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ISTQB Fundamentals - Glossary Part III

ISTQB Fundamentals - Glossary Part III

Question 1 of 41

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independence of testing

Select one of the following:

  • Separation of responsibilities, which encourages the accomplishment of objective testing

  • A measure that can be used to estimate or predict another measure

  • A review not based on a formal (documented) procedure.

Explanation

Question 2 of 41

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indicator

Select one of the following:

  • A review not based on a formal (documented) procedure

  • A measure that can be used to estimate or predict another measure

  • Separation of responsibilities, which encourages the accomplishment of objective testing

Explanation

Question 3 of 41

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informal review

Select one of the following:

  • A review not based on a formal (documented) procedure.

  • Separation of responsibilities, which encourages the accomplishment of objective testing.

  • An instance of an input

Explanation

Question 4 of 41

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input

Select one of the following:

  • A review not based on a formal (documented) procedure.

  • A variable (whether stored within a component or outside) that is read by a component

  • An instance of an input

Explanation

Question 5 of 41

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inspection

Select one of the following:

  • The process of combining components or systems into larger assemblies

  • A type of peer review that relies on visual examination of documents to detect defects, e.g., violations of development standards and non-conformance to higher level
    documentation. The most formal review technique and therefore always based on a documented procedure.

  • An integration test type that is concerned with testing the interfaces between components or systems

Explanation

Question 6 of 41

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installation guide

Select one of the following:

  • Supplied instructions on any suitable media, which guides the installer through the installation process. This may be a manual guide, step-by-step procedure, installation
    wizard, or any other similar process description.

  • The capability of the software product to interact with one or more specified components or systems.

  • An integration test type that is concerned with testing the interfaces between components or systems

Explanation

Question 7 of 41

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integration

Select one of the following:

  • The process of combining components or systems into larger assemblies.

  • Testing performed to expose defects in the interfaces and in the interactions between integrated components or systems

  • An integration test type that is concerned with testing the interfaces between components or systems.

Explanation

Question 8 of 41

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integration testing

Select one of the following:

  • An integration test type that is concerned with testing the interfaces between components or systems.

  • Testing performed to expose defects in the interfaces and in the interactions between integrated components or systems

Explanation

Question 9 of 41

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Interface testing

Select one of the following:

  • The process of combining components or systems into larger assemblies.

  • An integration test type that is concerned with testing the interfaces between components or systems

  • The capability of the software product to interact with one or more specified components or systems

Explanation

Question 10 of 41

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Interoperability

Select one of the following:

  • Testing using input values that should be rejected by the component or system

  • The capability of the software product to interact with one or more specified components or systems

Explanation

Question 11 of 41

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Interoperability testing
Synonyms: compatibility testing

Select one of the following:

  • Testing to determine the interoperability of a software product.

  • The capability of the software product to interact with one or more specified components or systems.

Explanation

Question 12 of 41

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invalid testing
See Also: error tolerance, negative testing

Select one of the following:

  • Testing using input values that should be rejected by the component or system

  • A test plan that typically addresses one test level.

Explanation

Question 13 of 41

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Iterative development model

Select one of the following:

  • A type of performance testing conducted to evaluate the behavior of a component or system with increasing load, e.g., numbers of parallel users and/or numbers of
    transactions, to determine what load can be handled by the component or system.

  • A development lifecycle where a project is broken into a usually large number of iterations. An iteration is a complete development loop resulting in a release (internal or
    external) of an executable product, a subset of the final product under development, which grows from iteration to iteration to become the final product.

  • A test plan that typically addresses one test level.

Explanation

Question 14 of 41

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keyword-driven testing
Synonyms: action word-driven testing

Select one of the following:

  • A type of performance testing conducted to evaluate the behavior of a component or system with increasing load, e.g., numbers of parallel users and/or numbers of
    transactions, to determine what load can be handled by the component or system.

  • A scripting technique that uses data files to contain not only test data and expected results, but also keywords related to the application being tested. The keywords are
    interpreted by special supporting scripts that are called by the control script for the test.

Explanation

Question 15 of 41

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level test plan

Select one of the following:

  • A document describing the scope, approach, resources and schedule of intended test activities.

  • A test plan that typically addresses one test level

  • A test plan that typically addresses multiple test levels.

Explanation

Question 16 of 41

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load testing

Select one of the following:

  • A type of performance testing conducted to evaluate the behavior of a component or system with increasing load, e.g., numbers of parallel users and/or numbers of
    transactions, to determine what load can be handled by the component or system.

