BCS TM12 Actual Tests : ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Advanced Level- Test Manager (2012)

Which of the following would you expect to be most likely an example of a motivating factor for testers?
Number of correct responses: 1

• A. The testers are asked to perform, in parallel with their testing tasks, other tasks unrelated to their testing responsibilities
• B. The testers contribution to the quality of the software products developed from an organization is recognized with increased responsibilities
• C. The resources allocated for the testing activities are not sufficient and don't allow the testers to contribute to the quality of the product
• D. The same regressions tests are executed manually by the same testers, for every product release, without any progression in content

You are performing a quality risk analysis for a CSCI (Computer Software Configuration Item) used to implement a
CBIT (Continuous Built-In Test) module of a safety-critical system.
During the quality risk analysis you are trying to identify the ways in which failures of the CBIT module can occur, for each of them trying to determine the potential causes and likely effects, and the risk level (calculated as the product of three factors: severity, occurrence and detection).
Which of the following risk analysis techniques are you working with?
Number of correct responses: 1

• A. Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
• B. A lightweight product risk analysis technique
• C. Wide Band Delphi
• D. Cost of Exposure

Which of the following is an example of the test closure activity indicated as "lessons learned"?
Number of correct responses: 1

• A. Archive all the test results of the acceptance testing phase
• B. Deliver a list of the open defects of a software product released into production to the service desk team
• C. Deliver an automated regression test suite, used during the system test phase of a software product released into production, to the team responsible for maintenance testing
• D. Participate in a meeting at the end of a project aimed at better managing the events and problems of future projects

Based on the historical data of 5 past and similar projects, you have calculated these average numbers of defects detected in system testing:
-for each 10000 LOC (lines of code), 200 defects
-for each person-month of development team effort, 49 defects
You want to use this information to perform estimation for a new project.
The project manager tells you that he/she has estimated 20000 new LOC for this new project.
Four developers work for four months on this project before system testing.
During system testing, 797 defects are discovered.
Assume that the system test of this new project is using the same amount of work as spent in the past projects.
Based on this information only, which of the following statement is certainly true about this project?
Number of correct responses: 1

• A. More LOC than planned have been delivered to system testing with a higher defect density than the past projects
• B. The code for the new project contains a higher defect density than the code of the past projects
• C. The number of defects found during the system test phase on the new project is approximately proportional to the development team effort
• D. 40000 LOC have been delivered to system testing (against the 20000 LOC planned by the project manager)

The main objectives the senior management team wants to achieve are:
-to reduce the costs associated with dynamic testing
-to use reviews to ensure that the project is on course for success and following the plan
-to use reviews as a well-documented and effective bug-removal activity following a formal process with well-defined roles
-to determine the effectiveness of reviews in terms of phase containment
-to improve phase containment effectiveness
Which of the following answers would you expect to describe the best way to achieve these objectives?
Number of correct responses: 1

• A. You should plan for lightweight exit-phase reviews at the end of each development and testing phase, and plan for a process of gathering information from testing to perform an analysis aimed at identifying the larger cluster of defects
• B. You should plan for formal exit-phase reviews at the end of each development and testing phase, and plan for a process of gathering information from testing to perform an analysis aimed at identifying the larger cluster of defects
• C. You should plan for formal exit-phase reviews at the end of each development phase and testing phase, and plan for a process of gathering information from testing to perform an analysis of the bugs found during testing to determine the people responsible for those bugs
• D. You should plan for formal exit-phase reviews at the end of each development and testing phase, and plan for a process of gathering information from testing to perform an analysis of the bugs found during testing to determine the phase in which they have been introduced