Chapter 1 Questions for ISTQB

Chapter - 1

1 .The success of testing is not influenced by the Psychological factor :
a) blindness to one's own errors
b) clear test objectives determine testers effectiveness
c) gaining confidence about the level of quality and providing information
d) courteous communication and feedback on defects 


2. Defects occur not because of
a) complexity of Infrastructure
b) execution of software by changing hardware conditions
c) system interactions
d) changed technologies


3. Deciding how much testing is enough depends on
a) Business and project risks
b) Business and technical risks
c) Technical and product risks
d) business, technical and product risks

4. Which of the following is a common test objective?
a) Comparing actual results to expected results
b) casual analysis
c)preventing defects
d) analyzing cause of failure

5. which activity in the fundamental test process includes evaluation of the testability of the requirements and the system?
a) Testing implementation and execution
b) Test analysis
c) test analysis and design
d) Test planning and control

6. which of the following is a major task of test planning?

a) determining test approach
b) evaluating entry criteria
c) preparing test specifications
d) measuring and analyzing results.

7. which of the following statements about regression testing is false?

a) regression testing should be performed whenever software is changed.
b) Regression tests can be run many times
c) automated regression testing is always more efficient than manual regression testing.
d) Regression tests should be reviewed to ensure that they are still relevant to the business.

8.  what is true of a Quality system?

a) it is secure
b) It meets specified requirements, customer needs
c) it costs more than other systems with the same feature
d) It was delivered on time and budget.

 9. A phone ringing in an adjacent cubicle momentarily distracts a a programmer, causing him to improperly program the logic that checks the upper boundary of an input variable. Later, during system testing, a tester notices that this variable accepts input values. The improperly coded logic for the upper boundary check is :
a) The root cause
b) The error
c) The defect
d)The Failure

10. Which of the following is not a test objective
a) Gaining confidence about the quality of the code
b) finding defects
c) Analyzing cause of failure
d) preventing defects

11. which of the following is a general testing principle?

a) exploratory testing
b) confirmation testing
c) Defect masking or Defect clustering
d) Defect masking

12. A programmer is working on code which is very complex. Which of the following is a general testing principle that may affect his work?

a) Pesticide Paradox
b) Component testing
c) Defect clustering
d) early testing

13. Which of the following is a fundamental test activity?

a) Test design and Implementation
b) Test Implementation and Execution
c) Test Planning and design
d) Evaluating Test plan

14. What is operational testing?

a) Testing the changes to an operational system or the impact of a changed environment to an operational system 
b) Testing conducted to evaluate a component or system in its operational environment
c) acceptance testing by users or customers at their site, normally including h/w as well as s/w
d) The process of testing to determine the maintainability of a software product.

15. A programmer is writing and executing unit tests against code which he has written. Which of the following is a tester mindset that the programmer should adopt to perform unit testing effectively?
a) Good communication skills
b) code coverage
c) Probe effect
d) attention to detail

16. what does a test design specification contain?

a) test Inputs
b) Expected results
c) procedure steps
d) Test conditions

17.  Test control is done to compare project progress 

a) at initial stage of the project plan
b) when defining the entry and exit criteria of the project
c) When defining the entry criteria
d) throughout the project


18. What is a Test condition?

a) An item or event of a component or system that could be verified by one or more test cases
b) a condition or capability needed by a user to solve a problem or achieve an objective that must be met or possessed by a system or system component to satisfy a contract, standard, specification, or other formally imposed document.
c) an approach to testing in which test cases are designed based on test objectives and test conditions derived from requirements
d) a set of input values, execution preconditions, expected results and execution post conditions.

19. During which fundamental test process activity we determine if more Test s are needed?

a) Test analysis and design
b) Test implementation and execution
c) test exit criteria
d) test entry criteria

20. A fault fix doesn't cause side effect endured by--------
a) re testing
b) regression testing
c) functional testing
d) unit testing

21.Which is not an exit criteria measure
a) Cost
b) Time
c) No of resources
d) Fault found or coverage

22.A useful glossary of terms used in software testing is called BS___________ 
a) BS 7925 -1
b) BS 7295 -1
c) BS 7529 - 5
d) BS 7952- 5

23.The component test plan must consist of a single document
a) true
b) false

24.The component test plan must specify test completion criteria?
a) true
b) false

25.Testing Must be Planned is stated in 
a) Bill hetzel principle
b) Ed Kit principle
c) IEEE 829
d) IEEE 8295

26.Writing test summary report is an test closure activity
a) True
b) False

27.The quality and effectiveness of software testing are primarily determined by the quality of the test processes used is stated in
a) Bill hetzel principle
b) Ed Kit principle
c) IEEE 829
d) IEEE 8295

28.IEEE standard for software test documentation is
a) IEEE 829
b) IEEE 827
c) IEEE 828
d) IEEE 8295


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



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