ISTQBSampleQuestionPaperIV

1.Softwaretestingactivitiesshouldstart
a. assoonasthecodeiswritten
b. duringthedesignstage
c. whentherequirementshavebeenformallydocumented
d. assoonaspossibleinthedevelopmentlifecycle
2.Faultsfoundbyusersaredueto:
a. Poorqualitysoftware
b. Poorsoftwareandpoortesting
c. badluck
d. insufficienttimefortesting
3.Whatisthemainreasonfortestingsoftwarebeforereleasingit?
a. toshowthatsystemwillworkafterrelease
b. todecidewhenthesoftwareisofsufficientqualitytorelease
c. tofindasmanybugsaspossiblebeforerelease
d. togiveinformationforariskbaseddecisionaboutrelease
4. whichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrue
a. performancetestingcanbedoneduringunittestingaswellasduringthetestingofwholesystem
b. Theacceptancetestdoesnotnecessarilyincludearegressiontest
c. Verificationactivitiesshouldnotinvolvetesters(reviews,inspectionsetc)
d. Testenvironmentsshouldbeassimilartoproductionenvironmentsaspossible
5. Whenreportingfaultsfoundtodevelopers,testersshouldbe:
a. aspolite,constructiveandhelpfulaspossible
b. firmaboutinsistingthatabugisnotafeatureifitshouldbefixed
c. diplomatic,sensitivetothewaytheymayreacttocriticism
d. Alloftheabove
6.Inwhichordershouldtestsberun?
a. themostimportanttestsfirst
b. themostdifficulttestsfirst(toallowmaximumtimeforfixing)
c. theeasiesttestsfirst(togiveinitialconfidence)
d. theordertheyarethoughtof

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7. Thelaterinthedevelopmentlifecycleafaultisdiscovered,themoreexpensiveitistofix.why?
a. thedocumentationispoor,soittakeslongertofindoutwhatthesoftwareisdoing.
b. wagesarerising
c. thefaulthasbeenbuiltintomoredocumentation,code,tests,etc
d. noneoftheabove
8. WhichisnottrueTheblackboxtester
a. shouldbeabletounderstandafunctionalspecificationorrequirementsdocument
b. shouldbeabletounderstandthesourcecode.
c. ishighlymotivatedtofindfaults
d. iscreativetofindthesystemsweaknesses
9. Atestdesigntechniqueis
a. aprocessforselectingtestcases
b. aprocessfordeterminingexpectedoutputs
c. awaytomeasurethequalityofsoftware
d. awaytomeasureinatestplanwhathastobedone
10. Testware(testcases,testdataset)
a. needsconfigurationmanagementjustlikerequirements,designandcode
b. shouldbenewlyconstructedforeachnewversionofthesoftware
c. isneededonlyuntilthesoftwareisreleasedintoproductionoruse
d. doesnotneedtobedocumentedandcommented,asitdoesnotformpartofthereleased
softwaresystem
11. Anincidentloggingsystem
aonlyrecordsdefects
bisoflimitedvalue
cisavaluablesourceofprojectinformationduringtestingifitcontainsallincidents
d. shouldbeusedonlybythetestteam.
12. Increasingthequalityofthesoftware,bybetterdevelopmentmethods,willaffectthetimeneeded
fortesting(thetestphases)by:
a. reducingtesttime
b. nochange

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c. increasingtesttime
d. cantsay
13. Coveragemeasurement
a. isnothingtodowithtesting
b. isapartialmeasureoftestthoroughness
c. branchcoverageshouldbemandatoryforallsoftware
d. canonlybeappliedatunitormoduletesting,notatsystemtesting
14. Whenshouldyoustoptesting?
a. whentimefortestinghasrunout.
b. whenallplannedtestshavebeenrun
c. whenthetestcompletioncriteriahavebeenmet
d. whennofaultshavebeenfoundbythetestsrun

15. Whichofthefollowingistrue?
a. Componenttestingshouldbeblackbox,systemtestingshouldbewhitebox.
b. ifufindalotofbugsintesting,youshouldnotbeveryconfidentaboutthequalityofsoftware
c. thefewerbugsyoufind,thebetteryourtestingwas
d. themoretestsyourun,themorebugsyouwillfind.
16. Whatistheimportantcriterionindecidingwhattestingtechniquetouse?
a. howwellyouknowaparticulartechnique
b. theobjectiveofthetest
c. howappropriatethetechniqueisfortestingtheapplication
d. whetherthereisatooltosupportthetechnique
17. Ifthepseudocodebelowwereaprogramminglanguage,howmanytestsarerequiredtoachieve
100%statementcoverage?
1. Ifx=3then
2. Display_messageX;
3. Ify=2then
4. Display_messageY;
5. Else
6. Display_messageZ;

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7. Else
8. Display_messageZ;
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

18. Usingthesamecodeexampleasquestion17,howmanytestsarerequiredtoachieve100%
branch/decisioncoverage?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
19WhichofthefollowingisNOTatypeofnonfunctionaltest?
a. StateTransition
b. Usability
c. Performance
d. Security
20. Whichofthefollowingtoolswouldyouusetodetectamemoryleak?
a. Stateanalysis
b. Coverageanalysis
c. Dynamicanalysis
d. Memoryanalysis
21. WhichofthefollowingisNOTastandardrelatedtotesting?
a. IEEE829
b. IEEE610
c. BS79251
d. BS79252

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22.whichofthefollowingisthecomponentteststandard?

a. IEEE829
b. IEEE610
c. BS79251
d. BS79252
23whichofthefollowingstatementsaretrue?
a. Faultsinprogramspecificationsarethemostexpensivetofix.
b. Faultsincodearethemostexpensivetofix.
c. Faultsinrequirementsarethemostexpensivetofix
d. Faultsindesignsarethemostexpensivetofix.
24. Whichofthefollowingisnottheintegrationstrategy?
a. Designbased
b. Bigbang
c. Bottomup
d. Topdown
25. Whichofthefollowingisablackboxdesigntechnique?
a. statementtesting
b. equivalencepartitioning
c. errorguessing
d. usabilitytesting
26. Aprogramwithhighcyclometiccomplexityisalmostlikelytobe:
a. Large
b. Small
c. Difficulttowrite
d. Difficulttotest
27. Whichofthefollowingisastatictest?
a. codeinspection
b. coverageanalysis

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c. usabilityassessment
d. installationtest
28. Whichofthefollowingistheoddoneout?
a. whitebox
b. glassbox
c. structural
d. functional
29. Aprogramvalidatesanumericfieldasfollows:
valueslessthan10arerejected,valuesbetween10and21areaccepted,valuesgreaterthanorequalto
22arerejected

whichofthefollowinginputvaluescoveralloftheequivalencepartitions?
a. 10,11,21
b. 3,20,21
c. 3,10,22
d. 10,21,22

30. Usingthesamespecificationsasquestion29,whichofthefollowingcoverstheMOSTboundary
values?
a. 9,10,11,22
b. 9,10,21,22
c. 10,11,21,22
d. 10,11,20,21

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Answers

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1.d
2.b
3.d
4.c
5.d
6.a
7.c
8.b
9.a
10.a
11.c
12.a
13.b
14.c
15.b
16.b
17.c
18.c
19.a
20.c
21.b
22.d
23.c
24.a
25.b
26.d
27.a
28.d
29.c
30.b

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