 51: Important consequences of the impossibility of complete testing are (Choose one or more answers):

We can never be certain that the program is bug free.

All of the above.

27. Q. 57: Maintenance releases and technical assistance centers are examples of which of the following costs of quality?

External failure

Internal failure

Appraisal

Prevention

28. Q. 77: What is the main purpose of Informal review

Inexpensive way to get some benefit

Find defects

Learning, gaining understanding, effect finding

Discuss, make decisions, solve technical problems

29. Q. 42: Which of the following is a purpose of the review planning phase?

Log defects.

Explain the documents to the participants.

Gather metrics.

Allocate the individual roles.

30. Q. 71: Stochastic testing using statistical information or operational profiles uses the
following method

Heuristic testing approach

Methodical testing approach

Model based testing approach

Process or standard compliant testing approach

31. Q. 74: The purpose of exit criteria is

Define when to stop testing

End of test level

When a set of tests has achieved a specific pre condition

All of the above

32. Q. 67: Find the mismatch

Test data preparation tools – Manipulate Data bases

Test design tools – Generate test inputs

Requirement management tools – Enables individual tests to be traceable

Configuration management tools – Check for consistence

33. Q. 65: Which of the following is the standard for the Software product quality

ISO 1926

ISO 829

ISO 1012

ISO 1028

34. Q. 41: Which of the following combination correctly describes a valid approach to
component testing:
i) Functional testing of the component in isolation.
ii) Structure-based testing of the code without recording incidents.
iii) Automated tests that are run until the component passes.
iv) Functional testing of the interfaces between modules.

I and ii.

I, ii and iii

Iii.

Ii and iv

35. Q. 75: The ___________ technique can be used to achieve input and output coverage

Boundary value analysis

Equivalence partitioning

Decision table testing

State transition testing

36. Q. 72: A software model that can’t be used in functional testing

Process flow model

State transaction model

Menu structure model

Plain language specification model

37. Q. 50: Measurement dysfunction is a problem because:

You are measuring the wrong thing and thus reaching the wrong conclusions.

All of the above.

38. Q. 49: We can achieve complete statement coverage but still miss bugs because:

The failure depends on the program's inability to handle specific data values, rather than on the program's flow of control.

We are not required to test code that customers are unlikely to execute.

All of the above

39. Q. 44: Which is the best definition of complete testing:

You have discovered every bug in the program.

You have tested every statement, branch, and combination of branches in the program.

You have completed every test in the test plan.

You have reached the scheduled ship date.

40. Q. 78: Which is not a Component testing

Check the memory leaks

Check the robustness

Check the branch coverage

Check the decision tables

ISTQB 2011 1

1. Q. 61: ‘X’ has given a data on a person age, which should be between 1 to 99. UsingBVA which is the appropriate one

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Q. 53: System testing should investigate

3. Q. 68: Use cases can be performed to test

4. Q. 69: Purpose of test design technique is

5. Q. 59: Bug life cycle

6. Q. 45: Complete statement and branch coverage means:

7. Q. 76: The __________ testing is performed at the developing organization’s site

8. Q. 70: One person has been dominating the current software process improvementmeeting. Which of the following techniques should the facilitator use to bring otherteam members into the discussion?

9. Q. 54: Contract and regulation testing is a part of

10. Q. 46: There are several risks of managing your project's schedule with a statisticalreliability model. These include (choose one or more of the following):

11. Q. 56: Which is not the testing objectives

12. Q. 60: Who is responsible for document all the issues, problems and open point thatwere identified during the review meeting

13. Q. 80: Which is not the fundamental test process

14. Q. 47: Typical defects that are easier to find in reviews than in dynamic testing are:

15. Q. 79: The software engineer's role in tool selection is

16. Q. 62: Which is not a testing principle

17. Q. 64: The ___________ Testing will be performed by the people at client ownlocations

18. Q. 73: Arc testing is known as

19. Q. 52: Poor software characteristics are

21. Q. 43: A defect arrival rate curve:

22. Q. 55: Find the correct flow of the phases of a formal review

23. Q. 66: Which is not a black box testing technique

24. Q. 48: Reviews, static analysis and dynamic testing have the same objective

25. Q. 58: Which is not the project risks

26. Q. 51: Important consequences of the impossibility of complete testing are (Choose one or more answers):

27. Q. 57: Maintenance releases and technical assistance centers are examples of which of the following costs of quality?

28. Q. 77: What is the main purpose of Informal review

29. Q. 42: Which of the following is a purpose of the review planning phase?

30. Q. 71: Stochastic testing using statistical information or operational profiles uses thefollowing method

31. Q. 74: The purpose of exit criteria is

32. Q. 67: Find the mismatch

33. Q. 65: Which of the following is the standard for the Software product quality

35. Q. 75: The ___________ technique can be used to achieve input and output coverage

36. Q. 72: A software model that can’t be used in functional testing

37. Q. 50: Measurement dysfunction is a problem because:

38. Q. 49: We can achieve complete statement coverage but still miss bugs because:

39. Q. 44: Which is the best definition of complete testing:

40. Q. 78: Which is not a Component testing

1. Q. 61: ‘X’ has given a data on a person age, which should be between 1 to 99. Using
BVA which is the appropriate one

8. Q. 70: One person has been dominating the current software process improvement
meeting. Which of the following techniques should the facilitator use to bring other
team members into the discussion?

10. Q. 46: There are several risks of managing your project's schedule with a statistical
reliability model. These include (choose one or more of the following):

12. Q. 60: Who is responsible for document all the issues, problems and open point that
were identified during the review meeting

17. Q. 64: The ___________ Testing will be performed by the people at client own
locations

30. Q. 71: Stochastic testing using statistical information or operational profiles uses the
following method