ISTQB FOUNDATION EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND 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 - ....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?
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,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 - ....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 - ....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?
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,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 -
....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
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, c) Absence-of-errors is a fallacy
d) Defects cluster together - ....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?
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QUESTIONS AND 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 - ....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?
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,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 - ....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 - ....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?
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,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 -
....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
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, c) Absence-of-errors is a fallacy
d) Defects cluster together - ....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?
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