BCS ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Advanced Level- Test Manager (2012) : TM12

You are the Test Manager of a new project that will have three formal levels of testing: unit, integration and system testing. The testing strategy you decide to adopt a blend of risk-based testing and reactive testing strategies.
Which of the following answers describes the most consistent example of implementation of this test strategy during the execution of the system tests?
Number of correct responses: 1

• A. Your test team executes scripted tests designed and implemented before the execution of the system test phase, to cover the identified product risks. It also performs exploratory testing sessions throughout the system test phase
• B. Your test team executes system tests under the guidance of a sample of users throughout the system test phase
• C. Your test team autonomously performs some exploratory testing sessions and, at the very end of the system testing phase, it also executes more system tests under the guidance of a sample of users
• D. Your test team executes exploratory tests following a session-based test management approach throughout the system test phase

After the presentation, you are asked to explain the chart.
Assume you have applied a full risk-based testing strategy.

Which of the following answers would you expect to best describe the pie chart?
Number of correct responses: 1

• A. All the risk items have been covered with tests. No more risk items remain to test
• B. 97 percent of the risk items has been tested. No open bugs or test failures remain. Only 3 percent of risk items remains to be covered by the remaining test
• C. Only the lowest-risk items, tests and bugs should remain in the blue and red areas. Therefore the application can be released at any time subject to management of the items identified in those areas
• D. According to the full risk-based testing strategy applied, it is very likely that the highest-risk items, tests and bugs remain in the blue and red areas. Therefore, it is very risky to release the application

A chart showing the trend in the lag time from defect reporting to resolution during system testing is also available.
The chart shows that the daily closure period is consistently and significantly above the rolling closure period for a long period of the system testing phase.
Almost all defects found during system testing have been related to the system as a whole, not related to single units or integrations issues. Almost all quality risks have been addressed during the unit and integration testing phase and no residual quality risks were present in the integrated system. This has been confirmed by exploratory testing sessions performed during system testing, targeted at finding defects in these quality risk areas.
Based on the given information only, which one of the following areas would you expect to be considered more in the retrospective meeting in order to be improved?
Number of correct responses: 1

• A. The requirements review
• B. The quality risk analysis process
• C. The defect management process
• D. The system design and architecture design reviews

Assume you are working on a defect management process to be used by a software organization to track the current status of the defects reports for several projects.
When a defect is found for investigation a defect report is created in "Opened" state that is the unique initial state.
The defect report status has also a unique finale state that is the "Closed" state.
The following state transition diagram describes the states of this defect management process:
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Which of the following assignments would you expect to best complete the defect management process?
Number of correct responses: 1

• A. V=Assigned, W=Corrected , X=Validated, Y=Re-Opened, Z=Rejected
• B. V=Rejected , W=Corrected , X=Validated, Y=Re-Opened, Z=Assigned
• C. V=Assigned, W=Validated , X=Corrected, Y=Re-Opened, Z=Rejected
• D. V= Corrected, W=Assigned, X=Validated, Y=Corrected, Z=Rejected

You are performing a quality risk analysis for a CSCI (Computer Software Configuration Item) used to implement a
CBIT (Continuous Built-In Test) module of a safety-critical system.
During the quality risk analysis you are trying to identify the ways in which failures of the CBIT module can occur, for each of them trying to determine the potential causes and likely effects, and the risk level (calculated as the product of three factors: severity, occurrence and detection).
Which of the following risk analysis techniques are you working with?
Number of correct responses: 1

• A. Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
• B. A lightweight product risk analysis technique
• C. Cost of Exposure
• D. Wide Band Delphi