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Exam 5 - 75 minutes

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1. You were given a task to analyze and fix causes of failures in a new system to be released.

Which activity are you performing?

Select ONE option.

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2. Which of the following is MOST likely to be a benefit of test automation?

Select ONE option.

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3. 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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4. Which of the following is MOST likely to be a benefit of test automation?

 

Select ONE option.

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5. Which of the following are advantages of DevOps?

i. Faster product release and faster time to market
ii. Increases the need for repetitive manual testing
iii. Constant availability of executable software
iv. Reduction in the number of regression tests associated with code refactoring
v. Setting up the test automation framework is inexpensive since everything is automated

Select ONE option.

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6. Which of the following factors (i-v) have SIGNIFICANT influence on the test process?

i. The SDLC
ii. The number of defects detected in previous projects
iii. The identified product risks
iv. New regulatory requirements forcing formal white-box testing
v. The test environment setup

Select ONE option.

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7. Which of the following is an example of why testing is necessary?

Select ONE option.

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8. Which TWO of the following statements provide the BEST rationale for using exploratory testing?

Select TWO options.

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9. During a risk analysis the following risk was identified and assessed:

• Risk: Response time is too long to generate a report
• Risk likelihood: medium; risk impact: high
• Response to risk:

o An independent test team performs performance testing during system testing
o A selected sample of end users performs alpha and beta acceptance testing before the release

What measure is proposed to be taken in response to this analyzed risk?

Select ONE option.

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10. The reviews being used in your organization have the following attributes:

• There is the role of a scribe
• The main purpose is to evaluate quality
• The meeting is led by the author of the work product
• There is individual preparation
• A review report is produced

Which of the following review types is MOST likely being used?

Select ONE option.

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11. Given the following test tool categories:

i. Collaboration tools
ii. DevOps tools
iii. Management tools
iv. Non-functional testing tools
v. Test design and implementation tools

Tools from which of the categories are MOST likely to facilitate test execution?

Select ONE options.

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12. Which of the following is NOT a valid purpose for a test report?

Select ONE options.

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13. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Select ONE option.

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14. W A developer was asked to implement the following business rule:

You design the test cases using 2-value boundary value analysis.

Which of the following sets of test inputs achieves the greatest coverage?

Select ONE option.

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15. 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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16. You are testing a sort function that gets a set of numbers as input and returns the same set of numbers sorted in ascending order. The log from the test execution looks as follows.

Which of the following provides the BEST description of the failure that can be used in a defect report?

Select ONE option.

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17. Which of the following BEST describes retrospectives?

Select ONE option.

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18. You have been assigned as a tester to a team producing a new system incrementally. You have noticed that no changes have been made to the existing regression test cases for several iterations and no new regression defects were identified. Your manager is happy, but you are not. Which testing principle explains your skepticism?

Select ONE option.

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19. Which of the following pieces of information contained in a test progress report is the LEAST useful for business representatives?

Select ONE option.

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20. Consider the following part of a test plan.

Testing will be performed using component testing and component integration testing. The regulations require to demonstrate that 100% branch coverage is achieved for each component classified as critical.

Which part of the test plan does this part belong to?

Select ONE option.

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21. You want to apply branch testing to the code represented by the following control flow graph.

How many coverage items do you need to test?

Select ONE option.

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22. Which of the following is a typical test objective?

Select ONE option.

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23. Which TWO of the following options are common metrics used for reporting on the quality level of the test object?

Select TWO options.

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24. You are testing a mobile application that allows users to find a nearby restaurant based on the type of food they want to eat. Consider the following list of test cases, priorities (i.e., a smaller number means a higher priority), and dependencies:

Which of the following test cases should be executed as the third one?

Select ONE option.

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25. Given the following benefits and drawbacks of the independence of testing:

i. The testers work in a different location from the developers
ii. Testers question the assumptions programmers make while writing code
iii. A confrontational dynamic has been established between testers and developers
iv. Developers have convinced themselves that testers are mostly accountable for quality
v. Testers have different biases than those held by the developers

Which are MOST likely to be considered benefits?

Select ONE option.

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26. Which of the following statements BEST describes the acceptance test-driven development (ATDD) approach?

Select ONE option.

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

Select ONE option.

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28. Which of the following is MOST likely to be a risk of test automation?

Select ONE options.

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29. The table shows the traceability matrix from test cases to requirements. “X” means that a given test case covers the corresponding requirement.

You want to prioritize the test cases following the additional coverage prioritization technique.

You execute all four test cases.

Which test case should be executed as the LAST one?

Select ONE options.

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

Select ONE option.

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31. Given the following descriptions:

1. Support workflow tracking
2. Facilitate communication
3. Virtual machines
4. Support reviews

And the following test tool categories:

A. Static testing tools
B. Tools supporting scalability and deployment standardization
C. DevOps tools
D. Collaboration tools

Which of the following BEST matches the descriptions and categories?

Explanation / Rationale

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32. In many software organizations the test department is called the Quality Assurance (QA) department. Is this sentence correct or not and why?

Select ONE option.

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33. Which TWO of the following options are the exit criteria for testing a system?

Select TWO options.

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

Select ONE option.

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35. 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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36. Which of the following is a product quality metric?

Select ONE option.

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37. Which of the following is MOST likely to impact how testing is performed for a given test object?

Select ONE option.

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38. Which of the following is NOT true regarding the test pyramid?

Select ONE option.

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39. Which of the following is true about exploratory testing?

Select ONE option.

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

Select ONE option.

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