AL2012_Chapter 1, 2

Which of the following is an example of testing as part of the requirements specification phase of a project?

• A requirements review meeting

• A business analyst eliciting requirements

• A database administrator designing a table

• A test results report showing requirements coverage

Identify all of the following that are appropriate test tasks to execute at this time:

• Design tests from the requirements specification

• Analyze design-related risks

• Execute unit test cases

• Write the test summary report

• Design tests from the design specification

You are the manager of a bank's quality assessment group, in charge of independent testing for banking applications. You are working on a project to implement an integrated system that will use three off-the-shelf systems to manage a bank's accounts-receivable system. Identify all of the following that are test levels that you would expect to directly manage:

• Component testing for each system

• Component integration testing for each system

• System testing for each system

• Contract acceptance testing for each system

• System integration testing

Which of the following is generally applicable to demonstrating compliance to regulations for safety critical systems?

• Test traceability

• ISO 61508

• Usability testing

• Employee evaluations

Which of the following is an accurate statement that captures a difference between a trend chart showing the total number of bugs discovered and resolved during test execution and a trend chart showing the total number of test cases passed and failed during test execution?

• The bug trend chart will reveal test progress problems while the test case trend chart will not

• The bug trend chart will show test coverage while the test case trend chart will not

• The test case trend chart will reveal test progress problems while the bug trend chart will not

• The test case trend chart will show test coverage while the bug trend chart will not

Considering the typical objectives of testing that are identified in the Foundation syllabus, which of the following metrics can we use to measure the effectiveness of the test process in achieving one of those objectives?

• Average days from defect discovery to resolution

• Lines of code written per developer per day

• Percentage of test effort spent on regression testing

• Percentage of requirements coverage

Which set of metrics can be used for monitoring of the test execution?

• Number of detected defects, testing cost

• Number of residual defects in the test object

• Percentage of completed tasks in the preparation of test environment; test cases prepared

• Number of test cases run / not run; test cases passed / failed

Which one of the following is false about Metrics and Measurements? Metrics and measurement are useful to identify:

• Workload and resources usage

• Actual and planned costs

• Defect found, detect fixed, duration of correction

• Testers motivation

Which of the following is not an element of a Basili's technique for define metrics?

• Determining the goals of a project

• Developing question about the goals

• Establishing accountability for the goals

• Creating metrics relating to the question

Which of the following is a metric that can be used to check maintainability of code?

• Web spider

• Cyclomatic complexity

• Probe effect

• Data flow analysis