ISTQB Chapter 5 SAMPLE EXAM QUESTIONS

Why is independent testing important?

Which of the following is among the typical tasks of a test leader?

According to the ISTQB Glossary, what do we mean when we call someone a test manager?

What is the primary difference between the test plan, the test design specification, and the test procedure specification?

Which of the following factors is an influence on the test effort involved in most projects?

The ISTQB Foundation Syllabus establishes a fundamental test process where test planning occurs early in the project, while test execution occurs at the end. Which of the following elements of the test plan, while specified during test planning, is assessed during test execution?

Consider the following exit criteria which might be found in a test plan:

I. No known customer-critical defects.
II. All interfaces between components tested.
III. 100% code coverage of all units.
IV. All specified requirements satisfied.
V. System functionality matches legacy system for all business rules.

Which of the following statements is true about whether these exit criteria belong in an acceptance test plan?

According to the ISTQB Glossary, what is a test level?

Which of the following metrics would be most useful to monitor during test execution?

During test execution, the test manager describes the following situation to the project team: '90% of the test cases have been run. 20% of the test cases have identified defects. 127 defects have been found. 112 defects have been fixed and have passed confirmation testing. Of the remaining 15 defects, project management has decided that they do not need to be fixed prior to release.' Which of the following is the most reasonable interpretation of this test status report?

In a test summary report, the project's test leader makes the following statement, The payment processing subsystem fails to accept payments from American Express cardholders, which is considered a must-work feature for this release.' This statement is likely to be found in which of the following sections?

During an early period of test execution, a defect is located, resolved and confirmed as resolved by re-testing, but is seen again later during subsequent test execution. Which of the following is a testing-related aspect of configuration management that is most likely to have broken down?

You are working as a tester on a project to develop a point-of-sales system for grocery stores and other similar retail outlets.
Which of the following is a product risk for such a project?

A product risk analysis meeting is held during the project planning period. Which of the following determines the level of risk?

You are writing a test plan using the IEEE 829 template and are currently completing the Risks and Contingencies section.
Which of the following is most likely to be listed as a project risk?

You and the project stakeholders develop a list of product risks and project risks during the planning stage of a project. What else should you do with those lists of risks during test planning?

According to the ISTQB Glossary, a product risk is related to which of the following?

In an incident report, the tester makes the following statement, 'At this point, I expect to receive an error message explaining the rejection of this invalid input and asking me to enter a valid input. Instead the system accepts the input, displays an hourglass for between one and five seconds and finally terminates abnormally, giving the message, "Unexpected data type: 15. Click to continue." ' This statement is likely to be found in which of the following sections of an IEEE 829 standard incident report?

According to the ISTQB Glossary, what do we call a document that describes any event that occurred during testing which requires further investigation?

A product risk analysis is performed during the planning stage of the test process. During the execution stage of the test process, the test manager directs the testers to classify each defect report by the known product risk it relates to (or to 'other'). Once a week, the test manager runs a report that shows the percentage of defects related to each known product risk and to unknown risks. What is one possible use of such a report?