ISTQB CTAL-TM Questions

Question 1
You are working as a test manager in the medical domain leading a team of system
testers. You are currently working on a major release of the product which gives
customers many new features and resolves a number of problem reports from previous
releases.

You are about to release a test progress report to a senior manager, who is not a test
specialist. Which of the following topics should NOT be included in the test progress
report?
1 credit

A. Product risks which have been mitigated and those which are outstanding.
B. Recommendations for taking controlling actions
C. Status compared against the started exit criteria
D. Detailed overview of the risk-based test approach being used to ensure the exit criteria
to be achieved

Question 2
Explain how the above mentioned report may differ from a report that you produce for
the project manager, who is a test specialist Select TWO items from the following
options that can be used to report to the project manager and would not be included in a
report to senior management. 1 credit

A. Show details on effort spent

B. List of all outstanding defects with their priority and severity
C. Give product risk status
D. Show trend analysis
E. State recommendations for release

Question 3
Consider the typical objectives of testing. Which of the following metrics can be used to
measure the effectiveness of the testing process in achieving one of those objectives?
A. Average number of days between defect discovery and resolution
B. Percentage of requirements covered
C. Lines of code written per developer per day
D. Percentage of test effort spent on regression testing

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Question 4
You have been given responsibility for the non-functional testing of a safety-critical
monitoring & diagnostics package in the medical area. Which of the following would you
least expect to see addressed in the test plan?
A. Availability
B. Safety
C. Portability
D. Reliability

Question 5
Since the system is in the medical domain and therefore in the safety critical area, testing
needs to be rigorous and evidence is required that the system has been adequately tested.
Identify THREE measures that would typically be part of the test approach in this domain
and which are not always applicable in other domains! 1 credit

A. High level of documentation

B. Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) sessions
C. Traceability to requirements
D. Non-functional testing
E. Master test planning
F. Test design techniques
G. Reviews

Question 6
A test log is one of the documents that need to be produced in this domain in order to
provide evidence of testing. However, the level of detail of test logs can vary. Which of
the following is NOT an influencing factor for the level of detail of the test logs being
produced?
1 credit

A. Level of test execution automation

B. Test level
C. Regulatory requirements
D. Experience level of testers

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Question 7
Considerable attention will be given in this project to defining exit criteria and on
reporting back on their status. Which combination of TWO exit criteria from the list
would be best to use?
1 credit
I. Total number of defects found
II. Percentage of test cases executed
III. Total test effort planned versus total actual test effort spent
IV. Defect trend (number of defects found per test run over time

A. (i) and (ii)

B. (i) and (iv)
C. (ii) and (iii)
D. (ii) and (iv)

Question 8
As a result of the RAD based development approach, the test manager has decided to
change the risk mitigation approach. Which test technique might be most appropriate to
use?
2 credits

A. Decision Table Testing

B. Boundary Value Analysis
C. Error Guessing
D. Exploratory Testing

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Question 9
What is the Risk Priority Number for risk item number 2?

2 credits

A. 16
B. 2
C. 1
D. 63

Question 10
Part of the testing strategy indicates that you are going to be using systematic test design
techniques. Your manager has asked that you present the main advantages of using these
techniques at the next board meeting. Identify THREE main benefits of using systematic
test design techniques within this company.
2 credits (for 2 out of 3 correct 1 credit)

A. Easier to quickly adapt testing to changing requirements compared to experienced-

based testing
B. Targets certain types of faults
C. Will guide experienced testers to find defects
D. Provides a way to differentiate depth of testing based on product risks by using
different techniques
E. More enhanced documentation and therefore higher repeatability and reproducibility
F. Will make non-systematic testing redundant
G. Will reduce the need for early reviews

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Question 11
Which of the following would be the TWO most appropriate examples of entry criteria
documented in the system integration test plan?
2 credits

A. The percentage of decision coverage achieved during unit testing.

B. The availability of the latest version of the capture-replay tool (for testing the interface
with the newly developed test management tool).
C. The sign-off of a performance test software release note (test item transmittal report)
by both development and testing showing that system performance meets the specified
acceptance criteria.
D. The percentage of acceptance test procedures scheduled for execution.
E. The percentage of requirements coverage achieved during system integration test.

Question 12
Identify THREE items that would be part of the work-breakdown structure showing the
key testing activities for the acceptance test project.
2 credits (for 2 out of 3 correct 1 credit)

A. Test planning, test case preparation and test execution for each of the four iterations
B. Work should be explicitly allocated to test completion, test management, installation
and to training on using the system
C. Activities to deploy the system in the user environment
D. Regression testing in the second, third and fourth iterations
E. Development activities for unit and integration testing
F. Reviews on requirements documentation
G. Defining test environment requirements for system testing

Question 13
In addition to risk, identify TWO other components of a testing strategy.
1 credit

A. The entry and exit criteria for each test phase

B. Test training needs for the project resources
C. The test design techniques to be used
D. Test performance indicators
E. The test schedule

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Question 14
Consider the typical objectives of testing. Which of the following metrics can be used to
measure the effectiveness of the testing process in achieving one of those objectives?
1 credit

A. Average number of days between defect discovery and resolution

B. Percentage of requirements covered
C. Lines of code written per developer per day
D. Percentage of test effort spent on regression testing

Question 15
Which of the following would you expect to be most likely an example of a motivating
factor for testers?
K2 1 credit
A. The resources allocated for the testing activities are not sufficient and don't allow the
testers to contribute to the quality of the product
B. The testers contribution to the quality of the software products developed from an
organization is recognized with increased responsibilities
C. The same regressions tests are executed manually by the same testers, for every
product release, without any progression in content
D. The testers are asked to perform, in parallel with their testing tasks, other tasks
unrelated to their testing responsibilities

Question 16
Given the following figures for the testing on a project, and assuming the failure rate for
initial tests remains constant and that all retests pass, what number of tests remain to be
run?

