ISTQB 2011 6

1. Q. 210: How much testing is enough

This question is impossible to answer

The answer depends on the risks for your industry, contract and special requirements

The answer depends on the maturity of your developers

The answer should be standardized for the software development industry

2. Q. 208: Equivalence partitioning is:

A black box testing technique used only by developers

A black box testing technique than can only be used during system testing

A black box testing technique appropriate to all levels of testing

A white box testing technique appropriate for component testing

3. Q. 209: If an expected result is not specified then:

We cannot run the test

It may be difficult to repeat the test

It may be difficult to determine if the test has passed or failed

We cannot automate the user inputs

4. Q. 258: The place to start if you want a (new) test tool is:

Attend a tool exhibition

Invite a vendor to give a demo

Analyse your needs and requirements

Find out what your budget would be for the tool

Search the internet

5. Q. 216: A regression test:

Will always be automated

Will help ensure unchanged areas of the software have not been affected

Will help ensure changed areas of the software have not been affected

Can only be run during user acceptance testing

6. Q. 238: What information need not be included in a test incident report:

How to fix the fault

How to reproduce the fault

Test environment details

Severity, priority

The actual and expected outcomes

7. Q. 212: Which of these can be successfully tested using Loop Testing methodology?

Simple Loops

Nested Loops

Concatenated Loops

All of the above

8. Q. 252: Expected results are:

Only important in system testing

Only used in component testing

Never specified in advance

Most useful when specified in advance

Derived from the code

9. Q. 203: Which of the following is not a static testing technique

Error guessing

Walkthrough

Data flow analysis

Inspections

10. Q. 213: Cyclomatic Complexity method comes under which testing method.

White box

Black box

Green box

Yellow box

11. Q. 235: What is the purpose of test completion criteria in a test plan:

To know when a specific test has finished its execution

To ensure that the test case specification is complete

To set the criteria used in generating test inputs

To know when test planning is complete

To plan when to stop testing

12. Q. 211: The purpose of requirement phase is

To freeze requirements

To understand user needs

To define the scope of testing

All of the above

13. Q. 230: Given the following:
Switch PC on
Start "outlook"
IF outlook appears THEN
Send an email
Close outlook

1 test for statement coverage, 1 for branch coverage

1 test for statement coverage, 2 for branch coverage

1 test for statement coverage. 3 for branch coverage

2 tests for statement coverage, 2 for branch coverage

2 tests for statement coverage, 3 for branch coverage

14. Q. 260: Exit Criteria may consist of:
i. Thoroughness measures, such as coverage of code, functionality or risk
ii. Estimates of Defect density or reliability measures.
iii. Residual risk such as defects not fixed or lack of test coverage in certain areas
iv. Verifying the Test Environment.

Iv is correct and i,ii,iii are incorrect.

I,ii,iii is correct and iv is incorrect

Ii is correct and i,ii,iii are incorrect

Iii and iv are correct and i,ii are incorrect

15. Q. 229: Which expression best matches the following characteristics or review
processes:

1. Led by author
2. Undocumented
3. No management participation
4. Led by a trained moderator or leader
5. Uses entry exit criteria

s) Inspection
t) Peer review
u) Informal review
v) Walkthrough

S = 4, t = 3, u = 2 and 5, v = 1

S = 4 and 5, t = 3, u = 2, v = 1

S = 1 and 5, t = 3, u = 2, v = 4

S = 5, t = 4, u = 3, v = 1 and 2

S = 4 and 5, t = 1, u = 2, v = 3

16. Q. 259: Error guessing is best used

As the first approach to deriving test cases

After more formal techniques have been applied

By inexperienced testers

After the system has gone live

Only by end users

17. Q. 239: Which of the following is NOT included in the Test Plan document of the Test
Documentation Standard:

Test items (i.e. software versions)

What is not to be tested

Test environments

Quality plans

Schedules and deadlines

18. Q. 201: The inputs for developing a test plan are taken from

Project plan

Business plan

Support plan

None of the above

19. Q. 222: Which of the following is the main purpose of the integration strategy for
integration testing in the small?

To ensure that all of the small modules are tested adequately

To ensure that the system interfaces to other systems and networks

To specify which modules to combine when and how many at once

To ensure that the integration testing can be performed by a small team

To specify how the software should be divided into modules

20. Q. 215: Which, in general, is the least required skill of a good tester?

Being diplomatic

Able to write software

Having good attention to detail

Able to be relied on

21. Q. 257: Given the following code, which is true about the minimum number of test
cases required for full statement and branch coverage:
Read P
Read Q
IF P+Q > 100 THEN
Print "Large"
ENDIF
If P > 50 THEN
Print "P Large"
ENDIF

1 test for statement coverage, 3 for branch coverage

1 test for statement coverage, 2 for branch coverage

1 test for statement coverage, 1 for branch coverage

2 tests for statement coverage, 3 for branch coverage

2 tests for statement coverage, 2 for branch coverage

22. Q. 240: IEEE 829 test plan documentation standard contains all of the following except:

Test items

Test deliverables

Test tasks

Test environment

Test specification

23. Q. 207: Software testing accounts to what percent of software development costs?

10-20

40-50

70-80

5-10

24. Q. 256: Consider the following statements about early test design:
i. Early test design can prevent fault multiplication
ii. Faults found during early test design are more expensive to fix
iii. Early test design can find faults
iv. Early test design can cause changes to the requirements
v. Early test design takes more effort

