ISTQB (ISTQB CTAL-TA) ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Analyst (Syllabus 2012) - ISTQB-CTAL-TA Exam Practice Test

A new online application is being introduced for the start of the next tax year to handle tax liabilities.
This web-based system is especially aimed at those with visual disabilities and several innovative features are being introduced for the user interface. The design of these features is ongoing.
Which of the following represents the BEST approach for accessibility testing?
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A major upgrade of business software has been undertaken, with many new facilities added in response to the wishes of the (internal company) staff. There are now very different screens presented to users, depending on their roles within the business. Due to the nature of the business,computational accuracyis regarded as the area of greatest business risk.
Which of the following quality characteristics would you focus on the MOST when testing the system?
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As a Test Analyst, you have been given a set of requirements that have been defined for the payment module of a new public transport system The set includes the following requirements:
P101 The product shall calculate the lowest fare for the destination considering day of week and time, (priority: medium) P102 The product shall compare the traveler's payment with the calculated payment (priority: high) P103 The product shall provide feedback if the payment is not sufficient (priority: high) P104 The product will process payments within 20 seconds at all priority 1 stations during peak hours (priority high) Which set of requirements will typically be tested by a Test Analyst?

Consider the following requirement:
The system shall allow cash advances of at least 200 Euros for all supported credit cards The following credit cards are supported- American Express, Diners, VISA, Mastercard and Eurocard.
The requirement has been identified as business critical.
The following test conditions have been derived:
1. The system shall allow cash advances of at least 200 Euros
2. It shall support American Express, Diners, VISA, Mastercard and Eurocard.
Assume you are following a risk-based testing strategy, where likelihood and impact are both assessed on a five-point scale ranging from very low to very high The requirement R1 was identified as a risk item during the quality risk analysis process. In total 20 risk items were identified during this process Assume that technical project stakeholders have assessed the likelihood of the requirement R1 risk item at a medium level Given only the information above, which of the following statements is true?

You are testing a hospital patient management system. New or amended patient data is captured by hospital administrators using an in-house patient capture application and transmitted to one or more hospital departments depending on the nature of the medical condition. Each department operates its own software package.
A new release has been scheduled which includes an improved user interface to the patient capture application as well as changes to the patient data to meet new regulatory requirements.
You are the test analyst for this release, working alongside a Technical Test Analyst. Which of the following requirements MOST align to your responsibilities to test as a Test Analyst?
* R01:New and amended patient data can be successfully read and processed by receiving hospital department systems
* R02:Patient data will be transmitted and received by hospital department systems within ten seconds of entry
* R03:Patient data transmitted to other hospital department systems will remain secure and cannot be accessed by unauthorized third parties
* R04:High volumes of data can be successfully received and processed while the user interface is being used
* R05:The new user interface is appropriate for the needs of all hospital administrator roles SELECT ONE OPTION:

REQ1 a sun cancer warning system shall produce a daily score sheet based on the number of hours expose to the sun and the intensity of sun radiation.
REQ2 The number of hours exposed to the sun shall be categorized in A (below 2), B (2 to 4 hours) or C (more than 4 hours) REQ3 The intensity of sun radiation shall be labelled as low, medium, high, or extreme.
Based on the requirements stated above a Test Analyst has defined the following three test cases:
How many test conditions to be identified from requirements REQ2 and REQ3, are NOT covered by the three test cases:

A new web site must operate correctly with different browsers (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari), using different plug-ins (Realplayer, Mediaplayer), will be receiving pages from different servers (IIS, Apache and WebLogic) and will be running on various operating systems (Windows, Android, iOS and Linux).
Which of the following test techniques should you use to define the required test cases for testing this new web site in its various environments?

When applying the State Transition test technique to the given State Transition diagram, and assuming that screen refreshes can be applied multiple times, how many 1-switch transitions are there starting from the state 'Screen 1'?

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The following document has been produced as part of the replacement of an internal Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application. The replacement application should not differ from the current CRM application, and the documentation reflects this aspiration, with seven specific requirements listed.
Document:New CRM Overview-20nn-1 A
* CRM Replacement
* Author:Andrew Smith
* Date:26-01-20nn
* Version:0.04
The following are individual requirements:
* There are no new screens in the replacement CRM application
* The screen layouts match the existing CRM application
* Screen navigation conforms to the internal company standards
* Data will be displayed within 4 seconds
* Screen US002B layout is amended to introduce the ability to populate a new data item for Financial Conduct Authority registration number (optional field - to be reported from the start of the next tax year). This is a numeric item, unique to any company.
* Security access will be controlled by SSO (Single Sign-On) from the users' network logon
* Users without authorized access will not see any CRM screen
The requirements will be reviewed using a standard checklist:
a. Requirements should be testable
b. Each requirement should be consistent with other requirements
c. Each requirement should be unambiguous
d. Each requirement should have a unique identifier
e. Documents should be versioned, dated, and the author specified
Which checklist items would identify issues in this requirements document?
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Which of the following statements about defect-based techniques is TRUE?
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