Chapter: Software Testing
1.

A configuration management system would NOT normally provide:

A. linkage of customer requirements to version numbers.
B. the precise differences in versions of software component source code.
C. facilities to compare test results with expected results.
D. restricted access to the source code library
Answer» C. facilities to compare test results with expected results.
2.

Test cases are designed during:

A. test recording.
B. test configuration.
C. test planning.
D. test specification
Answer» D. test specification
3.

In case of Large Systems

A. only few tests should be run
B. test cases written by good test engineers should be executed
C. only good test cases should be executed
D. testing should be on the basis of risk
Answer» D. testing should be on the basis of risk
4.

Which of the following is not a type of incremental testing approach?

A. big-bang
B. top down
C. bottom up
D. functional incrimination
Answer» A. big-bang
5.

Test Conditions are derived from

A. test design
B. test cases
C. test data
D. specifications
Answer» D. specifications
6.

Pick the best definition of quality

A. quality is job one
B. zero defects
C. work as designed
D. conformance to requirements
Answer» D. conformance to requirements
7.

Fault Masking is

A. creating a test case which does not reveal a fault
B. error condition hiding another error condition
C. masking a fault by developer
D. masking a fault by a tester
Answer» B. error condition hiding another error condition
8.

One Key reason why developers have difficulty testing their own work is:

A. lack of technical documentation
B. lack of test tools on the market for developer’s
C. lack of objectivity
D. lack of training
Answer» C. lack of objectivity
9.

In a review meeting a moderator is a person who:

A. takes minutes of the meeting
B. takes telephone calls
C. mediates between people
D. writes the documents to be reviewed
Answer» C. mediates between people
10.

Acceptance test cases are based on what?

A. decision table
B. design
C. code
D. requirements
Answer» D. requirements
11.

How much testing is enough?

A. this question is easy to answer
B. this question is impossible to answer
C. the answer depends on the risk for your industry, contract and special requirements
D. this answer depends on the maturity of your developers
Answer» C. the answer depends on the risk for your industry, contract and special requirements
12.

which of the following is the component test standard?

A. ieee 610
B. ieee 829
C. bs7925-1
D. bs7925-2
Answer» D. bs7925-2
13.

Which of the following is NOT a standard related to testing?

A. ieee610
B. ieee829
C. bs7925-1
D. bs7925-2
Answer» A. ieee610
14.

The standard that gives definitions of testing terms is:

A. iso/iec 12207
B. bs 7925-1
C. ansi/ieee 729
D. ansi/ieee 829
Answer» B. bs 7925-1
15.

Which of the following is NOT true of incidents?

A. incidents are raised when expected and actual results differ.
B. incidents may be raised against user requirements.
C. incidents require investigation and/or correction.
D. incident resolution is the responsibility of the author of the software under test.
Answer» D. incident resolution is the responsibility of the author of the software under test.
16.

Which of the following is false?

A. in a system two different failures may have different severities.
B. a fault need not affect the reliability of a system.
C. a system is necessarily more reliable after debugging for the removal of a fault.
D. undetected errors may lead to faults and eventually to incorrect behavior.
Answer» C. a system is necessarily more reliable after debugging for the removal of a fault.
17.

Which of the following is the odd one out?

A. white box
B. functional
C. structural
D. glass box
Answer» B. functional
18.

Which of the following is a static test?

A. coverage analysis
B. code inspection
C. usability assessment
D. installation test
Answer» B. code inspection
19.

Which of the following is a black box design technique?

A. statement testing
B. error- guessing
C. equivalence partitioning
D. usability testing
Answer» C. equivalence partitioning
20.

Which of the following is not the integration strategy?

A. design based
B. bottom-up
C. big-bang
D. top-down
Answer» A. design based
21.

Expected results are:

A. only important in system testing
B. most useful when specified in advance
C. only used in component testing
D. derived from the code
Answer» B. most useful when specified in advance
22.

Incidents would not be raised against:

A. requirements
B. documentation
C. improvements suggested by users
D. test cases
Answer» C. improvements suggested by users
Chapter: Specialized Testing and Testing Tools
23.

Which of the following uses Impact Analysis most?

A. non-functional system testing
B. component testing
C. user acceptance testing
D. maintenance testing
Answer» D. maintenance testing
24.

