Category CTAL-TM-001

Q109. IEEE 1028 also defines “management review” as a type of review. What is the main purpose of a management review? 1 credit

Q110. You are looking to Improve the efficiency of testing. The developers have been claiming that the majority of defect reports they receive are invalid either due to the test environment or because the tester did not follow the right steps In a standard defect management process where should you look for more information about these invalid defects?

Q111. Which two of the following activities would normally occur in the Acquisition stage of a tool’s lifecycle?
a) Assign a tool administrator to decide on best use of the tool
b) Establish a backup and restore strategy for the tool
c) Review other tools provided by the same vendor
d) Determine how the tool may be impacted by a change to the operating environment e) Develop and implement a training plan for new users of the tool SELECT ONE OPTION

Q112. SCENARIO 3
You are the Test Manager for a software house called “MakeMyApp” that specialise in mobile phone applications, agile techniques are used for all software development projects.
A new project is underway to develop enhancements to a ‘photo sharing’ application, known as
‘PictureFriend’. There are two types of user account available -Premium Users and Guest Users. Guest users only have limited functionality available. The enhanced features to PictureFriend are:
* Feature 1: Guest Users can share photos with other Guest Users and Premium Users;
* Feature 2: Premium Users can edit pictures before posting to their account;
* Feature 3: Premium Users can create ‘3D-effect’ photographs
The requirements for each feature will be broken down into a number of User Stories with acceptance criteria created for each of them. User Stories are planned and delivered in 2-week ‘Sprints’. The project will have 3 sprints.
Refer to SCENARIO 3
You have been asked to select an appropriate review type and review remit for the project.
Which of the following is the BEST review type and remit for this project?
SELECT ONE OPTION

Q113. In an Agile project, when Is it acceptable lo not write a formal defect report when a defect is found”

Q114. What is the primary use for the traceability information regarding the relationship between test results and test conditions during test execution? [2]

Q115. Which statement about defining process improvement actions using defect report information is TRUE?

Q116. You are interviewing a candidate for the position of test analyst. At one stage of the interview, you are looking specifically for skills in the area of professional competence. Which of the following skills would demonstrate this?

Q117. In what way is the operations team usually Involved In testing7

Q118. Continuing with the Scenario described in the previous question, which of the following topics would you need to address in detail in the master test plan? 3 credits

Q119. During what step of the Fundamental Test Process should you define the methods to be used to collect test metrics? [1]

Q120. Which of the following product risks would be most effectively addressed just by static testing? 3 credits

Q121. You are performing a risk assessment for a financial application using quantitative risk analysis. The following is a table describing the analysis undertaken so far:

Which of the following statements correctly describes the outcome of the risk assessment using the “Cost of Exposure” technique in this scenario? SELECT ONE OPTION

Q122. Which of the following is required to apply an experience-based testing approach”

Q123. You feel that your team has become lazy when applying good software testing techniques You have given each of them a challenge to take a different business rule and build a full decision table and then collapse that table You will then assess the results For this assessment, what competencies are you validating?

Q124. You have been promoted to Test Manager within your company. Your new manager states that your test team utilized a risk-based test approach for the last release but in production, a number of serious failures in lightly tested areas have occurred.
What would be your first action prior to the start of the next test phase for the next release? [3]

Q125. What is the purpose of tracking efficiency metrics for a formal review? [1]

Q126. Which of the following is a valid drawback of independent testing? 1 credit

Q127. Which two items are MOST important for inclusion in your tool selection plan for batch-only performance testing?

Q128. Refer to SCENARIO 2 – Which two of the following are test strategies that would need to be implemented to meet the objectives defined in the Safe as Houses’ test policy?
a. Analytical strategy
b. Reactive strategy
c Methodical strategy
d. Regression averse strategy
e. Process compliant strategy

Q129. You are the Test Manager on a new project. The schedule is aggressive and will require the team to work at peak efficiency. The requirements are not well defined yet, but it is clear that the project will be using new technologies. To help the developers meet the development schedule, an offshore group will be added to the development team.
At this time there is not enough budget to add more testing resources. The project stakeholders are very concerned about the quality of delivered product and will be watching the project closely, particularly during the testing cycles. The exit criteria from the system test level require no open high priority/severity defects, 100% pass rate for all test cases covering risks that are classified as
“high” or “very high”, 90% pass rate for all “medium” risks and 50% pass rate for all “low” and “very low” risks.
Given this information, which lifecycle model should you recommend?[3]