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Free ISTQB CTAL-TM Practice Exam with Questions & Answers | Set: 3

Questions 21

What is the purpose of tracking efficiency metrics for a formal review? [1]

Options:
A.

These metrics can be used to determine who participated in the review.

B.

These metrics can be used to determine if the review was a good use of resources.

C.

These metrics can be used to determine the quality of the reviewed object.

D.

These metrics can be used to determine the speed with which defects were fixed.

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Questions 22

Which is a typical test task that would demonstrate the professional and methodological competence of a tester?

Options:
A.

Reporting defects to developers in a constructive way, demonstrating conflict resolution skills

B.

Assessing code coverage achieved by a suite of unit tests, demonstrating analytical skills

C.

Reviewing a requirement specification and providing feedback to the author, demonstratingbusiness domain expertise

D.

Working effectively in a self-organised Agile team, demonstrating a high level of self-management and discipline

Questions 23

A test team is working long hours to achieve a deadline for release of a new product which has had problems throughout development and is well behind schedule. Which of the following is most likely to have a MOTIVATING effect on the testers in the team?

SELECT ONE OPTION

Options:
A.

A decrease in the scope of testing that the team is responsible for

B.

Testers contributing to ideas for faster defect resolution during regular meetings with the developers.

C.

A planned bonus payment that will be based on customer satisfaction with the product once released.

D.

Routine measurement of outstanding defects during testing.

Questions 24

Which combination matches the four cost of quality categories with a CORRECT example of its category?

Options:
A.

a4, b3, c1, d2

B.

a3, b1, c2, d4

C.

a2, b4, c3, d1

D.

a1, b2, c4, d3

Confirmation testing at the system test level

Deploying an emergency fix to production

Designing functional suitability tests

Strengthening recruitment criteria for technical architects

Questions 25

Which statement about defect management in hybrid software development is TRUE?

Options:
A.

When multiple teams are working to different development models, fixes should be aligned to a separate plan that reflects the characteristics of their development model

B.

When multiple teams are working in different development models, they will need to use different defect management tools

C.

Defect management meetings should be held more often by teams working in Agile ways than those working in sequential ways

D.

Defect management meetings should be held more often by teams working in sequential ways than those working in Agile ways

Questions 26

Consider the following metrics:

a Percentage of all product risks identified during initial risk analysis

b. Average time taken by developers to fix defects for each severity level

c. Statement coverage achieved by the component test suite

d. Breakdown of defects detected by test level

How many of the five primary dimensions for test progress monitoring have been addressed by these metrics?

SELECT ONE OPTION

Options:
A.

2

B.

4

C.

1

D.

3

Questions 27

Which option correctly presents the main characteristics of test estimation?

Options:
A.

Time - Effort - Quality

B.

Time - Cost - Effort

C.

Quality - Cost - Effort

D.

Time - Cost - Quality

Questions 28

Which of statement about defect management is TRUE?

Options:
A.

A good defect management committee reduces the importance of a defect management tool

B.

A defect management committee should consider the benefits, risks and costs associated with fixing a defect

C.

All projects should have a full-time defect manager to follow up decisions made about defects

D.

Cross-functional defect management is important, but only for defects at the higher severity levels

Questions 29

You are monitoring the test results for the first week of system test execution to ensure they conform to the test plan objectives. You are guided by the list of test conditions and traceability matrix produced following test design. Test Plan objectives

• Approach - Risk-based and depth first

• Status reporting - Execution statuses must be either "Passed*, "Failed", "Blocked" or "Not Run"

• Traceability - Test execution results must be traceable back to the test conditions

Test Conditions

CTAL-TM Question 29

Traceability matrix

Which one of the following is a correct statement regarding the current status of test plan objectives?

SELECT ONE OPTION

Options:
A.

All the Traceability objective has been met.

B.

All objectives have been met.

C.

None of the objectives have been met.

D.

Only Approach and Traceability objectives have been met.

Questions 30

You have recently implemented a new defect management process which now includes a defect triage committee whose job is to review all new defects. The process is shown in the following diagram:

CTAL-TM Question 30

b. The total number of defects rejected as not a problem following investigation by the product author

c. The number of defects returned to the defect author, expressed as a percentage of all defects raised

d. The total number of defects that failed re-test more than once

e. The total number of defects closed by the defect triage committee

SELECT ONE OPTION

Options:
A.

a and e.

B.

a and b.

C.

c and d.

D.

b and d.