ISTQB Certified Tester Exam Syllabus 1.6
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Which of the following statements describe a valid test objective?

  • To prove that there will be no failures after the implementation of the system into production
  • To prove that there are no unfixed defects in the system under test
  • To verify that there are no untested combinations of inputs
  • To reduce the risk level of the test object and to build confidence in the quality level (correct)

    • Which of the following options shows an example of test activities that contribute to success?

  • Testers collaborating with end users help to improve the quality of defect reports during component integration and system testing
  • Having testers involved during various software development lifecycle (SDLC) activities will help to detect defects in work products (correct)
  • Testers try not to disturb the developers while coding, so that the developers write better code
  • Certified testers will design much better test cases than non-certified testers

    • You have been assigned as a tester to a team producing a new system incrementally. You have noticed that no changes have been made to the existing regression test cases for several iterations and no new regression defects were identified. Your manager is happy, but you are not. Which testing principle explains your skepticism?

  • Tests wear out
  • Defects cluster together
  • Exhaustive testing is impossible
  • Absence-of-errors fallacy (correct)

    • You work in a team that develops a mobile application for food ordering. In the current iteration the team decided to implement the payment functionality. Which of the following activities is a part of test analysis?

    <p>Using boundary value analysis (BVA) to derive the test data for the test cases that check the correct payment processing for the minimum allowed amount to be paid</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following factors have a SIGNIFICANT influence on the test approach?

    <p>i, iii, iv have significant influence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which TWO of the following tasks belong MAINLY to a testing role?

    <p>Configure test environments</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following skills (i-v) are the MOST important skills of a tester?

    <p>i, iii and v are important</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is the whole team approach present in the interactions between testers and business representatives?

    <p>Testers help business representatives to create suitable acceptance tests</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Consider the following rule: “for every SDLC activity there is a corresponding test activity”. In which SDLC models does this rule hold?

    <p>In sequential, incremental, and iterative SDLC models</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following statements BEST describes the acceptance test-driven development (ATDD) approach?

    <p>In ATDD, tests are created based on acceptance criteria to drive the development of the related software</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT an example of the shift left approach?

    <p>Writing a test script before setting up the configuration management process</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the arguments below would you use to convince your manager to organize retrospectives at the end of each release cycle?

    <p>Process weaknesses identified during the retrospective can be analyzed and serve as a to do list for the organization's continuous process improvement program</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which types of failures (1-4) fit which test levels (A-D) BEST?

    <p>1D, 2B, 3C, 4A</p> Signup and view all the answers

    You are testing a user story with three acceptance criteria: AC1, AC2 and AC3. AC1 is covered by test case TC1, AC2 by TC2, and AC3 by TC3. The test execution history had three test runs on three consecutive versions of the software as follows:

    Execution 1 Execution 2 Execution 3 TC1 (1) Failed (4) Passed (7) Passed TC2 (2) Passed (5) Failed (8) Passed TC3 (3) Failed (6) Failed (9) Passed

    Tests are repeated once you are informed that all defects found in the test run are corrected and a new version of the software is available.

    Which of the above tests are executed as regression tests?

    <p>Only 4, 7, 8, 9</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a benefit of static testing?

    <p>Having less expensive defect management due to the ease of detecting defects later in the SDLC</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a benefit of early and frequent feedback?

    <p>It helps avoid requirements misunderstandings</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The reviews being used in your organization have the following attributes:

    • There is the role of a scribe
    • The main purpose is to evaluate quality
    • The meeting is led by the author of the work product
    • There is individual preparation
    • A review report is produced

    Which of the following review types is MOST likely being used?

    <p>Technical review</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of these statements is NOT a factor that contributes to successful reviews?

    <p>Participants should avoid behaviors that might indicate boredom, exasperation, or hostility to other participants</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a characteristic of experience-based test techniques?

    <p>The techniques heavily rely on the tester's knowledge of the software and the business domain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    You are testing a simplified apartment search form which has only two search criteria:

    • floor (with three possible options: ground floor; first floor; second or higher floor)
    • garden type (with three possible options: no garden; small garden; large garden)

    Only apartments on the ground floor have gardens. The form has a built-in validation mechanism that will not allow you to use the search criteria which violate this rule.

    Each test has two input values: floor and garden type. You want to apply equivalence partitioning (EP) to cover each floor and each garden type in your tests.

    What is the minimal number of test cases to achieve 100% EP coverage?

