ISTQB CTFL-Foundation Free Practice Questions

NEW QUESTION 1
Reviewing the test Basis is a part of which phase

• A. Test Analysis and Design
• B. Test Implementation and execution
• C. Test Closure Activities
• D. Evaluating exit criteria and reporting

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 2
Which of the following is NOT a valid use of decision coverage?

• A. Checking that all decisions have been exercised in a single program
• B. Checking that all decisions have been exercised in a business process
• C. Checking that all calls from one program module to another have been made correctly
• D. Checking that at least 50% of decisions have been exercised by a test case suite

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 3
One Key reason why developers have difficulty testing their own work is:

• A. Lack of technical documentation
• B. Lack of test tools on the market for developers
• C. Lack of training
• D. Lack of Objectivity

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 4
Select THREE issues from the options provided that should at least be raised. 1 credit

• 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?

Answer: ABC

NEW QUESTION 5
Within the projects, a master test plan and phase test plan will be used. Following is a list of characteristics applicable for test plans:

• A. Any deviation from the procedures described in the test
• B. strategy document
• C. The overall estimated costs, timescales and resource
• D. requirements
• E. A detailed schedule of testing activities
• F. The development deliverables to be tested
• G. Which test staff members (names) will be involved and when
• H. Level of requirements coverage achievedWhich TWO of the above mentioned characteristics relate to the phase test plan? 1 credit
• I. a
• J. b
• K. c
• L. d
• M. e
• N. f

Answer: CE

NEW QUESTION 6
Which of the following would be the TWO most appropriate examples of entry criteria documented in the system integration test plan? 2 credits

• A. The percentage of decision coverage achieved during unit testing.
• B. The availability of the latest version of the capture-replay tool (for testing the interface with the newly developed test management tool).
• C. The sign-off of a performance test software release note (test item transmittal report) by both development and testing showing that system performance meets the specified acceptance criteria.
• D. The percentage of acceptance test procedures scheduled for execution.
• E. The percentage of requirements coverage achieved during system integration tes

Answer: AB

NEW QUESTION 7
Which of the following is a white-box test technique?

• A. Decision table testing
• B. Exploratory testing
• C. Statement testing
• D. Error guessing

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 8
What if the project isn't big enough to justify extensive testing..?

• A. Use automation tool for testing
• B. Use risk based analysis to find out which areas need to be tested
• C. Both a and b
• D. None of the above

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 9
The difference between re-testing and regression testing is:

• A. Re-testing is running a test again; regression testing looks for unexpected side effects
• B. Re-testing looks for unexpected side effects; regression testing is repeating those tests
• C. Re-testing is done after faults are fixed; regression testing is done earlier
• D. Re-testing uses different environments, regression testing uses the same environment
• E. Re-testing is done by developers, regression testing is done by independent testers

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 10
Before an invoice can be created, an account is required. Before an account can be set up, an account user is required (in order to set up the account). The software is delivered with a master user only, who can only create other types of users. The following test cases have been written to test the high-level structure of the software

• A. Create an invoice
• B. Amend an invoice
• C. Process an invoice (send to customer)
• D. Delete an invoice
• E. Create an account
• F. Create an account user
• G. Amend an account user
• H. Delete an account user
• I. Amend an account
• J. Delete an accountWhich of the following test procedures would enable all tests to be run? [K3]
• K. f, g, a, c, b, d, e, i, j, h
• L. e, i, a, c, b, d, f, g, h, j
• M. e, i, f, g, a, c, b, d, h, j
• N. f, g, e, i, a, b, c, d, j, h

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 11
Which of the following risks represents the highest level of risk to the project?

• A. Likelihood of failure = 1%, potential cost of impact = $1m.
• B. Likelihood of failure = 10%, potential cost of impact = $500,000.
• C. Likelihood of failure = 20%, potential cost of impact = $150,000.
• D. Likelihood of failure = 5%, potential cost of impact = $500,000.

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 12
The following statements relate to activities that are part of the fundamental test process.

• A. Evaluating the testability of requirements.i
• B. Repeating testing activities after changes.ii
• C. Designing the test environment set-up.i
• D. Developing and prioritizing test cases.
• E. Verifying the environment is set up correctl
• F. Which statement below is TRUE?
• G. (i) and (ii) are part of analysis and design, (iii), (iv) and (v) are part of test implementation and execution.
• H. (i) and (iii) are part of analysis and design, (ii), (iv) and (v) are part of test implementation and execution.
• I. (i) and (v) are part of analysis and design, (ii), (iii) and (iv) are part of test implementation and execution.
• J. (i) and (iv) are part of analysis and design, (ii), (iii) and (v) are part of test implementation and execution.

