ISTQB 2011 11

1. Q. 434: Regression testing mainly helps in

Re-testing fixed defects

Checking for side-effects of fixes

Checking the core gaps

Ensuring high level sanity

2. Q. 430: Functional tests can be performed at all test levels

True

False

3. Q. 431: Structural Testing

Same as black box testing

Same as white box testing

Same as functional testing

None of the above.

4. Q. 440: Reliability, usablility, efficiency are

Functional characteristics

Non functional characteristics

Both A. & B.

None of the above

5. Q. 422: Which tool store information about versions and builds of software and testware

Test Management tool

Requirements management tool

Configuration management tool

Static analysis too;

6. Q. 439: Black-box testing technique is also called as structure based technique

True

False

7. Q. 423: Testing Process comprised of

Test Plan and Test Cases

Test log and Test Status

Defect Tracking

All of the above

8. Q. 428: What are the 2 major components taken into consideration with risk analysis?

The probability the negative event will occur

The potential loss or impact associated with the event

Both A. and B.

Neither A. nor B.

9. Q. 426: Code Walkthrough

Type of dynamic testing

Type of static testing

Neither dynamic nor static

Performed by the testing team

10. Q. 436: Which review is inexpensive

Informal Review

Walkthrough

Technical review

Inspection

11. Q. 447: Which of the following is NOT a white box technique?

Statement testing

Path testing

Data flow testing

State transition testing

12. Q. 452: Which of the following would NOT normally form part of a test plan?

Features to be tested

Incident reports

Risks

Schedule

13. Q. 456: Which of the following is likely to benefit most from the use of test tools
providing test capture and replay facilities?

Regression testing

Integration testing

System testing

User acceptance testing

14. Q. 442: User Acceptance Testing

Same as Alpha Testing

Same as Beta Testing

Combination of Alpha and Beta Testing

None of the above

15. Q. 453: Which of the following is a form of functional testing?

Boundary value analysis

Usability testing

Performance testing

Security testing

16. Q. 460: Which of the following statements about reviews is true?

Reviews cannot be performed on user requirements specifications.

Reviews are the least effective way of testing code.

Reviews are unlikely to find faults in test plans.

Reviews should be performed on specifications, code, and test plans.

17. Q. 458: Static analysis is best described as:

The analysis of batch programs.

The reviewing of test plans.

The analysis of program code.

The use of black box testing.

18. Q. 448: Which one of the following describes the major benefit of verification early in
the life cycle?

It allows the identification of changes in user requirements.

It facilitates timely set up of the test environment.

It reduces defect multiplication.

It allows testers to become involved early in the project.

19. Q. 450: Alpha testing is:

Post-release testing by end user representatives at the developer’s site.

The first testing that is performed.

Pre-release testing by end user representatives at the developer’s site.

Pre-release testing by end user representatives at their sites.

20. Q. 467: Error guessing:

Supplements formal test design techniques.

Can only be used in component, integration and system testing.

Is only performed in user acceptance testing.

Is not repeatable and should not be used.

21. Q. 468: In a system designed to work out the tax to be paid:
An employee has £4000 of salary tax free. The next £1500 is taxed at 10%
The next £28000 is taxed at 22%
Any further amount is taxed at 40%
Which of these groups of numbers would fall into the same equivalence class?

£4800; £14000; £28000

£5200; £5500; £28000

£28001; £32000; £35000

£5800; £28000; £32000

22. Q. 470: In prioritising what to test, the most important objective is to:

Find as many faults as possible.

Test high risk areas.

Obtain good test coverage.

Test whatever is easiest to test.

23. Q. 469: The oracle assumption:

Is that there is some existing system against which test output may be checked.

Is that the tester can routinely identify the correct outcome of a test.

Is that the tester knows everything about the software under test.

24. Q. 435: Review is one of the methods of V&V. The other methods are

Inspection

Walkthrough

Testing

All of the above

25. Q. 455: Which of the following is not described in a unit test standard?

Syntax testing

Equivalence partitioning

Stress testing

Modified condition/decision coverage

26. Q. 463: Which of the following is NOT true of incidents?

Incident resolution is the responsibility of the author of the software under test.