What type of review requires formal entry and exit criteria, including metrics?

A. management review
B. inspection
C. walkthrough
D. post project review
Answer» B. inspection
25.

Which of the following items would not come under Configuration Management?

A. operating systems
B. live data
C. test documentation
D. user requirement documents
Answer» B. live data
26.

Maintenance testing is:

A. testing to maintain business advantage
B. testing a released system that has been changed
C. testing by users to ensure that the system meets a business need
D. updating tests when the software has changed
Answer» B. testing a released system that has been changed
27.

Which of the following techniques is NOT a black box technique?

A. state transition testing
B. syntax testing
C. lcsaj
D. boundary value analysis
Answer» C. lcsaj
28.

What can static analysis NOT find?

A. memory leaks
B. unreachable (“dead”) code
C. the use of a variable before it has been defined
D. array bound violations
Answer» A. memory leaks
29.

. In prioritizing what to test, the most important objective is to:

A. test high risk areas.
B. find as many faults as possible.
C. obtain good test coverage.
D. test whatever is easiest to test.
Answer» A. test high risk areas.
30.

Which of the following is false?

A. an incident can be raised against documentation.
B. an incident occurs when expected and actual results differ.
C. incidents can be analysed to assist in test process improvement.
D. incidents should always be fixed.
Answer» D. incidents should always be fixed.
31.

Configuration Management Plan describes the Configuration Management procedures and structures to be used.

A. true
B. false
Answer» A. true
32.

Phase Definition. It will come under

A. cmm level 1
B. cmm level 2
C. none
Answer» B. cmm level 2
33.

Software testing which is done without planning and Documentation is known as

A. adhoc testing
B. unit testing
C. regression testing
D. functional testing.
Answer» A. adhoc testing
34.

Acceptance testing is known as

A. beta testing
B. greybox testing
C. test automation
D. white box testing
Answer» A. beta testing
35.

Retesting the entire application after a change has been made called as?

A. full regression testing
B. unit regression
C. regional regression
D. retesting
Answer» A. full regression testing
36.

Boundary value analysis belongs to which testing method?

A. black box testing
B. white box testing
Answer» A. black box testing
37.

What are the Types of Integration Testing?

A. big bang testing
B. bottom up testing
C. top down testing
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
38.

Product Risk affects The quality or performance of the software.

A. true
B. false
Answer» A. true
39.

A metric used to measure the characteristic of documentation and code called as

A. process metric
B. product metric
C. test metrics
Answer» B. product metric
40.

Which is non-functional software testing?

A. unit testing
B. block box testing
C. performance testing
D. regression testing
Answer» C. performance testing
41.

The process that deals with the technical and management issues of software development called as?

A. delivery process
B. testing process
C. software process
Answer» C. software process
42.

Executing the same test case on a modified build called as

A. regression testing
B. retesting
C. ad hoc testing
D. sanity testing
Answer» A. regression testing
43.

Which is Black-Box Testing method?

A. equivalence partitioning
B. code coverage
C. fault injection
Answer» A. equivalence partitioning
44.

The review process for a particular review begins with a _____________ by the author to the moderator in formal review.

A. request for review
B. requirement analysis
C. notice for review
D. goal design
Answer» A. request for review
45.

Configuration management procedures be implemented during ____________

A. test execution
B. test planning
C. test design
D. test success
Answer» B. test planning
46.

_______________ of information refers to protecting information from being modified by unauthorized parties.

A. confidentiality
B. authentication
C. authorization
D. integrity
Answer» D. integrity
47.

_____________looks for known security issues by using automated tools to match conditions with known vulnerabilities.

A. discovery
B. vulnerability scan
C. security assessment
D. penetration test
Answer» B. vulnerability scan
48.

_________ is driven by an Audit or a Risk function to look at a specific control or compliance issue.

A. security audit
B. vulnerability scan
C. vulnerability assessment
D. penetration test
Answer» A. security audit
49.

________________ simulates an attack by a malicious party.

A. security audit
B. vulnerability scan
C. vulnerability assessment
D. penetration test
Answer» D. penetration test
50.

______________ builds upon Vulnerability Assessment by adding manual verification to confirm exposure.

A. security audit
B. security assessment
C. vulnerability assessment
D. penetration test
Answer» B. security assessment
51.

