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Exam 5 - 75 minutes

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1. Which of the following is NOT an example of how configuration management supports testing?

Select ONE option.

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

Select TWO options.

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3. Which types of failures (1-4) fit which test levels (A-D) BEST?

1. Failures in system behavior as it deviates from the user’s business needs
2. Failures in communication between components
3. Failures in logic in a module
4. Failures in not correctly implemented business rules

A. Component testing
B. Component integration testing
C. System testing
D. Acceptance testing

Select ONE option.

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4. You are testing a system that calculates the final course grade for a given student.

The final grade is assigned based on the final result, according to the following rules:

• 0 – 50 points: failed
• 51 – 60 points: fair
• 61 – 70 points: satisfactory
• 71 – 80 points: good
• 81 – 90 points: very good
• 91 – 100 points: excellent

You have prepared the following set of test cases:

What is the 2-value Boundary Value Analysis (BVA) coverage for the final result that is achieved with the existing test cases?

Select ONE option.

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5. You need to update one of the automated test scripts to be in line with a new requirement. Which process indicates that you create a new version of the test script in the test repository?

Select ONE option.

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6. Which of the following is LEAST likely to occur as a result of a retrospective?

Select ONE option.

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7. You are a member of a test team located in North America, developing a product for a client located in Europe. The team is agile and follows the DevOps approach and uses a continuous integration/continuous delivery pipeline.

Which of the following is the LEAST effective way to communicate test progress to the customer?

Select ONE option.

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8. You have just started designing test cases for the following user story.

In all test cases the precondition is as follows: there are only two products available, products A and B. Product A costs $100 and product B costs $110.

Which of the following is the BEST example of a test case for this user story?

Select ONE option.

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9. Which of the following statements BEST describes the difference between decision table testing and branch testing?

Select ONE option.

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10. Which of the following is NOT a purpose of a test plan?

Select ONE option.

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11. Which of the following provides the BEST example of a scenario-oriented acceptance criterion?

Select ONE option.

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12. 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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13. How can white-box testing be useful in support of black-box testing?

Select ONE option.

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14. Which of these statements is NOT a factor that contributes to successful reviews?

Select ONE option.

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15. Given the following task descriptions:

1. The quality characteristics to be evaluated and the exit criteria are selected
2. Everyone has access to the work product
3. Anomalies are identified in the work product
4. Anomalies are discussed

And the following review activities

A. Individual review
B. Review initiation
C. Planning
D. Communication and analysis

Which of the following BEST matches the task descriptions and activities?

Select ONE option.

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16. Your team uses planning poker to estimate the test effort for a newly required feature. There is a rule in your team that if there is no time to reach full agreement and the variation in the results is small, applying rules like “accept the number with the most votes” can be applied.
After two rounds, the consensus was not reached, so the third round was initiated. You can see the test estimation results in the table below.

Which of the following is the BEST example of the next step?

Select ONE option.

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17. For a given risk, its risk level is $1,000 and its risk likelihood is estimated as 50%.

What is the risk impact?

Select ONE options.

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18. The navigation system software has been updated due to it suggesting routes that break traffic laws, such as driving the wrong way down one-way streets. Which of the following BEST describes the testing that will be performed?

Select ONE option.

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

Select ONE option.

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20. Your test suite achieved 100% statement coverage. What is the consequence of this fact?

Select ONE option.

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

Select ONE option.

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22. Which of the following tests is MOST likely to be performed as part of functional testing?

Select ONE option.

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23. Why does white-box testing facilitate defect detection even when the software specification is vague, outdated or incomplete?

Select ONE option.

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24. What is the relationship between the testing quadrants, test levels and test types?

Select ONE option.

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

Select ONE option.

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26. 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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27. Which of the following statements about quality assurance (QA) and/or quality control (QC) is correct?

Select ONE option.

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

Select ONE option.

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

Select ONE option.

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30. 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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31. Which of the following statements is a CORRECT example of the value of traceability?

Select ONE option.

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

Select ONE option.

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33. 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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34. 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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35. Given the following testware:

1. Coverage items
2. Change requests
3. Test execution schedule
4. Prioritized test conditions

And the following test activities

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

Which of the following BEST shows the testware produced by the activities?

Select ONE option.

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

Select ONE option.

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38. You perform system testing of an e-commerce web application and are provided with the following requirement:

REQ 05-017. If the total cost of purchases exceeds $100, the customer gets a 5% discount on subsequent purchases. Otherwise, the customer does not receive a discount.

Which test techniques will be MOST helpful in designing test cases based on this requirement?

Select ONE option.

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

Select ONE options.

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40. You are testing a simplified apartment search form which has only two search criteria:

• floor (with three possible options: ground floor; first floor; second or higher floor)
• garden type (with three possible options: no garden; small garden; large garden)

Only apartments on the ground floor have gardens. The form has a built-in validation mechanism that will not allow you to use the search criteria which violate this rule.

Each test has two input values: floor and garden type. You want to apply equivalence partitioning (EP) to cover each floor and each garden type in your tests.

What is the minimal number of test cases to achieve 100% EP coverage?

Select ONE option

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