    <p>5</p> Signup and view all the answers

    You are testing a system that calculates the final course grade for a given student.

    The final grade is assigned based on the final result, according to the following rules:

    • 0-50 points: failed
    • 51-60 points: fair
    • 61-70 points: satisfactory
    • 71-80 points: good
    • 81-90 points: very good
    • 91-100 points: excellent

    You have prepared the following set of test cases:

    Final Final result grade TC1 91 excellent TC2 50 failed TC3 81 very good

    • TC4 60 fair
    • TC5 70 satisfactory
    • TC6 80 good

    What is the 2-value Boundary Value Analysis (BVA) coverage for the final result that is achieved with the existing test cases?

    <p>60%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Your favorite bicycle daily rental store has just introduced a new Customer Relationship Management system and asked you, one of their most loyal members, to test it.

    The implemented features are as follows:

    • Anyone can rent a bicycle, but members receive a 20% discount
    • However, if the return deadline is missed, the discount is no longer available
    • After 15 rentals, members get a gift: a T-Shirt

    Decision table describing the implemented features looks as follows:

    Conditions R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Being a member T T T T F F F F Missed deadline T F T F T F F T 15th rental F F T T F F T T

    Actions 20% discount X X Gift T-Shirt X X X

    Based ONLY on the feature description of the Customer Relationship Management system, which of the above rules describes an impossible situation?

    <p>R8</p> Signup and view all the answers

    You test a system whose lifecycle is modeled by the state transition diagram shown below. The system starts in the INIT state and ends its operation in the OFF state.

    [State Transition Diagram]

    What is the MINIMAL number of test cases to achieve valid transitions coverage?

    <p>3</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Your test suite achieved 100% statement coverage. What is the consequence of this fact?

    <p>Each instruction in the code that contains a defect has been executed at least once</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT true for white-box testing?

    <p>White-box testing can help identify gaps in requirements implementation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following BEST describes the concept behind error guessing?

    <p>Error guessing involves using your knowledge and experience of defects found in the past and typical errors made by developers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In your project there has been a delay in the release of a brand-new application and test execution started late, but you have very detailed domain knowledge and good analytical skills. The full list of requirements has not yet been shared with the team, but management is asking for some test results to be presented. Which test technique fits BEST in this situation?

    <p>Exploratory testing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following BEST describes the way acceptance criteria can be documented?

    <p>Using the given/when/then format to describe an example test condition related to a given user story</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Consider the following user story:

    As an Editor I want to review content before it is published so that I can assure the grammar is correct

    and its acceptance criteria:

    • The user can log in to the content management system with "Editor" role
    • The editor can view existing content pages
    • The editor can edit the page content
    • The editor can add markup comments
    • The editor can save changes
    • The editor can reassign to the "content owner" role to make updates

    Which of the following is the BEST example of an ATDD test for this user story?

    <p>Test if the editor can save the document after edit the page content</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do testers add value to iteration and release planning?

    <p>Testers participate in the detailed risk identification and risk assessment of user stories</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which TWO of the following options are the exit criteria for testing a system?

    <p>Test environment readiness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Your team uses the three-point estimation technique to estimate the test effort for a new high-risk feature. The following estimates were made:

    • Most optimistic estimation: 2 person-hours
    • Most likely estimation: 11 person-hours
    • Most pessimistic estimation: 14 person-hours

    What is the final estimate?

    <p>10 person-hours</p> Signup and view all the answers

    You are testing a mobile application that allows users to find a nearby restaurant based on the type of food they want to eat. Consider the following list of test cases, priorities (i.e., a smaller number means a higher priority), and dependencies:

    Test case Test condition covered Priority Logical dependency TC 001 Select type of food 3 none TC 002 Select restaurant 2 TC 001 TC 003 Get direction 1 TC 002 TC 004 Call restaurant 2 TC 002 TC 005 Make reservation 3 TC 002

    Which of the following test cases should be executed as the third one?

    <p>TC 003</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Consider the following test categories (1-4) and agile testing quadrants (A-D):

    • Usability testing

    • Component testing

    • Functional testing

    • Reliability testing

    • Agile testing quadrant Q1: technology facing, supporting the development team

    • Agile testing quadrant Q2: business facing, supporting the development team

    • Agile testing quadrant Q3: business facing, critique the product

    • Agile testing quadrant Q4: technology facing, critique the product

    How do the following test categories map onto the agile testing quadrants?

