Test Management
Assume you are managing the system testing phase of a project.
The system test execution period is scheduled to twenty weeks.
All tests are manual tests. You are following a risk-driven test approach.
During the last staff meeting the project manager tells you new deadlines that will not allow
completion of all the system tests.
Which of the following would you expect to be the best way to respond to this situation?
Number of correct responses: 1
K2 1 credit

Test Management
For which of the following activities would the costs be classified as a cost of detection?
Number of correct responses: 1
K2 1 credit

Reviews
You are the Test Manager of a project that adopts a V-model with four formal levels of
testing: unit, integration, system and acceptance testing.
On this project reviews have been conducted for each development phase prior to testing,
which is to say that reviews of requirements, functional specification, high-level design, lowlevel
design and code have been performed prior to testing.
Assume that no requirements defects have been reported after the release of the product.
Which TWO of the following metrics do you need in order to evaluate the requirements
reviews in terms of phase containment effectiveness?
Number of correct responses: 2
K3 2 credits

Which of the following statements represents the most effective contribution of the
stakeholders to the completion of the failure mode analysis table?

Number of correct responses: 1
K4 3 credits

Testing Process
Assume you are the Test Manager for a new software release of an e-commerce
application.
The server farm consists of six servers providing different capabilities. Each capability is
provided through a set of web services.
The requirements specification document contains several SLAs (Service Level
Agreements) like the following:
SLA-001: 99.5 percent of all transactions shall have a response time less than five seconds
under a load of up-to 5000 concurrent users
The main objective is to assure that all the SLAs specified in the requirements specification
document will be met before system release. You decide to apply a risk-based testing
strategy and an early risk analysis confirms that performance is high risk. You can count on
a well-written requirements specification and on a model of the system behavior under
various load levels produced by the system architect.
Which of the following test activities would you expect to be the less important ones to
achieve the test objectives in this scenario?
Number of correct responses: 1
K4 3 credits

Test Management
Which of the following statements best describes an appropriate approach for managing
exploratory testing?
Number of correct responses: 1
K2 1 credit

Reviews
You are a Test Manager working for a software organization where reviews have never
been applied. After a meeting with your managers examining a business case for reviews,
(including their costs, benefits, and potential issues), the management finally decides to
adopt formal reviews for future projects.
You have been given a budget that you have spent to provide training in the review
process and to introduce the review process on a pilot project.
On that pilot project the introduction of reviews has been very positive in terms of positive
involvement from all the participants. All the reviews applied to different documents have
been very effective for their purposes (especially at revealing defects).
Which of the following answers describes an important success factor for the introduction
of formal reviews which is missing in this scenario?
Number of correct responses: 1
K4 3 credits

People Skills – Team Composition
An agile development team decides to hire a tester who has always worked:
- in independent test teams, reporting the problems found in a defect tracking system
- in safety-critical projects, with a stronger focus on the quality of the product than on time
and budget.
This agile team is focused on short-term goals to get the product released on time and
within budget.
Which of the following answers would you expect to be most likely true in this scenario?
Number of correct responses: 1
K2 1 credit