ISTQB ISTQB Certifications ATA Questions & Answers

• Question 21:

  Which of the following comments would be the MOST important one you would make? [K3] 2 credits

  A. Description of flow is not detailed enough

  B. Specific characteristics of actor(s) are missing

  C. No usability acceptance criteria

  D. User tasks not defined

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 22:

  Based on the classification tree show below, how many test cases are required using the classification tree method?

  

  [K3] 2 credits

  A. 2

  B. 3

  C. 4

  D. 6

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 23:

  Which of the following statements fits the principles of experience-based testing? [K2] 1 credit

  A. Coverage calculations can be used to determine the amount of testing required

  B. Different people will have a different experience level regarding usability testing

  C. Models can be used to derive the required test cases

  D. Experience in test execution is more important than experience in test design

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 24:

  How do user stories and testing relate in an agile project? [K2] 1 credit

  A. User stories provide the flow of events which are to be used by the tester to define test cases.

  B. User stories provide the user requirement and acceptance criteria being two important inputs for the tester.

  C. The tester will typically gather and document the user stories, and use them for testing.

  D. User stories drive the regression test.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 25:

  Apart from state transition testing, which other specification-based technique would you additionally choose to test the interfaces between components of "Route Calculation" and thus typically find different types of defects? Identify the MOST likely technique from the following list. [K4] 3 credits

  A. Equivalence Partitioning

  B. Use Case Testing

  C. Orthogonal Arrays

  D. Decision Testing

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 26:

  A route calculation for a car navigation system has been developed using the following state table: How many test cases are needed to achieve 0-switch coverage? [K3] 2 credits

  

  A. 3

  B. 6

  C. 7

  D. 12

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 27:

  Analyzing the requirement, "The system shall allow cash advances of at least 200 Euros for all supported credit cards. The correct list of credit cards is American Express, Diners, VISA, Mastercard and Eurocard." There are arguments to be made for several test design techniques. Which of the following test design techniques is LEAST likely to be used for identifying test cases for the requirement? [K4] 3 credits

  A. Boundary value analysis

  B. Equivalence Partitioning

  C. Classification Tree Method

  D. State Transition Testing

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 28:

  How many invalid test cases can be identified from the "Route Calculation" state table provided? You may assume all actions are different and independent. [K3] 3 credits

  A. 6

  B. 8

  C. 102

  D. 12

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 29:

  As part of defining an approach the usability, acceptance criteria need to be defined. Which of the following acceptance criteria would be appropriate for operability? [K4] 3 credits

  A. Percentage of participants who completed each task correctly

  B. Mean extent to which each task was completely and correctly achieved, scored as a percentage

  C. Mean time taken to complete each task (for correctly completed tasks)

  D. SUMI user satisfaction score

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 30:

  Supercar is an online vehicle sales website specializing in a single manufacturer's Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and saloons. A vehicle has two key elements, power unit and body style.

  The manufacturer offers three choices of power unit: petrol, diesel and hybrid. There are 3 main body styles: Saloon, Hatchback and SUV. SUVs only come as petrol and diesel options. Hybrid is available for Hatchback only. The site will allow an order to be processed if at least one of the chosen vehicle configuration is in stock, otherwise a message will be displayed asking the user to try again later. As a tester you are asked to review the "Supercar" specification before starting to design the corresponding test cases. Which of the comments below would you make? [K3] 2 credits

  A. I have no comments, specification looks ok

  B. Boundaries for stock levels are ambiguous

  C. Dependencies power unit and body styles are ambiguous

  D. It is not clear which message will be displayed when "out of stock"

  Correct Answer: D