A Review Of Verified ISEB-SWT2 Question

NEW QUESTION 1

Which of the following is not decided in the test-planning phase..?

• A. Schedules and deliverables
• B. Hardware and software
• C. Entry and exit criteria
• D. Types of test cases

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 2

Which list of levels of tester independence is in the correct order, starting with the most independent first?

• A. Tests designed by the author; tests designed by another member of the development team; tests designed by someone from a different company.
• B. Tests designed by someone from a different department within the company; tests designed by the author; tests designed by someone from a different company.
• C. Tests designed by someone from a different company; tests designed by someone from a different department within the company; tests designed by another member of the development team.
• D. Tests designed by someone from a different department within the company; tests designed by someone from a different company; tests designed by the author.

Answer: C

Explanation:
This option has someone nearer to the written code in each statement. All other options are not in this order.

NEW QUESTION 3

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 testin
• D. Software component testing is a national standard used internationall
• E. It covers a number of testing techniques that may be useful both on component testing level and on system testing level.
• F. SY-395-01 ‘Standard for East Coast Hospital software’ is a regional standard adapted from a national on
• G. Besides hospital software, this standard ought to be used also by other types of software system in the region.
• H. IEEE 829 ‘standard for software test documentation’ is an international standard to be followingmandatory by all testing origination regardless of lifecycle models.

Answer: AC

NEW QUESTION 4

Which statement below BEST describes non-functional testing?

• A. The process of testing an integrated system to verify that it meets specified requirements.
• B. The process of testing to determine the compliance of a system to coding standards.
• C. Testing without reference to the internal structure of a system.
• D. Testing system attributes, such as usability, reliability or maintainability.

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 5

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?

Answer: ABC

NEW QUESTION 6

A washing machine has three temperature bands for different kinds of fabrics: fragile fabrics are washed at temperatures between 15 and 30 degrees Celsius; normal fabrics are washed at temperatures between 31 and 60 degrees Celsius; heavily soiled and tough fabrics are washed at temperatures between 61 and 100 degrees Celsius.
Which of the following contains only values that are in different equivalence partitions?

• A. 15, 30, 60
• B. 20, 35, 60
• C. 25, 45, 75
• D. 12, 35, 55

Answer: C

Explanation:
Answer (A) includes two values from the lower partition, answer (B) contains two values from the second partition, answer (D) contains one value that is invalid (out of range).

NEW QUESTION 7

Which of the following would you least expect to form part of the analysis of initial tool costs? 1 credit

• A. Integration with other tools
• B. Learning time required to use the new tool
• C. Tool portability
• D. Evaluation of suitable tools

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 8

Which of the following principles should be followed when introducing a test tool into an organization?
(i) Assessing organizational maturity to establish whether a tool will provide expected benefits.
(ii) Requiring a quick payback on the initial investment.
(iii) Including a requirement for the tool to be easy to use without having to train unskilled testers.
(iv) Identifying and agreeing requirements before evaluating test tools.

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

Answer: B

Explanation:
Assessing organizational maturity (i) is very important when deciding whether to introduce a test tool, as implementing a tool in an immature test organization with poor processes is unlikely to produce any benefits.
A quick return on the initial investment (ii) in a test tool is rare.
Having a requirement that a tool should be easy to use for untrained and unskilled testers (iii) is generally a false hope. This is comparable with expecting someone who has never driven a car to be able to drive safely and effectively.
Agreeing requirements before evaluating tools (iv) is essential. Not to do so would be comparable with building and testing a system without requirements.
In conclusion, (i) and (iv) are good principles to follow when introducing a tool and (ii) and (iii) are not.

NEW QUESTION 9

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

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 10

Which of the following is NOT part of configuration management..?

• A. Status accounting of configuration items
• B. Auditing conformance to ISO9001
• C. Identification of test versions
• D. Record of changes to documentation over time
• E. Controlled library access

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 11

What is important to do when working with software development models?

• A. To adapt the models to the context of project and product characteristics.
• B. To choose the waterfall model because it is the first and best proven model.
• C. To start with the V-model and then move to either iterative or incremental models.
• D. To only change the organization to fit the model and not vice versa.

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 12

Debugging and Testing are key activities in the software development lifecycle. Which of the following are 'Debugging' activities?
* a) Identifying, a failure
* b) Locating the cause of failure
* c) Fixing the defect
* d) Checking the fix has resolved the failure

• A. a & d
• B. a & b
• C. b & c
• D. c & d

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 13

Which of the following defects is most likely to be found by a test harness?

• A. Variance from programming standards.
• B. A defect in middleware.
• C. Memory leaks.
• D. Regression defects.

Answer: B

Explanation:
Variance from programming standards defects (option (A)) are found during the review or static testing process. Therefore a test harness is unlikely to find a defect in programming standards.
Memory leak defects (option (C)) could potentially be found by a test harness designed to run many test cases. Regression defects (option (D)) could be found using many types of test tool.
Defects in middleware (option (B)) are generally more likely to be found by a test harness or a dynamic analysis tool than by any other type of tool.

NEW QUESTION 14

Which of the following does NOT represent one of the three triggers for maintenance testing an operational system?

