ISTQB Foundation UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which of the following provides the defintion of the term case?
a) Subset of the value domain of a variable within a component or system in which all values are
expected to be treated the same based on the specification
b) A set of preconditions, inputs, actions, expected results and postconditions, developed based
on test conditions
c) Work products produced during the test process for use in planning, designing, executing,
evaluating and reporting on testing
d) A source to determine an expected result to compare with the actual result of the system under
test - CORRECT ANSWER - b) A set of preconditions, inputs, actions, expected results
and postconditions, developed based on test conditions
Which of the following is a typical objective of testing?
a) To find defects and failures
b) To validate the project plan works as required
c) Ensuring of complete testing
d) Comparing actual results with expected results - CORRECT ANSWER - a) To find
defects and failures
Which of the following is an example of a failure in a car cruise control system?
,a) The developer of the system forgot to rename variables after a cut-and-paste operation
b) Unnecessary code that sounds an alarm when reversing was included in the system
c) The system stops maintaining a set speed when the radio volume is increased or decreased
d) The design specification for the system wrongly states speeds - CORRECT ANSWER -
c) The system stops maintaining a set speed when the radio volume is increased or decreased
Which of the following is a defect rather than a root cause in a fitness tracker?
a) Because the author of the requirements was unfamiliar with the domain of fitness training, he
therefore wrongly assumed that users wanted heartbeat in beats per hour
b) The tester of the smartphone interface had not been trained in state transition testing, so
missed a major defect
c) An incorrect configuration variable implemented for the GPS function could cause location
problems during daylight saving times
d) Because the designer had never worked on wearable devices before, she as designer of the
user interface therefore misunderstood the effects of reflected sunlight - CORRECT
ANSWER - c) An incorrect configuration variable implemented for the GPS function
could cause location problems during daylight saving times
As a result of risk analysis, more testing is being directed to those areas of the system under test
where initial testing found more defects than average.
Which of the following testing principles is being applied?
a) Beware of the pesticide paradox
,b) Testing is context dependent
c) Absence-of-errors is a fallacy
d) Defects cluster together - CORRECT ANSWER - d) Defects cluster together
Given the following test activities and tasks:
A. Test design
B. Test implementation
C. Test execution
D. Test completion
1. Entering change requests for open defect reports
2. Identifying test data to support the test cases
3. Prioritizing test procedures and creating test data
4. Analyzing discrepancies to determine their cause
Which of the following BEST matches the activities with the tasks?
a) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
b) A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4
c) A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1
d) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4 - CORRECT ANSWER - a) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
, Which of the following BEST describes how value is added by maintaining traceability between
the test basis and test artifacts?
a) Maintenance testing can be fully automated based on changes to the initial requirements
b) It is possible to determine if a new test case has increased coverage of the requirements
c) Test managers can identify which testers found the highest severity defects
d) Areas that may be impacted by side-effects of a change can be targeted by confirmation
testing - CORRECT ANSWER - b) It is possible to determine if a new test case has
increased coverage of the requirements
Which of the following qualities is MORE likely to be found in a tester's mindset rather than in a
developer's?
a) A tester´s mindset tends to grow and mature as the tester gains experience
b) Ability to see what might go wrong
c) Good communication with team members
d) Attention to detail - CORRECT ANSWER - b) Ability to see what might go wrong
Given the following statements about the relationships between software development activities
and test activities in the software development lifecycle:
1. Each development activity should have a corresponding testing activity
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which of the following provides the defintion of the term case?
a) Subset of the value domain of a variable within a component or system in which all values are
expected to be treated the same based on the specification
b) A set of preconditions, inputs, actions, expected results and postconditions, developed based
on test conditions
c) Work products produced during the test process for use in planning, designing, executing,
evaluating and reporting on testing
d) A source to determine an expected result to compare with the actual result of the system under
test - CORRECT ANSWER - b) A set of preconditions, inputs, actions, expected results
and postconditions, developed based on test conditions
Which of the following is a typical objective of testing?
a) To find defects and failures
b) To validate the project plan works as required
c) Ensuring of complete testing
d) Comparing actual results with expected results - CORRECT ANSWER - a) To find
defects and failures
Which of the following is an example of a failure in a car cruise control system?
,a) The developer of the system forgot to rename variables after a cut-and-paste operation
b) Unnecessary code that sounds an alarm when reversing was included in the system
c) The system stops maintaining a set speed when the radio volume is increased or decreased
d) The design specification for the system wrongly states speeds - CORRECT ANSWER -
c) The system stops maintaining a set speed when the radio volume is increased or decreased
Which of the following is a defect rather than a root cause in a fitness tracker?
a) Because the author of the requirements was unfamiliar with the domain of fitness training, he
therefore wrongly assumed that users wanted heartbeat in beats per hour
b) The tester of the smartphone interface had not been trained in state transition testing, so
missed a major defect
c) An incorrect configuration variable implemented for the GPS function could cause location
problems during daylight saving times
d) Because the designer had never worked on wearable devices before, she as designer of the
user interface therefore misunderstood the effects of reflected sunlight - CORRECT
ANSWER - c) An incorrect configuration variable implemented for the GPS function
could cause location problems during daylight saving times
As a result of risk analysis, more testing is being directed to those areas of the system under test
where initial testing found more defects than average.
Which of the following testing principles is being applied?
a) Beware of the pesticide paradox
,b) Testing is context dependent
c) Absence-of-errors is a fallacy
d) Defects cluster together - CORRECT ANSWER - d) Defects cluster together
Given the following test activities and tasks:
A. Test design
B. Test implementation
C. Test execution
D. Test completion
1. Entering change requests for open defect reports
2. Identifying test data to support the test cases
3. Prioritizing test procedures and creating test data
4. Analyzing discrepancies to determine their cause
Which of the following BEST matches the activities with the tasks?
a) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
b) A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4
c) A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1
d) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4 - CORRECT ANSWER - a) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
, Which of the following BEST describes how value is added by maintaining traceability between
the test basis and test artifacts?
a) Maintenance testing can be fully automated based on changes to the initial requirements
b) It is possible to determine if a new test case has increased coverage of the requirements
c) Test managers can identify which testers found the highest severity defects
d) Areas that may be impacted by side-effects of a change can be targeted by confirmation
testing - CORRECT ANSWER - b) It is possible to determine if a new test case has
increased coverage of the requirements
Which of the following qualities is MORE likely to be found in a tester's mindset rather than in a
developer's?
a) A tester´s mindset tends to grow and mature as the tester gains experience
b) Ability to see what might go wrong
c) Good communication with team members
d) Attention to detail - CORRECT ANSWER - b) Ability to see what might go wrong
Given the following statements about the relationships between software development activities
and test activities in the software development lifecycle:
1. Each development activity should have a corresponding testing activity
