ISQI ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Manager [Syllabus 2012]

QUESTION NO: 1
What is the purpose of process improvement assessment models? [1]

A. Ensure a consistent approach is used B. Model the failure modes of the product C. Identify the test tools needed for testing D. Assist in the hiring of new testers

Correct Answer: A

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QUESTION NO: 2
Assume that no additional product risks have been identified during the first week of test execution.

Which of the following answers would you expect to best describe the residual risks associated with the identified product risks, at the end of the first week of test execution?
Number of correct responses: 1
K32 credits

A. The residual risk level can't be determined, because it requires that all the test cases have been executed B. Since R3 is the only risk for which all test cases have passed, the risk has been reduced by 20% C. The test execution table doesn't give an indication of the risk level of the open defects and the test cases that failed or are not run yet D. The test execution status table indicates that the risk has been reduced by 56%

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 3
Which of the following metrics would be most beneficial to collect to determine the effectiveness of a review process? [2]

A. The elapsed time between each module's review and its corresponding deployment into production B. The number of defects found in production for each module that was reviewed C. The business criticality of each module that was reviewed D. The development language used to create each module that was reviewed

Correct Answer: B

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QUESTION NO: 4
Mary is an external IT auditor. She is conducting a review of the system-level testing done by Greg's functional testing team.
Which of the following items from Mary's assessment summary should concern Greg the most? [2]

A. All the Business requirements could be traced to Test Objectives. However there was no tracing from the Business Requirements to the project's test schedule. B. Some of the Test Objectives could only be mapped back to a single Business Requirement. C. A few of the Test Objectives did not have any Test Conditions assigned to them. D. There were Test Conditions which didn't tie back to any Business Requirement.

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 5
Test Management
You are performing a quality risk analysis for a CSCI (Computer Software Configuration Item) used to implement a CBIT (Continuous Built-In Test) module of a safety-critical system.
During the quality risk analysis you are trying to identify the ways in which failures of the CBIT module can occur, for each of them trying to determine the potential causes and likely effects, and the risk level (calculated as the product of three factors: severity, occurrence and detection).
Which of the following risk analysis techniques are you working with?
Number of correct responses: 1
K21 credit

A. A lightweight product risk analysis technique B. Failure Mode and Effect Analysis C. Cost of Exposure D. Wide Band Delphi

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 6
Your company is installing a third-party enterprise-wide business software package. This is the first time the company has done anything like this.
Which technique would be the best one to use to estimate the testing effort? [3]

A. Past experience with in-house projects B. Estimated developer effort and lines of code C. Industry averages D. Review of the installation guide

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 7
Which technique will assist you in determining targeted improvement areas to reduce the number of defects?
[1]

A. Pareto analysis B. Test coverage assessment C. Defect triage D. Cost of quality analysis

Correct Answer: A

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