I, iii & iv are true. Ii & v are false

Iii is true, I, ii, iv & v are false

Iii & iv are true. i, ii & v are false

I, iii, iv & v are true, ii us false

I & iii are true, ii, iv & v are false

25. Q. 214: A reliable system will be one that:

Is unlikely to be completed on schedule

Is unlikely to cause a failure

Is likely to be fault-free

Is likely to be liked by the users

26. Q. 218: The process starting with the terminal modules is called:

Top-down integration

Bottom-up integration

None of the above

Module integration

27. Q. 219: Verification is:

Checking that we are building the right system

Checking that we are building the system right

Performed by an independent test team

Making sure that it is what the user really wants

28. Q. 204: Which of the following statements about component testing is not true?

Component testing should be performed by development

Component testing is also know as isolation or module testing

Component testing should have completion criteria planned

Component testing does not involve regression testing

29. Q. 205: Inspections can find all the following except

Variables not defined in the code

Spelling and grammar faults in the documents

Requirements that have been omitted from the design documents

How much of the code has been covered

30. Q. 236: Given the following code, which is true:
IF A > B THEN
C = A – B
ELSE
C = A + B
ENDIF
Read D
IF C = D Then
Print "Error"
ENDIF

1 test for statement coverage, 3 for branch coverage

2 tests for statement coverage, 2 for branch coverage

2 tests for statement coverage. 3 for branch coverage

3 tests for statement coverage, 3 for branch coverage

3 tests for statement coverage, 2 for branch coverage

31. Q. 217: Function/Test matrix is a type of

Interim Test report

Final test report

Project status report

Management report

32. Q. 206: Which of the following is not a characteristic for Testability?

Operability

Observability

Simplicity

Robustness

33. Q. 254: Consider the following:
Pick up and read the newspaper
Look at what is on television
If there is a program that you are interested in watching then switch the the television on and watch the program
Otherwise
Continue reading the newspaper
If there is a crossword in the newspaper then try and complete the crossword

SC = 1 and DC = 1

SC = 1 and DC = 2

SC = 1 and DC = 3

SC = 2 and DC = 2

SC = 2 and DC = 3

ISTQB 2011 6

1. Q. 210: How much testing is enough

2.

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

2. Q. 208: Equivalence partitioning is:

3. Q. 209: If an expected result is not specified then:

4. Q. 258: The place to start if you want a (new) test tool is:

5. Q. 216: A regression test:

6. Q. 238: What information need not be included in a test incident report:

7. Q. 212: Which of these can be successfully tested using Loop Testing methodology?

8. Q. 252: Expected results are:

9. Q. 203: Which of the following is not a static testing technique

10. Q. 213: Cyclomatic Complexity method comes under which testing method.

11. Q. 235: What is the purpose of test completion criteria in a test plan:

12. Q. 211: The purpose of requirement phase is

13. Q. 230: Given the following:Switch PC onStart "outlook"IF outlook appears THENSend an emailClose outlook

14. Q. 260: Exit Criteria may consist of:i. Thoroughness measures, such as coverage of code, functionality or riskii. Estimates of Defect density or reliability measures.iii. Residual risk such as defects not fixed or lack of test coverage in certain areasiv. Verifying the Test Environment.

15. Q. 229: Which expression best matches the following characteristics or reviewprocesses:1. Led by author2. Undocumented3. No management participation4. Led by a trained moderator or leader5. Uses entry exit criterias) Inspectiont) Peer reviewu) Informal reviewv) Walkthrough

16. Q. 259: Error guessing is best used

17. Q. 239: Which of the following is NOT included in the Test Plan document of the TestDocumentation Standard:

18. Q. 201: The inputs for developing a test plan are taken from

19. Q. 222: Which of the following is the main purpose of the integration strategy forintegration testing in the small?

20. Q. 215: Which, in general, is the least required skill of a good tester?

21. Q. 257: Given the following code, which is true about the minimum number of testcases required for full statement and branch coverage:Read PRead QIF P+Q > 100 THENPrint "Large"ENDIFIf P > 50 THENPrint "P Large"ENDIF

22. Q. 240: IEEE 829 test plan documentation standard contains all of the following except:

23. Q. 207: Software testing accounts to what percent of software development costs?

25. Q. 214: A reliable system will be one that:

26. Q. 218: The process starting with the terminal modules is called:

27. Q. 219: Verification is:

28. Q. 204: Which of the following statements about component testing is not true?

29. Q. 205: Inspections can find all the following except

30. Q. 236: Given the following code, which is true:IF A > B THENC = A – BELSEC = A + BENDIFRead DIF C = D ThenPrint "Error"ENDIF

31. Q. 217: Function/Test matrix is a type of

32. Q. 206: Which of the following is not a characteristic for Testability?

13. Q. 230: Given the following:
Switch PC on
Start "outlook"
IF outlook appears THEN
Send an email
Close outlook

14. Q. 260: Exit Criteria may consist of:
i. Thoroughness measures, such as coverage of code, functionality or risk
ii. Estimates of Defect density or reliability measures.
iii. Residual risk such as defects not fixed or lack of test coverage in certain areas
iv. Verifying the Test Environment.

15. Q. 229: Which expression best matches the following characteristics or review
processes:

1. Led by author
2. Undocumented
3. No management participation
4. Led by a trained moderator or leader
5. Uses entry exit criteria

s) Inspection
t) Peer review
u) Informal review
v) Walkthrough

17. Q. 239: Which of the following is NOT included in the Test Plan document of the Test
Documentation Standard:

19. Q. 222: Which of the following is the main purpose of the integration strategy for
integration testing in the small?

21. Q. 257: Given the following code, which is true about the minimum number of test
cases required for full statement and branch coverage:
Read P
Read Q
IF P+Q > 100 THEN
Print "Large"
ENDIF
If P > 50 THEN
Print "P Large"
ENDIF

30. Q. 236: Given the following code, which is true:
IF A > B THEN
C = A – B
ELSE
C = A + B
ENDIF
Read D
IF C = D Then
Print "Error"
ENDIF