ISEB / ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing Version 2011

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Q 01

What does the IEEE 829-1998 reference number refer to? The test specification outline The test plan outline The test procedure outline The test meeting outline

A B C D Q 02

A high level description about the document and why it was created is typically found where? The introduction Testing tasks The test plan identifier Test items

A B C D Q 03

All hardware and software required to perform the testing can be found in which test plan section? Test items The test plan identifier Test deliverables Approach

A B C D

Q 04

In a test plan, what is termed specific parts of the software specification that will be tested? Approach Features to be tested Features to be tested Test deliverables

A B C D

Q 05

In a test plan, what is termed details of how the testing process will actually be followed? Test items Test deliverables Approach Schedule

A B C D Q 06

In a test plan, what is termed what is needed in the way of testing software, hardware, offices, etc? Schedule Responsibilities Environmental needs Approach

A B C D

Q 07

In a test plan, what is termed the signatures of the various stakeholders in the plan, to show they agree in advance with what it says? Approach Approvals Responsibilities Staffing and training needs

A B C D

Q 08

What is termed formal testing conducted to enable a user, customer, or other authorized entity to determine whether to accept a system or component? Regression testing Acceptance testing Re-testing Systems Testing

A B C D

Q 09

Which type of testing is commonly the only type of testing seen by the customer? Unit testing Re-testing Systems testing Acceptance testing

A B C D Q 10

What does UAT represent?

A B C D

User Acceptance Testing User Acceptance Testing User Acceptance Technology Useful Acceptance Testing

Q 11

Which type of testing is often based on a customers environment? Regression testing User acceptance testing Unit testing Re-testing

A B C D

Q 12

_______testing is commonly performed at the customers site Beta testing Alpha testing Re-testing Acceptance testing

A B C D

Q 13

_______testing is commonly performed at the developers site near the products release date Beta testing Re-testing Acceptance testing Alpha testing

A B C D

Q 14

Who are often chosen as testers for alpha testing?

A B C D

Marketing or sales department staff Catering department staff Managerial staff Secretarial staff

Q 15

Who normally performs beta testing? The customers The managers The salesman The support technicians

A B C D

Q 16

What is termed testing performed to expose faults in the interfaces and in the interaction between integrated components? Acceptance Testing Systems testing Integration testing Performance testing

A B C D

Q 17

The two separate entities of integration testing are; component integration testing and ________ integration testing. Smaller Systems Larger Loop

A B C D Q 18

Which of the following is NOT a testing approach?

A B C D

Top-down Sandwich Bottom-up Big-banger

Q 19

When is a big-bang approach commonly performed in the development lifecycle? After product release Somewhere in the middle Early Late

A B C D Q 20

When is a top-down approach commonly performed in the development lifecycle? After product release Early Somewhere in the middle Late

A B C D

Q 21

Which of the following approaches does NOT require the use of drivers?

A B C D Q 22

Big-bang Sandwich Bottom-up Top-down

Which of the following approaches does NOT require the use of stubs?

A B C D Q 23

Big-bang Bottom-up Sandwich Top-down What is a high level routine that calls lower level sub-programs, and passes input data to the item under test and compares the output to the truth?

A B C D

A stub A driver An interface A router

Q 24

What takes the place of a real routine without having the real routine present?

A B C D

A router An interface A driver A stub

Q 25

What is termed the process of testing an integrated system to verify that it meets specified requirements? Unit testing Regression testing Systems testing Performance testing

A B C D Q 26

Which type of testing is made up of functional and non-functional entities? Regression testing Beta testing Performance testing Systems testing

A B C D Q 27

Which component of systems testing focuses on what the system is actually supposed to do?

A B C D

Ad-hoc systems testing Functional systems testing Non-functional testing Performance systems testing

Q 28

What is defined as a requirement that specifies a function that a system component must perform? A functional requirement A user requirement A non-functional requirement A test requirement

A B C D

Q 29

What in simple terms specifies what the end user has asked for?

A B C D Q 30

The user manual The requirements document The test specification The design document

What type of testing commonly uses business scenarios?

A B C D

Business purpose non-functional testing Business purpose functional testing Business process functional testing Business process non-functional testing

Q 31

Which one of the following is NOT considered to be non-functional systems testing? Load testing User acceptance testing Performance testing Stress testing

A B C D

Q 32

Storage testing is considered to be what type of testing? Functional systems testing User acceptance testing Performance testing Non-functional systems testing

A B C D

Q 33

Which type of testing is focused on finding loopholes in the programs security checks? Hack testing User acceptance testing Security testing Usability testing

A B C D Q 34

Which type of testing would you expect to test how easy it is to use the GUI? Usability testing Performance testing Documentation testing Recovery testing

A B C D Q 35

Which type of testing would you expect to test the user manuals in? Performance testing Stress testing Security testing Documentation testing

A B C D Q 36

Which type of testing may focus on the actual memory used by a program or system under certain conditions? Security testing Volume testing Performance testing Storage testing

A B C D

Q 37

Which type of testing should focus on how the system handles failures? Recovery testing Documentation testing Stress testing Performance testing

A B C D

Q 38

Which type of testing checks if the system could actually cope with many transactions in a given time period?

A B C D

Stress testing Performance testing Usability testing Security testing

Q 39

Which type of testing may focus on the amount of disk space used by a program? Recovery testing ATSL 160669 Volume testing Storage testing

A B C D Q 40

Which type of testing may focus on testing a system while being subjected to large amounts of data? Volume testing Usability testing Security testing Storage testing

A B C D