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Question #11

You just handed over the Defect Accepted and Deferred report to your Maintenance team.

Which testing activity are you performing? [1]

A . Defect Design
B . Test Decommission
C . Test Exit Criteria
D . Test Closure

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Question #12

Your company just won a contract to create a new sales application and has committed to a very aggressive delivery timeline. Due to the quick turnaround your primary stakeholder wants to be heavily involved in the design and is very anxious to see the outcome. Because of this, your company has decided to use a spiral development approach. You have a defined test policy and typically use an analytical approach to testing, however, this approach will not work with the development approach.

What test strategy should be utilized? [3]

A . Model-based
B . Methodical
C . Standard-compliant
D . Reactive

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Correct Answer: D
D

Explanation:

A reactive test strategy is a test strategy that uses the actual behavior and results of the software under test to design and execute tests, without prior knowledge or documentation of the software1. A reactive test strategy should be utilized for a project that uses a spiral development approach, which is a type of iterative/incremental approach that adds risk analysis and prototyping activities to each iteration2. A reactive test strategy is suitable for a spiral development approach because it allows for flexibility, adaptability, and creativity in the testing process, as well as for early feedback, risk reduction, and continuous improvement in the software development process3. Therefore, option D is the correct answer.

Option A is incorrect because a model-based test strategy is a test strategy that uses models to represent the desired behavior and structure of the software under test, and to derive test cases, test data, test procedures, and test oracles. A model-based test strategy may not work well with a spiral development approach, as it requires the availability and stability of the models, which may not be the case in a spiral development approach that involves frequent changes and refinements of the software under test.

Option B is incorrect because a methodical test strategy is a test strategy that uses predefined test methods, techniques, and procedures to design and execute tests, such as equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, or decision table testing. A methodical test strategy may not work well with a spiral development approach, as it requires the availability and stability of the test basis, such as the requirements, specifications, or design documents, which may not be the case in a spiral development approach that involves frequent changes and refinements of the software under test.

Option C is incorrect because a standard-compliant test strategy is a test strategy that follows a predefined set of standards, guidelines, or regulations to design and execute tests, such as ISO, IEEE, or CMMI. A standard-compliant test strategy may not work well with a spiral development approach, as it requires the compliance and consistency of the testing process, which may not be the case in a spiral development approach that involves frequent changes and refinements of the software under test.

Reference: 1: ISTQB Glossary, Reactive Test Strategy 2: ISTQB Glossary, Spiral Model 3: ISTQB Advanced Level Test Manager Syllabus, Section 1.1.1: Spiral Model in Software Development Life Cycle – Software Testing Material: Spiral Model – Tools QA: Strategic Test Management – ISTQB not-for-profit association: ISTQB Glossary, Model-Based Testing: ISTQB Glossary, Methodical Test Strategy: ISTQB Glossary, Standard-Compliant Test Strategy: ISTQB Foundation Level #39 C Test Approach and Strategy – Software Testing Mentor

Question #13

SCENARIO 3

You are the Test Manager for a software house called "MakeMyApp" that specialise in mobile phone applications, agile techniques are used for all software development projects.

A new project is underway to develop enhancements to a ‘photo sharing’ application, known as ‘PictureFriend’. There are two types of user account available -Premium Users and Guest Users. Guest users only have limited functionality available.

The enhanced features to PictureFriend are:

• Feature 1: Guest Users can share photos with other Guest Users and Premium Users;

• Feature 2: Premium Users can edit pictures before posting to their account;

• Feature 3: Premium Users can create ‘3D-effect’ photographs

The requirements for each feature will be broken down into a number of User Stories with acceptance criteria created for each of them. User Stories are planned and delivered in 2-week ‘Sprints’. The project will have 3 sprints.

Refer to SCENARIO 3

You have been asked to select an appropriate review type and review remit for the project.

Which of the following is the BEST review type and remit for this project? SELECT ONE OPTION

A . Walkthroughs will be used to review all acceptance criteria and design documentation. The first review will take place after the final sprint.
B . Informal reviews will be used to review the test risks and test plans. Review comments will be recorded in a document for consideration by the Product Owner,
C . Informal reviews will be used to review acceptance criteria and design documentation. The artifacts will be reviewed and updated during each sprint.
D . Inspections will be used to review the acceptance criteria and software architecture. Review comments will be recorded in a document where each will be marked as closed once addressed.

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Question #14

During what step of the Fundamental Test Process should you define the methods to be used to collect test metrics? [1]

A . Analysis
B . Planning
C . Closure
D . Execution

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Question #15

You have been carefully monitoring the progress of testing for your project. You have been using the established traceability to verify that the requirements and test conditions are being adequately addressed. The test team is proceeding well in their test case execution and you can see that you are achieving about 80% coverage of the test conditions per the traceability mapping in your test management system. You have seen a number of defects being logged against test conditions that are failing, but you do not see a mapping of the test cases to those conditions.

What is likely to be occurring in the testing area that is causing the traceability to break down? [2]

A . The test cases are mapped to the test strategy and are bypassing the test conditions.
B . The testers are running exploratory tests that are not mapped to the test conditions.
C . The testers are executing the wrong tests.
D . The testers are not updating the test execution information in the test management system.

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Question #16

Refer to SCENARIO 1

Week 4 of test execution has been completed and the following test report has been produced

Review this report against the organisational Test Strategy, what is the status of the Test Strategy objectives? SELECT ONE OPTION

A . Test strategy objective 1. 2 and 3 have been met
B . Test strategy objective 2 and 3 have been met. Test strategy objective 1 has NOT been met.
C . Test strategy objective 1 and 2 have been met. Test strategy objective 3 has NOT been met.
D . Test strategy objective 1 and 3 have been met. Test strategy objective 2 has NOT been met.

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Question #17

You are Test Manager on a new project and have estimated the test effort to be 500 days, assuming that you will find no more than 50 defects and 5 test iterations being required. The project manager has said the estimate is too high.

Which of the following options could enable you to reduce this estimate? SELECT ONE OPTION

A . Agree an increase in the Unit test coverage before the code is delivered to your test team.
B . Assign more test analysts to the test execution phase.
C . Increase the regression test coverage.
D . Allow more time for the developers to fix the defects found.

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Question #18

Which one of the following will allow phase containment to be assessed within a testing project? SELECT ONE OPTION

A . Using the phases of defect introduction and detection data for all phases of the project.
B . Using the phases of defect introduction, detection and removal data on a phase by phase basis.
C . Using defect introduction and removal data for the project as a whole.
D . Using defect removal data for the testing phases of the project.

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Question #19

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The Test Strategy states the test techniques to be used include Equivalence Partitioning and Boundary Value Analysis. Using the Test Conditions and techniques stated in the Test Strategy, the following Test Cases have been created.

As the Test Manager you are reviewing these Test Cases for traceability to the Test Conditions and to ensure that the change request will be adequately tested in accordance with the Test Strategy.

Which of the following statements is FALSE? SELECT ONE OPTION

A . The Test Cases fully test the Test Conditions in relation to the Test Strategy.
B . The traceability of the Test Cases to Test Conditions is clear.
C . The change request requirements have been clearly stated.
D . The Test Conditions have fully covered the change request.

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Question #20

As the Test Manager for an agile project how would you BEST plan and guide the testing activities during development? SELECT ONE OPTION

A . Ensure testers provide training to developers to help them write a set of auto-mated unit tests
B . Ensure testers are integrated into the development process, helping to review and develop automated unit tests
C . Ensure testers are separated from the developers to provide an independent set of functional tests
D . Ensure all tests are written and reviewed by the developers to ensure they reflect the code being developed

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