CTFL 2018 PREPARATION EXAM 01

1. An android application has a bug which results in incorrect interest payments, due to a single line of incorrect code. This bug results in customer complaints. When root cause analysis was performed, the root cause was identified as the lack of product owner understanding in the interest calculations. which of the following is considered as a “Defect” ?

2. Test cases are considered as which type of test work products ?

3. Which of the following is considered as a type of validation ?

4. What is the test basis?

5. Recall the activity that removes the cause of a failure

6. Which of the following statements is the MOST valid goal for a test  team?

7. Test progress reports are considered as which type of test work products ?

8. Test suites are considered as which type of test work products ?

9. Test plans are considered as which type of test work products ?

10. A company recently purchased a commercial off-the-shelf application to automate their bill-paying process. They now plan to run an acceptance test against the package prior to putting it into production. Which of the following is their most likely reason for testing?

11. Which statement about testing is true?

12. Which of the following is an example of debugging ?

13. Which of the following statements BEST describes the difference between testing and debugging?

14. Which of the following is most important to promote and maintain good relationships between testers and developers?

15. A test team consistently finds between 95% and 97% of the defect present in the system under test. While the test leader understands that this is a good defect detection percentage for her test team and industry, senior management and executives remain disappointed in the test group saying that the test team misses too many bugs. Given that the users are generally happy with the system and that the failures which have occurred have generally been low impact, which of the following testing principles is most likely to help the test leader explain to these managers and executives why some defects are likely to be missed.

16. Which of the following is the correct way of writing the user story ?

17. Why is it important to avoid the pesticide paradox ?

18. Which of the following is not a correct statement about software testing and quality assurance ?

19. Which of the following is a correct statement ?

20. Which objective may be obtained by having testers work closely with developers while the code is under development ?   

21. Which of the following is an example of a defect that causes harm?

22. According to the ISTQB Glossary, the word “bug” is synonymous with which of the following ?

23. Which two activities of the test process are often combined in many projects?

24. For which test level may this objective be relevant ?

“Give information to stakeholders about the risk of releasing the system at a given time”

25. Which of the statements below is the best assessment of how the test principles apply across the test life cycle?

26. Designing and prioritizing test cases occurs during which activity in the fundamental test process?

27. Developing and prioritizing test procedures occurs during which activity in the fundamental test process?

28. Which of the following is considered as a test monitoring activity, and which is considered as a test control activity?

i. Delaying the release date because the UAT build is not ready yet

ii. Calculating the number of test cases executed during the last iteration

iii. Holding a retrospective meeting at the end of an iteration

iv. Changing the story points of a user story from 5 to 20 because a new risk has been identified

v. Looking at the burn-down chart and analyzing points where the team was off-track

29. In which Development model may the testers be involved in debugging and component testing ?

30. Which of the following could be a root cause of a defect in financial software in which an incorrect interest rate is calculated?

31. For which test level may this objective be relevant ?

“Increase code coverage of modules”

32. Which of the following is an important objective of testing activities in the software development lifecycle ?

33. As a tester, which of the following is a key to effectively communicate and maintain positive relationships with developers when there is disagreement over the prioritization of a defect? 

34. Why is software testing sometimes required for legal reasons?

35. Test summary reports are considered as which type of test work products ?

36. Defining and prioritizing test conditions and considering functional & non-functional characteristics occurs during which activity in the fundamental test process?

37. A new retail product was released to production by your company. Shortly after the release it was apparent that there were numerous problems with the point of sale application. This resulted in a number of customer complaints and negative postings on social media encouraging people to take their business to your competitor. You have investigated the problems and have discovered that the production point of sale equipment is a later model than the model used in testing. The software functions correctly on the old version, but fails on the later model.

Given this scenario, what is the root cause and what is the effect? 

38. In what way does root cause analysis contribute to process improvement ?

39. Which of the following statements are TRUE?

A.Software testing may be required to meet legal or contractual requirements

B.Software testing is mainly needed to improve the quality of the developer’s work

C.Rigorous testing and fixing of defects found can help reduce the risk of problems occurring in an operational environment

D.Rigorous testing is sometimes used to prove that all failures have been found

40. An android application has a bug which results in incorrect interest payments, due to a single line of incorrect code. This bug results in customer complaints. When root cause analysis was performed, the root cause was identified as the lack of product owner understanding in the interest calculations. which of the following is considered as a “failure” ?

41. Test conditions are considered as which type of test work products ?

42. A programmer is working on code which is very complex. Which of the following is a general testing principle that may affect his work ?

43. Which of the following will prevent defects from reoccurring ?

44. Which objective may be obtained by having testers verify and validate the software prior to release ?

45. Checking whether all defect reports are closed occurs during which activity in the fundamental test process?

46. Comparing actual results with expected results occurs during which activity in the fundamental test process?

47. An android application has a bug which results in incorrect interest payments, due to a single line of incorrect code. This bug results in customer complaints. When root cause analysis was performed, the root cause was identified as the lack of product owner understanding in the interest calculations. which of the following is considered as an “effect” ?

48. Which of the following is a true statement about exhaustive testing ?

49. Which objective may be obtained by having testers work closely with system designers while the system is being designed ?

50. Which of the following are aids to good communication and which hinder it ?

I.Try to understand how the other person feels

II.Communicate personal feelings, concentrating upon individuals

III.Confirm the other person has understood what you have said and vice versa

IV.Emphasize the common goal of better quality

V.Each discussion is a battle to be won

51. What is a test condition ?

52. If you need to provide a report showing test case execution coverage of the requirements, what do you need to track? 

53. A tester was executing a test case, the test data in the test case was pronounced incorrectly. The name of item that should be written in the search field should contain the value “Laptop“, but the tester wrote the value “labtob” instead.

The actual result of the test case was a message saying “There is no results for the word (labtob), did you mean (laptop)”

The tester reported the defect and written the following description “When the user searches for laptops, an error message appears, a list of laptops should appear instead”

What is the problem with this situation?

54. What is the definition of debugging ?

55. Which of the following, if observed in reviews and tests, would lead to problems (or conflict) within teams?

56. System test execution on a project is planned for eight weeks. After a week of testing, a tester suggests that the test objective stated in the test plan of ‘finding as many defects as possible during system test’ might be more closely met by redirecting the test effort according to which test principle?

57. Below is a list of problems that can be observed during testing or operation. Which is MOST likely a failure?

58. Which of the following statements best describes one of the seven key principles of software testing ?

59. Which characteristic must a tester possess in order to be successful when working with a project team?

60. Defect reports are considered as which type of test work products ?

61. An android application has a bug which results in incorrect interest payments, due to a single line of incorrect code. This bug results in customer complaints. When root cause analysis was performed, the root cause was identified as the lack of product owner understanding in the interest calculations. What solution could be used to reduce the likelihood of such bugs in the future ?

62. Which of the following is a correct relationship between quality control, quality assurance, and quality management ?

63. When test cases are designed early in the lifecycle, verifying the test basis via the test design, which common test objective is being achieved ?

64. Checking test results and test logs against specified coverage criteria occurs during which activity in the fundamental test process?

65. Ensuring that test design starts during the requirements definition phase is important to enable which of the following test objectives?

66. Which objective may be obtained by having testers involved in requirements reviews or user story refinement ?