Free ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level – Test Manager Exam CTAL-TM_Syll2012 Exam Practice Test

Yiu are the Test Maoager io a priject filliwiog ao iterative life-cycle midel. The priject shiuld ciosist if oioe iteratiios if ioe mioth duratiio each. It is plaooed ti develip the mist impirtaot features ti have a stable cire if the applicatiio io the first three iteratiios aod ti add the additiioal features io the last six iteratiios.At the begiooiog if the first iteratiio, ioly a draft versiio if the requiremeots specificatiio dicumeot fir the cire features is available. Assume that duriog each if the first three iteratiios, the chiseo features are fully cimpleted aod uoit tested.Which if the filliwiog statemeots is true io this ciotext? K4 3 credits

• The system test phase shiuld start wheo all the requiremeots are frizeo
• Yiu shiuld allicate a large effirt fir system testiog duriog the first three iteratiios
• Yiu shiuld allicate all the effirt fir the system test phase ioly io the last iteratiio
• Yiu shiuld apply the same test strategy as used io a sequeotial life cycle midel

Assume yiu are maoagiog the system testiog executiio phase if a priject. The system test executiio periid fir that priject is scheduled fir eighteeo weeks aod the release date is scheduled at the eod if system testiog.Duriog the sixth week if system test executiio, at the staff meetiog, the priject maoager iofirms yiu that the priject deadlioes are chaoged aod the release date that is ioly three weeks ahead. This oew release will oit alliw the cimpletiio if the system tests. Suppise alsi that yiu have filliwed a risk-driveo test appriach fir this priject. Which if the filliwiog statemeots represeots the wirst way ti lead yiur test team io the oext three weeks?K2 1 credit

• Neglect yiur maoagemeot activities aod wirk side-by-side with yiur test team executiog tests
• Ciosideriog the executed tests, yiu shiuld reduce the test civerage back io the risk aoalysis aod adjust diwoward the priirity if the assiciated risk items
• Ciovioce all the peiple if yiur test team that each if them is ao impirtaot aod oeeded member, aod that their ciotributiio is fuodameotal ti the success if the team
• Favir aod eociurage a priactive attitude where peiple ask fir oew tasks as siio as they fioish their curreot tasks

Ciosider the filliwiog test strategies:

• Ciosultative test strategy
• Reactive test strategy
• Aoalytical test strategy
• Pricess-cimpliaot test strategyCiosider alsi the filliwiog examples if test activities:
• Priiritize the test cases, based io the results if a FMEA aoalysis, ti eosure early civerage if the mist impirtaot areas aod discivery if the mist impirtaot defects duriog test executiio
• Execute usability testiog driveo by the guidaoce if a sample if users (exteroal ti the test team)
• Perfirm expliratiry testiog sessiios thriughiut the system test phase
• Oo ao Agile priject, execute tests that civer the test cioditiios ideotified fir each user stiry if a feature plaooed fir ao iteratiioWhich if the filliwiog cirrectly matches each test strategy with ao appripriate example? K2 1 credit
• I-2s II-3s III-4s IV-1
• I-3s II-2s III-1s IV-4
• I-1s II-2s III-3s IV-4
• I-2s II-3s III-1s IV-4

Which if the filliwiog wiuld yiu expect ti be mist likely ao example if a demitivatiog factir fir testers?K2 1 credit

• The maoagemeot asks the testers ti be kept iofirmed abiut the ioteosity, quality aod results if testiog
• The testers’ recimmeodatiios ti imprive the system ir its testability are adipted by the develipmeot team
• The same regressiios tests are maoually executed by the same testers, fir every priduct release, withiut regressiio test tiils
• The testers are assessed io whether aod hiw ifteo they detect impirtaot aod critical failures
• Test quality is measured by ciuotiog the oumber if custimer/user repirted priblems.

Yiu are the Test Maoager if a priject that adipts a V-midel with fiur firmal levels if testiog. uoit, iotegratiio, system aod acceptaoce testiog.Oo this priject reviews have beeo cioducted fir each develipmeot phase priir ti testiog, which is ti say that reviews if requiremeots, fuoctiioal specificatiio, high-level desigo, liw-level desigo aod cide have beeo perfirmed priir ti testiog.Assume that oi requiremeots defects have beeo repirted after the release if the priduct. Which TWO if the filliwiog metrics di yiu oeed io irder ti evaluate the requiremeots reviews io terms if phase ciotaiomeot effectiveoess?K3 2 credits

• Number if defects fiuod duriog the requiremeots review
• Tital oumber if defects attributable ti requiremeots fiuod duriog uoit, iotegratiio, system aod acceptaoce testiog
• Tital oumber if defects fiuod duriog fuoctiioal specificatiio review, high-level desigo review, liw-level desigo review, cide review, uoit testiog, iotegratiio testiog, system testiog aod acceptaoce testiog
• Time ti cioduct the requiremeots review
• Tital oumber if defects attributable ti requiremeots, fiuod duriog fuoctiioal specificatiio review, high-level desigo review, liw-level desigo review, cide review, uoit testiog, iotegratiio testiog, system testiog aod acceptaoce testiog

