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Which of the following provides the definition of the term test case?
Which of the following is a typical objective of testing?
Which of the following is an example of a failure in a car cruise control system?
Which of the following is a defect rather than a root cause in a fitness tracker?
As a result of risk analysis, more testing is being directed to those areas of the system under test where initial testing found more defects than average.Which of the following testing principles is being applied?
Given the following test activities and tasks:A. Test designB. Test implementationC. Test executionD. Test completion1. Entering change requests for open defect reports2. Identifying test data to support the test cases3. Prioritizing test procedures and creating test data4. Analyzing discrepancies to determine their causeWhich of the following BEST matches the activities with the tasks?
Which of the following BEST describes how value is added by maintaining traceability between the test basis and test artifacts?
Which of the following qualities is MORE likely to be found in a tester’s mindset rather than in a developer’s?
Given the following statements about the relationships between software development activities and test activities in the software development lifecycle:1. Each development activity should have a corresponding testing activity2. Reviewing should start as soon as final versions of documents become available3. The design and implementation of tests should start during the corresponding development activity4. Testing activities should start in the early stages of the software development lifecycleWhich of the following CORRECTLY shows which are true and false?
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 typesWhich of the following test levels is MOST likely being performed?
Which of the following statements about test types and test levels is CORRECT?
Which of the following statements BEST compares the purposes of confirmation testing and regression testing?
Which of the following statements CORRECTLY describes a role of impact analysis inMaintenance Testing?
Which of the following statements CORRECTLY reflects the value of static testing?
Which of the following statements on the use of checklists in a formal review is CORRECT?
Which of the following CORRECTLY matches the roles and responsibilities in a formal review?
The reviews being used in your organization have the following attributes:• There is a role of a scribe• The purpose is to detect potential defects• The review meeting is led by the author• Reviewers find potential defects by individual review• A review report is producedWhich of the following review types is MOST likely being used?
You have been asked to take part in a checklist-based review of the following excerpt from the requirements specification for a library system:Librarians can:1. Register new borrowers2. Return books from borrowers3. Accept fines from borrowers4. Add new books to the system with their ISBN, author and title5. Remove books from the system6. Get system responses within 5 secondsBorrowers can:7. Borrow a maximum of 3 books at one time8. View the history of books they have borrowed/reserved9. Be fined for failing to return a book within 3 weeks10. Get system responses within 3 seconds11. Borrow a book at no cost for a maximum of 4 weeks12. Reserve books (if they are on-loan)All users (librarians and borrowers):13. Can search for books by ISBN, author, or title14. Can browse the system catalogue15. The system shall respond to user requests within 3 seconds16. The user interface shall be easy-to-useYou have been assigned the checklist entry that requires you to review the specification for inconsistencies between individual requirements (i.e., conflicts between requirements).Which of the following CORRECTLY identifies inconsistencies between pairs of requirements?
Which of the following provides the BEST description of exploratory testing?
Which of the following BEST matches the descriptions with the different categories of test techniques?1. Coverage is measured based on a selected structure of the test object2. The processing within the test object is checked3. Tests are based on defects’ likelihood and their distribution4. Deviations from the requirements are checked5. User stories are used as the test basisUsing notation for the following 4 options:Black - Black-box test techniquesWhite - White-box test techniquesExperience - Experience-based test techniques
A fitness app measures the number of steps that are walked each day and provides feedback to encourage the user to keep fit.The feedback for different numbers of steps should be:Up to 1000 - Couch Potato!Above 1000, up to 2000 - Lazy Bones!Above 2000, up to 4000 - Getting There!Above 4000, up to 6000 - Not Bad!Above 6000 - Way to Go!Which of the following sets of test inputs would achieve the BEST equivalence partition coverage?
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?
A smart home app measures the average temperature in the house over the previous week and provides feedback to the occupants on their environmental friendliness based on this temperature. The feedback for different average temperature ranges (to the nearest °C) should be:Up to 10°C - Icy Cool!11°C to 15°C - Chilled Out!16°C to 19°C - Cool Man!20°C to 22°C - Too Warm!Above 22°C - Hot & Sweaty!Using BVA (only Min- and Max values), which of the following sets of test inputs provides the highest level of boundary coverage?
Decision table testing is being performed on a speeding fine system. Two test cases have already been generated for rules R1 and R4, which are shown below: Given the following additional test cases:Which two of the additional test cases would achieve full coverage of the complete decision table (when combined with the test cases that have already been generated for rules R1 and R4)?
Given the following state model of a battery charger software: Which of the following sequences of transitions provides the highest level of transition coverage for the model?
Which of the following statements BEST describes how test cases are derived from a use case?
Which of the following descriptions of statement coverage is CORRECT?
Which of the following descriptions of decision coverage is CORRECT?
Which of the following BEST describes the concept behind error guessing?
Which of the following BEST explains a benefit of independent testing?
Which of the following tasks is MOST LIKELY to be performed by the test manager?
Given the following examples of entry and exit criteria:1. The original testing budget of $30,000 plus contingency of $7,000 has been spent2. 96% of planned tests for the drawing package have been executed and the remaining tests are now out of scope3. The trading performance test environment has been designed, set-up and verified4. Current status is no outstanding critical defects and two high-priority ones5. The autopilot design specifications have been reviewed and reworked6. The tax rate calculation component has passed unit testing.Which of the following BEST categorizes them as entry and exit criteria:
Given the following priorities and dependencies for these test cases: Which of the following test execution schedules BEST considers the priorities and technical and logical dependencies?
Which of the following statements about test estimation approaches is CORRECT?
Which of the following BEST defines risk level?
Which of the following is MOST likely to be an example of a PRODUCT risk?
Which of the following is LEAST likely to be an example of product risk analysis CORRECTLY influencing the testing?
You are performing system testing of a train reservation system. Based on the test cases performed, you have noticed that the system occasionally reports that no trains are available, although this should be the case. You have provided the developers with a summary of the defect and the version of the tested system. They recognize the urgency of the defect and are now waiting for you to provide further details.In addition to the information already provided, the following additional information is given:1. Degree of impact (severity) of the defect2. Identification of the test object3. Details of the test environment4. Urgency/priority to fix5. Actual results6. Reference to test case specificationWhich of this additional information is most useful to include in the defect report?
Given the following test activities and test tools:1. Performance measurement and dynamic analysis2. Test execution and logging3. Management of testing and testware4. Test designA. Code coverage toolsB. Dynamic analysis toolsC. Test data preparation toolsD. Defect management toolsWhich of the following BEST matches the activities and tools?
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?
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