Which of the following is likely to benefit most from the use of test tools providing test capture and replay facilities?

A. integration testing
B. regression testing
C. system testing
D. user acceptance testing
Answer» B. regression testing
Chapter: Software Testing Strategies and Software Matrices
52.

What are the Testing Levels?

A. unit testing
B. integration testing
C. system testing and acceptance testing.
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
53.

Defect Management process does not include

A. defect prevention
B. deliverable base-lining
C. management reporting
D. none of the above
Answer» B. deliverable base-lining
54.

Software testing accounts to what percent of software development costs?

A. 10-20
B. 40-50
C. 70-80
D. 5-10
Answer» B. 40-50
55.

How much testing is enough

A. this question is impossible to answer
B. the answer depends on the risks for your industry, contract and special requirements
C. the answer depends on the maturity of your developers
D. the answer should be standardized for the software development industry
Answer» B. the answer depends on the risks for your industry, contract and special requirements
56.

Which of the following is not a characteristic for Testability?

A. operability
B. observability
C. simplicity
D. robustness
Answer» D. robustness
57.

Which of these can be successfully tested using Loop Testing methodology?

A. simple loops
B. nested loops
C. concatenated loops
D. all of the above
Answer» D. all of the above
58.

Inspections can find all the following except

A. variables not defined in the code
B. spelling and grammar faults in the documents
C. requirements that have been omitted from the design documents
D. how much of the code has been covered
Answer» D. how much of the code has been covered
59.

When a new testing tool is purchased, it should be used first by:

A. a small team to establish the best way to use the tool
B. everyone who may eventually have some use for the tool
C. the independent testing team
D. the vendor contractor to write the initial scripts
Answer» A. a small team to establish the best way to use the tool
60.

Which one of the following are non-functional testing methods?

A. system testing
B. usability testing
C. performance testing
D. both b & c
Answer» D. both b & c
61.

During the software development process, at what point can the test process start?

A. when the code is complete.
B. when the design is complete
C. when the software requirements have been approved
D. when the first code module is ready for unit testing
Answer» C. when the software requirements have been approved
62.

Acceptance test cases are based on what?

A. requirements
B. design
C. code
D. decision table
Answer» A. requirements
63.

Independent Verification & Validation is

A. done by the developer
B. done by the test engineers
C. done by management
D. done by an entity outside the project’s sphere of influence
Answer» D. done by an entity outside the project’s sphere of influence
64.

Which of the following is not described in a unit test standard?

A. syntax testing
B. equivalence partitioning
C. stress testing
D. modified condition/decision coverage
Answer» C. stress testing
65.

Which of the following is a form of functional testing?

A. boundary value analysis
B. usability testing
C. performance testing
D. security testing
Answer» A. boundary value analysis
66.

Test cases are designed during:

A. test recording
B. test planning
C. test configuration
D. test specification
Answer» D. test specification
67.

Which of the following is not a major task of Exit criteria?

A. checking test logs against the exit criteria specified in test planning.
B. logging the outcome of test execution.
C. assessing if more tests are needed.
D. writing a test summary report for stakeholders.
Answer» B. logging the outcome of test execution.
68.

Reviewing the test Basis is a part of which phase

A. test analysis and design
B. test implementation and execution
C. test closure activities
D. evaluating exit criteria and reporting
Answer» A. test analysis and design
69.

Reporting Discrepancies as incidents is a part of which phase :-

A. test analysis and design
B. test implementation and execution
C. test closure activities
D. evaluating exit criteria and reporting
Answer» B. test implementation and execution
70.

Which of the following items would not come under Configuration Management?

A. operating systems
B. test documentation
C. live data
D. user requirement document
Answer» C. live data
71.

Handover of Test-ware is a part of which Phase

A. test analysis and design
B. test planning and control
C. test closure activities
D. evaluating exit criteria and reporting
Answer» C. test closure activities
Chapter: Approaches to Testing -I
72.

A useful tool to visualize, clarify, link, identify, and classify possible cause of a problem. This is also called as “fishbone diagram” what is this?

A. pareto analysis
B. cause-and-effect diagram
Answer» B. cause-and-effect diagram
73.

Variance from product specifications is called?

