ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level Technical Test Analyst - CTAL-TTA Exam Practice Test

You have conducted static analysis on several new modules for an existing product. You are now executing test cases and are seeing inconsistent problems including crashes. Intermittent error messages are appearing.
Despite all your best efforts, you are not able to find reproducible scenarios to force these errors.
What problem in the code are you likely seeing?
Correct Answer: B Vote an answer
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A risk-based approach is being taken to test a new web-based retail application. Which of the following activities is the Technical Test Analyst NOT usually expected to perform?
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A major Caribbean bank typically develops their own banking software using an Agile methodology.
However, for some specific components COTS software is acquired and used. The bank does not want to create a dependency on any external COTS supplier.
As part of the test approach, portability testing will be performed. Which portability sub-characteristic is especially relevant for the Caribbean bank?
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Within the world of consumer electronics, the amount of embedded software is growing rapidly. The amount of software in high-end television sets has increased by a factor of about eight over the last six years. In addition, the market of consumer electronics has been faced with a 5 -10% price erosion per year. The price of a product is, among a number of other things, determined by the microcontroller used. Therefore, the use of ROM and RAM remains under high pressure in consumer electronic products, leading to severe restrictions on code size.
You are a Technical Test Analyst involved in the review of the architecture of this project.
Which of the following issues would be MOST important to focus on during the review and when verifying the correct implementation?
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Considering the following statements:
A) The data used for a test is held external to the automated script
B) The scope of an automated test suite is driven by the range of test data available C) It uses a high-level language to separate the action to be performed on the test data from the test script D) A spreadsheet is used to record the actions to be performed instead of the input data Which of the following options is the correct selection of these statements to describe data-driven and keyword-driven automation?
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Which of the following is a generic risk factor that should be considered by a Technical Test Analyst during a product risk analysis?
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You are conducting security tests on an e-commerce application. Many core areas have been tested and found to have no issues. Protection of users' private information has also been verified. You are now focusing on testing the UI, which captures query information from the user. Which of the following defect types should you target in your testing?
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Which statement about test automation being applied to a reactive test approach, is CORRECT' SELECT ONE OPTION
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The following user story has been developed:
As a customer of Alpha Airways who has booked a flight
I want to access the flight reservation
So that I can update the booking details
Which BDD scenario written in Gherkin format correctly applies to this user story?
SELECT ONE OPTION
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Which of the following best describes the reason why poorly written code is usually more difficult to maintain than well written code?
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Which statement is correct with respect to fault injection tools?
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What is the purpose of an HTML checker?
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