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ISTQB FOUNDATION LEVEL
2026|COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Maintenance testing - correct-answer - Testing the changes to an operational
system or the impact of a changed environment to an operational system.
Impact Analysis - correct-answer - The assessment of change to the layers of
development documentation, test documentation, and components, in order to
implement a given change to specified requirements.
Static testing - correct-answer - Testing of a component or system at specification
or implementation level without execution of that software, e.g. reviews or static
analysis.
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Dynamic testing - correct-answer - Testing that involves the execution of the
software of a component or system.
Informal review - correct-answer - Also known as Adhoc review. Review not
based on a formal (documented) procedure.
Formal review - correct-answer - A review characterized by documented
procedures and requirements, e.g. inspection.
Moderator (inspection leader) - correct-answer - The leader and main person
responsible for an inspector or other review process.
Entry criteria - correct-answer - The set of generic and specific conditions for
permitting a process to go forward with a defined task, e.g. test phase. The
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purpose of entry criteria is to prevent a task from starting which would entail
more (wasted) effort needed to remove the failed entry criteria.
Metric - correct-answer - A measurement scale and the method used for
measurement.
Technical review - correct-answer - A peer group discussion activity that focuses
on achieving consensus on the technical approach to be taken.
Peer review - correct-answer - A review of a software work product by colleagues
of the producer of the product for the purpose of identifying defects and
improvements. Examples are inspection, technical review and walkthrough
Inspection - correct-answer - A type of peer review that relies on visual
examination of documents to detect defects, e.g. violations of development
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standards and non-conformance to higher level documentation. The most formal
review technique and therefore always based on a documented procedure.
Static analysis - correct-answer - Analysis of software artifacts, e.g. requirements
or code, carried out without execution of these software development artifacts.
Static analysis is usually carried out by means of a supporting tool.
Compiler - correct-answer - A software tool that translates programs expressed in
a high order language into their machine language equivalents.
Test case specification - correct-answer - A document specifying a set of test
cases (objective, inputs, test actions, expected results, and execution
preconditions) for a test item.
ISTQB FOUNDATION LEVEL
2026|COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Maintenance testing - correct-answer - Testing the changes to an operational
system or the impact of a changed environment to an operational system.
Impact Analysis - correct-answer - The assessment of change to the layers of
development documentation, test documentation, and components, in order to
implement a given change to specified requirements.
Static testing - correct-answer - Testing of a component or system at specification
or implementation level without execution of that software, e.g. reviews or static
analysis.
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Dynamic testing - correct-answer - Testing that involves the execution of the
software of a component or system.
Informal review - correct-answer - Also known as Adhoc review. Review not
based on a formal (documented) procedure.
Formal review - correct-answer - A review characterized by documented
procedures and requirements, e.g. inspection.
Moderator (inspection leader) - correct-answer - The leader and main person
responsible for an inspector or other review process.
Entry criteria - correct-answer - The set of generic and specific conditions for
permitting a process to go forward with a defined task, e.g. test phase. The
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purpose of entry criteria is to prevent a task from starting which would entail
more (wasted) effort needed to remove the failed entry criteria.
Metric - correct-answer - A measurement scale and the method used for
measurement.
Technical review - correct-answer - A peer group discussion activity that focuses
on achieving consensus on the technical approach to be taken.
Peer review - correct-answer - A review of a software work product by colleagues
of the producer of the product for the purpose of identifying defects and
improvements. Examples are inspection, technical review and walkthrough
Inspection - correct-answer - A type of peer review that relies on visual
examination of documents to detect defects, e.g. violations of development
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standards and non-conformance to higher level documentation. The most formal
review technique and therefore always based on a documented procedure.
Static analysis - correct-answer - Analysis of software artifacts, e.g. requirements
or code, carried out without execution of these software development artifacts.
Static analysis is usually carried out by means of a supporting tool.
Compiler - correct-answer - A software tool that translates programs expressed in
a high order language into their machine language equivalents.
Test case specification - correct-answer - A document specifying a set of test
cases (objective, inputs, test actions, expected results, and execution
preconditions) for a test item.