A. report
B. requirement
C. defect
Answer» C. defect
74.

Verification is

A. process based
B. product based
Answer» A. process based
75.

White box testing is not called as___________

A. glass box testing
B. closed box testing
C. open box testing
D. clear box testing
Answer» B. closed box testing
76.

Name the events that will be analyzed, Count the named incidents, Rank the count by frequency using a bar chart & Validate reasonableness of the analysis is called as

A. pareto analysis
B. cause and effect diagram
C. swot analysis
D. pie charts
Answer» A. pareto analysis
77.

Retesting of a single program or component after a change has been made?

A. full regression testing
B. unit regression
C. regional regression
D. retesting
Answer» B. unit regression
78.

Requirement and Analysis, Design, Development or Coding, Testing and Maintenance is called as Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

A. true
B. false
Answer» A. true
79.

The testing which is done by going thro’ the code is known as,

A. unit testing
B. blackbox testing
C. white box testing
D. regression testing
Answer» C. white box testing
80.

Business Risk affects The Organization developing or Procuring the software.

A. true
B. false
Answer» A. true
81.

Stratification is a Technique used to analyze/divide a universe of data into homogeneous groups(stratA..

A. true
B. false
Answer» A. true
82.

Automation Testing should be done before starting Manual testing. Is the above statement correct?

A. yes
B. no
Answer» B. no
83.

Earlier a defect is found the cheaper it is to fix it. Is the above statement correct?

A. yes
B. no
Answer» A. yes
84.

Informing to the developer which bug to be fix first is called as

A. severity
B. priority
C. fix ability
D. traceability
Answer» B. priority
85.

Retesting modules connected to the program or component after a change has been made?

A. full regression testing
B. unit regression
C. regional regression
D. retesting.
Answer» C. regional regression
86.

Alpha testing will be done at,

A. user’s site
B. developers’ site
Answer» B. developers’ site
87.

SPICE Means

A. software process improvement and capability determination
B. software process improvement and compatibility determination.
C. software process invention and compatibility determination.
D. software process improvement and control determination
Answer» A. software process improvement and capability determination
88.

Requirements Specification, Planning, Test case Design, Execution, Bug Reporting & Maintenance This Life Cycle comes Under

A. sdlc
B. stlc
C. sqlc
D. blc
Answer» B. stlc
89.

It provides a set of levels and an assessment model, and presents a set of recommended practices that allow organizations to improve their testing processes.

A. tim (testing improving model)
B. tmm (testing maturity model)
C. tqm(total quality management)
Answer» A. tim (testing improving model)
90.

Standards and procedures for managing changes in an evolving software product is called?

A. confirmation management
B. confederation mangement
C. configuration management
D. compartability management
Answer» C. configuration management
91.

Path Tested = Number of Path Tested / Total Number of Paths

A. true
B. false
Answer» A. true
Chapter: Testing for Specialized Environment
92.

This type of test include, how well the user will be able to understand and interact with the system?

A. usability testing
B. user acceptance testing
C. alpha testing
D. beta testing.
Answer» A. usability testing
93.

Defects generally fall into the following categories?

A. wrong
B. missing
C. extra
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
94.

What is correct Software Process Cycle?

A. plan(p)——>check(c)——>act(a)—–>do(d)
B. plan(p)——>do(d)——>check(c)—–>act(a)
C. plan(p)——>do(d)——>act(a)—–>check(c)
Answer» B. plan(p)——>do(d)——>check(c)—–>act(a)
95.

Maintenance Plan predicts the maintenance requirements of the system, maintenance costs and effort required

A. true
B. false
Answer» A. true
96.

Beta testing will be done by

A. developer
B. user
C. tester
Answer» B. user
97.

Validation plan describes the approach ,resources and schedule used for system validation

A. true
B. false
Answer» A. true
98.

Integration, It will come under

A. cmm level 1
B. cmm level 3
C. cmm level 2
D. none
Answer» B. cmm level 3
99.

Types of quality tools are Problem Identification Tools and Problem Analysis Tools.

A. true
B. false
Answer» A. true
100.

Which Software Development Life cycle model will require to start Testing Activities when starting development activities itself

A. water falls model
B. spiral model
C. v-model
D. linear model
Answer» C. v-model
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