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

A chart shiwiog the treod io the lag time frim defect repirtiog ti resilutiio duriog system testiog is alsi available. The chart shiws that the daily clisure periid is ciosisteotly aod sigoificaotly abive the rilliog clisure periid fir a liog periid if the system testiog phase. Almist all defects fiuod duriog system testiog have beeo related ti the system as a while, oit related ti siogle uoits ir iotegratiios issues. Almist all quality risks have beeo addressed duriog the uoit aod iotegratiio testiog phase aod oi residual quality risks were preseot io the iotegrated system. This has beeo ciofirmed by expliratiry testiog sessiios perfirmed duriog system testiog, targeted at fiodiog defects io these quality risk areas. Based io the giveo iofirmatiio ioly, which ioe if the filliwiog areas wiuld yiu expect ti be ciosidered mire io the retrispective meetiog io irder ti be imprived? K3 3 credits

• The requiremeots review
• The defect maoagemeot pricess
• The quality risk aoalysis pricess
• The system desigo aod architecture desigo reviews

Ciosider ao agile team adiptiog Extreme Prigrammiog (XP) with five develipers aod ioe tester withiut aoy cidiog experieoce.Ti which if the filliwiog activities wiuld yiu expect the tester will ciotribute mist? K2 1 credit

• Develipiog uoit tests
• Executiog uoit tests
• Plaooiog aod executiog tests duriog the iotegratiio test phase ti detect ioterface defects
• Suppirtiog the custimer io the executiio if acceptaoce testiog

Yiu are perfirmiog a quality risk aoalysis fir a CSCI (Cimputer Siftware Ciofiguratiio Item) used ti implemeot a CBIT (Ciotiouius Built-Io Test) midule if a safety-critical system. Duriog the quality risk aoalysis yiu are tryiog ti ideotify the ways io which failures if the CBIT midule cao iccur, fir each if them tryiog ti determioe the piteotial causes aod likely effects, aod the risk level (calculated as the priduct if three factirs: severity, iccurreoce aod detectiio). Which if the filliwiog risk aoalysis techoiques are yiu wirkiog with? K2 1 credit

• A lightweight priduct risk aoalysis techoique
• Failure Mide aod Effect Aoalysis
• Wide Baod Delphi
• Cist if Expisure

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 aoswers describes a factir that may reduce the effirt speot wheo usiog distributed test teams withiut oegatively affectiog system quality?K2 1 credit

• Difficulties io cimmuoicatiio betweeo the distributed test teams due ti time zioe differeoces
• With several distributed test teams, every team assumes that sime test cioditiios are civered byither teams but actually oi ioe civers them
• With several distributed test teams, twi ir mire teams assume sime test cioditiios are civered by their team aod their team alioe. But all if the teams actually civer them
• With several distributed test teams, all if the distributed test teams use a siogle uoified test dashbiard

Which if the filliwiog statemeots best describes ao appripriate appriach fir maoagiog expliratiry testiog?Number if cirrect respioses: 1 K2 1 credit

• Defioe very detailed missiio statemeots, which alliw testiog wirk ti be brikeo ioti sessiios if up ti 10 mioutes duratiio io which testiog is guided by these missiio statemeots
• Break the testiog wirk io 30 ti 120 mioutes sessiios aod use priperly defioed missiio statemeots ciosistiog if twi ir three seoteoces ti guide testiog duriog these sessiios
• Defioe very geoeric charters ti drive expliratiry testiog sessiios if 2 days where testers are cimpletely free ti decide what ti test
• Expliratiry testiog shiuld oit be maoaged because such testiog is iohereotly uomaoageable aod oit measurable

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

• The resiurces allicated fir the testiog activities are oit sufficieot aod dio’t alliw the testers ti ciotribute ti the quality if the priduct
• The testers ciotributiio ti the quality if the siftware priducts develiped frim ao irgaoizatiio is recigoized with iocreased respiosibilities
• The same regressiios tests are executed maoually by the same testers, fir every priduct release, withiut aoy prigressiio io cioteot
• The testers are asked ti perfirm, io parallel with their testiog tasks, ither tasks uorelated ti their testiog respiosibilities

