ISTQB BENZER SORULAR

Question #6 (1 Point)

Which TWO of the following tasks belong MAINLY to a testing role?

a) Configure test environments

b) Maintain the product backlog

c) Design solutions to new requirements

d) Create the test plan

e) Report on achieved coverage

Select TWO options.

Question #13 (1 Point)

Which types of failures (1-4) fit which test levels (A-D) BEST?

1. Failures in system behavior as it deviates from the user’s business needs

2. Failures in communication between components

3. Failures in logic in a module

4. Failures in not correctly implemented business rules

A. Component testing

B. Component integration testing

C. System testing

D. Acceptance testing

a) 1D, 2B, 3A, 4C

b) 1D, 2B, 3C, 4A

c) 1B, 2A, 3D, 4C

d) 1C, 2B, 3A, 4D

Select ONE option.

Question #20 (1 Point)

You are testing a simplified apartment search form which has only two search criteria:

floor (with three possible options: ground floor; first floor; second or higher floor) garden type
(with three possible options: no garden; small garden; large garden)

Only apartments on the ground floor have gardens. The form has a built-in validation
mechanism that will not allow you to use the search criteria which violate this rule.

Each test has two input values: floor and garden type. You want to apply equivalence
partitioning (EP) to cover each floor and each garden type in your tests.

What is the minimal number of test cases to achieve 100% EP coverage?

a) 3

b) 4

c) 5

d) 6

Select ONE option

Question #16 (1 Point)

Which of the following is a benefit of early and frequent feedback?

a) It improves the test process for future projects

b) It forces customers to prioritize their requirements based on agreed risks

c) It is the only way to measure the quality of changes

d) It helps avoid requirements misunderstandings

Select ONE option.

Question #26 (1 Point)

Which of the following BEST describes the concept behind error guessing?

a) Error guessing involves using your knowledge and experience of defects found in the past
and typical errors made by developers

b) Error guessing involves using your personal experience of development and the errors you
made as a developer

c) Error guessing requires you to imagine that you are the user of the test object and to guess
errors the user could make interacting with it

d) Error guessing requires you to rapidly duplicate the development task to identify the sort of
errors a developer might make

Select ONE option.

Question #33 (1 Point)

You are testing a mobile application that allows users to find a nearby restaurant based on the
type of food they want to eat. Consider the following list of test cases, priorities (i.e., a smaller
number means a higher priority), and dependencies:

Test case number Test condition covered Priority Logical dependency

TC 001 Select type of food 3 none
TC 002 Select restaurant 2 TC 001
TC 003 Get direction 1 TC 002
TC 004 Call restaurant 2 TC 002
TC 005 Make reservation 3 TC 002

Which of the following test cases should be executed as the third one?

a) TC 003

b) TC 005
c) TC 002

d) TC 001

Select ONE option.

Question #34 (1 Point)

Consider the following test categories (1-4) and agile testing quadrants (A-D):

1. Usability testing

2. Component testing

3. Functional testing

4. Reliability testing

A. Agile testing quadrant Q1: technology facing, supporting the development team

B. Agile testing quadrant Q2: business facing, supporting the development team

C. Agile testing quadrant Q3: business facing, critique the product

D. Agile testing quadrant Q4: technology facing, critique the product

How do the following test categories map onto the agile testing quadrants?

a) 1C, 2A, 3B, 4D

b) 1D, 2A, 3C, 4B

c) 1C, 2B, 3D, 4A

d) 1D, 2B, 3C, 4A

Select ONE option.

Question #2 (1 Point)

Which of the following statements about quality assurance (QA) and/or quality control (QC) is
correct?

a) QA is performed as part of testing

b) Testing is performed as part of QC

c) Testing is another term for QC

d) Testing is performed as part of QA

Select ONE option.

Question #4 (1 Point)

Which test activity involves working with test data requirements, test conditions, test
environment requirements and test cases?

a) Test design

b) Test execution

c) Test analysis

d) Test implementation

Select ONE option.

Question #8 (1 Point)

Which of the following is an advantage of the whole-team approach?

a) It allows team members to take on any role at any time

b) It only needs a single team to support the complete development project

c) It embeds business representatives alongside developers in the same team

d) It generates a team synergy that benefits the entire project

Select ONE option.

