ISTQB Foundation Sample Question Paper No. 3
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- 1.Software testing activities should start
- A.
As soon as the code is written
- B.
During the design stage
- C.
When the requirements have been formally documented
- D.
As soon as possible in the development life cycle
- 2.Faults found by users are due to:
- A.
Poor quality software
- B.
Poor software and poor testing
- C.
Bad luck
- D.
Insufficient time for testing
- 3.What is the main reason for testing software before releasing it?
- A.
To show that system will work after release
- B.
To decide when the software is of sufficient quality to release
- C.
To find as many bugs as possible before release
- D.
To give information for a risk based decision about release
- 4.Which of the following statements is not true?
- A.
Performance testing can be done during unit testing as well as during the testing of whole system
- B.
The acceptance test does not necessarily include a regression test
- C.
Verification activities should not involve testers (reviews, inspections etc)
- D.
Test environments should be as similar to production environments as possible
- 5.When reporting faults found to developers, testers should be:
- A.
As polite, constructive and helpful as possible
- B.
Firm about insisting that a bug is not a “feature” if it should be fixed
- C.
Diplomatic, sensitive to the way they may react to criticism
- D.
All of the answers are correct
- 6.In which order should tests be run?
- A.
The most important tests first
- B.
The most difficult tests first(to allow maximum time for fixing)
- C.
The easiest tests first(to give initial confidence)
- D.
The order they are thought of
- 7.The later in the development life cycle a fault is discovered, the more expensive it is to fix. why?
- A.
The documentation is poor, so it takes longer to find out what the software is doing.
- B.
Wages are rising
- C.
The fault has been built into more documentation,code,tests, etc
- D.
None of the choices are correct
- 8.Which is not true-The black box tester?
- A.
Should be able to understand a functional specification or requirements document
- B.
Should be able to understand the source code.
- C.
Is highly motivated to find faults
- D.
Is creative to find the system’s weaknesses
- 9.A test design technique is
- A.
A process for selecting test cases
- B.
A process for determining expected outputs
- C.
A way to measure the quality of software
- D.
a way to measure in a test plan what has to be done
- 10.Testware (test cases, test dataset)
- A.
Needs configuration management just like requirements, design and code
- B.
Should be newly constructed for each new version of the software
- C.
Is needed only until the software is released into production or use
- D.
Does not need to be documented and commented, as it does not form part of the released software system
- 11.An incident logging system
- A.
Only records defects
- B.
Is of limited value
- C.
Is a valuable source of project information during testing if it contains all incidents
- D.
Should be used only by the test team
- 12.Increasing the quality of the software, by better development methods, will affect the time needed for testing (the test phases) by:
- A.
Reducing test time
- B.
No change
- C.
Increasing test time
- D.
Can’t say
- 13.Coverage measurement
- A.
Is nothing to do with testing
- B.
Is a partial measure of test thoroughness
- C.
Branch coverage should be mandatory for all software
- D.
Can only be applied at unit or module testing, not at system testing
- 14.When should you stop testing?
- A.
When time for testing has run out
- B.
When all planned tests have been run
- C.
When the test completion criteria have been met
- D.
When no faults have been found by the tests run
- 15.Which of the following is true?
- A.
Component testing should be black box, system testing should be white box.
- B.
If you find a lot of bugs in testing, you should not be very confident about the quality of software
- C.
The fewer bugs you find,the better your testing was
- D.
The more tests you run, the more bugs you will find
- 16.What is the important criterion in deciding what testing technique to use?
- A.
How well you know a particular technique
- B.
The objective of the test
- C.
How appropriate the technique is for testing the application
- D.
Whether there is a tool to support the technique
- 17.If the pseudocode below were a programming language ,how many tests are required to achieve 100% statement coverage? If x=3 thenDisplay_messageX;If y=2 thenDisplay_messageY;ElseDisplay_messageZ;ElseDisplay_messageZ;
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
- 18.If the pseudocode below were a programming language, how many tests are required to achieve 100% branch/decision coverage? If x=3 thenDisplay_messageX;If y=2 thenDisplay_messageY;ElseDisplay_messageZ;ElseDisplay_messageZ;
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
- 19.Which of the following is NOT a type of non-functional test?
- A.
State-Transition
- B.
Usability
- C.
Performance
- D.
Security
- 20.Which of the following tools would you use to detect a memory leak?
- A.
State analysis
- B.
Coverage analysis
- C.
Dynamic analysis
- D.
Memory analysis
- 21.Which of the following is NOT a standard related to testing?
- A.
IEEE829
- B.
IEEE610
- C.
BS7925-1
- D.
BS7925-2
- 22.Which of the following is the component test standard?
- A.
IEEE 829
- B.
IEEE 610
- C.
BS7925-1
- D.
BS7925-2
- 23.Which of the following statements are true?
- A.
Faults in program specifications are the most expensive to fix.
- B.
Faults in code are the most expensive to fix.
- C.
Faults in requirements are the most expensive to fix.
- D.
Faults in designs are the most expensive to fix.
- 24.Which of the following is not the integration strategy?
- A.
Design based
- B.
Big-bang
- C.
Bottom-up
- D.
Top-down
- 25.Which of the following is a black box design technique?
- A.
Statement testing
- B.
Equivalence partitioning
- C.
Error- guessing
- D.
Usability testing
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