ISEB ISEB Certification ISEB-SWT2 Questions & Answers

• Question 31:

  Which one of the following BEST describes the purpose of a priority rating in an incident report?

  A. To show which parts of the system are affected by the incident

  B. To show how quickly the problem should be fixed

  C. To show how much it would cost to fix the defect

  D. To show progress of testing

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 32:

  Which of the following is MOST clearly a characteristic of structure based (white-box) techniques?

  A. Test cases are independent of each other

  B. Test cases can be easily automated

  C. Test cases are derived systematically from the delivered code

  D. Test cases are derived systematically from specifications

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 33:

  Which of the following would be MOST USEFUL in estimating the amount of re-testing and regression testing likely to be required?

  a) The purchase of an automated test execution tool.

  b) Time allocated for acceptance testing.

  c) Metrics from previous similar projects.

  d) Impact analysis.

  A. a and b

  B. b and c

  C. a and d

  D. c and d

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 34:

  What is the purpose of configuration management in testing?

  a) To choose and implement a suitable configuration management tool.

  b) To identify unique items of testware and their related developed software.

  c) To provide traceability between items of testware and developed software.

  d) To enable managers to configure the software.

  e) To control the versions of software released into the test environment.

  A. a, c and e

  B. a, b and d

  C. b, c and d

  D. b, c and e

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 35:

  Which of the following statements describe why exploratory testing is a useful test design technique?

  a) It can help derive test cases based on the internal structure of systems. b) It is useful when there are limited specification documents available. c) It is useful when there testing is constrained due to time pressures. d) It is a cheaper alternative to more formal test design techniques.

  A. b and c

  B. a and c

  C. b and d

  D. c and d

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 36:

  Which two of the following are attributes of structural testing?

  a) It is based on testing features described in a functional specification.

  b) It can include statement and decision testing.

  c) It can be carried out at all levels of testing.

  d) It can include debugging.

  A. a and b

  B. a and d

  C. b and d

  D. b and c

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 37:

  Which of the following statements about black box and white box techniques is correct?

  A. Decision Testing, Equivalence Partitioning and Condition Coverage are all black box techniques

  B. Decision Table Testing, State Transition and Use Case Testing are all black box techniques

  C. Decision Testing, Equivalence Partitioning and Statement Testing are all white box techniques

  D. Boundary Value Analysis, State Transition and Statement Testing are all white box techniques

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 38:

  What does a test execution tool enable?

  A. Tests to be executed automatically, or semi automatically

  B. Tests to be written without human intervention

  C. Preparation of test data automatically

  D. Manage test assets such as test conditions and test cases

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 39:

  Which of the following software work products would NOT TYPICALLY be examined using static analysis techniques?

  a) Design specification.

  b) Component code.Component? code.

  c) Software model.

  d) Test procedure.

  e) Non-functional requirements specification.

  A. a, c and d

  B. a, d and e

  C. b, c and d

  D. a, b and e

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 40:

  Which one of the following BEST describes a test control action?

  A. Setting a completion date

  B. Reporting on poor progress

  C. Adding extra test scripts to a test suite

  D. Retesting a defect fix

  Correct Answer: C