Assume you are currently working on a project developing a system where functional
requirements are very well specified. Unfortunately non-functional requirements do almost not
exist.
You are the Test Manager. You have to choose a technique for test selection that allows testing of
non-functional characteristics, especially reliability.
Which of the following techniques for test selection do you expect being most useful in this
scenario?

In the test strategy document your organization declares:
– To adopt a V-model development lifecycle, with three formal levels of testinG. unit, integration
and system testing
– To use a blended risk-based and regression-averse testing strategy for each level of testing
The following is an excerpt of the “approach” section for the system test plan document of a new
project:
“Testing will only use manual tests. Due to the short period of time for test execution, the following
activities will be performed in parallel with test execution: Test planning, test analysis and test
design.
Basic metrics will be taken for test effort (i.e. person-hours), test cases executed (passed/failed),
and incidents (no more metrics, such as code coverage, will be collected).”
In the system test plan, no deviations from the test strategy are described.
Based only on the given information, which of the following statements is true?

In the next two months some new features will be constantly added to new releases of a project
you are working on as Test Manager.
You have identified as one of the main project risks, that the requirements specification will still be
incomplete when your team starts the test design and implementation phase.
Some requirements will most likely be completed too late to allow a proper test preparation.
You and your test team have already worked on several similar past projects in the same
organization.
Which one of the following options would you expect to be the most effective at mitigating this
risk?

Consider the following test strategies:
I. Consultative test strategy
II. Reactive test strategy

III. Analytical test strategy
IV. Process-compliant test strategy
Consider also the following examples of test activities:
1. Prioritize the test cases, based on the results of a FMEA analysis, to ensure early coverage of
the most important areas and discovery of the most important defects during test execution
2. Execute usability testing driven by the guidance of a sample of users (external to the test team)
3. Perform exploratory testing sessions throughout the system test phase
4. On an Agile project, execute tests that cover the test conditions identified for each user story of
a feature planned for an iteration
Which of the following correctly matches each test strategy with an appropriate example?

You are the Test Manager of a new project that will have three formal levels of testinG. unit,
integration and system testing. The testing strategy you decide to adopt a blend of risk-based
testing and reactive testing strategies.
Which of the following answers describes the most consistent example of implementation of this
test strategy during the execution of the system tests?

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 audit ability.
Which of the following answers would you expect to best describe how to organize the test plan?

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?

You are estimating the effort for the integration testing activities of a new project. Consider the
following factors, which can affect that estimation:
I. Availability of re-usable test systems and documentation from previous, similar projects
II. Unexpected timing of components arrival
III. Stability of the integration test team (no turnover)
IV. Many and geographically distributed sub-teams

Which of the following statements is true?

The following chart plots the cumulative number of defects opened against the cumulative number
of defects closed during system testing of a software product.

Which of the following statements is true?

Which one of the following metrics to be produced needs traceability between the test cases and
each item in a proper test basis?