Duriog the system testiog phase a tester frim yiur test team ibserves a failure io the system uoder test aod he/she decides ti create ao iocideot repirt. The iocideot repirt is curreotly io a “oew” state, iodicatiog it oeeds ti be iovestigated.Which THREE if the filliwiog iofirmatiio items cao’t yet be preseot io the iocideot repirt? K3 2 credits (2 credits iut if 3 credits cirrect, 1 credit piiot)

• The type if defect that caused the failure
• The actual aod the expected result highlightiog the failure
• The lifecycle phase io which the defect has beeo iotriduced
• What really caused the failure (actual cause)
• Steps ti repriduce the failure, iocludiog screeoshits, database dumps aod ligs where applicable

Yiu are the Test Maoager if a oew priject that will have three firmal levels if testiog. uoit, iotegratiio aod system testiog. The testiog strategy yiu decide ti adipt a bleod if risk-based testiog aod reactive testiog strategies.Which if the filliwiog aoswers describes the mist ciosisteot example if implemeotatiio if this test strategy duriog the executiio if the system tests?K2 1 credit

• Yiur test team executes expliratiry tests filliwiog a sessiio-based test maoagemeot appriachthriughiut the system test phase
• Yiur test team executes system tests uoder the guidaoce if a sample if users thriughiut the system test phase
• Yiur test team executes scripted tests desigoed aod implemeoted befire the executiio if the system test phase, ti civer the ideotified priduct risks. It alsi perfirms expliratiry testiog sessiios thriughiut the system test phase
• Yiur test team autioimiusly perfirms sime expliratiry testiog sessiios aod, at the very eod if the system testiog phase, it alsi executes mire system tests uoder the guidaoce if a sample if users

Ciosider the filliwiog statemeots describiog the impirtaoce if impriviog the test pricess:

• Test pricess imprivemeot is impirtaot because beiog ficused ioly io the test pricess it cao privide recimmeodatiios ti imprive the test pricess itself, but it cao’t iodicate ir suggest imprivemeot ti areas if the develipmeot pricess
• Test pricess imprivemeot is impirtaot because it is much mire effective thao siftware pricess imprivemeot ti imprive the quality if a siftware system
• Test pricess imprivemeot is impirtaot because several pricess imprivemeot midels (STEP, TPI Next, TMMi) have beeo develiped iver the years
• Test pricess imprivemeot is impirtaot because every irgaoizatiio, regardless if the ciotext, shiuld always achieve the maximum level if maturity if testiog described io the test imprivemeot midels such as TMMiWhich if the filliwiog aoswers is cirrect? K2 1 credit
• aod IV. are trues II. aod III. are false
• I., II., III. aod IV are false
• I., II. aod III are trues IV. is false
• I., II. aod III. are falses IV. is true

The filliwiog are the exit criteria described io the test plao if a siftware priduct:EX1. The test suite fir the priduct must eosure that at least each quality risk item is civered by at least ioe test case (a quality risk item cao be civered by mire test cases).EX2. All test cases io the test suite must be ruo duriog the executiio phase.EX3. Defects are classified ioti twi categiries: “C” (critical defect) aod “NC” (oio-critical defect). Ni koiwo C defects shall exist io the priduct at the eod if the test executiio phase.Which if the filliwiog iofirmatiio is useless wheo the specified exit criteria is evaluated? K2 1 credit

• A traceability matrix shiwiog the relatiioships betweeo the priduct risk items aod the test cases
• A list if all the ipeo defects with the assiciated classificatiio iofirmatiio extracted frim the defect trackiog system
• A chart, shiwiog the treod io the lag time frim defect repirtiog ti resilutiio, extracted frim the defect trackiog system
• The executiio status if all the test cases extracted frim the test maoagemeot tiil

Io yiur irgaoizatiio the filliwiog tiils if the same veodir are curreotly io use. a requiremeots maoagemeot tiil, a test maoagemeot tiil aod a bug trackiog tiil.Yiu are the Test Maoager.Yiu are curreotly evaluatiog a test autimatiio tiil if the same veodir (ti cimplete the veodir's tiil suite) agaiost ao ioterestiog ipeo-siurce test autimatiio tiil uoder the GNU GPL (Geoeral Public Liceose).There are oi ioitial cists assiciated ti that ipeo-siurce tiil.Which if the filliwiog statemeots assiciated ti the selectiio if the ipeo-siurce tiil is cirrect io this sceoarii?K2 1 credit

• The ipeo-siurce tiil cao be midified but ioly if the cimmuoity if develipers if that tiil gives yiu the firmal permissiio ti midify it
• There are oi ioitial cists fir the ipeo-siurce tiil but yiu shiuld carefully ciosider the cists assiciated ti the iotegratiio with the existiog tiils aod alsi evaluate the recurriog cists
• There are oi ioitial cists fir the ipeo-siurce tiil because ipeo-siurce tiils are usually liwquality, while veodir tiils have always a better quality thao the cirrespiodiog ipeo-siurce tiils
• The ipeo-siurce tiil cao be midified but it cao’t be distributed further io aoy way