BCS ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Advanced Level- Test Manager (2012)

QUESTION NO: 1
Assume you are managing a test automation project for a mission-critical system.
Because vendor provided tools and open source solutions don't meet the needs of this project, you ask your test team to develop a custom automation framework.
Which of the following management issues associated to the development of this custom automation framework is least likely to manage?
Number of correct responses: 1

A. The custom automation framework will require an adequate documentation B. Proper testing for the custom automation framework must be performed C. The custom automation framework will need proper maintenance D. The changes to the custom automation framework should be communicated to all external users of this tool under the GNU license

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 2
Which of the following answers describes a factor that may reduce the effort spent when using distributed test teams without negatively affecting system quality?
Number of correct responses: 1

A. With several distributed test teams, every team assumes that some test conditions are covered by other teams but actually no one covers them B. With several distributed test teams, two or more teams assume some test conditions are covered by their team and their team alone. But all of the teams actually cover them C. Difficulties in communication between the distributed test teams due to time zone differences D. With several distributed test teams, all of the distributed test teams use a single unified test dashboard

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 3
Which of the following factors could negatively influence a review?
Number of correct responses: 1

A. Include as many people as possible in order to have more viewpoints about possible problems on the item under review B. Include people with the adequate level of knowledge, both technical and procedural C. Include people who are detail-oriented and scrupulous at finding issues D. Include people able to contribute to a clear, thoughtful, constructive and objective discussion

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 4
Assume you are the Test Manager for a new software release of an e-commerce application.
The server farm consists of six servers providing different capabilities. Each capability is provided through a set of web services.
The requirements specification document contains several SLAs (Service Level Agreements) like the following:
SLA-001: 99.5 percent of all transactions shall have a response time less than five seconds under a load of up-to 5000 concurrent users
The main objective is to assure that all the SLAs specified in the requirements specification document will be met before system release. You decide to apply a risk-based testing strategy and an early risk analysis confirms that performance is high risk. You can count on a well-written requirements specification and on a model of the system behavior under various load levels produced by the system architect.
Which of the following test activities would you expect to be the less important ones to achieve the test objectives in this scenario?
Number of correct responses: 1

A. Perform static performance testing by reviewing the architectural model of the system under various load levels B. Monitor the SLAs after the system has been released into the production environment C. Perform unit performance testing for each single web service D. Perform system performance testing, consisting of several performance testing sessions, to verify if all the SLAs have been met

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 5
Which of the following statements represents the most effective contribution of the stakeholders to the completion of the failure mode analysis table?

Number of correct responses: 1

A. The aircraft pilot and the customer representative should contribute to assess the detection. The chief software engineer, the system architect and the expert tester should contribute to assess the priority. B. The aircraft pilot and the customer representative should contribute to assess the priority. The chief software engineer, the system architect and the expert tester should contribute to assess the detection. C. The aircraft pilot is the only one qualified to contribute to assess the priority and thus should be assigned this task.
The customer representative should contribute to assess the detection. D. The system architect and the chief software engineer should contribute to assess the priority. The expert tester is the only one who should contribute to assess the detection.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 6
Assume you have some data related to confirmation testing during system testing of a past project.
In that project 240 bug reports have been opened once, 80 were opened twice, 10 were opened three times and no bug reports have been opened more than three times.
You estimate that a bug report, which has failed its confirmation test, costs, on average, 3 person-hours.
Which of the following statements correctly describe the value of these confirmatory testing activities based on cost of quality?
Number of correct responses: 1

A. 300 person-hours have been spent on the project during the system testing phase, because of the failed confirmation tests and this cost belongs to the costs of detection B. 340 person-hours have been spent on the project during the system testing phase, because of the failed confirmation tests and this cost belongs to the costs of internal failure C. 340 person-hours have been spent on the project during the system testing phase, because of the failed confirmation tests and this cost belongs to the costs of external failure D. 300 person-hours have been spent on the project during the system testing phase, because of the failed confirmation tests and this cost belongs to the costs of internal failure

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 7
You can count on well-written requirements, but you can't count on an adequate contribution of the stakeholders to the quality risk analysis. You have to mitigate the insufficient contribution of the stakeholders because the risk-based testing approach shall minimize the product risks. Your test team has one expert tester in security testing.
Which of the following test activities would you expect to be the less important in this context?
Number of correct responses: 1

A. Automate all functional and non-functional system tests B. Extract from the defect tracking system of the previous project all the security defects and failures, and classify them to support design and execution of specific tests C. Perform exploratory testing sessions with adequate charters covering security aspects D. Apply systematic and exploratory testing for integration and system test

Correct Answer: A

BCS ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Advanced Level- Test Manager (2012) - TM12 Exam Questions