CTAL-TM Online Practice Questions and Answers

As a result of the RAD based development approach, the test manager has decided to change the risk mitigation approach.

Which test technique might be most appropriate to use?

A. Decision Table Testing

B. Boundary Value Analysis

C. Error Guessing

D. Exploratory Testing

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.

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.

During test process improvement it is recommended to use standards where possible. Standards originate from various sources and they cover different subjects in relation to testing.

Pick TWO sources of software standards, useful to software testing from the ones mentioned below.

A. ISO 9126-1 `Software engineering- Product quality Part 1: Quality model' is an international standard, that provides a basis on which to define quality assurance solutions.

B. ISA 4126-1 `Software engineering- Product quality Part 1: Quality model' is an international standard, that provides a basis on which to define quality assurance solutions.

C. BS-7925-2 `Software testing. Software component testing is a national standard used internationally. It covers a number of testing techniques that may be useful both on component testing level and on system testing level.

D. SY-395-01 `Standard for East Coast Hospital software' is a regional standard adapted from a national one. Besides hospital software, this standard ought to be used also by other types of software system in the region.

E. IEEE 829 `standard for software test documentation' is an international standard to be following mandatory by all testing origination regardless of lifecycle models.

A test assessment has been carried out using the selected model as a reference framework. A number of recommendations have been identified and you are asked to prioritize them. Based on your knowledge of the project, you are expecting severe resistance to change.

Which of the following would be the most important selection criterion for defining the priority of the recommendations?

A. Synchronized with the overall long-term organizational strategy

B. Defined according to the maturity model used

C. Most visible to stakeholders

D. Low costs actions first

Which of the following team roles would be most appropriate to enhance the team and why?

A. A person with the ability to complete tasks

B. A quality assurance officer

C. A person with in-depth technical skills

D. A person who brings new ideas to the team

Based on the information given in the scenario, identify how the team could be improved most effectively?

A. By providing training in the payroll domain

B. By providing a workshop on test design techniques

C. By providing specific training on the systems being tested

D. By providing training on reviewing requirements

Which of the following is a valid drawback of independent testing?

A. Developer and independent testing will overlap and waste resources.

B. Developers loose the sense of responsibility and independent testers may become a bottleneck.

C. Independent testers need extra education and always cost more.

D. Independent testers will become a bottleneck and introduce problems in incident management.

Which test management control option is most appropriate to adopt under these circumstances?

A. Introduce mandatory evening and weekend working to retrieve the 3 week slippage.

B. Reconsider the exit criteria and review the test plan in the context of the current situation.

C. Advise the user community regarding the reduced scope of requirements and the additional incremental delivery.

D. Arrange a meeting with the user community representatives to discuss the user interface.

Which of the following is a characteristic of good testing in any life cycle model?

A. Analysis and design of tests begins as soon as development is completed.

B. Some, but not all, development activities have corresponding test activities.

C. Each test level has test objectives specific to that level.

D. All document reviews involve the development team.

Which of the following would you least expect to form part of the analysis of initial tool costs?

A. Integration with other tools

B. Learning time required to use the new tool

C. Tool portability

D. Evaluation of suitable tools

Identify the THREE types of formal peer reviews that can be recognized.

A. Inspection

B. Management review

C. Walkthrough

D. Audit

E. Technical review

F. Informal review

G. Assessment

The introduction of reviews and inspections has often failed as a process improvement action.

Identify the THREE most important measures that should be taken to reduce the risk that this test process improvement will fail.

A. Process ownership and experienced moderators who drive the inspection process.

B. Management support

C. Training of those involved

D. The availability of stands and processes

E. Usage of a more traditional software development lifecycle

F. Alignment with software process improvement

G. Using a reference model, e.g. TMMi

Which of the following is an example of testing as part of the requirements specification phase?

A. A requirements review meeting

B. A business analyst eliciting requirements

C. Performing acceptance tests against requirements

D. A test report showing requirements coverage

Since the system is in the medical domain and therefore in the safety critical area, testing needs to be rigorous and evidence is required that the system has been adequately tested. Identify THREE measures that would typically be part of the test approach in this domain and which are not always applicable in other domains!

A. High level of documentation

B. Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) sessions

C. Traceability to requirements

D. Non-functional testing

E. Master test planning

F. Test design techniques

G. Reviews