CTAL-TM Practice Questions

You are looking to Improve the efficiency of testing. The developers have been claiming that the majority of defect reports they receive are invalid either due to the test environment or because the tester did not follow the right steps In a standard defect management process where should you look for more information about these invalid defects?

What occurs In the retrospective closing?

There is a debate in your organization about who can close a defect report The developers think they should be able to reject and close defects without any further steps The testers are not happy with this approach as they are afraid the rejections may go undetected and the developers may close something without understanding the real problem

How can this problem be rectified7

Which of the following Is considered a heavyweight risk-based testing technique'

Which of the following are Test Closure activities?

a All results lodged in configuration management system - for example test plans, results, logs, reports.

b. Plans in place for lessons to be learnt to ensure that good practices are repeated and poor practices are not.

c. Checks undertaken to ensure that all test work is completed - all tests executed or skipped, all defects managed to appropriate conclusion.

d. All project closure activities completed - for example customer training completed, and analysis of vendor performance undertaken.

e. AM testing work products delivered to those that need them - for example environments/ regression test sets passed to maintenance.

f. Checks undertaken to ensure that all tests have been executed, with all defects confirmed as fixed by retesting.

SELECT ONE OPTION

You are a test team lead working on a large project and have been subject to considerable stress due to exceptional workload. Your manager has suggested that you need to delegate more work to your team members to both reduce the pressure on yourself and allow team members to take on more responsibility which would, in turn, benefit their growth. Which phase of the Tuckman model would this situational skill represent?

Your company has adopted an Agile methodology. Defect reports are not raised for all bugs found during the testing of individual stories, but continue to be raised in some circumstances, e.g., when the fix cannot be made immediately, or would involve another team. The teams would like better data to use for assessing the quality of their work. The list below shows five items that are currently not captured on defect reports.

Which TWO of these items will be MOST useful for assessing the quality of a product increment?

Which of the following should be considered the biggest risk to the schedule when trying to implement formal scripted test cases early in the SDLC for a system with a

large GUI front end? [2]

Which combination matches the four cost of quality categories with a CORRECT example of its category?

When, at a minimum, should project risks be re-evaluated? [1]