Incidents may be raised against user requirements.

Incidents require investigation and/or correction.

Incidents are raised when expected and actual results differ.

27. Q. 441: Test Plan

Road map for testing

Tells about the actual results and expected results

Both a and b

None of the above

28. Q. 449: Which of the following is false?

In a system two different failures may have different severities.

A system is necessarily more reliable after debugging for the removal of a fault.

A fault need not affect the reliability of a system.

Undetected errors may lead to faults and eventually to incorrect behavior.

29. Q. 454: Which one of the following statements about system testing is NOT true?

System tests are often performed by independent teams.

Functional testing is used more than structural testing.

Faults found during system tests can be very expensive to fix.

End-users should be involved in system tests.

30. Q. 444: Which testing technique do you prefer for the following situations?
1. Severe time pressure
2. Inadequate specification

Decision testing

Error guessing

Statement testing

Exploratory testing

31. Q. 459: Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

A minimal test set that achieves 100% LCSAJ coverage will also achieve 100% branch coverage.

A minimal test set that achieves 100% path coverage will also achieve 100% statement coverage.

32. Q. 445: Recovery testing is a system test that forces the software to fail and verifies
that data recovery is properly performed. The following should be checked for
correctness
1. Re-initialization
2. Restart
3. Data Recovery
4. Check Point Mechanism

1 and 2

1, 2 and 3

1, 2, 3 and 4

2 and 4

33. Q. 432: In formal review, Rework: fixing defects found typically done by _________

Moderator

Author

Reviewer

Recorder

34. Q. 433: The _________ may facilitate the testing of components or part of a system by
simulation the environment in which the test object will run

Test Design tool

Test data preparation tool

Test execution tool

Test harness

None of the above

35. Q. 446: Data flow analysis studies:

Possible communications bottlenecks in a program.

The rate of change of data values as a program executes.

The use of data on paths through the code.

The intrinsic complexity of the code.

36. Q. 457: Which of the following is false?

Incidents should always be fixed.

An incident occurs when expected and actual results differ.

Incidents can be analysed to assist in test process improvement.

An incident can be raised against documentation.

37. Q. 466: Which of the following is true of the V-model?

It states that modules are tested against user requirements.

It only models the testing phase.

It specifies the test techniques to be used.

It includes the verification of designs.

38. Q. 429: If the application is complex, but NOT data intensive and is to be tested on one configuration and 2 rounds, the easiest method to test is

Manual testing

Automation testing

Both

None

39. Q. 424: Preparing and automating test cases before coding is called

Test first approach

Test-driven development

Both A. & B.

None of the above

40. Q. 421: QC is

Phase building activity

Intermediate activity

End of Phase activity

Design activity

41. Q. 425: Which one is not characteristic of test management tool?

Support for the management of tests and the testing activities carried out

Interfaces to test execution tools

Quantitative analysis related to tests

Check for consistency and undefined requirements

None of the above

42. Q. 437: Following are some of the testing risks

Budget, Test environment

Budget, Number of qualified test resources

None of the above

43. Q. 427: Risk analysis talks about

None of the above

44. Q. 438: Random Testing

Program is tested randomly sampling the input.

A black-box testing technique

Both A. and B.

None of the above.

45. Q. 443: Path coverage includes

Statement coverage

Condition coverage

Decision coverage

None of these

46. Q. 465: Which one of the following statements, about capture-replay tools, is NOT
correct?

They are used to support multi-user testing.

They are used to capture and animate user requirements.

They are the most frequently purchased types of CAST tool.

They capture aspects of user behavior.

47. Q. 464: Which of the following characterizes the cost of faults?

They are easiest to find during system testing but the most expensive to fix then.

Faults are cheapest to find in the early development phases but the most expensive to fix then.

Although faults are most expensive to find during early development phases, they are cheapest to fix then.