CONSOLIDATED OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS FOR CSTE

OBJECTIVE TYPE:
1 A question on fit components. Which of the following contributes to fit.
a. Data
b. Structure
c. People
d. Rule
e. All of the above

2. Reliaability, timeliness, consistency are included in which component of fit

a. Data
b. Structure
c. People
d. Rule

3. Who will develop the test process for software development using new
technology?.(Almost same question was asked in Part 1 ad part
a. Management
b. Project team
c. Auditor
d. Tester and few more options
4. Which of the following are relatively complete acceptance criteria?
a. Performance should increase
b. Response time should be with in 10 sec
c. Few more statements
5. Experienced people can be used as a tool for estimating the cost- Budgeting
a. Bottom up
b. Top down
c. Expert judgment
6. The communication type which is rarely emphasized
a. Listening
b. Few more options .
7. which of the following model has these steps .. event identification , risk
assessment, risk response
a. ERM
b. COSO internal control framework
c. CobiT model
8. Utilize the computer resources to perform their work.. belong to which type
of activity specified below
a. Interface
b. Development
c. Computer operation
9. Obligations of both contractual parties should be spelled out in detail in which
part of the contract
a. What
b. Who
c. When
d. How
10. Test planning activity which includes starting and end time for each test
milestone.
a. Budgeting
b. Scheduling
c. Estimation
d. Staffing

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11. Who will assess vulnerability in the system

a. Internal Control Officer (This was the right answer)
b. System Security Officer
c. QA Engineer
12. When does Integration Testing starts
a. After Unit testing
b. After unit testing before black box testing
13. When a defect is fixed in production how rather than in requirement, how
much expensive is that
a. 5 times
b. 50 times
c. 500 times
14. Most problems are due to
a. Incorrect Data Entry
b. Concentration of responsibility
15. What does code coverage ensure?
a. Logic of the program is covered ?
b. 100% path coverage ?
16. Juran is famous for (This was the First question)
a. Quality Control
b. Working on Trend Analysis
c. Two more choices
17. V Model is a connection between (Easy question)
a. Software Development and Testing activities
b. All irrelevant choices
18. What is verification Technique (Easy Question)
a. Inspection
b. Unit Testing
c. System Testing
19. What do we include in System test Plan
a. Interfaces
b. Data Inputs
c. Functional Requirements
d. All of the above
20. When to stop Testing (Confusing question)
a. When u run out of time
b. All test cases are done
c. When quality goals established in the beginning of the projects are
met.
21. What is the structure testing process
a. Parallel
b. Regression
c. Stress
d. Intersystem
22. Software testing activities should start
a. as soon as the code is written
b. during the design stage
c. when the requirements have been formally documented
d. as soon as possible in the development lifecycle
23. Which one of these is not a statistical test tool?
a. Stratifying
b. Check sheet
c. Regression Analysis

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d. Flow Charts
24. What are Histograms commonly know as;
a. Pie charts
b. Scatter plots
c. Bar Charts
d. None of the above
25. Which is the reputed testing standard?
a. M. Bridge awards
b. ISO
c. some more choices
26. Software testing activities should start
a. during the design stage
b. as soon as the code is written
c. when the requirements have been formally documented
d. as soon as possible in the development lifecycle
27. Which one of these is not a statistical test tool?
a. Stratifying
b. Check sheet
c. Regression Analysis
d. Flow Charts
28. What are Histograms commonly know as
a. Pie charts
b. Scatter plots
c. Bar Charts
d. None of the above
29. What are Pareto charts commonly know as
a. 80-20
b. Scatter plots
c. Check sheet
d. None of the above
30. Which is the reputed testing standard?
a. M. Bridge awards
b. QAI
c. ISO
d. Microsoft
31. To which phase will training fall?
a. Failure
b. Prevention
c. Build
d. Appraisal
32. Cost of quality consists all of the below except
a. Failure
b. Appraisal
c. Build
d. Prevention
33. Who is not present Formal inspection
a. Project Manager
b. Facilitator
c. Auditor
d. Recorder
e. Author
34. Which communication skill will be neglected by most
a. Reading

