ISTQB Exam Preparation

Which of the following is the BEST example of why testing is necessary?

Which of the following statements accurately describes the relationship between quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC)?

One of the principles asserts that exhaustive testing is impossible. Which approach is an example of addressing this principle?

Which test activity involves collaborating with data requirements, test conditions, environment configurations and test cases?

Which factor is MOST likely to impact how testing is performed for a given test object?

Which statement provides a valid example of the value of traceability in testing?

Which scenario exemplifies a tester applying a generic skill during testing?

What is an advantage of adopting a whole-team approach in software development?

Which of the following statements accurately describes the impact of a software development lifecycle on testing?

Which good testing practice is applicable to all software development lifecycles?

Which of the following is an example of a test-first approach to development?

Which statement accurately describes a testing practice for DevOps environment?

Which of the following is MOST aligned with system testing?

Which statement accurately differentiates regression tests from confirmation tests?

Which defect is detectable by static testing but not by dynamic testing?

What is a key benefit of early and frequent feedback from stakeholders?

Match the following tasks and review activities: Select the quality characteristics and exit criteria to be evaluated (1), grant all team members access to the work product (2), identify anomalies (3), and discuss anomalies (4), with the review initiation (A), planning (B), communication and analysis (C), and individual review (D) activities.

Given the roles in reviews (scribe, review leader, facilitator, manager) and responsibilities (records review information, organizes the review, ensures effective review meetings, decides what is to be reviewed and provides resources), which matches roles and responsibilities?

Which statement BEST describes the difference between decision table testing and branch testing?

A car wash chain uses cards to track the number of washes a customer buys. Customers get a 10% discount for every tenth wash and an additional 40% (50% total) for every twentieth wash. Which has the highest equivalence partition coverage?

You are testing a form that verifies the correctness of the length of the password between 6 and 12 characters inclusive, with an initial value of 0. You apply boundary value analysis, and due to the high risk of this component, test cases are added to ensure 100% 3-value boundary value coverage. Which additional password lengths should be tested?

A decision table details the rules for determining the risk of atherosclerosis. Given the test cases and the decision table provided (Cholesterol and Blood Pressure), what is the decision table coverage achieved by these test cases?

A storage system, which stores up to three elements, is modeled by a state transition diagram. Which sequences of events, represented as sequences of events, test cases achieves the highest level of valid transitions coverage?

The execution of two test cases, T1 and T2, on the same code results in statement coverage of 40% and 65% respectively. Which is necessarily true?

The branch coverage metric is defined as BCov = (X / Y) * 100%. What do X and Y represent?

Which TWO provide the BEST rationale for using exploratory testing?

Which BEST fits as checklist element in checklist-based testing?

Given a user story for an online store owner, what format is this acceptance criteria written in?

The team analyzes a user story to define the acceptance criteria. Which test cases will NOT be relevant for this user story?

Your team follows the DevOps delivery pipeline including (1) code development, (2) submitting code to a version control system and merging it into the ‘test’ branch, and (3) performing component testing. BEST suite to be the entry criterion for step 2?

You want to estimate the test effort by calculating the ratio of test to development effort average from four historical similar projects. Table values are provided, what’s your estimation calculation?

You are testing a web application allowing users to SEARCH, VIEW product details, ADD to a shopping cart, and place an order. You prepare the following test cases with priority and dependencies. Which test case should be executed fourth?

According to the testing quadrants model, what falls into quadrant Q1: technology facing and supporting the team?

Match risks with mitigation activities:

Which of the following represents a product quality metric?

A test team in North America is developing for a client in Europe using Agile, DevOps and continuous integration using a continuous delivery pipeline. Which strategy is LEAST effective for communicating test progress to the customer?

When considering configuration management, which configuration management (CM) task BEST helps support testing?

You are testing a sort function, and the execution log shows failures. Which provides the BEST description of the failure to use in a defect report?

Match the descriptions and the categories: Support workflow tracking, Facilitate communication, Virtual machines, and Support reviews with the static testing tools, Tools supporting scalability and deployment standardization, DevOps tools and Collaboration tools.

Which of the following is MOST likely to be a benefit of test automation?