Certified Tester

Foundation

Practice Test 2

Time allowed: 1 hour

40 QUESTIONS

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Q
01

Which document contains a set of test cases?

A
B
C
D

A Test Specification
A Test Plan
A Test Report
A Testers CV

Q
02

Where are the results of a testing phase stored?

A
B
C
D

A Test Specification
A Test Plan
A Test Record
A Test Case

Q
03

What is used to check that sufficient testing has been performed?

A
B
C
D

Exit Criteria
Test Deletion Criteria
The Test Plan
The Test Specification

Q
04

What is a successful Test?

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B
C
D

A successful test is one that finds no bugs

A successful test is one that finds a fault
A successful test is one that creates no results
A successful test is one that finds a failure

Q
05

A Developers perspective of a Tester is often?

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B
C
D

Seen as an unnecessary part of the product development

Seen as constructive to the product development
Seen as destructive to the product development
Seen as a creative part of the product development

Q
06

The purpose of a Developer is often?

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B
C
D

Seen as an unnecessary part of the product development

Seen as constructive to the product development
Seen as a creative part of the product development
Seen as destructive to the product development

Q
07

Which one of the following attributes is commonly associated with a Tester?

A
B
C
D

Q
08

Seen as being creative

No industry standard qualifications

Poor communicators
Skills in a very specific area

Which one of the following attributes is commonly associated with a Tester?

A
B
C
D

Skills in a very specific area

Multi-talented
Highly valued within the company
Poor communicators

Q
09

Which one of the following attributes is commonly associated with a

Developer?

A
B
C
D

Very good communicators

Seen as being destructive

Rarely valued within a company

Highly valued within the company

Q
10

Which one of the following attributes is commonly associated with a

Developer?

A
B
C
D

Skills in a very specific area

Seen as being destructive
Rarely valued within a company

Multi-talented

Q
11

Where can friction most commonly be found?

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B
C
D

Between Testers
Between Testers and Developers
Between Testers and Customers
Between Testers and Salesmen

Q
12

Which of the following is a drawback of using an independent Tester?

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B
C
D

They can become isolated from the development team

Their job is to find faults in Developers software
They can become too close to the development team
A good Tester never assumes, they check for themselves

Q
13

Which of the following is an advantage of using an independent Tester?

A
B
C
D

Test cases are designed by the person(s) writing the software.

The Developer may lose there sense of responsibility
They can become isolated from the development team
It is much easier to spot faults in somebody elses software

Q
14

Which of the following is a drawback of using an independent Tester?

A
B
C
D

Q
15
A
B
C
D

The Developer may lose there sense of responsibility

The Tester may lose there sense of responsibility
Test cases are designed by a person(s) from a different section.

Their job is to find faults in Developers software

Which of the following is an advantage of using an independent Tester?

Their job is to find faults in Developers software

They can become isolated from the development team

The Tester may lose there sense of responsibility

Test cases are designed by a person(s) from a different organization.

Q
16

Whenever a fault is detected and fixed then the software should be

________ to ensure that the original fault has been successfully removed.

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B
C
D

Automated
Regression tested
Re-tested
Returned to the Developer

Q
17

____________ attempts to verify that modifications have not caused

unintended adverse side effects in the unchanged software (regression
faults) and that the modified system still meets its requirements.

A
B
C
D

Automated testing
Regression testing
Re-testing
Acceptance testing

Q
18

Often, expected results are based on..?

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B
C
D

An educated guess
Future results
What the Developer tells the Tester
Previous results

Q
19

Where is a good place to look for information, when creating expected

results for a new test case?

A
B
C
D

The product sales brochure

The Test Team Leader
Under the table
Design documentation

Q
20

Which of the following is not a prioritisation criteria?

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B
C
D

Probability of a failure
Testers requirement
Customer requirement
Cost of testing

Q
21

Which of the following is not a prioritisation criteria?

A
B
C
D

Feature history
Severity of possible failure
Probability of a failure
Probability of success

Q
22

Which of the following is not a general testing principle ?

A
B
C
D

Defect Clustering
Late Testing
Early Testing
Pesticide Paradox

Q
23

Which of the following is not a general testing principle ?

A
B
C
D

Defect Clustering
Absence of Results Fallacy
Early Testing
Pesticide Paradox

Q
24

What does V & V represent?

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B
C
D

Verifying & Verification

Validation & Verifying
Validity & Verification
Verification & Validation

Q
25

What is termed confirmation by examination and provision of objective

evidence that specified requirements have been fulfilled?

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B
C
D

Regression
Validation
Verification
Reviewing

Q
26

What is termed confirmation by examination and provision of objective

evidence that the particular requirements for a specific intended use have
been fulfilled?

A
B
C
D

Reviewing
Verification
Regression
Validation

Q
27

In simple terms ________: Are we building the product right?

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B
C
D

Reviewing
Verification
Validation
Regression

Q
28

In simple terms ________: Are we building the right product?

A
B
C
D

Validation
Regression
Verification
Reviewing

Q
29

Which model is also known as the Sequential Model?

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B
C
D

The V-model
The Waterfall Model
The Spiral Model
RAD

Q
30

Which model commonly results in Test creation & planning not being
considered until the code has been written?

A
B
C
D

RAD
The Spiral Model
The Waterfall Model
The V-model

Q
31

Which model clearly displays the relationship between Developing and

Testing?

A
B
C
D

The Waterfall model

The V-model
RAD
The Spiral model

Q
32

Which model has an incremental approach to both Developing and Testing?

A
B
C
D

The V-model
RAD
The Waterfall model
The Spiral model

Q
33

Which is the suggested model to use when not all of the requirements are
known to the users?

A
B
C
D

The Waterfall model

The V-model
The Spiral model
RAD

Q
34

What does RAD represent?

A
B
C
D

Rapid Application Development

Rapid Application Deployment
Rapid Application Deploying
Rapid Application Developing

Q
35

What does DSDM represent?

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B
C
D

Dynamic Systems Developers Methodology

Dynamic Systems Database Methodology
Dynamic Software Development Methodology
Dynamic Systems Development Methodology

Q
36

What is designed to organise and control RAD developments?

A
B
C
D

SMDD
MSDD
DSDM
DDSM

Q
37

Which model has little or no formal documentation?

A
B
C
D

RAD
V-model
Waterfall
Spiral

Q
38

the earlier on in the development lifecycle the fault is found, the ______ it is
to rectify

A
B
C
D

Cheaper
More Expensive
Easier
More difficult

Q
39

Which of the following is worse?

A
B
C
D

A fault found by a Tester

A fault found during a beta test
A fault found just before the products release
A fault found by a customer

Q
40

The cost of a fault is dependant on ________ it is found?

A
B
C
D

How
Where
When
By whom