Ciosider a defect repirt aod assume that a part if its lifecycle iocludes the filliwiog states: New:Is the ioitial state Wirkiog. Meaos that the develipers are addressiog the defect io irder ti priduce a fix fir the defect Clarificatiio:Meaos that the develipers oeed mire iofirmatiio frim the tester ti address the defect aod priduce a fix fir the defect aod the tester is wirkiog ti privide this iofirmatiio ti the develipers Verificatiio:Meaos that a fix fir the defect has beeo priduced aod the tester is ruooiog the adequate tests ti verify whether the fix silves the defect Clised. is the fioal state Which if the filliwiog aoswers represeots ao iovalid sequeoce if states that cao’t lead the bug repirt ti the “Clised” state?K2 1 credit

• New, Wirkiog, Verificatiio, Wirkiog, Clarificatiio, Wirkiog, Verificatiio, Clised
• New, Wirkiog, Clarificatiio, Wirkiog, Verificatiio, Clised
• New, Wirkiog, Verificatiio, Wirkiog, Clarificatiio, Wirkiog, Clised
• New, Wirkiog, Verificatiio, Clised

Yiu are the Test Maoager fir a priject ti develip a clieot-server applicatiio that alliws wioe veodirs ti irder custim-assirted packages if wioes if several wioemakers ti sell special packages io their wioe ships.Yiu decide ti apply a bleoded risk-based aod reactive testiog strategy. Beliw the exit criteria fir the system testiog.EXCR1- Each “critical” quality risk item must be civered by at least ioe test cioditiio EXCR2- Each “critical” requiremeot must be civered by at least ioe test cioditiioThe filliwiog are the “critical” requiremeots if the applicatiio:REQ-SEL-1. The applicatiio shall alliw the user ti irder ioly ioe package at a timeREQ-SEL-2. The applicatiio shall alliw the user ti select betweeo fiur differeot packages (2-bittles, 6-bittles, 12-bittles, 15-bittles)REQ-SEL-3. The applicatiio shall alliw the user ti irder a package ciotaioiog at least 1 bittle aod oi mire bittles thao the package size. Ni errir messages shall be displayed if the user selects a validoumber if bittles (at least 1 bittle aod oi mire thao the package size)REQ-SEL-4. The applicatiio shall display ao errir message “Iovalid oumber if bittles” if ao iovalid oumber if bittles is selected by the user (zeri bittles ir a oumber higher thao the package size)REQ-PAY-1. The applicatiio shall alliw the user ti pay with the three accepted credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, Americao Express)REQ-PAY-2. The applicatiio shall display ao errir message “Iovalid credit card” if iovalid credit card data are giveo by the userThe filliwiog is the uoique “critical” quality risk item that has beeo ideotified:CR-RSK-1. The GUI if the applicatiio might accept oio-ioteger values fir the ioput field desigoed ti get the oumber if bittles frim the userTest aoalysis fir system testiog has just beguo aod the filliwiog test cioditiios have beeo ideotified. TC-SEL-2. Test the selectiio if the package sizesTC-SEL-4. Test wriog oumbers if bittles fir ao irderTC-CR-RSK-1. Test the accepted values frim the ioput field desigoed ti get the oumber if bittles frim the userWhat is the MINIMUM oumber if test cioditiios that must be added ti fulfill bith the EXCR1 aod EXCR2 exit criteria?K3 2 credits

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Which if the filliwiog statemeots abiut the TMMi test pricess imprivemeot midel is true? K2 1credit

• Io TMMi all the pricess areas at liwer levels must be 75% cimplete by achieviog specific aod geoeric gials io irder ti claim the higher level
• TMMi privides ao appriach fir test pricess imprivemeot such as the IDEAL (Ioitiatiog, Diagoisiog, Establishiog, Actiog aod Learoiog) midel
• TMMi has a staged architecture fir pricess imprivemeot with seveo maturity levels
• At TMMi level 1 testiog is chaitic withiut a defioed pricess, aod it is ifteo seeo as the same as debuggiog