3 credits

A. 700
B. 720
C. 784
D. 570

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Question 17
Which of the following answers describes a factor that may reduce the effort spent when
using distributed test teams without negatively affecting system quality?
K2 1 credit
A. Difficulties in communication between the distributed test teams due to time zone
differences
B. With several distributed test teams, every team assumes that some test conditions are
covered by other teams but actually no one covers them
C. With several distributed test teams, two or more teams assume some test conditions
are covered by their team and their team alone. But all of the teams actually cover them
D. With several distributed test teams, all of the distributed test teams use a single unified
test dashboard

Question 18
During test process improvement it is recommended to use standards where possible.
Standards originate from various sources and they cover different subjects in relation to
testing Pick TWO sources of software standards, useful to software testing from the ones
mentioned below.
1 credit

A. ISO 9126-1 “Software engineering- Product quality Part 1: Quality model” is an

international standard, that provides a basis on which to define quality assurance
solutions.
B. ISA 4126-1 “Software engineering- Product quality Part 1: Quality model” is an
international standard, that provides a basis on which to define quality assurance
solutions.
C. BS-7925-2 “Software testing. Software component testing” is a national standard used
internationally. It covers a number of testing techniques that may be useful both on
component testing level and on system testing level.
D. SY-395-01 “Standard for East Coast Hospital software” is a regional standard adapted
from a national one. Besides hospital software, this standard ought to be used also by
other types of software system in the region.
E. IEEE 829 “standard for software test documentation” is an international standard to be
following mandatory by all testing origination regardless of lifecycle models.

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Question 19
Identify the THREE types of formal peer reviews that can be recognized.
1 credit

A. Inspection
B. Management review
C. Walkthrough
D. Audit
E. Technical review
F. Informal review
G. Assessment

Question 20
As part of the improvement program, the organization is also looking at tool support.
Which type of tool could be used to ensure higher quality of the code to be reviewed?
1 credit

A. Review tool
B. Test execution tool
C. Static analysis tool
D. Test design tool

Question 21
The introduction of reviews and inspections has often failed as a process improvement
action. Identify the THREE most important measures that should be taken to reduce the
risk that this test process improvement will fail.
2 Credits (for 2 out of 3 correct 1 credit)

A. Process ownership and experienced moderators who drive the inspection process.
B. Management support
C. Training of those involved
D. The availability of standards and processes
E. Usage of a more traditional software development lifecycle
F. Alignment with software process improvement
G. Using a reference model, e.g. TMMi

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Question 22
You are the Test Manager of a project that adopts a V-model with four formal levels of
testing unit, integration, system and acceptance testing.
On this project reviews have been conducted for each development phase prior to testing,
which is to say that reviews of requirements, functional specification, high-level design,
low-level design and code have been performed prior to testing.
Assume that no requirements defects have been reported after the release of the product.
Which TWO of the following metrics do you need in order to evaluate the requirements
reviews in terms of phase containment effectiveness?
K3 2 credits
A. Number of defects found during the requirements review
B. Total number of defects attributable to requirements found during unit, integration,
system and acceptance testing
C. Total number of defects found during functional specification review, high-level
design review, low-level design review, code review, unit testing, integration testing,
system testing and acceptance testing
D. Time to conduct the requirements review
E. Total number of defects attributable to requirements, found during functional
specification review, high-level design review, low-level design review, code review, unit
testing, integration testing, system testing and acceptance testing

Question 23
Your company is considering whether or not to purchase a test tool suite from a
respectable vendor. Your manager has searched the internet for comparable products but
none of them meets his specific requirements. A tool demonstration has been arranged for
next week and your team has been invited to attend. The tool suite consists of a test
management tool, test execution tool and a requirements management tool. There is the
possibility of adding a performance testing tool at a later stage. You have decided to
attend the demo but raise some issues beforehand regarding expectations.
Select THREE issues from the options provided that should at least be raised.
1 credit

A. Has there been sufficient comparison of tools?

B. What are the problems we are trying to address?
C. Do we have a set of tool requirements to validate the tool against?
D. How will the implementation be organized?
E. Which project will be selected to perform the tool pilot?
F. Is customized training available?
G. How will the change process be managed?

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Question 24
Which of the following is a valid drawback of independent testing?
1 credit

A. Developer and independent testing will overlap and waste resources.

B. Developers loose the sense of responsibility and independent testers may become a
bottleneck.
C. Independent testers need extra education and always cost more.
D. Independent testers will become a bottleneck and introduce problems in incident
management.

Answers
Q1 D Q9 D Q17 D
Q2 A,B Q10 B,D,E Q18 A,C
Q3 B Q11 A,B Q19 A,C,E
Q4 C Q12 A,B,D Q20 C
Q5 A,B,C Q13 A,C Q21 A,B,C
Q6 D Q14 B Q22 A,E
Q7 D Q15 B Q23 A,B,C
Q8 D Q16 B Q24 B

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