ISTQB Foundation Level 2018 CTFL_Syll2018 Practice Test V8.02 Killtest 2021

2. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. 1.A money order system is designed to calculate the charge for a transfer - Amounts from 1 to 1999 are charged EUR 10. - Amounts from 2000 to 5000 are charged EUR 15 - Amounts below EUR 1 or above EUR 5000 are not accepted. Assume that only integer values can occur. Which of these sets of amounts covers all equivalence classes? A. 0-1999-2000-5000 B. 1-2000-5001-10000 C. 0-100-2000-6000 D. 99-1- 2000- 4999,99 Answer: C ISTQB Foundation Level 2018 CTFL_Syll2018 Practice Test V8.02 Killtest 2021 B. Configuration Management Tool C. Test Execution tool D. Backup tool Answer: A 2.Where and by whom is Beta testing normally performed? A. By customers or potential customers at their own locations B. By an independent test team at the developing organization's location C. At the developing organization's site, but not by the developing team D. By customers or potential customers at the developing organization's site Answer: A 3.Which statement about use case testing is true? A. The test cases are designed to find defects in the data flow. B. The test cases are designed to find defects in the process flow C. The test cases are designed to be used by real users, not by professional testers D. The test cases are always designed by customers or end users Answer: B 4.An organization is working on updating test cases for a particular module of their software. Sam updated a set of test cases yesterday and saved the new version on his PC. Unfortunately, the hard disk of his PC crashed, and his work was lost. The IT department of the organization restored the contents of his hard disk with the last available back-up - from the previous morning However the changes made by him yesterday were lost forever Which of the following tools, had it been used, would have prevented the loss of Sam's updates? A. Incident Management Tool 5.The following sentences refer to the Standard for Software Test Documentation' specification (IEEE 829) . Which sentence is correct? A. The key to high quality test documentation regimes is strict adherence to this standard B. Any deviation from this standard should be approved by management, marketing & development C. This test plan outline is relevant for military projects For consumer market projects there is a different 2 / 14

3. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. specification with fewer items D. Most test documentation regimes follow this spec to some degree, with changes done to fit a specific situation or organization Answer: A 6.Which of the following is a correct set of boundary values to test the "Group Size" parameter, as defined by the following statement; "In a reservation system for groups visiting a small museum, the graphical user interface presents a field asking the number of group members. Group size can be anywhere from 2 to 20 visitors" A. 0,1,8,21,22 B. 0,1,2,3,10,19,20,21,22 C. 2,3,19,20 D. 1,2,20,21 Answer: C ISTQB Foundation Level 2018 CTFL_Syll2018 Practice Test V8.02 Killtest 2021 A. Finding defects B. Providing information for decision-making C. Analyzing and removing the cause of failures D. Gaining confidence about the level of quality of the software Answer: B 7.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. Complete testing of software is attainable if you have enough resources and test tools B. For a software system, it is not possible under normal conditions, to test all input and output combinations. C. A goal of testing is to show that the software is defect free D. With automated testing you can make statements with more confidence about the quality of a product than with manual testing. Answer: B 8.Which of the following is an example of black-box dynamic testing? A. Code inspection B. Checking memory leaks for a program by executing it C. Functional Testing D. Coverage analysis Answer: C 9.Which of the following is NOT an objective of testing? 10.Which of the following is correct? A. Intrusive test tools are tools that do not exhibit the probe-effect B. Testing tools can be used by both developers and testers C. Use of testing tools is effective only when done as part of a test automation system D. Testing tools allow developers do testing Use of such tools changes the role of the test team 3 / 14

4. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. Answer: B 11.A software company decided to buy a commercial application for its accounting operations. As part of the evaluation process, the company decided to assemble a team to test a number of candidate applications. Which team would be the most suitable for this goal? A. A team from an outsourcing company which specializes in testing accounting software B. A team with a mix of software testers and experts from the accounting department C. A team of users from the accounting department that will need to use the application on dairy basis D. A team from the company's testing team, due to their experience in testing software Answer: D ISTQB Foundation Level 2018 CTFL_Syll2018 Practice Test V8.02 Killtest 2021 Defect description After having filled out all required fields in screen 1,1 click ENTER to continue to screen 2. Nothing happens, no system response at all. A. Add an impact analysis B. Add information about which developer should fix the bug C. Add the time stamp when the incident happened D. Add information about which web browser was used Answer: A 12.Which of the following statements is correct? A. Pair programming is done with developer and tester pairing together B. Pair programming is an alternative term for code inspection. C. Pair programming is used usually in waterfall model D. Pair programming is, among other things, an informal review method. Answer: A 13.Which of the following tool types is the most useful one for a test manager? A. Modeling tool B. Static analysis tool C. Coverage measurement tool D. Defect tracking tool Answer: C 14.The following incident report that was generated during test of a web application What would you suggest as the most important report improvement? Defect detected date: 15.8.2010 Defect detected by. Joe Smith Test level System test Test case Area 5/TC 98 Build version: 2011-16.2 15.Which of the following test types is a part of the V-Model? A. Black-box testing B. White-box testing 4 / 14

5. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. C. Experience-based testing D. Component testing Answer: D 16.The following program part is given: IF (condition A) then DO B END IF How many test cases are necessary in order to achieve 100% statement coverage? A. 1 B. 2 C. 4 D. a very high number Answer: B ISTQB Foundation Level 2018 CTFL_Syll2018 Practice Test V8.02 Killtest 2021 A. Control flow testing B. Use case testing C. State transition testing D. Decision table testing Answer: D 17.Once a bug is fixed, it should be retested. What is the term used to define this type of testing? A. Reliability Testing B. Confirmation Testing C. Maintainability Testing D. Regression Testing Answer: B 18.A Software was re-deployed because the backend database was changed from one vendor to another The Test Manager decided to perform some functional tests on the redeployed system. This is an example of test of which test type? A. Regression tests B. Non-functional tests C. Structural tests D. Unit tests Answer: A 19.Which of the following test techniques is structure-based? 20.Which of the following is an appropriate reason for maintenance testing? A. Bugs found in the field after upgrading the operation system B. Bugs found during system testing C. Bugs found during unit testing D. Bugs found during integration testing 5 / 14

6. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. Answer: A 21."Statement Testing" is part of; A. Experience based testing B. Decision Testing C. Specification Based testing D. Structured based testing Answer: D 22.Testing should provide sufficient information to stakeholders to make informed decisions about the release of the software or system being tested. At which of the following fundamental test process activity the sufficiency of the testing and the resulting information are assessed? A. Implementation and execution B. Requirements specification C. Evaluating exit criteria and reporting. D. Analysis and design Answer: C ISTQB Foundation Level 2018 CTFL_Syll2018 Practice Test V8.02 Killtest 2021 25.Given the following requirement: Which of the following statements is NOT correct? A. 7 and 13 are boundary values for the equivalence partition including age 10. B. Thursday is a valid input boundary value C. A minimum of 6 valid test cases are derived from boundary value analysis based on input age D. $3.01 is a valid output boundary value Answer: A 23.Which of the following is NOT an example of a common test metric? A. Percentage of work done in test environment creation B. Average number of expected defects per requirement C. Number of test cases run D. Deviation from test milestone dates Answer: D 24.Which of the following is NOT a deciding factor in determining the extent of testing required? A. Budget to do testing B. A particular tester involved in testing C. Level of risk of the product or features D. Time available to do testing Answer: A 26.Which ONE of the following statements does NOT describe how testing contributes to higher quality? A. Performing a review of the requirement specifications before implementing the system can enhance quality 6 / 14

7. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. B. The testing of software demonstrates the absence of defects C. Properly designed tests that pass reduce the level of risk in a system D. Software testing identifies defects, which can be used to improve development activities. Answer: B 27.Which of the following is a task of the Test Analysis and Design activity of the test process? A. Measuring the percentage of prepared test cases with what was actually prepared B. Identifying necessary test data to support the test conditions and test cases C. Verifying that the test environment has been set up correctly D. Checking test logs against the exit criteria specified in test planning Answer: A ISTQB Foundation Level 2018 CTFL_Syll2018 Practice Test V8.02 Killtest 2021 testing verifies compliance to requirements D. System integration testing verifies compliance to requirements Acceptance testing verifies correct interaction with other systems existing in the user's environment Answer: B 28.Which of the following defect types are LEAST likely to be discovered when using static analysis tools? A. Variables that are never used B. Coding standard violations C. Memory leaks D. Uncalled functions and procedures Answer: C 29.The following diagram lists various types of operating systems, databases and application servers supported by the application under test. For complete coverage of all combinations, how many combinations of the above are to be tested? A. 11 B. 5 C. 45 D. 3 Answer: D 30.What is the difference between system integration testing and acceptance testing? A. System integration testing is testing non-functional requirements Acceptance testing concentrates on the functionality of the system B. System integration testing is executed by the developers. Acceptance testing is done by the customer C. System integration testing verifies that a system interfaces correctly with other systems. Acceptance 31.Which of the following is NOT an example of a typical risk-based testing activity? A. The evaluation of a risk-management tools to decide which tool to use for future projects B. The focus of testing is shifted to an area in the system where tests find with more defects than expected C. Brainstorming sessions are held with a wide variety of stakeholders to identify possible failures in the system 7 / 14

8. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. D. Tests are prioritized to ensure that those associated with critical parts of the system are executed earlier Answer: B 32.Which of the following errors CANNOT be found with structure-based testing techniques? A. Memory is leaking B. Features are only partially implemented C. Data structures that are used before initialization D. Division by zero Answer: A ISTQB Foundation Level 2018 CTFL_Syll2018 Practice Test V8.02 Killtest 2021 D. The redundancy of testing the same objects in both black and white box techniques Answer: C 33.Which of the following statements about decision tables are TRUE? I. Generally, decision tables are generated for low risk test items II. Test cases derived from decision tables can be used for component tests. III. Several test cases can be selected for each column of the decision table. IV. The conditions in the decision table represent negative tests generally. A. I, Ill B. II, Ill C. II, IV D. I, IV Answer: C 34.Which of the following is NOT a factor on which test estimation is dependent upon? A. Defect debugging and resolution B. The outcome of testing of previous test cycle C. Characteristics of the development process D. Characteristics of the product Answer: A 35.What does the term Pesticide paradox' refer to? A. The phenomena where a piece of code that has a lot of bugs is likely to have more hidden, yet unfound B. The decreasing efficiency of debugging when done in code that has many bugs C. Reduced effectiveness of test cases that are repeated and focused on the same scenarios 36.A software company adopts the V-model as their development life cycle. Which of the following contains roles of a tester in this company? A. Decide what should be automated, to what degree, and how. B. Review test plans and set up test environments. C. Coordinate the test strategy with the project managers D. Introduce suitable metrics to measure the testing progress Answer: B 8 / 14

9. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. 37.The following test cases for a Library Management System are available to test changes made to the functions and data structures associated with borrowers 1. Add a new borrower to the system 2. Update a borrower's data 3. Remove a borrower from the system 4. Loan a book to a borrower 5. Return a book from a borrower 6. Reserve a book for a borrower 7. Send "reservation ready" message to a borrower Which of the following test sequences represents a possible use case? (a test sequence always start with test #1) A. 1-4-2-7-5-6-3 B. 1-6-2-5-7-4-3 C. 1-6-4-7-5-3-2 D. 1-2-6-7-4-5-3 Answer: B ISTQB Foundation Level 2018 CTFL_Syll2018 Practice Test V8.02 Killtest 2021 40.Out of the following, what is not needed to specify in defect report? A. How to fix the defect B. Severity and priority C. Test environment details D. How to reproduce the defect Answer: A 38.When testing a mission critical system a high coverage should be achieved. Which of the following techniques should be implemented as a structural based coverage technique in order to achieve highest coverage? A. multiple condition coverage B. decision table C. use case testing D. statement coverage Answer: A 39.Which of the following statements is true? A. Incident management tools are used by testers only B. A configuration management tool has nothing to do with testing C. Test management tools are used by managers only D. A requirements management tool may be considered as test support tool Answer: A 41.When an organization considers the use of testing tools, they should: A. Use a tool in order to help define a good test process because the tool will force process repeatability and therefore enforce good test process. B. Always start by bringing in automated test execution tools as these tools have the greatest return on 9 / 14

10. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. investment and therefore should be introduced first. C. Perform analysis of the test process and then assess whether it can be supported through the introduction of tool support. D. Allow the developers to select the testing tools because tools are technical and developers have the appropriate skills to advise on test tool selection and configuration. Answer: C 42.When should testers be involved in reviewing a UAT specification? [K1] A. At the beginning of the project B. As soon as requirements have been approved C. As soon as the UAT specification has been drafted D. At any time before UAT begins Answer: C ISTQB Foundation Level 2018 CTFL_Syll2018 Practice Test V8.02 Killtest 2021 4. If Gender = ‘female’ 5. Print (“Ms”) 6. Else 7. __Print ( “Mr”) 8. Endif 9. End How many test cases are needed to achieve 100 per cent decision coverage? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 43.Which of the following test design techniques is classified as a structure-based (white box) technique? [K1] A. Exploratory testing B. Decision table testing C. State transition testing D. Statement testing Answer: D 44.Under which of the following circumstances is maintenance testing required? [K1] A. Migration of software onto a new platform B. Testing during initial development of a replacement for an existing system C. Purchase of a new software tool D. Updating of a regression suite Answer: A 45.Consider the following pseudo code 1. Begin 2. Read Gender 3. __Print “Dear” 10 / 14

11. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. Answer: B 46.What are metrics NOT used for? A. To identify the percentage of work done in test environment preparation. B. To identify the percentage of work done in test case preparation. C. To apply to the RAD development model. D. To measure whether dates of test milestones were met. Answer: C 47.Which of the following processes ensures that all items of test ware are identified, version controlled, tracked for changes, so that traceability can be maintained throughout the test process? A. Software traceability process B. Incidence management process C. Testing design process D. Configuration management process Answer: D ISTQB Foundation Level 2018 CTFL_Syll2018 Practice Test V8.02 Killtest 2021 B. Recorded manual tests may become unstable in use C. Keyword-driven testing cannot be used with test execution tools D. Expected results for tests are not required because the tool generates expected results Answer: B 48.Which of the following is a white box testing design characteristic? A. To be based on specifications B. To be based on an analysis of the test basis documentation C. To be based on an analysis of the structure of the component or system D. To include both functional and non-functional testing Answer: C 49.Dynamic Analysis Tools are used to: A. Determine differences between files or databases. B. Monitor and report on how a system behaves under a variety of conditions. C. Find defects, such as memory leaks, while software is executing. D. Measure the percentage of specific types of code structure that have been exercised. Answer: C 50.Which of the following is a consideration when deploying test execution tools? [K1] A. Data-driven testing cannot be used with test execution tools 51.Which of the following BEST defines static techniques? [K1] A. Executing the software work product B. Manually examining the code or project documentation C. Automated analysis of the code or project documentation D. Manual examination and automated analysis of code or project documentation Answer: D 11 / 14

12. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. 52.What is a test condition? A. A statement of test objectives and test ideas on how to test. B. An item or event that could be verified by one or more test cases. C. The process of identifying differences between the actual results and the expected results for a test. D. All documents from which the requirements of a component or system can be inferred. Answer: B 53.The four test levels defined for a common V-model testing approach are: A. Unit, integration, system and maintenance. B. Functional, glass box, incremental and maintenance. C. Component, integration, system and acceptance. D. Unit, component, functional and alpha/beta. Answer: C ISTQB Foundation Level 2018 CTFL_Syll2018 Practice Test V8.02 Killtest 2021 concentrate on the behaviour of the system as a whole. C. Test basis includes business processes, test objects include system configuration and configuration data, and tests concentrate on establishing confidence in the system D. Test basis includes use cases, test objects include user procedures and tests concentrate on a high level model of system behaviour Answer: A 54.What content would be in an incident report if that incident report was based on the IEEE 829 Standard for SoftwareTest Documentation? (i) Identification of configuration items of the software or system. (ii) Software or system lifecycle process in which the incident was observed. (iii) Description of the anomaly to enable reproduction of the incident. (iv) Number of occurrences of the incident. (v) Classification of the cause of the incident for metrics and for reporting purposes. Number of correct answers: 1 A. i, ii, iii B. ii, iii C. i, iii, iv D. i, ii, iii, v Answer: A 55.Which of the following accurately defines the integration testing test level? [K2] A. Test basis includes software and system design, test objects include interfaces, and tests concentrate on the interactions between different parts of a system B. Test basis includes component requirements, test objects include database modules, and tests 56.A client-server system for a web development must support a minimum of 200 enquiries per hour. In peak times, it must be available 24 hours x 7 days due to the critical nature of the application, and must have a response time lower than 20 seconds during peak loads. Which of the following set of test types would be most appropriate to verify the non-functional 12 / 14

13. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. requirements expressed in this statement? A. Performance, Usability, Regression. B. System, Load, Fail-over. C. Performance, Load, Stress. D. Load, Volume and Component. Answer: C 57.Before an invoice can be created, an account is required. Before an account can be set up, an account user is required (in order to set up the account) . The software is delivered with a master user only, who can only create other types of users. The following test cases have been written to test the high-level structure of the software a. Create an invoice b. Amend an invoice c. Process an invoice (send to customer) d. Delete an invoice e. Create an account f. Create an account user g. Amend an account user h. Delete an account user i. Amend an account j. Delete an account Which of the following test procedures would enable all tests to be run? [K3] A. f, g, a, c, b, d, e, i, j, h B. e, i, a, c, b, d, f, g, h, j C. e, i, f, g, a, c, b, d, h, j D. f, g, e, i, a, b, c, d, j, h Answer: D ISTQB Foundation Level 2018 CTFL_Syll2018 Practice Test V8.02 Killtest 2021 D. Applies to software testing only. Answer: A 58.Which of the following statements is most true about test conditions? A. An item or event of a component or system that can be verified by one or more test cases. B. The grouping of a composite set of test cases which, when tested as a whole, reveal a positive or negative result. C. A testable component derived from business requirements. 59.A system calculates the amount of customs duty to be paid: _ No duty is paid on goods value up to, and including, $2,000. _ The next $8,000 is taxed at 10%. _ The next $20,000 after that is taxed at 12%. _ Any further amount after that is taxed at 17%. To the nearest $, which of these groups of numbers fall into three DIFFERENT equivalence classes? A. $20,000 $20,001 $30,001 B. $2,000 $2,001 $10,000 13 / 14

14. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. C. $2,000 $8,000 $20,000 D. $1,500 $2,000 $10,000 Answer: C 60.Which of the following would typically be identified using static analysis by tools? [K1] A. Spelling mistake on an error message B. A potential infinite loop C. Memory leakage D. A variable set to the wrong value Answer: B ISTQB Foundation Level 2018 CTFL_Syll2018 Practice Test V8.02 Killtest 2021 14 / 14