Question #11 (1 Point)

Which of the following is an example of a test-first approach to development?

a) Test-Driven Development

b) Coverage-Driven Development

c) Quality-Driven Development

d) Feature-Driven Development

Select ONE option

Question #12 (1 Point)

Which of the following statements about DevOps is CORRECT?

a) To speed up releases, continuous integration is used to encourage developers to submit code

quickly without the need to complete component testing

b) To be able to update and release systems on a more frequent basis, many automated
regression tests are required to reduce the danger of regression

c) To treat both developers and operations equally, the testers will allocate more effort to
release testing by operations using a shift-right approach

d) To create increased synergy between testers, developers and operations, the testing must
become fully automated with no manual testing

Select ONE option.

Question #17 (1 Point)

Given the following task descriptions:

1. The quality characteristics to be evaluated and the exit criteria are selected

2. Everyone has access to the work product

3. Anomalies are identified in the work product

4. Anomalies are discussed

And the following review activities

A. Individual review

B. Review initiation

C. Planning

D. Communication and analysis

Which of the following BEST matches the task descriptions and activities?

a) 1B, 2C, 3D, 4A

b) 1B, 2D, 3C, 4A

c) 1C, 2A, 3B, 4D

d) 1C, 2B, 3A, 4D

Select ONE option.

Question #18 (1 Point)

Given the following roles in reviews:

1. Scribe

2. Review leader

3. Facilitator

4. Manager

And the following responsibilities in reviews:

A. Ensures the effective running of review meetings and the setting up a safe review
environment
B. Records review information, such as decisions and new anomalies found during the review
meeting

C. Decides what is to be reviewed and provides resources, such as staff and time for the review

D. Takes overall responsibility for the review such as organizing when and where the review will
take place

Which of the following BEST matches the roles and responsibilities?

a) 1A, 2B, 3D, 4C

b) 1A, 2C, 3B, 4D

c) 1B, 2D, 3A, 4C

d) 1B, 2D, 3C, 4A

Select ONE option.

Question #24 (1 Point)

You run two test cases, T1 and T2, on the same code. Test T1 achieved 40% statement coverage
and test T2 achieved 65% statement coverage.

Which of the following sentences must be necessarily true?

a) The test suite composed with tests T1 and T2 achieves 105% statement coverage

b) There exists at least one statement that must have been executed by both T1 and T2

c) At least 5% of the statements in the code under test are non-executable

d) The test suite composed of tests T1 and T2 achieves full branch coverage

Select ONE option.

Question #37 (1 Point)

Which of the following BEST describes an example of how configuration management (CM)
supports testing?

a) Having the version number of the environment, the CM tool can retrieve the version
numbers of libraries, stubs and drivers used in that environment
b) Having a record of the values of the test inputs, the CM tool can execute the test cases for
these configurations and calculate test coverage

c) Having data about the date of purchase of a software license, the CM tool automatically
generates information about the fact that the product license is coming to an end

d) Having the version number of the test case, the CM tool can automatically generate test data
for this test case

Select ONE option.

Question #38 (1 Point)

You are testing a sort function that gets a set of numbers as input and returns the same set of
numbers sorted in ascending order. The log from the test execution looks as follows.

Environment configuration: sort function build 2.002.2182, test case set: TCS-3, # of TCs: 5 Test
run ID: 736 Start 12:43:21.003 12:43:21.003 Execution of TC1. Input: 3. Output: 3. Result:
passed 12:43:21.003 Execution of TC2. Input: 3 11 6 5. Output: 3 5 6 11. Result: passed
12:43:21.004 Execution of TC3. Input: 8 7 3 7 1. Output: 1 3 7 8. Result: failed 12:43:21.005
Execution of TC4. Input: -2 -2 -2 -3 -3. Output: -3 -2. Result: failed 12:43:21.005 Execution of
TC5. Input: 0 -2 0 3 4 4. Output: -2 0 3 4. Result: failed End 12:43:21.005 Total time of test cycle:
0:00:00.002

Which of the following provides the BEST description of the failure that can be used in a defect
report?

a) The system fails to sort several sets of numbers. Reference: TC3, TC4, TC5.

b) The system seems to disregard duplicates while sorting. Reference: TC3, TC4, TC5.

c) The system fails to sort negative numbers. Reference: TC4, TC5.

d) TC3, TC4 and TC5 have defects (duplicate input data) and should be corrected.