• A. Data migration
• B. System retirement
• C. System modification
• D. Introduction of a test management tool

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 15

Test objectives for systems testing of a safety critical system include completion of all outstanding defect correction. Regression testing is required following defect correction at all test levels. Which TWO of the following metrics would be MOST suitable for determining whether the test objective has been met? [K2]
* a. Regression tests run and passed in systems testing
* b. Incidents closed in systems testing
* c. Planned tests run and passed in system testing
* d. Planned tests run and passed at all levels of testing
* e. Incidents raised and closed at all levels of testing

• A. a and e
• B. b and c
• C. d and e
• D. a and b

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 16

Why is independent testing important? [K1]

• A. Because independent testers make fewer assumptions than developers
• B. Because independent testers are isolated from the development team
• C. Because independent testers can verify assumptions made during specification and implementation of the system
• D. Because independent testers have a greater sense of responsibility for quality than developers

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 17

Functional and structural tests are alternative test types that may be used separately or together at which test level? [K1]

• A. At the component test level only
• B. At all test levels
• C. At integration testing and system testing levels only
• D. At all levels from integration testing to acceptance testing

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 18

Risks should be constantly reviewed. Given the current situation, which one of the following factors is most likely to lead to a revised view of product risk? 3 credits

• A. The concerns over the user interface may lead to changes to the interface which cannot be implemented by development in time for the second test iteration.
• B. The concerns over the user interface raises the likelihood of a risk in that area and increases the amount of test effort needed for the user interface, thereby limiting the test effort available for other parts of the test management tool.
• C. The delivery of the application without the interface changes may upset the user community.
• D. The method used for test estimation is not accurate enough and hence the money spent on testing exceeded its budget.

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 19

Which option BEST describes how the level of risk is determined?

• A. The likelihood of an adverse event happening multiplied by the cost of preventing it
• B. The consequences of a potential problem multiplied by the cost of possible legal action
• C. The impact of an adverse event multiplied by the likelihood of that event occurring
• D. The likelihood and the probability of a hazard occurring

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 20

You have been asked to improve the way test automation tools are being used in your company. Which one of the following is the BEST approach?

• A. Selecting and automating scripts that test new functionality to find the most defects
• B. Using a keyword-driven testing approach to separate the actions and data from the tool's script
• C. Ensuring that all data, inputs and actions are stored in the tool's script for ease of maintenance
• D. Keeping expected results separate from the automation tool to allow the testers to check the results

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 21

Incidents would not be raised against

• A. Requirements
• B. Documentation
• C. Test cases
• D. Improvements suggested by users

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 22

The purpose of exit criteria is:

• A. Define when to stop testing
• B. End of test level
• C. When a set of tests has achieved a specific pre condition
• D. All of the above

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 23

You are considering involving users during test execution. In general, what is the main reason for involving users during test execution? 1 credit

• A. They are a cheap resource
• B. They have good testing skills
• C. This can serve as a way to build their confidence in the system
• D. They have the ability to also focus on invalid test cases

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 24

A number of options have been suggested for the level of independence to be employed for the testing on the next project, and are shown below.

• A. External test specialists perform non-functional testing.i
• B. Testing is outsourced.ii
• C. Testing is carried out by the developer.i
• D. A separate test team carries out the testing.
• E. Testing is performed by the business.v
• F. Testing is performed by a different developer.Which of the following orders the above in a correct order of independence? 1 credit
• G. i, ii, iv, vi
• H. ii, i, v, vi
• I. ii, v, i, iii
• J. i, iv, v, vi

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 25
Consider the following pseudo code:
* 1 Begin
* 2 Read Time
* 3 If Time < 12 Then
* 4 Print(Time, "am")
* 5 Endif
* 6 If Time > 12 Then
* 7 Print(Time 12, "pm")
* 8 Endif
* 9 If Time = 12 Then
* 10 Print (Time, "noon")
* 11 Endif
* 12 End
If the test cases Time = 11 and Time = 15 were input, what level of decision coverage would be achieved?

• A. 100% or 6/6
• B. 50% or 3/6
• C. 67% or 4/6
• D. 83% or 5/6

Answer: D

Explanation:
Test case 1 exercises the decision outcomes True, False, False Test case 2 exercises the decision outcomes False, True, False This leaves the True outcome of decision 3 not exercised.
Of the 6 possible decision outcomes, 5 have been exercised, so the decision coverage is 5/6 (about 83%).

NEW QUESTION 26

Which of the following statements BEST describes the difference between testing and debugging?

• A. Testing pinpoints (identifies the source of) the defect
• B. Debugging analyzes the faults and proposes prevention activities.
• C. Dynamic testing shows failures caused by defect
• D. Debugging finds, analyzes, and removes the causes of failures in the software.
• E. Testing removes fault
• F. Debugging identifies the causes of failures.
• G. Dynamic testing prevents causes of failure
• H. Debugging removes the failures.

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 27

What is retesting?

• A. Running the same test again in the same circumstances to reproduce the problem.
• B. A cursory run through a test pack to see if any new errors have been introduced.
• C. Checking that the predetermined exit criteria for the test phase have been met.
• D. Running a previously failed test against new software/data/documents to see if the problem is solved.

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 28

A system requirement states that up to 100 users should be able to carry out a transaction, with responses returned within 5 seconds.
What type of non-functional testing would you carry out to verify these requirements?

• A. Stress testing
• B. Maintenance testing
• C. Load testing
• D. Usability testing

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 29
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