ISTQB Updated CTAL-TM Exam Questions and Answers by sana

Which two of the following activities would normally occur in the Acquisition stage of a tool's lifecycle?

a) Assign a tool administrator to decide on best use of the tool

b) Establish a backup and restore strategy for the tool

c) Review other tools provided by the same vendor

d) Determine how the tool may be impacted by a change to the operating environment

e) Develop and implement a training plan for new users of the tool

SELECT ONE OPTION

SoftTech provides a core banking product to retail banks to enable their customers to process payments via the Internet and telephone banking and. as SoftTech's Test Manager, you are responsible for system testing and system integration testing of all SoftTech's products.

Your current project is to integrate SoftTech's core banking product with an existing bank's systems, which are maintained by experienced developers but poorly

documented.

A specification for the 10 interfaces to the bank's existing systems has been produced by SoftTech's development team. There is an estimating matrix for system integration testing that allows 2 man days per interface for preparation, plus 2 man days per interface for test execution. The exit criteria for the completion of system integration testing has been agreed as:

1. No open Severity 1 defects

2 No more than 10 open severity 2 and/or 3 defects

3. All interfaces tested

4. Cost estimate must not be exceeded

System integration test execution is scheduled to last 5 weeks, with week 5 reserved for regression and bug fixing only. At the end of week 3 the following test report has been produced (figures on a week by week basis, not cumulative):

B. Open severity 2 and 3 defects

c. Interface testing progress

d. Development resource for debugging

e. Available budget

SELECT ONE OPTION

'Safe as Houses' is a company that specialises in home security software, including alarm systems, surveillance cameras and other forms of deterrence.

It is currently developing the software for a device which simulates an active television, producing sound and light images that suggest someone is home watching the television. 'Safe as Houses' recently won a lucrative contract to supply the software to Smart Alarms', who will be manufacturing the hardware devices Sound will be created using actual television and film archives, licensed through a third-party supplier, 'Silver Sound Ltd'. A user interface will be developed in house to allow the customer to choose sound tracks.

The software will be delivered as a programme of work, consisting of three projects. Project 1 will develop the software for the light images. Project 2 will develop the sound system and Project 3 will integrate the two using hardware prototypes supplied from 'Smart Alarms'. The programme will conclude with 'Smart Alarms' performing User Acceptance testing in usability labs.

The 'Safe as Houses' test team has experience in testing alarm and surveillance systems but lacks experience in testing light imagery software. The organisational test policy includes the following objectives:

1 Exploratory testing should be used to augment more formal, structured testing within constraints of time and budget

2. Test automation tools should be purchased and employed to maximise the breadth and efficiency of regression testing

The Programme risk register currently includes the following risks:

RISK1 Working prototypes will be delivered late to the integration test environments

RISK 2 A delay in signing the contract with 'Silver Sound Ltd' will impact the programme schedule

RISK 3 Inexperience in testing light imagery software will cause major defects to be missed RISK 4 The user interface software for the sound systems will be delivered late into testing

Refer to SCENARIO 2 - The IT Director for 'Safe as Houses' is recruiting a Programme Test Manager and has been provided with a skills matrix for four prospective candidates. The matrix shows the skill level (5 being highest. 1 lowest) for each candidate:

Consider which of these skills are key for a Programme Test manager in this scenario. Based on these, which candidate would be the most suitable?

SELECT ONE OPTION

Refer to SCENARIO 1

Week 4 of test execution has been completed and the following test report has been produced

Review this report against the organisational Test Strategy, what is the status of the Test Strategy objectives? SELECT ONE OPTION