CTFL-Foundation ISTQB Exam Questions and Free Practice Test

Question 19

A bug or defect is:

A. A mistake made by a person;

B. A run-time problem experienced by a user;

C. The result of an error or mistake;

D. The result of a failure, which may lead to an error?

Correct Answer:C

Question 20

Which of the following types of test tool are most likely to include traceability functions?
(i) Performance testing tool
(ii) Requirements management tool
(iii) Configuration management tool
(iv) Static analysis tool

A. (i) and (ii)

B. (i) and (iv)

C. (ii) and (iii)

D. (iii) and (iv)

Correct Answer:C
Requirements management tools (ii) have traceability because they enable test conditions and subsequently test scripts and defects to be traced back to requirements. Configuration management tools (iii) also need to trace the appropriate version of a test script to the release or version of a system or module.
Performance monitoring tools (i) and static analysis tools (iv) are designed for specific objectives. Neither of these tools particularly need traceability functions.

Question 21

What is the benefit of independent testing?

A. More work gets done because testers do not disturb the developers all the time.

B. Independent testers tend to be unbiased and find different defects than the developers

C. Independent testers do not need extra education and training.

D. Independent testers reduce the bottleneck in the incident management proces

Correct Answer:B

Question 22

Which of the following would achieve the HIGHEST level of testing independence for a project's test level?

A. Training developers to design good tests for the test team to execute

B. Outsourcing test design and execution to a different company

C. Having the company's independent test team design and execute the tests

D. Minimising contact between testers and developers during test design to avoid bias

Correct Answer:A

Question 23

During the development of a software change for a system, the developer makes a mistake in his work, which leads to a fault in the code. Unfortunately the fault is not found by software testing and is released into live.
What is the definite consequence of this mistake?

A. The system will fail, causing a defect

B. If the defect is executed, the system may fail

C. Loss of money, time, or business reputation

D. Contractual requirements have not been met by testing

Correct Answer:B

Question 24

You have investigated different possibilities and selected four of them to present to IT management. Which of the proposals will you most likely give your highest recommendations? 3 credits

A. Insourcing of test automation based on an offer from a local company ABC that has people who are specialists in system level capture-replay automation tools and they also do regular training courses in test automation methods and tool

B. They can then work closely with Vicki.

C. Outsourcing of test automation based on an offer from an Asian company, AsiaAutoTest, which has people who are specialists in system level capture-replay automation tool

D. They also offer training and besides they offer to run and maintain the regression tests in the future.

E. Internal offer from the development department of XYZ to create the regression package using CppUnit as test automation too

F. One of the development groups have very good experiences in automating unit tests, and they are willing to do training as well.

G. Solution from a tool vendor offering to educate two test team members in the use of their easy-to-use test automation capture replay tool over the first 3 month and based on that build the regression test suit

H. In addition to Vicki, Steve is the only one that has time available to be educated.

Correct Answer:A

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