Chapter 5 Test Management Part 2

Which of the following metrics would be most useful to monitor during test execution?

• Percentage of test cases written.

• Number of test environments remaining to be configured.

• Number of defects found and fixed.

• Percentage of requirements for which a test has been written.

What would appear in a test progress report that would not be included in a test summary report?

• Summary of testing performed.

• The status of the test activities against the test plan.

• Factors that have blocked or continue to block progress.

• Reusable test products produced.

In a defect report, the tester makes the following statement: ‘The payment processing subsystem fails to accept payments from American Express cardholders, which is considered a must-work feature for this release.’ This statement is likely to be found in which of the following sections?

• Scope or degree of impact of the defect.

• Identification of the test item.

• Summary of the defect.

• Description of the defect.

During an early period of test execution, a defect is located, resolved and passed its confirmation test, but is seen again later during subsequent test execution. Which of the following is a testing-related aspect of configuration management that is most likely to have broken down?

• Traceability.

• Configuration item identification.

• Configuration control.

• Test documentation management.

You are working as a tester on a project to develop a point-of-sales system for grocery stores and other similar retail outlets. Which of the following is a product risk for such a project?

• The arrival of a more reliable competing product on the market.

• Delivery of an incomplete test release to the first cycle of system test.

• An excessively high number of defect fixes fail during confirmation testing.

• Failure to accept allowed credit cards.

What is a risk?

• A bad thing that has happened to the product or the project.

• A bad thing that might happen.

• Something that costs a lot to put right.

• Something that may happen in the future.

You are writing a test plan and are currently completing a section on risk. Which of the following is most likely to be listed as a project risk?

• Unexpected illness of a key team member.

• Excessively slow transaction processing time.

• Data corruption under network congestion.

• Failure to handle a key use case.

You and the project stakeholders develop a list of product risks and project risks during the planning stage of a project. What else should you do with those lists of risks during test planning?

• Determine the extent of testing required for the product risks and the mitigation and contingency actions required for the project risks.

• Obtain the resources needed to completely cover each product risk with tests and transfer responsibility for the project risks to the project manager.

• Execute sufficient tests for the product risks, based on the likelihood and impact of each product risk and execute mitigation actions for all project risks.

• No further risk management action is required at the test planning stage.

The following are ways to estimate test effort:

1. Burndown charts.

2. Wideband Delphi.

3. Expert opinion.

4. Previous experience.

5. Defect removal models

6. Similar project data.

Which of these are an example of a metrics-based technique?

• 3, 4 and 5.

• 1, 5 and 6.

• 2, 3 and 4.

• 1, 2 and 5.

In a defect report, the tester makes the following statement: ‘At this point, I expect to receive an error message explaining the rejection of this invalid input and asking me to enter a valid input. Instead the system accepts the input, displays an hourglass for between one and five seconds and finally terminates abnormally, giving the message, “Unexpected data type: 15. Click to continue”.’

This statement is likely to be found in which of the following sections of a defect report?

• Summary

• Impact

• Item pass/fail criteria

• Defect description