ISTQB Foundation Level CTFL-FOUNDATION Questions & Answers

• Question 511:

  Which of the following are valid reasons for adopting a different life cycle (from the V model), for increments after the first year?

  i. We do not have a clear understanding of the requirements from a customer perspective.

  ii. We see the risk of delivering requested functionality late as being higher than the risk of delivering a lower quality product.

  iii. We do not have a budget for additional regression testing which is needed to ensure that existing functionality is not compromised by future iterations.

  iv.

  The company test strategy does not fit well within the V life cycle model.

  A.

  (i) and (ii)

  B.

  (i) and (iv)

  C.

  (ii) and (iii)

  D.

  (ii) and (iv)

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 512:

  Which of the following would you least expect to form part of the analysis of initial tool costs?

  A. Integration with other tools

  B. Learning time required to use the new tool

  C. Tool portability

  D. Evaluation of suitable tools

  Correct Answer: C

  Testlet 1

  Topic 4, Scenario 4, V1 "Test Management Tool"

  A software development company that sells an established capture-replay tool has decided to complement it with a test management tool. The capture-replay tool was developed over a number of years and is used by a large number of clients. The test management tool will be developed by the same team that developed the capture-replay tool, using the same technology. The company test strategy mandates that structural testing is focussed at the component test level and dynamic non-functional testing is focussed at the acceptance test level. In response to growing customer demand, it is proposed to develop the test management tool in an incremental manner. Each increment will be developed using the V life cycle model. The target platform is a PC in a local area network. The PC uses a proprietary relational database and communicates with a single PC which acts as a server. The test management tool must interface with the company s capture replay tool. Over the first 12 months of the development period the following functionality will be developed for the tool (in two increments): basic requirements management, support for test case creation; support for test procedures, test scripts and test suites. The functionality to be included in later increments will be driven by customer demand: however they expect to provide an incident management system, a web front-end, and interfaces to other proprietary tools and database management systems.

• Question 513:

  Select THREE issues from the options provided that should at least be raised.

  A. Has there been sufficient comparison of tools?

  B. What are the problems we are trying to address?

  C. Do we have a set of tool requirements to validate the tool against?

  D. How will the implementation be organized?

  E. Which project will be selected to perform the tool pilot?

  F. Is customized training available?

  G. How will the change process be managed?

  Correct Answer: ABC

• Question 514:

  Which of the following is an example of testing as part of the requirements specification phase?

  A. A requirements review meeting

  B. A business analyst eliciting requirements

  C. Performing acceptance tests against requirements

  D. A test report showing requirements coverage

  Correct Answer: A

  Testlet 1

  Topic 3, Scenario 3 "Tool Selection and Implementation"

  Your company is considering whether or not to purchase a test tool suite from a respectable vendor. Your manager has searched the internet for comparable products but none of them meets his specific requirements. A tool demonstration has been arranged for next week and your team has been invited to attend. The tool suite consists of a test management tool, test execution tool and a requirements management tool. There is the possibility of adding a performance testing tool at a later stage. You have decided to attend the demo but raise some issues beforehand regarding expectations.

• Question 515:

  What is the main reason why reviews are especially beneficial in the above-mentioned scenario?

  A. They ensure a common understanding of the product.

  B. They find defects early.

  C. They enhance project communication.

  D. They can be performed without exercising the code.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 516:

  The introduction of reviews and inspections has often failed as a process improvement action. Identify the THREE most important measures that should be taken to reduce the risk that this test process improvement will fail.

  A. Process ownership and experienced moderators who drive the inspection process.

  B. Management support

  C. Training of those involved

  D. The availability of stands and processes

  E. Usage of a more traditional software development lifecycle

  F. Alignment with software process improvement

  G. Using a reference model, e.g. TMMi

  Correct Answer: ABC

• Question 517:

  IEEE 1028 also defines "management review" as a type of review. What is the main purpose of a management review?

  A. Align technical concepts during the design phase

  B. Establish a common understanding of requirements

  C. Provide independent evaluation of compliance to processes, regulations, standards etc.

  D. To monitor progress, assess the status of a project, and make decisions about future actions

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 518:

  Identify the THREE types of formal peer reviews that can be recognized.

  A. Inspection

  B. Management review

  C. Walkthrough

  D. Audit

  E. Technical review

  F. Informal review

  G. Assessment

  Correct Answer: ACE

• Question 519:

  As part of the improvement program, the organization is also looking at tool support. Which type of tool could be used to ensure higher quality of the code to be reviewed?

  A. Review tool

  B. Test execution tool

  C. Static analysis tool

  D. Test design tool

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 520:

  Considerable attention will be given in this project to defining exit criteria and on reporting back on their status. Which combination of TWO exit criteria from the list would be best to use?

  I. Total number of defects found

  II. Percentage of test cases executed

  III. Total test effort planned versus total actual test effort spent

  IV.

  Defect trend (number of defects found per test run over time

  A.

  (i) and (ii)

  B.

  (i) and (iv)

  C.

  (ii) and (iii)

  D.

  (ii) and (iv)

  Correct Answer: D

  Testlet 1

  Topic 2, Scenario 2 "Reviews"

  A software development organization wants to introduce some specific improvements to its test process. Currently, most of their testing resources are focussedon system testing. They are developing embedded software, and do not have a simulation environment to enable them to execute software modules on the development host. They have been advised that introducing inspections and reviews could be the most appropriate step forward.