ISTQB Foundation Level CTFL-FOUNDATION Questions & Answers

• Question 21:

  Which of the following is a correct statement about informal reviews?

  A. The usefulness of an informal review is highly variable and strongly dependent on the reviewers.

  B. Informal review must be done by the author of the reviewed material, before it is submitted for formal review

  C. The moderator of an informal review should not be the author of the reviewed material

  D. An informal review has no impact on the quality of the product, just on the level of knowledge of the reviewers

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 22:

  A program got 100% decision coverage in a test. Which of the following statements is then guaranteed to be true?

  A. Every output equivalence class has been tested.

  B. Every input equivalence class has been tested.

  C. The "dead" code has not been covered.

  D. Every executable statement is covered.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 23:

  Which test design technique can be used for effectively testing system requirements consisting of logical conditions?

  A. Boundary value analysis

  B. Use case testing

  C. Equivalence partitioning

  D. Decision table testing

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 24:

  You have to specify test cases based on equivalence partitioning and boundary value analysis for an internet shop selling baby shoes. The shop provides a selection of shoes based on the following input parameters:

  -There are 4 different sizes, depending on the age of the baby. The system selects the appropriate size based on the following criteria:

  1.

  0 < age <= 4 months: size 1

  2.

  4 < age <= 8 months: size 2

  3.

  8 < age <= 15 months: size 3

  4.

  15 < age <= 24 months: size 4 -The gender of the baby: boy or girl Which of the following statements is true?

  A. The total number of combinations of valid equivalence classes of age and gender is 8.

  B. There are two invalid equivalence classes for the age input parameter: age <= 0, and age > 25

  C. All combinations of valid equivalence classes could be covered with 4 test cases.

  D. All valid equivalence classes could be covered with 6 test cases.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 25:

  Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of good testing, independent of the development life cycle model?

  A. Each test level has objectives specific for the test level.

  B. Testers are involved in reviewing documents as soon as drafts are available.

  C. Every development activity is matched by a corresponding testing activity.

  D. Testers are involved in reviewing documents as soon the documents are approved.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 26:

  A QA manager of a start-up company needs to implement within a week a low cost incident management tool. Which of the following is the best option?

  A. Manage the incidents through E-mails and phone calls

  B. Manage the incidents in a spreadsheet posted on the intranet

  C. Purchase and deploy an incident management tool

  D. Document incidents on a large board in the lab

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 27:

  Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

  A. A test team with high level of independence, may suffer from lower familiarity with the product.

  B. Development team may find many defects since they are familiar with the code

  C. Tests designed by a person from different group in the organization is the highest independence level

  D. Tests designed by a person in the development team other than the person who wrote the code is the lowest level of independence

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 28:

  Which of the following are the phases of the ISTQB fundamental test process?

  A. Test planning, Test analysis and design, Test implementation and control, Checking test coverage and reporting, Test closure activities

  B. Test planning and control, Test specification and design, Test implementation and execution, Evaluating test coverage and reporting, Retesting and regression testing, Test closure activities

  C. Test planning and control, Test analysis and design, Test implementation and execution, Evaluating test coverage and reporting, Test closure activities

  D. Test planning, Test specification and design, Test implementation and execution, Retesting and test closure activities

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 29:

  What is basic idea of structure-based testing techniques?

  A. To allow developers to have their own testing technique.

  B. To do better testing, since the specifications are not needed.

  C. The more details of the source code are executed, the more faults can be found.

  D. To gain time, since structure-based techniques are easier to implement than specification-based techniques.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 30:

  A company purchases a new system which deals with all financial transactions in the company. Which test types call for involvement of an expert from the financial department?

  A. Component testing

  B. Acceptance tests

  C. Maintenance testing

  D. System tests

  Correct Answer: B