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2018v3.1 - Exam 4 - 75 minutes

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1. Which one of the following is NOT included in a test summary report?

Select ONE option.

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2. You are testing an e-commerce system that sells cooking supplies such as spices, flour, and other items in bulk. The units in which the items are sold are either grams (for spices and other expensive items) or kilograms (for flour and other inexpensive items). Regardless of the units, the smallest valid order amount is 0.5 units (e.g., half a gram of cardamom pods) and the largest valid order amount is 25.0 units (e.g., 25 kilograms of sugar). The precision of the unit’s field is 0.1 units.

Which of the following is a set of input values that cover the boundary values with two-point boundary values for this field?

Select ONE option.

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3. A video application has the following requirement: The application shall allow playing a video on the following display resolution:

1. 640x480
2. 1280x720
3. 1600x1200
4. 1920x1080

Which of the following list of test cases is a result of applying the equivalence partitioning test technique to test this requirement?

Select ONE option.

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4. A tester participated in a discussion about proposed database structure. The tester identified a potential performance problem related to certain common user searches. This possible problem was explained to the development team. Which of the following is a testing contribution to success that BEST matches this situation?

Select ONE option.

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5. Which of the following lists contains only typical exit criteria from testing?

Select ONE option.

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6. You are testing an unattended gasoline pump that only accepts credit cards. Once the credit card is validated, the pump nozzle placed into the tank, and the desired grade selected, the customer enters the desired amount of fuel in gallons using the keypad. The keypad only allows the entry of digits. Fuel is sold in tenths (0.1) of a gallon, up to 50.0 gallons.

Which of the following is a minimum set of desired amounts that covers the equivalence partitions for this input?

Select ONE option.

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7. Which of the following statements BEST describes how test cases are derived from a use case?

Select ONE option.

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8. You are working as a tester on an Agile team and have participated in over two dozen user story refinement sessions with the product owner and the developers on the team at the start of each iteration. As the reviews have gotten more effective at detecting defects in user stories and the product owner more proficient at correcting those defects, you and the team notice that the team’s velocity, as shown in your burndown charts, has started to increase. Which of the following is a benefit of static testing that is MOST DIRECTLY related to the team’s increased velocity?

Select ONE option.

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9. Which of the following is an example of a failure in a car cruise control system?

Select ONE option.

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10. You are engaged in planning a test effort for a new mobile banking application. As part of estimation, you first meet with the proposed testers and others on the project. The team is well-coordinated and has already worked on similar projects. To verify the resulting estimate, you then refer to some industry averages for testing effort and costs on similar projects, published by a reputable consultant.

Which statement accurately describes your estimation approach?

Select ONE option.

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11. During a period of intensive project overtime, a system architecture document is sent to various project participants, announcing a previously unplanned technical review to occur in one week. No adjustments are made to the participants’ list of assigned tasks. Based on this information alone, which of the following is a factor for review success that is MISSING?

Select ONE option.

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12. A product owner says that your role as a tester on an Agile team is to catch all the bugs before the end of each iteration. Which of the following is a testing principle that could be used to respond to this (false) statement?

Select ONE option.

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13. Which of the following statements BEST describes how tasks are divided between the test manager and the tester?

Select ONE option.

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14. Which one of the following is MOST likely to be a benefit of test execution tools?

Select ONE option.

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15. Which of the following statements BEST compares the purposes of confirmation testing and regression testing?

Select ONE option.

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16. Which of the following is a common test metric often used to monitor BOTH test preparation and test execution?

Select ONE option.

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17. During an Agile development effort, a product owner discovers a previously unknown regulatory requirement that applies to most of the user stories within a particular epic. The user stories are updated to provide for the necessary changes in software behavior. The programmers on the team are modifying the code appropriately. As a tester on the team, what types of tests will you run?

Select ONE option.

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18. Which of the following statements correctly describes the difference between testing and debugging?

Select ONE option.

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19. Which of the following statements about test types and test levels is CORRECT?

Select ONE option.

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20. Which of the following are two factors that can be used to determine the level of risk?

Select ONE option.

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21. Which activities are carried out within the planning of a formal review?

Select ONE option.

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22. Which of the following is a defect rather than a root cause in a fitness tracker?

Select ONE option.

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23. Which one of the following answers describes a test condition?

Select ONE option.

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24. Consider the following list of undesirable outcomes that could occur on a mobile app development effort:

A. Incorrect totals on screens
B. Change to acceptance criteria during acceptance testing
C. Users find the soft keyboard too hard to use with your app
D. System responds too slowly to user input during search string entry
E. Testers not allowed to report test results in daily standup meetings

Which of the following properly classifies these outcomes as project and product risks?

Select ONE option.

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25. Which of the following statements is a valid objective for testing?

Select ONE option.

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26. Given that the testing being performed has the following attributes:

• Based on interface specifications
• Focused on finding failures in communication
• The test approach uses both functional and structural test types

Which of the following test levels is MOST likely being performed?

Select ONE option.

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27. During a project following Agile methods, you find a discrepancy between the developer’s interpretation of an acceptance criteria and the product owner’s interpretation, which you bring up during a user story refinement session. Which of the following is a benefit of test independence exemplified by this situation?

Select ONE option.

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28. What is checklist-based testing?

Select ONE option.

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29. As a test manager you are responsible for testing the following parts of requirements:

• R1 - Process anomalies
• R2 - Synchronization
• R3 - Approval
• R4 - Problem solving
• R5 - Financial data
• R6 - Diagram data
• R7 - Changes to the user profile

Notation: Logical requirement dependencies (A -> B means, that B depends on A):

Which one of the following options structures the test execution schedule according to the requirement dependencies?

Select ONE option.

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30. Which of the following is a typical objective of testing?

Select ONE option.

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31. Which of the following descriptions of statement coverage is CORRECT?

Select ONE option.

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32. You have just completed a pilot project for a regression testing tool. You understand the tool much better and have tailored your testing process to it. You have standardized an approach to using the tool and its associated work products. Which of the following is a typical test automation pilot project goal that remains to be carried out?

Select ONE option.

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33. Which of the following is an example of a task that can be carried out as part of the test process?

Select ONE option.

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34. Which of the following statements about test estimation approaches is CORRECT?

Select ONE option.

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35. Which one of the following test tools is mostly suitable for developers rather than testers?

Select ONE option.

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36. Which of the following is MOST likely to be used as a reason for using a pilot project to introduce a tool into an organization?

Select ONE option.

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37. Which of the following provides the BEST description of exploratory testing?

Select ONE option.

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38. In a formal review, what is the role name for the participant who runs an inspection meeting?

Select ONE option.

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39. A daily radiation recorder for plants produces a sunshine score based on a combination of the number of hours a plant is exposed to the sun (below 3 hours, 3 to 6 hours or above 6 hours) and the average intensity of the sunshine (very low, low, medium, high).

Given the following test cases:

What is the minimum number of additional test cases that are needed to ensure full coverage of ALL VALID INPUT equivalence partitions?

Select ONE option.

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40. Which one of the following options is categorized as a black-box test technique?

Select ONE option

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