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Exam 5 - 75 minutes

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1. Which of the following is an advantage of the whole team approach?

Select ONE option.

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2. The team wants to estimate the time needed for one tester to execute four test cases for a software component. The team has gathered the following measures of the effort used to execute a single test case:

• Best-case scenario: 1 hour
• Worst-case scenario: 8 hours
• Most likely scenario: 3 hours

Given that the three-point estimation technique is being used, what is the final estimate of the time needed to execute all four test cases?

Select ONE option.

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3. Which of the following activities in the test process makes the MOST use of test progress reports?

Select ONE option.

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4. Which of the following BEST describes how using checklist-based testing can result in increased coverage?

Select ONE option.

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5. Which of the following test levels is MOST likely being performed if the testing is focused on validation and is not being performed by testers?

Select ONE option.

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6. One of the ‘principles of testing’ states that exhaustive testing is impossible. Which of the following is an example of addressing this principle in practice?

Select ONE option.

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7. Which of the following is MOST likely to describe a task performed by someone in a test management role?

Select ONE option.

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8. Which of the following statements about the chosen software development lifecycle is CORRECT?

Select ONE option.

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9. Which of the following is an advantage of the whole-team approach?

Select ONE option.

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10. How do testers add value to iteration and release planning?

Select ONE option.

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11. What task may management take on during a formal review?

Select ONE option.

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12. Which of the following statements about DevOps is CORRECT?

Select ONE option.

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13. Which of the following is MOST likely to be a trigger that leads to maintenance testing of a currency exchange system?

Select ONE option.

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14. Which of the following statements about formal reviews is TRUE?

Select ONE option.

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15. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Select ONE option.

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16. You are working on a project to develop a system to analyze driving test results. You have been asked to design test cases based on the following decision table.

What test data will show that there are contradictory rules in the decision table?

Select ONE option.

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17. What is the MAIN difference between black-box test techniques and experience-based test techniques?

Select ONE option.

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18. High-level test conditions are being used by testers to generate test cases and execute tests. Even though the test conditions remain the same, the test cases are varied each time. Which of the following ‘principles of testing’ is being addressed through the variation of test cases?

Select ONE option.

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19. Consider the following rule: “for every SDLC activity there is a corresponding test activity”. In which SDLC models does this rule hold?

Select ONE option.

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20. Which of the following is a factor that contributes to a successful review?

Select ONE option.

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21. Which of the following is an example of a test-first approach to development?

Select ONE option.

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22. Which of the following is a benefit of early and frequent stakeholder feedback?

Select ONE option.

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23. Given the following test tasks:

1. Derive test cases from test conditions
2. Identify reusable testware
3. Organize test cases into test procedures
4. Evaluate test basis and test object

And the following test activities:

A. Test analysis
B. Test design
C. Test implementation
D. Test completion

Which of the following BEST matches the tasks with the activities?

Select ONE option.

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24. You test a system whose lifecycle is modeled by the state transition diagram shown below. The system starts in the INIT state and ends its operation in the OFF state.

What is the MINIMAL number of test cases to achieve valid transitions coverage?

Select ONE option.

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25. Which of the following are product risks?

Select TWO options.

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26. Which of the following BEST describes the way acceptance criteria can be documented?

Select ONE option.

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27. Which of the arguments below would you use to convince your manager to organize retrospectives at the end of each release cycle?

Select ONE option.

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28. Given the following roles in reviews:

1. Scribe
2. Review leader
3. Facilitator
4. Manager

And the following responsibilities in reviews:

A. Ensures the effective running of review meetings and the setting up a safe review environment
B. Records review information, such as decisions and new anomalies found during the review meeting
C. Decides what is to be reviewed and provides resources, such as staff and time for the review
D. Takes overall responsibility for the review such as organizing when and where the review will take place

Which of the following BEST matches the roles and responsibilities?

Select ONE option.

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29. Which of the following is a good testing practice that applies to all software development lifecycles?

Select ONE option.

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30. You are designing test cases based on the following decision table.

So far you have designed the following test cases:

• TC1: 19-year-old, unregistered man with no experience; expected result: category A
• TC2: 65-year-old, unregistered woman with 5 years of experience; expected result: category B
• TC3: 66-year-old, registered man with no experience; expected result: category C
• TC4: 65-year-old, registered woman with 4 years of experience; expected result:
category D

Which of the following test cases, when added to the existing set of test cases, will increase the decision table coverage?

Select ONE option.

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31. Tools from which of the following categories help with the organization of test cases, detected defects and configuration management?

 

Select ONE option.

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32. Which of the following statements describe a valid test objective?

Select ONE option.

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33. Which of the following BEST explains a benefit of independence of testing?

Select ONE option.

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34. The ‘absence-of-defects fallacy’ is one of the principles of testing. Which of the following is an example of addressing this principle in practice?

Select ONE option.

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35. Which of the following is a benefit of early and frequent feedback?

Select ONE option.

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36. Which TWO of the following tasks belong MAINLY to a testing role?

Select TWO options.

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37. Given the following risks:

1. Ineffective loop implementation causes long system responses
2. Consumers change their preferences
3. Flooding of the server room
4. Patients above a certain age receive inaccurate reports

And the following mitigation activities:

A. Risk acceptance
B. Performance testing
C. Using boundary value analysis as the test technique
D. Risk transfer

Which of the following BEST matches the risks with the mitigation activities?

Select ONE option.

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38. The following decision table contains the rules for determining the risk of atherosclerosis.

You designed the test cases with the following test input data:

TC1: Cholesterol = 125 mg/dl Blood pressure = 141 mm Hg
TC2: Cholesterol = 200 mg/dl Blood pressure = 201 mm Hg
TC3: Cholesterol = 124 mg/dl Blood pressure = 201 mm Hg
TC4: Cholesterol = 109 mg/dl Blood pressure = 200 mm Hg
TC5: Cholesterol = 201 mg/dl Blood pressure = 140 mm Hg

What is the decision table coverage achieved by these test cases?

Select ONE option.

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39. Your team analyzes the following user story in order to define the acceptance criteria:

As a registered customer, I want to be able to view my previous orders on the company's website, so that I can keep track of my purchases.

Which of the following test cases will NOT be relevant for this user story?

Select ONE option.

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40. Which of the following test activities are MOST likely to involve the application of boundary value analysis and equivalence partitioning?

Select TWO options.

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