ISTQB FOUNDATION LEVEL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
False-fail result - Correct Answers -test result - defect reported but no defect exists in
test object
Error - Mistake - Correct Answers -Human action produces an incorrect result
Defect (bug, fault) - Correct Answers -Flaw in a component or system causing
component or system to fail to perform required function.
Failure - Correct Answers -Deviation of the component or system from its expected
delivery, service or result.
Quality - Correct Answers -The degree to which a component, system or process meets
specified requirements and/or user/customer needs and expectations.
Risk - Correct Answers -A factor that could result in future negative consequences;
usually expressed as impact and likelihood.
False-pass result - Correct Answers -A test result which fails to identify the presence of
a defect that is actually present in the test object.
Testing - Correct Answers -Also know as evaluation. The process consisting of all life-
cycle activities both static and dynamic, concerned with planning, preparation, and
evaluation of software products and related work products to determine that they are fit
for purpose and to detect defects.
Requirement - Correct Answers -A condition or capability needed by a user to solve a
problem or achieve an objective that must be met or possessed by a system or system
component to satisfy a contract, standard, specification, or other formally imposed
document.
Review - Correct Answers -An evaluation of a product or project status to ascertain
discrepancies from planned results and to recommend improvements. Examples
include management review, informal review, technical review, inspection, and
walkthrough.
,Debugging - Correct Answers -The process of finding, analyzing, and removing the
causes of failures in software.
Confirmation testing (re-testing) - Correct Answers -Testing that runs test cases that
failed the last time they were run, in order to verify the success of corrective actions.
Test Strategy - Correct Answers -A high-level description of the test levels to be
performed and the testing within those levels for an organization or program (one or
more projects)
Test Execution - Correct Answers -The process of running a test on the component or
system under test, producing actual results
Test approach - Correct Answers -The implementation of the test strategy for a specific
project.
Test Plan - Correct Answers -A document describing the scope, approach, resources,
and schedule of intended test activities. It identifies among others test items, the
features to be tested, the testing tasks, who will do each task, degree of test
independence, the test environment, the test design techniques, and entry an exit
criteria to be used, and the rationale for their choice, and any risks requiring
contingency planning. It is a record of the test planning process.
Test monitoring - Correct Answers -A test management task that deals with the
activities related to periodically checking the status of a test project. Reports are
prepared that compare the actuals to that which was planned.
Test condition - Correct Answers -An item or event of a component or system that could
be verified by one or more test cases, e.g. a function, transaction, feature, quality
attribute, or structural element.
Test basis - Correct Answers -All documents from which the requirements of a
component or system can be inferred. the documentation on which the test cases are
based. If a document can be amended only by way of formal amendment procedure,
then the test basis is called a frozen test basis.
Test Data - Correct Answers -Data the exists before a test is executed, and that affects
or is affected by the component or system under test. Example - in a database
Coverage (test coverage) - Correct Answers -The degree, expressed as a percentage,
to which a specified coverage item has been exercised by a test suite.
Test procedure specification (test procedure, test script, manual test script) - Correct
Answers -A document specifying a sequence of actions for the execution of a test.
, Test Suite - Correct Answers -A set of several test cases for a component or system
under test, where the post condition of one test if often used as the precondition for the
next one.
Incident - Correct Answers -Also known as deviation. Any event occurring that requires
investigation.
Testware - Correct Answers -Artifacts produced during the test process required to plan,
design, and execute tests, such as documentation, scripts, inputs, expected results, set-
up, and clear-up procedures, files, databases, environment, and any additional software
or utilities used in testing.
Regression testing - Correct Answers -Testing of a previously tested program following
modification to ensure that defects have not been introduced or uncovered in
unchanged areas of the software, as a result of the changes made. It is performed when
the software or its environment is changed.
Exit Criteria - Correct Answers -The set of generic and specific conditions, agreed upon
with the stakeholders, for permitting a process to be officially completed. The purpose of
exit criteria is to prevent a task from being considered completed when there are still
outstanding parts of the task that have not been finished. Exit criteria are used to report
against and to plan when to stop testing.
Test log - Correct Answers -A chronological record of relevant details about the
execution of tests.
Test summary report - Correct Answers -A document summarizing testing activities and
results. It is also contains an evaluation of the corresponding test items against exist
criteria.
Error Guessing - Correct Answers -A test design technique where the experience of the
test is used to anticipate what defects might be present in the component or system
under test as a result of errors made, and to design tests specifically to expose them.
Independence of testing - Correct Answers -Separation of responsibilities, which
encourages the accomplishment of objective testing
Test policy - Correct Answers -A high level document describing the principles,
approach, and major objectives regarding testing.
Verification - Correct Answers -Confirmation by examination and through provision of
objective evidence that specified requirements have been fulfilled.
