CTFL18 by BCS Actual Free Exam Q&As

Question 1

Which of the following statements BEST describes the difference between testing and debugging?

A. Dynamic testing shows failures caused by defects. Debugging finds, analyzes, and removes the causes of failures in the software. B. Dynamic testing prevents causes of failures. Debugging removes the failures. C. Testing removes faults. Debugging identifies the causes of failures. D. Testing pinpoints (identifies the source of) the defects. Debugging analyzes the faults and proposes prevention activities.

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

Question 2

In foundation level syllabus you will find the main basic principles of testing. Which of the following sentences describes one of these basic principles?

A. For a software system, it is not possible, under normal conditions, to test all input and output combinations B. A goal of testing is to show that the software is defect free C. Complete testing of software is attainable if you have enough resources and test tools D. With automated testing you can make statements with more confidence about the quality of a product than with manual testing

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

Question 3

Which of the following statements regarding incidents is NOT true?

A. Incidents may be raised during development, review, testing or use of a software product. B. Since incidents are the discrepancies between actual and expected outcomes they cannot be raised during development. C. Incidents should be tracked from discovery and classification to correction and confirmation of the solution. D. The discrepancies between actual and expected outcomes needs to be logged as incidents.

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question 4

One Key reason why developers have difficulty testing their own work is:

A. Lack of Objectivity B. Lack of training C. Lack of test tools on the market for developers D. Lack of technical documentation

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Question 5

Which of the following is a key characteristic of informal reviews?

A. Metric analysis B. Low cost C. Individual preparation D. Kick-off meeting

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question 6

Which of the following statements about Use Case Testing is FALSE?

A. Use case testing does not find defects caused by interaction of different components B. Each use case has preconditions which need to be met for the use case to work successfully C. A use case can be defined at the abstract level, detached from the implementation, or at the system level, describing a set of executed functions D. Use case generally has a mainstream scenario and may have many alternate or exceptional scenarios.

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a major responsibility of a tester?

A. Writing the test specification. B. Finding the root cause of a defect. C. Producing interim test reports. D. Report and tracking bugs.

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question 8

A web application for calculation of mortgage loan has 3 input fields:
1. Civil status: Married / Not married
2. Equity: 0 - 100,000 EUR, 100,001 - 500,000 EUR, more than 500,000 EUR
3. Requested amount of the loan: 0 - 100,000 EUR, 100,001 - 500,000 EUR, 500,001 - 800,000 EUR In addition, 2 different loan types can be chosen.
The application has to be tested for 2 web browsers.
How many test cases are necessary to cover all possible combinations in equivalence class testing?

A. 36 B. 72 C. 32 D. 64

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question 9

Which of the following is a valid drawback of independent testing?

A. Developer and independent testing will overlap and waste resources. B. Developers loose the sense of responsibility and independent testers may become a bottleneck. C. Independent testers need extra education and always cost more. D. Independent testers will become a bottleneck and introduce problems in incident management.

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question 10

Which of the following statements regarding inspection is NOT true?

A. An inspection may be led by a trained moderator who shall not be the author. B. The main purpose of an inspection is to find solutions to the problems. C. An inspection can be performed by peers. D. An inspection shall follow a formal process based on rules and checklists with entry and exit criteria

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question 11

Which of the following pairs of test tools are likely to be most useful during the test analysis and design stage of the fundamental test process?
(i) Test execution tool
(ii) Test data preparation tool
(iii) Test management tool
(iv) Requirements management tool

A. (ii) and (iii) B. (i) and (iv) C. (iii) and (iv) D. (i) and (ii)

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question 12

The following condition is given:
Integer x, y;
IF x > 0 AND x < 100
y=y+x;
END-IF
Using boundary analysis for x, which test cases are required?

A. -1, 0, 100, 101 B. -500, -10, 0, 1, 99, 100, 101, 500 C. -1, 0, 1, 99, 100, 101 D. 0, 1, 99, 100

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