WorksheetsTesting CH1 Quiz
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 32mins
What is the test basis?
a. The point during software development when testing should start
b. The body of knowledge used for test analysis and design
c. The source to determine the actual results from a set of tests
d. The method used to systematically devise test conditions
When the tester verifies the test basis while designing tests early in the lifecycle, which common test objective is being achieved?
a. Gaining confidence
b. Finding defects
c. Preventing defects
d. Providing information for decision making
When following the fundamental test process, when should the test control activity take place?
a. During the planning activities
b. During the implementation and execution activities
c. During the monitoring activities
d. During all the activities
Which of the following is a correct statement?
a. A developer makes a mistake which causes a defect that may be seen as a failure during dynamic testing
b. A developer makes an error which results in a failure that may be seen as a fault when the software is executed
c. A developer has introduced a failure which results in a defect that may be seen as a mistake during dynamic testing
d. A developer makes a mistake which causes a bug that may be seen as a defect when the software is executed
Which of the following is an example of debugging?
a. A tester finds a defect and reports it
b. A tester retests a fix from the developer and finds a regression Version 1.0 Page 3 of 11 August 18, 2018 © American Software Testing Qualifications Board
c. A developer finds and fixes a defect
d. A developer performs unit testing
Which of the following is a true statement about exhaustive testing?
a. It is a form of stress testing
b. It is not feasible except in the case of trivial software
c. It is commonly done with test automation
d. It is normally the responsibility of the developer during unit testing
A new retail product was released to production by your company. Shortly after the release it was apparent that there were numerous problems with the point of sale application. This resulted in a number of customer complaints and negative postings on social media encouraging people to take their business to your competitor. You have investigated the problems and have discovered that the production point of sale equipment is a later model than the model used in testing. The software functions correctly on the old version, but fails on the later model. Given this scenario, what is the root cause and what is the effect?
a. The root cause is the old equipment and the effect is the new equipment
b. The root cause is the customer complaints and the effect is the social media postings
c. The root cause is conducting the testing on the wrong version of the equipment and the effect is the customer complaints and postings
d. The root cause is the software failing on the later model and the effect is the customer complaints
If you need to provide a report showing test case execution coverage of the requirements, what do you need to track?
a. Traceability between the test cases and the requirements
b. Coverage of the risk items by test case
c. Traceability between the requirements and the risk items
d. Coverage of the requirements by the test cases that have been designed
What is quality?
a) Activities focused on providing confidence that quality requirements will be fulfilled
b) The degree to which a component or system satisfies the stated and implied needs of its various stakeholders
c) The degree to which a component or system protects information and data so that persons or other components or systems have the degree of access appropriate to their types and levels of authorization
d) The total costs incurred on quality activities and issues and often split into prevention costs, appraisal costs, internal failure costs and external failure costs
Which of the following is a typical test objective?
a) Preventing defects
b) Repairing defects
c) Comparing actual results to expected results
d) Analyzing the cause of failure
A phone ringing momentarily distracts a programmer, causing the programmer to improperly program the logic that checks the upper boundary of an input variable. Later, during system testing, a tester notices that this input field accepts invalid input values. The improperly coded logic for the upper boundary check is:
a) The root cause
b) The failure
c) The error
d) The defect
A product owner says that your role as a tester on an Agile team is to catch all the bugs before the end of each iteration. Which of the following is a testing principle that could be used to respond to this (false) statement?
a) Defect clustering
b) Testing shows the presence of defects
c) Absence of error fallacy
d) Root cause analysis
Programmers often write and execute unit tests against code which they have written. During this self-testing activity, which of the following is a tester mindset that programmers should adopt to perform this unit testing effectively?
a) Good communication skills
b) Code coverage
c) Evaluating code defects
d) Attention to detail
Consider the following testing activities:
1. Selecting regression tests
2. Evaluating completeness of test execution
3. Identifying which user stories have open defect reports
4. Evaluating whether the number of tests for each requirement is consistent with the level of product risk
Consider the following ways traceability can help testing:
A. Improve understandability of test status reports to include status of test basis items
B. Make testing auditable
C. Provide information to assess process quality
D. Analyze the impact of changes
Which of the following best matches the testing activity with how traceability can assist that activity?
a) 1D, 2B, 3C, 4A
b) 1B, 2D, 3A, 4C
c) 1D, 2C, 3A, 4B
d) 1D, 2B, 3A, 4C
A tester participated in a discussion about proposed database structure. The tester identified a potential performance problem related to certain common user searches. This possible problem was explained to the development team. Which of the following is a testing contribution to success that BEST matches this situation?
a) Enabling required tests to be identified at an early stage
b) Ensuring processes are carried out properly
c) Reducing the risk of fundamental design defects
d) Reducing the risk of untestable functionality
Which of the following is an example of a task that can be carried out as part of the test process?
a) Analyzing a defect
b) Designing test data
c) Assigning a version to a test item
d) Writing a user story
