Which of the following is the activity that removes the cause of a failure?

• a. Testing

• b. Dynamic testing

• c. Debugging

• d. Reverse engineering

As a tester, which of the following is a key to effectively communicating and maintaining positive relationships with developers when there is disagreement over the prioritization of a defect?

• a. Escalate the issue to human resources and stress the importance of mutual respect

• b. Communicate in a setting with senior management to ensure everyone understands

• c. Convince the developer to accept the blame for the mistake

• d. Remind them of the common goal of creating quality systems

Why is software testing sometimes required for legal reasons?

• a. It prevents developers from suing testers

• b. Contracts may specify testing requirements that must be fulfilled

• c. International laws require software testing for exported products

• d. Testing across systems must be accompanied by legal documentation

In what way does root cause analysis contribute to process improvement?

• a. Helps to better identify and correct the root cause of defects

• b. Outlines how development teams can code faster

• c. Specifies the desired root causes to be achieved by other teams

• d. Contributes to the justification of future project funding

Why is it important to avoid the pesticide paradox?

• a. Dynamic testing is less reliable in finding bugs

• b. Pesticides mixed with static testing can allow bugs to escape detection

• c. Tests should not be context dependent

• d. Running the same tests over and over will reduce the chance of finding new defects

Which of the following is the activity that compares the planned test progress to the actual test progress?

• a. Test monitoring

• b. Test planning

• c. Test closure

• d. Test control

Which of the following is the correct statement?

• a. An error causes a failure which results in a defect

• b. A defect causes a failure which results in an error

• c. A failure is observed as an error and the root cause is the defect

• d. An error causes a defect which is observed as a failure

What type of activity is normally used to find and fix a defect in the code?

• a. Regression testing

• b. Debugging

• c. Dynamic analysis

• d. Static analysis

You are running a performance test with the objective of finding possible network bottlenecks in interfaces between components of a system. Which of the following statements describes this test?

• a) A functional test during the integration test level

• b) A non-functional test during the integration test level

• c) A functional test during the component test level

• d) A non-functional test during the component test level

Which of the following statements is true?

• a) Impact analysis is useful for confirmation testing during maintenance testing

• b) Confirmation testing is useful for regression testing during system design

• c) Impact analysis is useful for regression testing during maintenance testing

• d) Confirmation testing is useful for impact analysis during maintenance testing