Free iSQI CTAL-TM_Syll2012 Exam Questions

Question 1

Defect Management

Assume you are working on a defect management process to be used by a software

organization to track the current status of the defects reports for several projects.

When a defect is found for investigation a defect report is created in “Opened” state that is

the unique initial state. The defect report status has also a unique finale state that is the

“Closed” state.

The following state transition diagram describes the states of this defect management

process:

where only the initial (“Opened”) and final (“Closed”) states are indicated while the

remaining states (V, W, X, Y, Z) have yet to be named.

Which of the following assignments would you expect to best complete the defect

management process?

Number of correct responses: 1

K3 2 credits

A : Rejected , W=Corrected , X=Validated, Y=Re-Opened, Z=Assigned

B : Assigned, W=Validated , X=Corrected, Y=Re-Opened, Z=Rejected

C : Assigned, W=Corrected , X=Validated, Y=Re-Opened, Z=Rejected

D : Corrected, W=Assigned, X=Validated, Y=Corrected, Z=Rejected

Answer: C

Question 2

Test Management

Which of the following statements, about the test reporting activities for a project adopting

an iterative lifecycle model with very short iterations (e.g. two weeks iterations), is correct?

Number of correct responses: 1

K2 1 credit

A : t reporting activities can’t be influenced by the use of an iterative lifecycle model with short iterations

B : t reporting activities are not important for projects adopting an iterative lifecycle model with short iterations

C : t reporting activities are less important for projects adopting an iterative life cycle model with short iterations. They should be performed at the end of the last iteration

D : t reporting activities are still important with an iterative lifecycle. The reports can be used to conduct post-iteration review sessions before starting with the next iteration

Answer: D

Question 3

Testing Process

Which of the following is an example of the test closure activity indicated as "lessons

learned"?

Number of correct responses: 1

K2 1 credit

A : chive all the test results of the acceptance testing phase

B : liver a list of the open defects of a software product released into production to the service desk team

C : rticipate in a meeting at the end of a project aimed at better managing the events and problems of future projects

D : liver 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

Answer: C

Question 4

Test Management

You are the Test Manager of a new project aimed at developing a software system that

must be certified at level B of the DO-178B standard. The project will follow a V-Model

software development life cycle and it will have four formal levels of testing: component,

integration, system and acceptance testing.

You must produce the test plan documentation for this project by providing an adequate

coordination across the four levels of testing in order to assure auditability.

Which of the following answers would you expect to best describe how to organize the test

plan?

Number of correct responses: 1

K3 2 credits

A : oduce a single master test plan that covers in detail all four levels, describing the particular activities for all test levels

B : oduce a master test plan that covers three levels (component, integration, system test) and a separate acceptance test plan

C : oduce a master test plan describing the relationship between the four levels, and four separate detailed level test plans, one for each level

D : oduce four separate detailed level test plans, one for each level, without a master test plan

Answer: C

Question 5

Test Management

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

K3 3 credits

A : code for the new project contains a higher defect density than the code of the past projects

B : number of defects found during the system test phase on the new project is approximately proportional to the development team effort

C : 40000 LOC have been delivered to system testing (against the 20000 LOC planned by the project manager)

D : re LOC than planned have been delivered to system testing with a higher defect density than the past projects

Answer: B