Test Documentation Questions

Question
In the test strategy document your organization declares:

- To adopt a V-model development lifecycle, with three formal levels of testing. unit,
integration and system testing
- To use a blended risk-based and regression-averse testing strategy for each level of
testing

The following is an excerpt of the "approach" section for the system test plan document
of a new project:
"Testing will only use manual tests. Due to the short period of time for test execution,
the following activities will be performed in parallel with test execution: Test planning,
test analysis and test design.
Basic metrics will be taken for test effort (i.e. person-hours), test cases executed
(passed/failed), and incidents (no more metrics, such as code coverage, will be
collected)."
In the system test plan, no deviations from the test strategy are described.
Based only on the given information, which of the following statements is true?

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A. The approach described in the system test plan document is consistent with the test
strategy
B. The approach described in the system test plan document is consistent with the risk-
based testing strategy, but it is inconsistent with the regression testing strategy
C. The approach described in the system test plan document is consistent with the
regression testing strategy, but it is inconsistent with the risk-based testing strategy
D. The approach described the system test plan document is inconsistent with both the
risk-based and regression testing strategies

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Question
Consider the following test strategies:

I. Consultative test strategy

II. Reactive test strategy
III. Analytical test strategy
IV. Process-compliant test strategy

Consider also the following examples of test activities:

1. Prioritize the test cases, based on the results of a FMEA analysis, to ensure
early coverage of the most important areas and discovery of the most important
defects during test execution
2. Execute usability testing driven by the guidance of a sample of users (external
to the test team)
3. Perform exploratory testing sessions throughout the system test phase
4. On an Agile project, execute tests that cover the test conditions identified for
each user story of a feature planned for an iteration

Which of the following correctly matches each test strategy with an appropriate
example?

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A. I-2; II-3; III-4; IV-1

B. I-3; II-2; III-1; IV-4
C. I-1; II-2; III-3; IV-4
D. I-2; II-3; III-1; IV-4

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Question
Which of the following statements describing how identified product quality risks should
be mitigated and managed, is true?

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A. The extent of re-testing and regression testing activities should be based on the risk
level
B. The identification of new risks, the re-assessment of the level of existing risks and the
evaluation of the effectiveness of risk mitigation activities should only occur at the very
beginning of a project
C. Risk mitigation of product quality risks can be effective only after starting test
execution
D. The priority of the development and execution of tests should not be based on the
risk level but only on the likelihood

Question
Assume you are currently working on a project developing a system where functional
requirements are very well specified. Unfortunately non-functional requirements do
almost not exist.
You are the Test Manager. You have to choose a technique for test selection that allows
testing of non-functional characteristics, especially reliability. Which of the following
techniques for test selection do you expect being most useful in this scenario?

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A. A model-based technique based on the creation of operational profiles

B. Ambiguity reviews
C. Test condition analysis
D. Cause-effect graphing

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Question
In the next two months some new features will be constantly added to new releases of
a project you are working on as Test Manager.
You have identified as one of the main project risks, that the requirements specification
will still be incomplete when your team starts the test design and implementation
phase. Some requirements will most likely be completed too late to allow a proper test
preparation.
You and your test team have already worked on several similar past projects in the same
organization.
Which one of the following options would you expect to be the most effective at
mitigating this risk?

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A. Don't prepare any test and just run the regression test suite to check that the new
features don't introduce regression
B. Make reasonable assumptions about the missing details and design lightweight tests
that can be easily updated during test execution
C. Don't design any test until the test execution starts, then communicate that test
execution is blocked due to incomplete requirements
D. Even if there are only few details missing, escalate the risk to the project manager
without preparing any tests

Question
You have been given responsibility for the non-functional testing of a safety-critical
monitoring & diagnostics package in the medical area. Which of the following would you
least expect to see addressed in the test plan?

1 credit

A. Availability
B. Safety
C. Portability
D. Reliability

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Question
As part of the test strategy, entry and exit criteria will be defined for each test level.
Which is NOT a valid reason for using entry and exit criteria?

1 credit

A. The expectation is that development testing is not adequate.

B. Exit criteria are used to decide on when to stop testing.
C. Entry and exit criteria are a principal way for getting adequate resources.
D. Using entry and exit criteria will prevent software that is not or poorly tested from
going to the next test level.

Question
Which THREE activities would be valid steps during the development of the test
strategy?

2 credits (2 out of 3 correct 1 credit)

A. Identify test staff members that will be involved in the system test
B. Define test career paths
C. Understand the software development life cycle used by the software house
D. Assess the testing that needs to be done to minimize the risks
E. Issue the test strategy document for review
F. Define a master test plan template
G. Perform a project risk analysis

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