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A designer documents a design for a user interface that does not suitably address disabled users because the designer is tired. The programmer implements the user interface in line with the design but as they are working under severe time pressure, they do not include suitable exception handling in their program code for bonus calculations. When the operational system is used, complaints are made by some disabled users about the interface and the company is subsequently fined by the relevant regulatory authority. No one notices that bonus calculations are sometimes incorrect. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

• The miscalculation of bonuses is a defect that occasionally occurs
• The fine received for failing to address some disabled users is a failure
• The programmer working under severe time pressure is a root cause
• The design of the user interface includes a designer error

Test conditions are being used by testers to generate test cases and execute tests. Even though the test conditions remain the same, the test cases are varied each time. Which of the following ‘principles of testing’ is being addressed through the variation of test cases?

• Tests wear out
• Absence-of-defects fallacy
• Early testing saves time and money
• Defects cluster together

Given the following test tasks: 1. Derive test cases from test conditions 2. Identify reusable testware 3. Organize test cases into test procedures 4. Evaluate the test basis and the test object And the following test activities: A. Test analysis B. Test design C. Test implementation D. Test completion Which of the following BEST matches the tasks with the activities?

• 1B, 2A, 3D, 4C
• 1B, 2D, 3C, 4A
• 1C, 2A, 3B, 4D
• 1C, 2D, 3A, 4B

Given the following testware: i. Test completion report ii. Data held in a database used for test inputs and expected results iii. The list of elements needed to build the test environment iv. Documented sequences of test cases in execution order v. Test cases Which of the following BEST shows the testware produced as a result of performing test implementation?

• ii, iv
• iii, v
• i, ii, v
• i, iii, iv

Which of the following is MOST likely to describe a task performed by someone in a test management role?

• Evaluate the test basis and the test object
• Define test environment requirements
• Assess testability of the test object
• Create the test completion report

Which of the following is an advantage of the whole team approach?

• Improved communication between team members
• Decreased individual accountability for quality
• Faster deployment of deliverables to the end users
• Reduced collaboration with external business users

Given the following benefits and drawbacks of the independence of testing: i. The testers work in a different location from the developers ii. Testers question the assumptions programmers make while writing code iii. A confrontational dynamic has been established between testers and developers iv. Developers have convinced themselves that testers are mostly accountable for quality v. Testers have different biases than those held by the developers Which are MOST likely to be considered benefits?

• i, iv
• ii, v
• i, iii, iv
• ii, iii, v

Which of the following is a good testing practice that applies to all software development lifecycles?

• Each test level has specific and distinct test objectives
• Test implementation and execution for a given test level should start during the corresponding development phase
• Testers should start test design as soon as drafts of the relevant work products become available
• Every dynamic testing activity has a corresponding static testing activity