Which of the following is a benefit of independent testing? 1 credit

A.

Code cannot be released into production until independent testing is complete.

B.

Testing is isolated from development.

C.

 Independent testers find different defects and are unbiased.

D.

Developers do not have to take as much responsibility for quality.

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.
i. External test specialists perform non-functional testing.
ii. Testing is outsourced.
iii. Testing is carried out by the developer.
iv. A separate test team carries out the testing.
v. Testing is performed by the business.
vi. Testing is performed by a different developer.
Which of the following orders the above in a correct order of independence? 1 credit

A.

 i, ii, iv, vi

B.

ii, i, v, vi

C.

ii, v, i, iii

D.

i, iv, v, vi

Based on the information given in the scenario, identify how the team could be improved most effectively? 2 credits

A.

By providing training in the payroll domain

B.

By providing a workshop on test design techniques

C.

By providing specific training on the systems being tested

D.

By providing training on reviewing requirements

In addition to introducing the new team member, you have decided to raise motivation.
Which of the measures listed below would be the best measure to take in order to increase
the motivation of the team? 2 credits

A.

Provide more time for testing in the schedule

B.

Allow people to take some time off

C.

Introduce entry criteria to the testing phase

D.

Organize a meeting with senior management in which they address the importance of
good testing for this project

Which of the following team roles would be most appropriate to enhance the team and
why? 2 credits

A.

A person with the ability to complete tasks

B.

A quality assurance officer

C.

A person with in-depth technical skills

D.

A person who brings new ideas to the team

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

Evaluate the status of the project against the defined exit criteria. Which of the following
options shows the correct status? 2 credits

A.

Criteria A = OK, criteria B = OK, criteria C = OK

B.

Criteria A = NOT OK, criteria B = NOT OK, criteria C = OK

C.

Criteria A = OK, criteria B = NOT OK, criteria C = NOT OK

D.

Criteria A = NOT OK, criteria B = NOT OK, criteria C = NOT OK

Instead of having an independent test team within the company, the company is
considering to outsource testing. What are THREE key challenges that are typical for
outsourcing? 1 credit

A.

Test environment more complex

B.

 Define expectation for tasks and deliverables

C.

Clear channels of communications

D.

Possibly different cultures

E.

 Testing of non-functional requirements

F.

Audit trail from requirements to test cases

G.

Applying test automation

In general, why is it NOT a good idea to estimate the testing effort based only on a
percentage of development effort? Identify THREE valid reasons. 1 credit

A.

The quality of the development estimate may be poor.

B.

In general bottom-up estimation is always better than top-down estimation.

C.

The percentage based technique only applies to the V life cycle model.

D.

Using the same percentage every time does not address the level of risk of the
application to be tested.

E.

The maturity of the organization, e.g. the quality of the test basis, quality of development
testing, configuration management, availability of test tools, also influence the effort needed
for testing.

F.

It builds on large set of historical data

G.

The result is almost always a too low estimate for the required test effort

In general which part of the testing activity is most difficult to estimate? 1 credit

A.

Test planning

B.

Test execution

C.

Test management

D.

Test design