  • Testing to determine the performance of a software product

Explanation

Question 17 of 41

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Maintainability

Select one of the following:

  • Modification of a software product after delivery to correct defects, to improve performance or other attributes, or to adapt the product to a modified environment.

  • The ease with which a software product can be modified to correct defects, modified to meet new requirements, modified to make future maintenance easier, or adapted to a
    changed environment

  • Testing the changes to an operational system or the impact of a changed environment to an operational system

Explanation

Question 18 of 41

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maintainability testing
Synonyms: serviceability testing

Select one of the following:

  • The ease with which a software product can be modified to correct defects, modified to meet new requirements, modified to make future maintenance easier, or adapted to a
    changed environment.

  • Testing to determine the maintainability of a software product

  • Testing the changes to an operational system or the impact of a changed environment to an operational system

Explanation

Question 19 of 41

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Maintenance

Select one of the following:

  • Modification of a software product after delivery to correct defects, to improve performance or other attributes, or to adapt the product to a modified environment

  • Testing the changes to an operational system or the impact of a changed environment to an operational system.

  • Testing to determine the maintainability of a software product

Explanation

Question 20 of 41

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Maintenance testing

Select one of the following:

  • Testing the changes to an operational system or the impact of a changed environment to an operational system.

  • Modification of a software product after delivery to correct defects, to improve performance or other attributes, or to adapt the product to a modified environment.

  • Testing to determine the maintainability of a software product.

Explanation

Question 21 of 41

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Master test plan

Select one of the following:

  • A test plan that typically addresses multiple test levels.

  • A document describing the scope, approach, resources and schedule of intended test activities. It identifies amongst others test items, the features to be tested, the testing
    tasks, who will do each task, degree of tester independence

Explanation

Question 22 of 41

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Maturity

Select one of the following:

  • The capability of an organization with respect to the effectiveness and efficiency of its processes and work practices. (2) The capability of the software product to avoid
    failure as a result of defects in the software

  • A structured collection of elements that describe certain aspects of maturity in an organization, and aid in the definition and understanding of an organization's processes. A
    maturity model often provides a common language, shared vision and framework for prioritizing improvement actions.

  • The number or category assigned to an attribute of an entity by making a measurement

Explanation

Question 23 of 41

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Maturity model

Select one of the following:

  • The number or category assigned to an attribute of an entity by making a measurement.

  • A structured collection of elements that describe certain aspects of maturity in an organization, and aid in the definition and understanding of an organization's processes. A
    maturity model often provides a common language, shared vision and framework for prioritizing improvement actions.

  • The process of assigning a number or category to an entity to describe an attribute of that entity.

Explanation

Question 24 of 41

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Measure

Select one of the following:

  • The process of assigning a number or category to an entity to describe an attribute of that entity

  • The number or category assigned to an attribute of an entity by making a measurement

Explanation

Question 25 of 41

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measurement

Select one of the following:

  • The number or category assigned to an attribute of an entity by making a measurement

  • The process of assigning a number or category to an entity to describe an attribute of that entity.

  • A point in time in a project at which defined (intermediate) deliverables and results should be ready.

Explanation

Question 26 of 41

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memory leak

Select one of the following:

  • A memory access failure due to a defect in a program's dynamic store allocation logic that causes it to fail to release memory after it has finished using it, eventually causing
    the program and/or other concurrent processes to fail due to lack of memory.

  • The number or category assigned to an attribute of an entity by making a measurement

Explanation

Question 27 of 41

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metric

Select one of the following:

  • A measurement scale and the method used for measurement.

  • The number or category assigned to an attribute of an entity by making a measurement

  • The process of assigning a number or category to an entity to describe an attribute of that entity.

Explanation

Question 28 of 41

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Milestone

Select one of the following:

  • A point in time in a project at which defined (intermediate) deliverables and results should be ready

  • A tool that supports the creation, amendment and verification of models of the software or system

  • A measurement scale and the method used for measurement.

Explanation

Question 29 of 41

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Modeling tool

Select one of the following:

  • A point in time in a project at which defined (intermediate) deliverables and results should be ready.

  • A tool that supports the creation, amendment and verification of models of the software or system.

  • A software tool or hardware device that runs concurrently with the component or system under test and supervises, records and/or analyzes the behavior of the component or system.

Explanation

Question 30 of 41

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Moderator

Select one of the following:

  • The leader and main person responsible for an inspection or review process.(2) A neutral person who conducts a usability test session.

