CTFL-FOUNDATION Online Practice Questions and Answers

In addition to risk, identify TWO other components of a testing strategy.

A. The entry and exit criteria for each test phase

B. Test training needs for the project resources

C. The test design techniques to be used

D. Test performance indicators

E. The test schedule

Pick the best definition of quality:

A. Quality is job one

B. Zero defects

C. Conformance to requirements

D. Work as designed

Consider the following pseudo code:

1.

Begin

2.

Input X, Y

3.

If X > Y

4.

__Print (X, `is greater than', Y)

5.

Else

6.

__Print (Y, is greater than or equal to', X)

7.

EndIf

8.

End

What is the minimum number of test cases required to guarantee both 100% statement coverage and 100% decision coverage?

A. Statement coverage = 3, Decision coverage = 3

B. Statement coverage = 2, Decision coverage = 2

C. Statement coverage = 1, Decision coverage = 2

D. Statement coverage = 2, Decision coverage = 1

Refer to the exhibit

Given the following State Transition diagram, match the test cases below with the relevant set of state transitions.

(i)

X-Z-V-W

(ii)

W-Y-U-U

A.

(i) = S1 S2 S3 S4 S2 and (ii) = S4 S2 S4 S4 S4

B.

(i) = S1 S2 S3 S4 S4 and (ii) = S2 S4 S4 S4 S2

C.

(i) = S2 S3 S4 S2 S2 and (ii) = S4 S2 S4 S4 S4

D.

(i) = S2 S3 S4 - S4 S2 and (ii) = S2 S3 S4 S4 S4

Refer to the exhibit

The following test cases need to be run, but time is limited, and it is possible that not all will be completed before the end of the test window

The first activity is to run any re-tests, followed by the regression test script. Users have supplied their priority order to tests. Which of the following gives an appropriate test execution schedule, taking account of the prioritisation and other constraints? [K3]

A. b, c, g, d, e, i, a, f, h

B. a, c, d, b, g, e, i, f, h

C. c, a, d, b, e, g, i, h, f

D. d, c, a, e, b, g, i, f, h

Which from the following list are typically found to enable the review process to be successful? [K2]

a.

Each review has clear defined objectives

b.

The lower the number of defects, the better the review process

c.

The right people for the review objective are involved

d.

There is an emphasis on learning and process improvement

e.

Management are not involved in the process at all

f.

Checklists should not be used, as these slow down the process

g.

Defects found are welcomed and expressed objectively

A.

a, f and g.

B.

b, c and f.

C.

a, c and d.

D.

d, e and g.

Which of the following is NOT a valid use of decision coverage?

A. Checking that all decisions have been exercised in a single program

B. Checking that all decisions have been exercised in a business process

C. Checking that all calls from one program module to another have been made correctly

D. Checking that at least 50% of decisions have been exercised by a test case suite

The ISTQB fundamental test process consists of 5 main activities. To which of these belongs the task "Identifying necessary test data"?

A. Evaluating test criteria and reporting

B. Test implementation and execution

C. Test analysis and design

D. Test planning and control

Consider the following excerpt from a defect report:

"To recreate the failure we used test file TST_01_TC_16.dat, which is available in the common shared

folder".

Which incident report objective does this excerpt satisfy?

A. Provides developers with information to isolate the failure

B. Provides ideas for test process improvement

C. Does not belong in an incident report.

D. Provides test leaders with information to report test progress

Which of the following is a correct statement about informal reviews?

A. The usefulness of an informal review is highly variable and strongly dependent on the reviewers.

B. Informal review must be done by the author of the reviewed material, before it is submitted for formal review

C. The moderator of an informal review should not be the author of the reviewed material

D. An informal review has no impact on the quality of the product, just on the level of knowledge of the reviewers