ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Manager - CTAL_TM_001 Exam Practice Test

Which of the following statements is true regarding Fault Tree Analysis?

You are the Test Manager for a critical system and are using a risk-based approach for this project.
Which of the following would most clearly convey the current status to project stakeholders? [3]

You are planning the testing for an emergency product update required to correct a serious security issue and to improve system maintainability of a key product in your company's catalogue. It has been estimated that the historical cost to the company for the security issue in this system has been $375,000.
In the last year a total of 10 reported "live' incidents were reported, resulting in a total external failure cost of S110.000 to correct.
The cost of prevention for this project has been estimated as $78,500 and from the development you have learned that the average cost of detection was $1,250 and the average cost of internal failure was $7,450 Which one of the following statements about cost of quality is TRUE? SELECT ONE OPTION

You are reviewing the project's traceability matrix after the first cycle of testing. You have discovered that new requirements have been introduced and others have changed.
What should you do? [2]

Refer to SCENARIO 2 - Which two of the following are test strategies that would need to be implemented to meet the objectives defined in the Safe as Houses' test policy?
a. Analytical strategy
b. Reactive strategy
c Methodical strategy
d. Regression averse strategy
e. Process compliant strategy

The test team is using a distributed model for testing.
What is the primary factor you should consider with this model? [1]

You have been asked to estimate the testing effort for an upgrade to a legacy product Your team did the testing on the last upgrade, and you have ascertained that this upgrade is about 10% bigger than the last one Given this information which estimation technique should you use to come up with the test effort number?

Which testing metric identifies defect density?

Your team has been assigned to a new project You have a mix of manual testers and automation engineers but everyone is currently doing manual testing. The development learn has alreadydecided to use DevOps as its approach but they have never used it before and are happy to take your input Unfortunately, about 50% of the development is completed already In the testing your team is doing they are finding that about 40% of the defects they catch are actually regressions caused by other changes Given this information what should you do to help mitigate risk'?

Referring to SCENARIO 2 It has been agreed that Project 1 will be delivered using an Agile approach, with user stories delivered across three sprints, each lasting 4 weeks. The programme manager is concerned about RISK 3 and wants the Master Test Plan to specify an effective test process improvement approach.
Which of the following is the best test process improvement approach for Project 1 ? SELECT ONE OPTION

Which of the following is the proper order for the stages of a tool lifecycle?

Test Analysts are doing test design for a change request to an insurance comparison system. The system provides car insurance quotations, using data input by the user.
The change request states:-
Drivers must be aged between 17 to 85 years inclusive to qualify for insurance comparison.
The following Test Conditions have been identified:
1 Driver's age is less than the minimum
2. Driver's age is within the valid range
3. Driver's age is more than the maximum
The Test Strategy states the test techniques to be used include Equivalence Partitioning and Boundary Value Analysis. Using the Test Conditions and techniques stated in the Test Strategy, the following Test Cases have been created.

As the Test Manager you are reviewing these Test Cases for traceability to the Test Conditions and to ensure that the change request will be adequately tested in accordance with the Test Strategy.
Which of the following statements is FALSE? SELECT ONE OPTION

Assume that you are working for a company that has maintained and tested a car parking permit system for many years. The system holds the name and address of permit holders and automatically writes to the permit holder with a form to renew or cancel their permit each year.
The test plan states the following:
"since the system is considered a stable system. Boundary Value Analysis is the only test case design technique that needs to be applied during testing" Consider the following change that was detailed in the Requirements Specification for a replacement to an existing parameter held within the system;
* The specified renewal date for each permit must be not be after 31 st January 2020. Which one of the following is a valid test condition that satisfies both the requirement and the test plan?
SELECT ONE OPTION

Which of the Mowing Is commonly used by a test manager to identity risks'

Which of the following defect statistics will provide input to be used for improvement in the defect reporting process?