CTFL - Sample Exam B

CTFL - Sample Exam B Which of the following is the activity that removes the cause of a failure? A. Testing B. Dynamic Testing C. Debugging D. Reverse Engineering - C. Debugging As a tester, which of the following is a key to effectively communicating and maintaining positive relationships with developers when there is disagreement over the prioritization of a defect? A. Escalate the issue to human resources and stress the importance of mutual respect B. Communicate in a setting with senior management to ensure everyone understands C. Convince the developer to accept the blame for the mistake D. Remind them of the common goal of creating quality systems - D. Remind them of the common goal of creating quality systems Why is software testing sometimes required for legal reasons? - Contracts may specify testing requirements that must be fulfilled In what was does root cause analysis contribute to process improvement? - Helps to better identify and correct the root cause of defects Why is it important to avoid the pesticide paradox? - Running the same tests over and over will reduce the chance of finding new defects Which of the following is the activity that compares the planned test progress to the actual test progress? A. Test monitoring B. Test planning C. Test closure D. Test control - A. Test monitoring Which of the following is the correct statement? A. An error causes a failure which results in a defect B. A defect causes a failure which results in an error C. A failure is observed as an error and the root cause is the defect D. An error causes a defect which is observed as a failure - D. An error causes a defect which is observed as a failure What type of activity is normally used to find and fix a defect in the code? - Debugging During which level of testing should non-functional tests be executed? - Unit, integration, system and acceptance only When a system is targeted for decommissioning, what type of maintenance testing may be required? - Data migration testing If impact analysis indicates that the overall system could be significantly affected by system maintenance activities, why should regression testing be executed after the changes? - To ensure the system still functions as expected with no introduced issues In an iterative lifecycle model, which of the following is an accurate statement about testing activities? A. For every development activity, there should be a corresponding testing activity B. For every testing activity, appropriate documentation should be produced, versioned and stored C. For every development activity resulting in code, there should