Answer: B

Explanation:
All other answers contain an activity identified as analysis and design that is part of implementation and test execution.

NEW QUESTION 13
What is the purpose of a test completion criterion?

• A. to know when a specific test has finished its execution
• B. to ensure that the test case specification is complete
• C. to set the criteria used in generating test inputs
• D. to determine when to stop testing

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 14
System testing is:

• A. Used to search for defects in software modules that are separately testable.
• B. The responsibility of the users of a system.
• C. Concerned with the behavior of a whole system/product as defined by the scope of a development project.
• D. Triggered by modifications, migration or retirement of the software syste

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 15
What are metrics NOT used for?

• A. To identify the percentage of work done in test environment preparation.
• B. To identify the percentage of work done in test case preparation.
• C. To apply to the RAD development model.
• D. To measure whether dates of test milestones were me

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 16
What other details should be included in the following incident report when it is first submitted? Date of Issue: 23/11/05 Severity: P1
Build: Version15.6
Details: Expected field to be limited to 15 chars, able to enter 27

• A. Suggested solution, priority and number of defects assigned to this developer.
• B. Status of the incident, degree of impact, Test Case Number.
• C. History, related defects and expected fix time.
• D. Line of code, number of defects found, time of da

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 17
What is static analysis?

• A. The decision between using white or black box test techniques.
• B. Executing software to validate the most common path through the code.
• C. A technique to find defects in software source code and software models, performed without executing code.
• D. It is a testing technique used during system testin

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 18
According to the ISTQB Glossary, regression testing is required for what purpose?

• A. To verify the success of corrective actions.
• B. To prevent a task from being incorrectly considered completed.
• C. To ensure that defects have not been introduced by a modification.
• D. To motivate better unit testing by the programmer

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 19
Which of the following BEST describes the relationship between test planning and test execution? [K2]

• A. Test planning ensures the level of detail in test procedures is appropriate for test execution
• B. Test planning schedules test execution but does not assign resources
• C. Test planning defines the overall approach to testing but does not schedule specific activities such as test execution
• D. Test planning identifies test objectives related to scope and risk but does not define the level of detail for test procedures used in test execution

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 20
Which of the following is a benefit of test independence?

• A. It does not require familiarity with the code.
• B. It is cheaper than using developers to test their own code.
• C. It avoids author bias in defining effective tests.
• D. Testers are better at finding defects than developer

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 21
Which statement is most true?

• A. Different testing is needed depending upon the application.
• B. All software is tested in the same way.
• C. A technique that finds defects will always find defects.
• D. A technique that has found no defects is not useful.

Answer: A

Explanation:
This is a restatement of the testing principle ‘Testing is context dependent’

NEW QUESTION 22
Your task is to compile a test execution schedule for the current release of software. The system specification states the following logical dependencies:
• An admin user must create/amend/delete a standard user.
• A standard user is necessary to perform all other actions.
The test plan requires that re-tests must be performed first, followed by the highest priority tests. To save time, the test plan states that tests should be scheduled to create test data for the subsequent tests in the schedule.
The following test cases have been designed, with an indication of priority (1 being the highest priority) and whether the test has previously failed.

Which test execution schedule meets the test plan requirements and logical dependencies?

• A. a, d, c, b, e
• B. a, c, b, d, e
• C. e, a, b, c, d
• D. e, a, d, c, b

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 23
Which of the following options BEST explain the pesticide paradox principle of testing?

• A. If we do not regularly review and revise our tests, we'll stop finding defects
• B. Repeatedly running a set of tests will ensure that a system is defect free
• C. Defects are, paradoxically, often contained in a small number of modules
• D. Testing, like spraying pesticide, is an effective bug / defect removal activity

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 24
When a defect is detected and fixed then the software should be retested to confirm that the original defect has been successfully removed. This is called:

• A. Regression testing
• B. Maintenance testing
• C. Confirmation testing
• D. None of the above

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 25
What content would be in an incident report if that incident report was based on the IEEE 829 Standard for SoftwareTest Documentation?
(i)Identification of configuration items of the software or system. (ii)Software or system lifecycle process in which the incident was observed. (iii)Description of the anomaly to enable reproduction of the incident. (iv)Number of occurrences of the incident.
(v)Classification of the cause of the incident for metrics and for reporting purposes. Number of correct answers: 1

• A. i, ii, iii
• B. ii, iii
• C. i, iii, iv
• D. i, ii, iii, v

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 26
Which of the following is an example of testing as part of the requirements specification phase? 1 credit

• A. A requirements review meeting
• B. A business analyst eliciting requirements
• C. Performing acceptance tests against requirements
• D. A test report showing requirements coverage

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 27
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