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b. Listening
c. Writing
35. Therapeutic listening is
a. Sympathetic listening
b. Listening to pieces of information…
36. Which model demonstrates relation between 2 or more parameters of effort,
duration or resource?
a. Cost
b. Constraint
c. Function Point
37. In which model expertise can be used to estimate cost
a. Top-Down
b. Expert Judgment
c. Bottom-Up
38. Fit for use is
a. Transcendent
b. Product Based
c. User Based
d. Value Based
39. Re-Use of data is done in which type of testing
a. Capture/Play back
b. System Testing
c. Regression Testing
d. Integration Testing
40. In Acceptance testing, which data is used.
a. Test Cases
b. Use Case
c. Test Plan
41. In four components of FIT, reliability is included in (Similar type 2 qs)
a. Data
b. People
c. Structure
d. Rules
42. Obligations of both contractual parties should be spelled out in
a. What is done
b. Who does it
c. When it is done
d. How it is done
43. Dates on which Obligations need to be filled out should be specified in
a. What is done
b. Who does it
c. When it is done
d. How it is done
44. A question on fit components. Which of the following contributes to fit .
a. Data
b. Structure
c. People
d. Rule
e. All of the above
45. Reliability, timeliness, consistency are included in which component of fit
a. Data
b. Structure
c. People

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d. Rule
46. Who will develop the test process for software development using new
technology?.(Almost same question was asked in Part 1 ad part
a. Management
b. Project team
c. Auditor
d. Tester and few more options
47. Which of the following are relatively complete acceptance criteria?
a. Performance should increase
b. Response time should be with in 10 sec
c. Few more statements
48. Experienced people can be used as a tool for estimating the cost- Budgeting
a. Bottom up
b. Top down
c. Expert judgment
49. The communication type which is rarely emphasized
a. Listening
b. Few more options .
50. Which of the following model has these steps.. event identification , risk
assessment, risk response
a. ERM
b. COSO internal control framework
c. CobiT model
51. Utilize the computer resources to perform their work.. belong to which type
of activity specified below
a. Interface
b. Development
c. Computer operation
52. Obligations of both contractual parties should be spelled out in detail in which
part of the contract
a. What
b. Who
c. When
d. How
53. Test planning activity which includes starting and end time for each test
milestone
a. Budgeting
b. Scheduling
c. Estimation
d. Staffing
54. Which of the following is not a perspective of quality?
a. transcendent
b. Product-based
c. translucent
d. user-based
e. value-based
f. manufacturing based
55. Defects are least costly to correct at what stage of the development cycle?
a. Requirements
b. Analysis & Design
c. Construction
d. Implementation
56. A review is what category of cost of quality?

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a. Preventive
b. Appraisal
c. Failure
57. Software testing accounts for what percent of software development costs?
a. 10-20
b. 40-50
c. 70-80
d. 5-10
58. The purpose of software testing is to:
a. Demonstrate that the application works properly
b. Detect the existence of defects
c. Validate the logical design
59. Software inspections categorize defects as Wrong, Missing and Extra.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
60. The purpose of Risk Management in a project is to
a. Eliminate Risks
b. Minimize Risks
c. Avoid risks
d. Anticipate the risks
61. Acceptance Testing is the responsibility of the:
a. Programmer
b. Project Leader
c. Independent Tester
d. Assistance programmer
e. User/Customer
62. Cost of Quality is least among
a. Prevention
b. Appraisal
c. Failure
63. Training come under what category cost of quality?
a. Prevention
b. Appraisal
c. Failure
64. The Pareto chart is more commonly known to information systems personnel
as
a. 80-20 Rule
b. Trend analysis
c. Other choices not sure
65. Testing of the system to demonstrate system compliance with user
requirements is:
a. Black box testing
b. System testing
c. Independent testing
d. Acceptance Testing
66. Function point is a measure of
a. Effort
b. Complexity
c. Usability
d. None of the above
67. An activity that verifies compliance with policies and procedures and ensures
that resources are conserved is
a. an inspection

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b. an audit
c. a review
d. an assessment
68. Which is the application for the process management and quality
improvement concepts to software development and maintenance.
a. Malcolm Baldridge
b. ISO 9000
c. QAI
d. QS14000
69. Software testing accounts for what percent of software development costs?
a. 10-20
b. 30-60
c. 70-80
70. Software errors are least costly to correct at what stage of the development
cycle?
a. Requirements
b. Construction
c. Acceptance test
d. Design
71. Which of the following test approaches is not a Functional test approach?
a. Control Technique
b. Stress Technique
c. Regression Technique
d. Cause/effect Graphing
e. Requirements
72. Effectiveness is doing things right and efficiency is doing the right things
a. True
b. False
73. Juran is famous for
a. Quality Control
b. Quality Assurance
c. Trend Analysis
74. Top down & Bottom Up are the part of Incremental Testing
a. True
b. False
75. Achieving quality requires:
a. Understanding the customer
s expectations
b. Exceeding the customer
s expectations
c. Meeting all the definitions of quality
d. Focusing on the customer
e. All the above
76. Which is NOT the exit criteria for unit testing
a. Code inspection
b. Others choices not sure

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