CTAL-TM_UK Online Practice Questions and Answers

The business has asked for a weekly progress report. Which of the following would be appropriate as a measure of test coverage?

A. Percentage of business requirements exercised

B. Percentage of planned hours worked this week

C. Percentage of countries that have test scenarios

D. Percentage of test iterations completed

Why might a RAD approach be a better option for the test manager rather than a sequential development?

A. It will extend the development team's abilities and enhance future delivery capabilities.

B. It will allow the marketing, clerical and testing staff to validate and verify the early screen prototypes.

C. Time-box constraints will guarantee code releases are delivered on schedule.

D. More time can be spent on test execution as less formal documentation is required.

Within the projects, a master test plan and phase test plan will be used. Following is a list of characteristics applicable for test plans:

Which TWO mentioned characteristics relate to the phase test plan?

A. Any deviation from the procedures described in the test

B. strategy document

C. The overall estimated costs, timescales and resource

D. requirements

E. A detailed schedule of testing activities

F. The development deliverables to be tested

G. Which test staff members (names) will be involved and when

H. Level of requirements coverage achieved

As part of the test strategy, entry and exit criteria will be defined for each test level.

Which is NOT a valid reason for using entry and exit criteria?

A. The expectation is that development testing is not adequate.

B. Exit criteria are used to decide on when to stop testing.

C. Entry and exit criteria are a principal way for getting adequate resources.

D. Using entry and exit criteria will prevent software that is not or poorly tested from going to the next test level.

Evaluate the status of the project against the defined exit criteria.

Which of the following options shows the correct status?

A. Criteria A = OK, criteria B = OK, criteria C = OK

B. Criteria A = NOT OK, criteria B = NOT OK, criteria C = OK

C. Criteria A = OK, criteria B = NOT OK, criteria C = NOT OK

D. Criteria A = NOT OK, criteria B = NOT OK, criteria C = NOT OK

What would be a test approach regarding the test design techniques to be applied that would fit an item with the highest risk?

A. Component testing: decision testing; System testing: exploratory testing

B. Component testing: decision testing; System testing: decision table testing

C. Component testing: statement testing; System testing: equivalence partitioning

D. Component testing: statement testing; System testing: decision table partitioning

Which of the following is a project risk mitigation step you might take as test manager?

A. Testing for performance problems

B. Hiring a contractor after a test analyst leaves the company

C. Arranging a back-up test environment in case the existing one fails during testing

D. Performing a project retrospective meeting using the test results after each increment

Which of the following are valid reasons for adopting a different life cycle (from the V model), for increments after the first year?

i. We do not have a clear understanding of the requirements from a customer perspective.

ii. We see the risk of delivering requested functionality late as being higher than the risk of delivering a lower quality product.

iii. We do not have a budget for additional regression testing which is needed to ensure that existing functionality is not compromised by future iterations.

iv.

The company test strategy does not fit well within the V life cycle model.

A.

(i) and (ii)

B.

(i) and (iv)

C.

(ii) and (iii)

D.

(ii) and (iv)

IEEE 1028 also defines "management review" as a type of review.

What is the main purpose of a management review?

A. Align technical concepts during the design phase

B. Establish a common understanding of requirements

C. Provide independent evaluation of compliance to processes, regulations, standards etc.

D. To monitor progress, assess the status of a project, and make decisions about future actions

You have been given responsibility for the non-functional testing of a safety-critical monitoring and diagnostics package in the medical area.

Which of the following would you least expect to see addressed in the test plan?

A. Availability

B. Safety

C. Portability

D. Reliability