Validation - Correct Answers -Confirmation by examination and through provision of
objective evidence that the requirements for a specific intended use or application have
been fulfilled.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
False-fail result - Correct Answers -test result - defect reported but no defect exists in
test object
Error - Mistake - Correct Answers -Human action produces an incorrect result
Defect (bug, fault) - Correct Answers -Flaw in a component or system causing
component or system to fail to perform required function.
Failure - Correct Answers -Deviation of the component or system from its expected
delivery, service or result.
Quality - Correct Answers -The degree to which a component, system or process meets
specified requirements and/or user/customer needs and expectations.
Risk - Correct Answers -A factor that could result in future negative consequences;
usually expressed as impact and likelihood.
False-pass result - Correct Answers -A test result which fails to identify the presence of
a defect that is actually present in the test object.
Testing - Correct Answers -Also know as evaluation. The process consisting of all life-
cycle activities both static and dynamic, concerned with planning, preparation, and
evaluation of software products and related work products to determine that they are fit
for purpose and to detect defects.
Requirement - Correct Answers -A condition or capability needed by a user to solve a
problem or achieve an objective that must be met or possessed by a system or system
component to satisfy a contract, standard, specification, or other formally imposed
document.
Review - Correct Answers -An evaluation of a product or project status to ascertain
discrepancies from planned results and to recommend improvements. Examples
include management review, informal review, technical review, inspection, and
walkthrough.
,Debugging - Correct Answers -The process of finding, analyzing, and removing the
causes of failures in software.
Confirmation testing (re-testing) - Correct Answers -Testing that runs test cases that
failed the last time they were run, in order to verify the success of corrective actions.
Test Strategy - Correct Answers -A high-level description of the test levels to be
performed and the testing within those levels for an organization or program (one or
more projects)
Test Execution - Correct Answers -The process of running a test on the component or
system under test, producing actual results
Test approach - Correct Answers -The implementation of the test strategy for a specific
project.
Test Plan - Correct Answers -A document describing the scope, approach, resources,
and schedule of intended test activities. It identifies among others test items, the
features to be tested, the testing tasks, who will do each task, degree of test
independence, the test environment, the test design techniques, and entry an exit
criteria to be used, and the rationale for their choice, and any risks requiring
contingency planning. It is a record of the test planning process.
Test monitoring - Correct Answers -A test management task that deals with the
activities related to periodically checking the status of a test project. Reports are
prepared that compare the actuals to that which was planned.
Test condition - Correct Answers -An item or event of a component or system that could
be verified by one or more test cases, e.g. a function, transaction, feature, quality
attribute, or structural element.
Test basis - Correct Answers -All documents from which the requirements of a
component or system can be inferred. the documentation on which the test cases are
based. If a document can be amended only by way of formal amendment procedure,
then the test basis is called a frozen test basis.
Test Data - Correct Answers -Data the exists before a test is executed, and that affects
or is affected by the component or system under test. Example - in a database
Coverage (test coverage) - Correct Answers -The degree, expressed as a percentage,
to which a specified coverage item has been exercised by a test suite.
Test procedure specification (test procedure, test script, manual test script) - Correct
Answers -A document specifying a sequence of actions for the execution of a test.
, Test Suite - Correct Answers -A set of several test cases for a component or system
under test, where the post condition of one test if often used as the precondition for the
next one.
Incident - Correct Answers -Also known as deviation. Any event occurring that requires
investigation.
Testware - Correct Answers -Artifacts produced during the test process required to plan,
design, and execute tests, such as documentation, scripts, inputs, expected results, set-
up, and clear-up procedures, files, databases, environment, and any additional software
or utilities used in testing.
Regression testing - Correct Answers -Testing of a previously tested program following
modification to ensure that defects have not been introduced or uncovered in
unchanged areas of the software, as a result of the changes made. It is performed when
the software or its environment is changed.
Exit Criteria - Correct Answers -The set of generic and specific conditions, agreed upon
with the stakeholders, for permitting a process to be officially completed. The purpose of
exit criteria is to prevent a task from being considered completed when there are still
outstanding parts of the task that have not been finished. Exit criteria are used to report
against and to plan when to stop testing.
Test log - Correct Answers -A chronological record of relevant details about the
execution of tests.
Test summary report - Correct Answers -A document summarizing testing activities and
results. It is also contains an evaluation of the corresponding test items against exist
criteria.
Error Guessing - Correct Answers -A test design technique where the experience of the
test is used to anticipate what defects might be present in the component or system
under test as a result of errors made, and to design tests specifically to expose them.
Independence of testing - Correct Answers -Separation of responsibilities, which
encourages the accomplishment of objective testing
Test policy - Correct Answers -A high level document describing the principles,
approach, and major objectives regarding testing.
Verification - Correct Answers -Confirmation by examination and through provision of
objective evidence that specified requirements have been fulfilled.
Validation - Correct Answers -Confirmation by examination and through provision of
objective evidence that the requirements for a specific intended use or application have
been fulfilled.