Select ONE option.

Question #5 (1 Point)

Given the following testware:

1. Coverage items
2. Change requests

3. Test execution schedule

4. Prioritized test conditions

And the following test activities

A. Test analysis

B. Test design

C. Test implementation

D. Test completion

Which of the following BEST shows the testware produced by the activities?

a) 1B, 2D, 3C, 4A

b) 1B, 2D, 3A, 4C

c) 1D, 2C, 3A, 4B

d) 1D, 2C, 3B, 4A

Select ONE option.

Question #10 (1 Point)

Which of the following is an example of a test-first approach to development?

a) Component Test-Driven Development

b) Integration Test-Driven Development

c) System Test-Driven Development

d) Acceptance Test-Driven Development

Question #17 (1 Point)

Given the following review types:

1. Technical review

2. Informal review

3. Inspection

4. Walkthrough

And the following descriptions:

A. Includes objectives such as gaining consensus, generating new ideas, and motivating authors
to improve

B. Includes objectives such as educating reviewers, gaining consensus, generating new ideas
and detecting potential defects

C. The main objective is detecting potential defects and it requires metrics collection to support
process improvement

D. The main objective is detecting potential defects and it generates no formal documented
output

Which of the following BEST matches the review types and the descriptions?

a) 1A, 2B, 3C, 4D

b) 1A, 2D, 3C, 4B

c) 1B, 2C, 3D, 4A

d) 1C, 2D, 3A, 4B

Select ONE option.

Question #19 (1 Point)

What is the MAIN difference between black-box test techniques and experience-based test
techniques?

a) The test object

b) The test level at which the test technique is used

c) The test basis

d) The software development lifecycle (SDLC) in which the test technique can be used

Select ONE option.

Question #36 (1 Point)

Which of the following activities in the test process makes the MOST use of test progress
reports?

a) Test design

b) Test completion

c) Test analysis

d) Test planning

Select ONE option.

Question #4 (1 Point)

Given the following test tasks:

1. Derive test cases from test conditions

2. Identify reusable testware

3. Organize test cases into test procedures

4. Evaluate test basis and test object

And the following test activities:

A. Test analysis

B. Test design

C. Test implementation
D. Test completion

Which of the following BEST matches the tasks with the activities?

a) 1B, 2A, 3D, 4C

b) 1B, 2D, 3C, 4A

c) 1C, 2A, 3B, 4D

d) 1C, 2D, 3A, 4B

Select ONE option.

Question #6 (1 Point)

Which of the following is MOST likely to describe a task performed by someone in a test
management role?

a) Evaluate test basis and test object

b) Define test environment requirements

c) Assess testability of test object

d) Create test completion report

Select ONE option.

Question #10 (1 Point)

Which of the following is an example of a test-first approach to development?

a) Behavior-Driven Development

b) Test Level Driven Development

c) Function-Driven Development

d) Performance-Driven Development

Select ONE option.

Question #18 (1 Point)

Which participant in the review process is responsible for ensuring that the review meetings
run effectively and that everyone at the meetings can voice their opinions freely?

a) Manager

b) Moderator

c) Chairperson

d) Review Leader

Select ONE option.

Question #30 (1 Point)

Which of the following BEST define EXIT criteria in a testing project?

a) The budget is approved

b) Budget runs out

c) Test basis is available

d) Test cases achieved at least 80% statement coverage

e) All test analysts are ISTQB certified at the Foundation Level

Select TWO options.

Question #35 (1 Point)

Which of the following are product risks?

a) Scope creep

b) Poor architecture

c) Cost-cutting

d) Poor tool support

e) Response time too long

Select TWO options.

Question #40 (1 Point)

Which of the following is MOST likely to be a risk of test automation?

a) The detection of additional high-severity defects

b) Providing measures that are too complicated for humans to derive

c) Incompatibility with the development platform

d) Substantially reduced test execution times

Select ONE options.