ISTQB: Reinforcement Test

Which of the following is a correct definition to debugging?

• The process of finding, analyzing and removing the causes of failures in software.

• Dynamic testing conducted after fixing defects with the objective to confirm that failures caused by those defects do not occur anymore.

In which lifecycle may testers be involved in debugging and component testing?

• Waterfall Model

• V-Model

• Agile Development

If someone asks you "Why is testing necessary?", which of the following is a correct answer to this question?

• Testing is necessary because if we don't have a good testing process we might lose our business reputation

• Testing is necessary because having a good testing process helps us in providing information to stakeholders

• Both answers are correct

Which of the following can be considered as a testing contribution to success?

• Review the design, requirements and code and tracking defects that ocurred and that need to be solved.

• Reviewing the scope and cost of the project with stakeholders

• Reviewing the effort done by the developer in the team and giving some advice to him

Which of the following answers describe the difference between Quality assurance(QA) and Quality control(QC) ?

• QC is focused on development stage but QA is focused on production stage

• QA is focused on adherence to proper processes but QC is focused on activities that support the

  achievements of quality levels of a certain product

• QA is focused on adherence to proper processes but QC is focuses on activities that support

  the cost of the project and the budget available for a certain release.

Choose the correct answer of the following that describes the definition of ‘’ Error/ Mistake ‘’:

• The developer starts fixing issues after receiving a bug report from the tester

• The tester starts working on an increment which the developer just finished developing it

• The developer wrote a code that includes a wrong script

• The product owner writes a user story with its acceptance criteria

Which of the following is a mistake that most likely leads to a defect that the tester can track?

• The scrum master started tracking the risks of the project to start facilitating them

• The product owner wrote requirements based on wrong understanding of the stakeholders needs

• The tester is testing the login page with invalid inputs

Choose the correct answer that describes the meaning of ‘’ Defect that does not lead for a failure ‘’:

• The "sign-in" button in the login page in a website is not clickable

• Course content has grammatical mistakes and some sections don't appear except after refreshing the page

• Payment method (like:Stripe & PayPal) fails after making 500 purchases in the same session

From the software perspective, choose the correct answer that answers the question "why errors happen"?

• Time pressure, lack of experience and stable environment conditions

• Miscommunications, human fallibility and new technologies

• Good communication, smart time scheduling and focusing on work products to be simple for development

A tester is working on a project that is still in development stage, he started testing a demo version of the payment method using a fake credit card for testing.

The fake credit card information is:

Number: 4532022596340037

CVV: 123

While he was testing the payment cycle, he entered the credit card number and wrote a wrong CVV which is 124. An error occurred saying that the CVV is not correct. The tester created a defect report for this error and assigned this report to the developer.

The error that the tester made is:

• False positive

• False negative

Answer explanation

information alert

Providing information to stakeholders is a main objective of software testing and the client is one of the external stakeholders