Wednesday, June 3, 2015

[ISTQB Questions] Chapter 3 - Static Techniques

1 'Entry criteria' should address questions such as
I. Are the necessary documentation, design and requirements information available that will allow testers to operate the system and judge correct behaviour.
II. Is the test environment-lab, hardware, software and system administration support ready?
III. Those conditions and situations that must prevail in the testing process to allow testing to continue effectively and efficiently.
IV. Are the supporting utilities, accessories and prerequisites available in forms that testers can use.

     (A)   I, II and IV    (B)   I, II and III  
 
     (C)  I, II, III and IV     (D)  II, III and IV.



2 Which expression best matches the following characteristics or review processes:
1. Led by author
2. Undocumented
3. No management participation
4. Led by a trained moderator or leader
5. Uses entry exit criteria

s) Inspection
t) Peer review
u) Informal review
v) Walk-through

(A)  s = 4, t = 3, u = 2 and 5, v = 1     (B)  s = 4 and 5, t = 3, u = 2, v = 1    
(C)  s = 1 and 5, t = 3, u = 2, v = 4     (D)  s = 5, t = 4, u = 3, v = 1 and 2   



3 Which of the following are good candidates for manual static testing?
(A)   Requirement specifications, test plan, code, memory leaks.    
(B)  Requirement specifications, test cases, user guides.   
(C)  Requirement specifications, user guides, performance.    
(D)  Requirement specifications, website, code, use cases.


4 Which of the following statements are TRUE for informal reviews?
I. Easy to get started and have some benefit
II. Have no or minimal formal process
III. The process must be documented
IV. May include paired programming

   (A)  I, II and IV    (B)   I and III   
   (C)  III and IV    (D)  I, III and IV 



5 Who is responsible for documenting all the issues, problems and open point that were identified during the review meeting
  (A)  Moderator      
  (B)  Scribe   
  (C)   Reviewers     
  (D)  Author  



6 One person has been dominating the current software process improvement meeting. Which of the following techniques should the facilitator use to bring other team members into the discussion?

(A)   Confront the person and ask that other team members be allowed to express their opinions.    
(B)   Wait for the person to pause, acknowledge the person' s opinion, and ask for someone else' s opinion.   
(C)   Switch the topic to an issue about which the person does not have a strong opinion.    (D)   Express an opinion that differs from the person' s opinion in order to encourage others to express their ideas.



7 What is the main purpose of Informal review

(A)   Inexpensive way to get some benefit    
(B)   Find defects   
(C)   Learning, gaining understanding, effect finding    
(D)  Discuss, make decisions, solve technical problems 



8 Which of the following is true about Formal Review or Inspection:-
i. Led by Trained Moderator (not the author).
ii. No Pre Meeting Preparations
iii. Formal Follow up process.
iv. Main Objective is to find defects

(A)   ii is true and i,iii,iv are false    
(B)   i,iii,iv are true and ii is false   
(C)   i,iii,iv are false and ii is true    
(D)   iii is true and I,ii,iv are false  



9 The Phases of formal review process is mentioned below arrange them in the correct order.
i. Planning
ii. Review Meeting
iii. Rework
iv. Individual Preparations
v. Kick Off
vi. Follow Up

(A)   i,ii,iii,iv,v,vi    
(B)   vi,i,ii,iii,iv,v   
(C)   i,v,iv,ii,iii,vi    
(D)  . i,ii,iii,v,iv,vi  



10 Who are the persons involved in a Formal Review :-
i. Manager
ii. Moderator
iii. Scribe / Recorder
iv. Assistant Manager

(A)   i,ii,iii,iv are true    
(B)  . i,ii,iii are true and iv is false   
(C)   ii,iii,iv are true and i is false.    
(D)  i,iv are true and ii, iii are false.



11 Which statements correctly describe certain phases of a formal review?

(A)   Looking for defects occurs during kick-off phase Fixing defects found happens during rework phase    
(B)  Personnel selection occurs during planning phase Gathering metrics happens during the review meeting phase    
(C)  Distributing documents occurs during the planning phase Personal review happens during individual preparation phase     
(D)  Personnel selection occurs during planning phase Fixing defects found happens during rework phase



12 Which of the following is a Key Characteristics of Walk Through
(A)  Scenario , Dry Run , Peer Group    
(B)   Pre Meeting Preparations   
(C)   Formal Follow Up Process    
(D)   Includes Metrics 



13 Which of the following are success factors for reviews?
I. Clear objectives for each review.
II. Checklists and/or roles are used to increase effectiveness of defect identification.
III. There is an emphasis on process improvement.
IV. People issues and psychological aspects are not reviewed.

(A)   I and III    
(B)  II, III and IV   
(C)   I, II and III    
(D)   IV



14 In a review meeting a moderator is a person who
(A)   Takes minutes of the meeting    
(B)  Mediates between people   
(C)  Takes telephone calls    
(D)  Writes the documents to be reviewed  



Answers:

1.  A

2.  B

3. B

4. A

5. B

6. B

7. A

8. B

9. C

10. B

11. D

12. A

13. C

14. B


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