ISTQB Foundation

Which of the following statements describe a valid test objective?

• To prove that there are no unfixed defects in the system under test

• To prove that there will be no failures after the implementation of the system into production

• To reduce the risk level of the test object and to build confidence in the quality level

• To verify that there are no untested combinations of inputs

Which of the following options shows an example of test activities that contribute to success?

• Having testers involved during various software development lifecycle (SDLC) activities will

  help to detect defects in work products

• Testers try not to disturb the developers while coding, so that the developers write better

  code

• Testers collaborating with end users help to improve the quality of defect reports during

  component integration and system testing

• Certified testers will design much better test cases than non-certified testers

You have been assigned as a tester to a team producing a new system incrementally. You have

noticed that no changes have been made to the existing regression test cases for several iterations

and no new regression defects were identified. Your manager is happy, but you are not. Which

testing principle explains your skepticism?

• Tests wear out

• Absence-of-errors fallacy

• Defects cluster together

• Exhaustive testing is impossible

You work in a team that develops a mobile application for food ordering. In the current iteration the

team decided to implement the payment functionality.

Which of the following activities is a part of test analysis?

• Estimating that testing the integration with the payment service will take 8 person-days

• Deciding that the team should test if it is possible to properly share payment between many

  users

• Using boundary value analysis (BVA) to derive the test data for the test cases that check

  the correct payment processing for the minimum allowed amount to be paid

• Analyzing the discrepancy between the actual result and expected result after executing a

  test case that checks the process of payment with a credit card, and reporting a defect

Which of the following factors have a SIGNIFICANT influence on the test approach?

i. The SDLC

ii. The number of defects detected in previous projects

iii. The identified product risks

iv. New regulatory requirements forcing formal white-box testing

v. The test environment setup

• i, ii have significant influence

• i, iii, iv have significant influence

• ii, iv, v have significant influence

• iii, v have significant influence

Which TWO of the following tasks belong MAINLY to a testing role?

• Configure test environments

• Maintain the product backlog

• Design solutions to new requirements

• Create the test plan

• Analyze the test basis

Which of the following skills (i-v) are the MOST important skills of a tester?

i. Having domain knowledge

ii. Creating a product vision

iii. Being a good team player

iv. Planning and organizing the work of the team

v. Critical thinking

• ii and iv are important

• i, iii and v are important

• i, ii and v are important

• iii and iv are important

How is the whole team approach present in the interactions between testers and business

representatives?

• Business representatives decide on test automation approaches

• Testers help business representatives to define test strategy

• Business representatives are not part of the whole team approach

• Testers help business representatives to create suitable acceptance tests

Consider the following rule: “for every SDLC activity there is a corresponding test activity”. In which

SDLC models does this rule hold?

• Only in sequential SDLC models

• Only in iterative SDLC models

• Only in iterative and incremental SDLC models

• In sequential, incremental, and iterative SDLC models

Which of the following statements BEST describes the acceptance test-driven development (ATDD)

approach?

• In ATDD, acceptance criteria are typically created based on the given/when/then format

• In ATDD, test cases are mainly created at component testing and are code-oriented

• In ATDD, tests are created, based on acceptance criteria to drive the development of the

  related software

• in ATDD, tests are based on the desired behavior of the software, which makes it easier for

  team members to understand them