ISTQB-2010-2011-10

1. Q. 471: The most important thing about early test design is that it:

Makes test preparation easier.

Means inspections are not required.

Can prevent fault multiplication.

Will find all faults.

2. Q. 473: Integration testing in the small:

Tests the individual components that have been developed.

Tests interactions between modules or subsystems.

Only uses components that form part of the live system.

Tests interfaces to other systems.

3. Q. 484: Enough testing has been performed when:

Time runs out.

The required level of confidence has been achieved.

No more faults are found.

The users won’t find any serious faults.

4. Q. 498: 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 after that is taxed at 22%.
Any further amount is taxed at 40%.
To the nearest whole pound, which of these is a valid Boundary Value Analysis test case?

£28000.

£33501.

£32001.

£1500.

5. Q. 480: 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%
To the nearest whole pound, which of these is a valid Boundary Value Analysis test case?

£1500

£32001

£33501

£28000

6. Q. 487: Which of the following is a characteristic of good testing in any life cycle model?

All document reviews involve the development team.

Some, but not all, development activities have corresponding test activities.

Each test level has test objectives specific to that level.

Analysis and design of tests begins as soon as development is complete.

7. Q. 485: Which of the following is the best source of Expected Outcomes for User
Acceptance Test scripts?

Actual results

Program specification

User requirements

System specification

8. Q. 475: An important benefit of code inspections is that they:

Enable the code to be tested before the execution environment is ready.

Can be performed by the person who wrote the code.

Can be performed by inexperienced staff.

Are cheap to perform.

9. Q. 474: Which of the following requirements is testable?

The system shall be user friendly.

The safety-critical parts of the system s all contain 0 faults.

The response time shall be less than one second for the specified design load.

The system shall be built to be portable.

10. Q. 497: What is the main purpose of impact analysis for testers?

To determine the programming effort needed to make the changes.

To determine how much the planned changes will affect users.

To determine how the existing system may be affected by changes.

11. Q. 478: How would you estimate the amount of re-testing likely to be required?

Metrics from previous similar projects

Discussions with the development team

Time allocated for regression testing

A. & B.

12. . 476: Test cases are designed during:

Test recording.

Test planning.

Test configuration.

Test specification.

13. Q. 490: Given the following specification, which of the following values for age are in
the SAME equivalence partition?
If you are less than 18, you are too young to be insured. Between 18 and 30 inclusive, you will receive a 20% discount. Anyone over 30 is not eligible for a discount.

17, 18, 19.

29, 30, 31.

18, 29, 30.

17, 29, 31.

14. Q. 482: Analyze the following highly simplified procedure:
Ask: "What type of ticket do you require, single or return?"
IF the customer wants ‘return’
Ask: "What rate, Standard or Cheap-day?"
IF the customer replies ‘Cheap-day’
Say: "That will be £11:20"
ELSE
Say: "That will be £19:50"
ENDIF
ELSE
Say: "That will be £9:75"
ENDIF
Now decide the minimum number of tests that are needed to ensure that all the questions have been asked, all combinations have occurred and all replies given.

3

4

5

6

15. Q. 483: Which of the following should NOT normally be an objective for a test?

To find faults in the software.

To assess whether the software is ready for release.

To demonstrate that the software doesn’t work.

To prove that the software is correct.

16. Q. 492: What is the difference between a project risk and a product risk?

17. Q. 477: A failure is:

Found in the software; the result of an error.

Departure from specified behaviour.

An incorrect step, process or data definition in a computer program.

A human action that produces an incorrect result.

18. Q. 491: Consider the following statements:
i.100% statement coverage guarantees 100% branch coverage.
ii.100% branch coverage guarantees 100% statement coverage.
iii.100% branch coverage guarantees 100% decision coverage.
iv.100% decision coverage guarantees 100% branch coverage.
v.100% statement coverage guarantees 100% decision coverage.

Ii is True; i, iii, iv & v are False

I & v are True; ii, iii & iv are False

Ii & iii are True; i, iv & v are False

Ii, iii & iv are True; i & v are False

19. Q. 472: A configuration management system would NOT normally provide:

Linkage of customer requirements to version numbers.

Facilities to compare test results with expected results.

The precise differences in versions of software component source code.

Restricted access to the source code library.

20. Q. 495: Which of the following defines the sequence in which tests should be executed?

Test plan.

Test procedure specification.

Test case specification.

Test design specification.

21. Q. 496: Which of the following is a major task of test planning?

Determining the test approach.

Preparing test specifications.

Evaluating exit criteria and reporting.

Measuring and analyzing results.

22. Q. 494: What is the MAIN purpose of a Master Test Plan?

To communicate how incidents will be managed.

To communicate how testing will be performed.

To produce a test schedule.

To produce a work breakdown structure.

23. Q. 481: Which of the following is NOT true of test coverage criteria?

Test coverage criteria can be measured in terms of items exercised by a test suite.

A measure of test coverage criteria is the percentage of user requirements covered.

A measure of test coverage criteria is the percentage of faults found.

Test coverage criteria are often used when specifying test completion criteria.

24. Q. 488: The process of designing test cases consists of the following activities:
i. Elaborate and describe test cases in detail by using test design techniques.
ii. Specify the order of test case execution.
iii. Analyse requirements and specifications to determine test conditions.
iv. Specify expected results.
According to the process of identifying and designing tests, what is the correct order of these activities?

Iii, i, iv, ii.

Iii, iv, i, ii.

Iii, ii, i, iv.

Ii, iii, i, iv.

25. Q. 489: Which is the MOST important advantage of independence in testing?

An independent tester may find defects more quickly than the person who wrote the software.

An independent tester may be more focused on showing how the software works than the person who wrote the software.

An independent tester may be more effective at finding defects missed by the person who wrote the software.

26. Q. 493: During which fundamental test process activity do we determine if MORE tests
are needed?

Test implementation and execution.

Evaluating test exit criteria.

Test analysis and design.

Test planning and control.

27. Q. 479: Given the following sets of test management terms (v-z), and activity
descriptions (1-5), which one of the following best pairs the two sets?

v - Test control
w - Test monitoring
x - Test estimation
y - Incident management
z - Configuration control

1 - Calculation of required test resources
2 - Maintenance of record of test results
3 - Re-allocation of resources when tests overrun
4 - Report on deviation from test plan
5 - Tracking of anomalous test results

V-3,w-2,x-1,y-5,z-4

V-2,w-5,x-1,y-4,z-3

V-3,w-4,x-1,y-5,z-2

V-2,w-1,x-4,y-3,z-5

28. Q. 499: Which of the following tools is most likely to contain a comparator?

Dynamic Analysis tool.

Test Execution tool.

Static Analysis tool.

Security tool.

29. Q. 486: Which of the following are disadvantages of capturing tests by recording the actions of a manual tester?
i The script may be unstable when unexpected events occur.
ii Data for a number of similar tests is automatically stored separately from the script.
iii Expected results must be added to the captured script.
iv The captured script documents the exact inputs entered by the tester.
v When replaying a captured test, the tester may need to debug the script if it doesn’t play correctly.

I, iii, iv, v.

Ii, iv and v.

I, ii and iv.

I and v.

30. Q. 500: When software reliability measures are used to determine when to stop testing, the best types of test cases to use are those that

Exercise system functions in proportion to the frequency they will be used in the released product

Push the system beyond its designed operation limits and are likely to make the system fail

Exercise unusual and obscure scenarios that may not have been considered in design

Exercise the most complicated and the most error-prone portions of the system