ISTQB Practice Exam Questions and answers
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Which of the following is not decided in the test-planning phase).?
a) Schedules and deliverables
b) Hardware and software
c) Entry and exit criteria
d) Types of test cases - CORRECT ANSWER-D
What is the concept of introducing a small change to the program and having the
effects of that change show up in some test..?
a) Introducing mutations
b) Performance testing
c) A mutation error
d) Debugging a program - CORRECT ANSWER-A
Which is the best definition of complete testing..?
,a) You have discovered every bug in the program
b) You have tested every statement, branch, and combination of branches in the
program
c) You have reached the scheduled ship date
d) You have completed every test in the test plan - CORRECT ANSWER-C
Security falls under..?
a) compliance testing
b) disaster testing
c) verifying compliance to rules
d) functional testing
e) ease of operations - CORRECT ANSWER-A
What if the project isn't big enough to justify extensive testing..?
a) Use automation tool for testing
b) Use risk based analysis to find out which areas need to be tested
c) Both A and B
d) None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER-B
Complete statement and branch coverage means..?
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,a) That you have tested every statement in the program
b) That you have tested every statement and every branch in the program
c) That you have tested every IF statement in the program
d) That you have tested every combination of values of IF statements in the
program - CORRECT ANSWER-B
In the MASPAR case study..?
a) Security failures were the result of untested parts of code
b) The development team achieved complete statement and branch coverage but
missed a serious bug in the MASPAR operating system
c) An error in the code was so obscure that you had to test the function with
almost every input value to find its two special-case failures
d) All the above - CORRECT ANSWER-C
Which is not in sequence in 11 Step Software Testing process..?
a) Assess development plan and status
b) Develop the test plan
c) Test software design
d) Test software requirement - CORRECT ANSWER-C
Important consequences of the impossibility of complete testing are ..?
, a) We can never be certain that the program is bug free
b) We have no definite stopping point for testing, which makes it easier for some
managers to argue for very little testing
c) We have no easy answer for what testing tasks should always be required,
because every task takes time that could be spent on other high importance tasks
d) All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER-D
Tools like Change Man, Clear Case are used as..?
a) functional automation tools
b) performance testing tools
c) configuration management tools
d) none of the above - CORRECT ANSWER-C
What do you mean by "Having to say NO"..?
a) No, the problem is not with testers
b) No, the software is not ready for production
c) Both a & b
d) None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER-B
The selection of test cases for regression testing..?
a) Requires knowledge on the bug fixes and how it affect the system
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100% PASS
Which of the following is not decided in the test-planning phase).?
a) Schedules and deliverables
b) Hardware and software
c) Entry and exit criteria
d) Types of test cases - CORRECT ANSWER-D
What is the concept of introducing a small change to the program and having the
effects of that change show up in some test..?
a) Introducing mutations
b) Performance testing
c) A mutation error
d) Debugging a program - CORRECT ANSWER-A
Which is the best definition of complete testing..?
,a) You have discovered every bug in the program
b) You have tested every statement, branch, and combination of branches in the
program
c) You have reached the scheduled ship date
d) You have completed every test in the test plan - CORRECT ANSWER-C
Security falls under..?
a) compliance testing
b) disaster testing
c) verifying compliance to rules
d) functional testing
e) ease of operations - CORRECT ANSWER-A
What if the project isn't big enough to justify extensive testing..?
a) Use automation tool for testing
b) Use risk based analysis to find out which areas need to be tested
c) Both A and B
d) None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER-B
Complete statement and branch coverage means..?
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protected by copyright law
,a) That you have tested every statement in the program
b) That you have tested every statement and every branch in the program
c) That you have tested every IF statement in the program
d) That you have tested every combination of values of IF statements in the
program - CORRECT ANSWER-B
In the MASPAR case study..?
a) Security failures were the result of untested parts of code
b) The development team achieved complete statement and branch coverage but
missed a serious bug in the MASPAR operating system
c) An error in the code was so obscure that you had to test the function with
almost every input value to find its two special-case failures
d) All the above - CORRECT ANSWER-C
Which is not in sequence in 11 Step Software Testing process..?
a) Assess development plan and status
b) Develop the test plan
c) Test software design
d) Test software requirement - CORRECT ANSWER-C
Important consequences of the impossibility of complete testing are ..?
, a) We can never be certain that the program is bug free
b) We have no definite stopping point for testing, which makes it easier for some
managers to argue for very little testing
c) We have no easy answer for what testing tasks should always be required,
because every task takes time that could be spent on other high importance tasks
d) All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER-D
Tools like Change Man, Clear Case are used as..?
a) functional automation tools
b) performance testing tools
c) configuration management tools
d) none of the above - CORRECT ANSWER-C
What do you mean by "Having to say NO"..?
a) No, the problem is not with testers
b) No, the software is not ready for production
c) Both a & b
d) None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER-B
The selection of test cases for regression testing..?
a) Requires knowledge on the bug fixes and how it affect the system
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