    <p>1D, 2B, 3C, 4A</p> Signup and view all the answers

    During a risk analysis the following risk was identified and assessed:

    • Risk: Response time is too long to generate a report

    • Risk likelihood: medium; risk impact: high

    • Response to risk:

      • An independent test team performs performance testing during system testing
      • A selected sample of end users performs alpha and beta acceptance testing before the release

    What measure is proposed to be taken in response to this analyzed risk?

    <p>Risk mitigation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which work product can be used by an agile team to show the amount of work that has been completed and the amount of total work remaining for a given iteration?

    <p>Burndown chart</p> Signup and view all the answers

    You need to update one of the automated test scripts to be in line with a new requirement. Which process indicates that you create a new version of the test script in the test repository?

    <p>Traceability management</p> Signup and view all the answers

    You received the following defect report from the developers stating that the anomaly described in this test report is not reproducible.

    Application hangs up 2022-May-03 – John Doe – Rejected The application hangs up after entering “Test input: $ä” in the Name field on the new user creation screen. Tried to log off, log in with test_admin01 account, same issue. Tried with other test admin accounts, same issue. No error message received; log (see attached) contains fatal error notification. Based on the test case TC-1305, the application should accept the provided input and create the user. Please fix with high priority, this feature is related to REQ-0012, which is a critical new business requirement.

    What critical information is MISSING from this test report that would have been useful for the developers?

    <p>Expected result and actual result</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which test activity does a data preparation tool support?

    <p>Test design and implementation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which item correctly identifies a potential risk of performing test automation?

    <p>It may introduce unknown regressions in production</p> Signup and view all the answers

    You were given a task to analyze and fix causes of failures in a new system to be released. Which activity are you performing?

    <p>Debugging</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In many software organizations the test department is called the Quality Assurance (QA) department. Is this sentence correct or not and why?

    <p>It is not correct. QA is focused on quality-related processes while testing concentrates on demonstrating that a component or system is fit for purpose and to detect defects</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A phone ringing in a neighboring cubicle distracts a programmer causing him to improperly program the logic that checks the upper boundary of an input variable. Later, during system testing, a tester notices that this input field accepts invalid input values.

    Which of the following correctly describes an incorrectly coded upper bound?

    <p>A defect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    ISTQB® Certified Tester Syllabus Foundation Level Exam

    • Exam Version: 1.6
    • Syllabus Version Compatibility: 4.0
    • Exam Set: A
    • Release Date: May 27, 2024
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    • Revision History: Details modifications and corrections to the exam, including questions such as #5, #6, #16, #A7, #A21, #36, and other edits.

    Sample Exam Questions:

    • Test objectives: Descriptions that accurately depict validation goals for software.

    • Test activities contributing to success: Involve testers in development, allowing better defect reporting during component and system tests.

    • Testing principle related to skepticism: The absence-of-errors fallacy (or possibility of absence of relevant errors, despite defects seen), suggests it's almost impossible to guarantee zero errors.

    • Test analysis: Activities determining if test plans are feasible and test data is adequately prepared.

    • Factors influencing test approach: Software development lifecycle (SDLC), identified risk, regulatory changes, and the setup of test environments.

    • Testing roles: Configuring test environments, designing test plans, and creating acceptance criteria, among others.

    • Tester skills: Domain knowledge, teamwork, planning and organization, and critical thinking.

    • Whole-team approach: Testers collaborate with business representatives to define a test strategy and produce suitable acceptance tests, rather than performing testing activities in isolation.

    • SDLC models: Sequential-based, incremental-based, and iterative-based models. All are relevant

    • Acceptance test-driven development (ATDD): Tests are written based on the expected system behavior to facilitate understanding for the development team.

    • Shift-left approach: Emphasizes earlier testing involvement.

    • Test coverage: A quantitative measurement that indicates the extent to which tests cover different parts of a system.

    • Quality of defects found: Focus on providing detail in the report to help developers, using clear descriptions of expected and actual results, testing environment use cases, test items, and related issues (priority, severity etc.).

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    • Sample Exam Questions: Series of specific questions designed to evaluate understanding of different aspects of software testing.

    • Additional Questions: Questions with explanations, intended for additional practice and knowledge enhancement.

    • Table of Contents: Details the questions organized by their location in the document.

    • Introduction: Provides an overview of the purpose, instructions, and general considerations regarding the usage and purpose of the document.

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