ISQI ISQI Certifications CTAL_TM_001 Questions & Answers

• Question 31:

  A number of options have been suggested for the level of independence to be employed for the testing on the next project, and are shown below.

  i. External test specialists perform non-functional testing.

  ii. Testing is outsourced.

  iii. Testing is carried out by the developer.

  iv.

  A separate test team carries out the testing.

  v.

  Testing is performed by the business.

  vi. Testing is performed by a different developer.

  Which of the following orders the above in a correct order of independence?

  A. i, ii, iv, vi

  B. ii, i, v, vi

  C. ii, v, i, iii

  D. i, iv, v, vi

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 32:

  Which of the following is a benefit of independent testing?

  A. Code cannot be released into production until independent testing is complete.

  B. Testing is isolated from development.

  C. Independent testers find different defects and are unbiased.

  D. Developers do not have to take as much responsibility for quality.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 33:

  In addition to introducing the new team member, you have decided to raise motivation.

  Which of the measures listed below would be the best measure to take in order to increase the motivation of the team?

  A. Provide more time for testing in the schedule

  B. Allow people to take some time off

  C. Introduce entry criteria to the testing phase

  D. Organize a meeting with senior management in which they address the importance of good testing for this project

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 34:

  You are considering involving users during test execution. In general, what is the main reason for involving users during test execution?

  A. They are a cheap resource

  B. They have good testing skills

  C. This can serve as a way to build their confidence in the system

  D. They have the ability to also focus on invalid test cases

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 35:

  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

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 36:

  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

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 37:

  In general which part of the testing activity is most difficult to estimate?

  A. Test planning

  B. Test execution

  C. Test management

  D. Test design

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 38:

  Identify THREE items that would be part of the work-breakdown structure showing the key testing activities for the acceptance test project.

  A. Test planning, test case preparation and test execution for each of the four iterations

  B. Work should be explicitly allocated to test completion, test management, installation and to training on using the system

  C. Activities to deploy the system in the user environment

  D. Regression testing in the second, third and fourth iterations

  E. Development activities for unit and integration testing

  F. Reviews on requirements documentation

  G. Defining test environment requirements for system testing

  Correct Answer: ABD

• Question 39:

  Instead of having an independent test team within the company, the company is considering to outsource testing.

  What are THREE key challenges that are typical for outsourcing?

  A. Test environment more complex

  B. Define expectation for tasks and deliverables

  C. Clear channels of communications

  D. Possibly different cultures

  E. Testing of non-functional requirements

  F. Audit trail from requirements to test cases

  G. Applying test automation

  Correct Answer: BCD

• Question 40:

  You have investigated different possibilities and selected four of them to present to IT management.

  Which of the proposals will you most likely give your highest recommendations?

  A. Insourcing of test automation based on an offer from a local company ABC that has people who are specialists in system level capture-replay automation tools and they also do regular training courses in test automation methods and tools. They can then work closely with Vicki.

  B. Outsourcing of test automation based on an offer from an Asian company, AsiaAutoTest, which has people who are specialists in system level capture-replay automation tools. They also offer training and besides they offer to run and maintain the regression tests in the future.

  C. Internal offer from the development department of XYZ to create the regression package using CppUnit as test automation tool. One of the development groups have very good experiences in automating unit tests, and they are willing to do training as well.

  D. Solution from a tool vendor offering to educate two test team members in the use of their easy- to-use test automation capture replay tool over the first 3 month and based on that build the regression test suite. In addition to Vicki, Steve is the only one that has time available to be educated.

  Correct Answer: A