  • The percentage of combinations of all single condition outcomes within one statement that have been exercised by a test suite. 100% multiple condition coverage implies
    100% modified condition / decision coverage.

Explanation

Question 31 of 41

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Monitoring tool

Select one of the following:

  • A software tool or hardware device that runs concurrently with the component or system under test and supervises, records and/or analyzes the behavior of the component or system.

  • A requirement that does not relate to functionality, but to attributes such as reliability, efficiency, usability, maintainability and portability

Explanation

Question 32 of 41

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multiple condition coverage
Synonyms: branch condition combination coverage , condition combination coverage

Select one of the following:

  • The percentage of combinations of all single condition outcomes within one statement that have been exercised by a test suite. 100% multiple condition coverage implies
    100% modified condition / decision coverage.

  • Testing the attributes of a component or system that do not relate to functionality, e.g., reliability, efficiency, usability, maintainability and portability.

  • A software tool that is available to all potential users in source code form, usually via the internet. Its users are permitted, usually under license, to study, change, improve and, at times, to distribute the software.

Explanation

Question 33 of 41

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non-functional requirement

Select one of the following:

  • Testing the attributes of a component or system that do not relate to functionality, e.g., reliability, efficiency, usability, maintainability and portability.

  • A requirement that does not relate to functionality, but to attributes such as reliability, efficiency, usability, maintainability and portability.

  • A software tool that is available to all potential users in source code form, usually via the internet. Its users are permitted, usually under license, to study, change, improve and,
    at times, to distribute the software.

Explanation

Question 34 of 41

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non-functional testing

Select one of the following:

  • Testing the attributes of a component or system that do not relate to functionality, e.g., reliability, efficiency, usability, maintainability and portability.

  • A requirement that does not relate to functionality, but to attributes such as reliability, efficiency, usability, maintainability and portability.

  • Operational testing in the acceptance test phase, typically performed in a (simulated) operational environment by operations and/or systems administration staff focusing on operational aspects, e.g., recoverability, resource-behavior, installability and technical compliance.

Explanation

Question 35 of 41

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Open source tool

Select one of the following:

  • The representation of a distinct set of tasks performed by the component or system, possibly based on user behavior when interacting with the component or system, and their
    probabilities of occurrence. A task is logical rather that physical and can be executed over several machines or be executed in non-contiguous time segments.

  • A software tool that is available to all potential users in source code form, usually via the internet. Its users are permitted, usually under license, to study, change, improve and, at times, to distribute the software.

Explanation

Question 36 of 41

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operational acceptance testing
Synonyms: production acceptance testing

Select one of the following:

  • The representation of a distinct set of tasks performed by the component or system, possibly based on user behavior when interacting with the component or system, and their
    probabilities of occurrence. A task is logical rather that physical and can be executed over several machines or be executed in non-contiguous time segments.

  • Operational testing in the acceptance test phase, typically performed in a (simulated) operational environment by operations and/or systems administration staff focusing on operational aspects, e.g., recoverability, resource-behavior, installability and technical compliance

  • Testing conducted to evaluate a component or system in its operational environment.

Explanation

Question 37 of 41

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operational profile

Select one of the following:

  • The representation of a distinct set of tasks performed by the component or system, possibly based on user behavior when interacting with the component or system, and their
    probabilities of occurrence. A task is logical rather that physical and can be executed over several machines or be executed in non-contiguous time segments.

  • A variable (whether stored within a component or outside) that is written by a component.

  • Testing conducted to evaluate a component or system in its operational environment.

Explanation

Question 38 of 41

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output

Select one of the following:

  • A variable (whether stored within a component or outside) that is written by a component.

  • A variable (whether stored within a component or outside) that is read by a component.

Explanation

Question 39 of 41

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pair programming

Select one of the following:

  • A test is deemed to pass if its actual result matches its expected result.

  • A software development approach whereby lines of code (production and/or test) of a component are written by two programmers sitting at a single computer. This implicitly
    means ongoing real-time code reviews are performed.

Explanation

Question 40 of 41

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pass

Select one of the following:

  • A test is deemed to fail if its actual result does not match its expected result.

  • A test is deemed to pass if its actual result matches its expected result.

Explanation

Question 41 of 41

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Path
Synonyms: control flow path

Select one of the following:

  • The task of analyzing, e.g., identifying performance bottlenecks based on generated metrics, and tuning the performance of a software component or system using tools

  • A sequence of events, e.g., executable statements, of a component or system from an entry point to an exit point.

Explanation

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