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Foundation Level PRACTICE EXAM

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Foundation Level PRACTICE EXAM
Syllabus Version 2010 Practice Exam Version 2011

ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level

ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level
Introduction This is a Sample Exam. The objective is helping the candidates intheir preparation for the real examination. It provides a set of questions whose format is similar to the full ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level REAL exam. It is strictly forbidden to use these exam questions in a LIVE EXAM.

1) Any individual or training company may use this Practice Exam in a training course if ISTQB is acknowledged as the source and copyright owner of the PracticeExam. 2) Any individual or group of individuals may use this Practice Exam as the basis for articles, books, or other derivative writings if ISTQB is acknowledged as the source and copyright owner of the practice exam. 3) Any ISTQB-recognized National Board may translate this Practice Exam and make it publicly available if ISTQB is acknowledged as the source and copyright owner of the practice exam.Version 2011 ©International Software Testing Qualifications Board

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Questions ”Fundamentals of testing”

1. a) b) c) d)

Which of the following statements BEST describes one of the seven key principles of software testing? Automated tests are better than manual tests for avoiding the Exhaustive Testing. Exhaustive testingis, with sufficient effort and tool support, feasible for all software. It is normally impossible to test all input / output combinations for a software system. The purpose of testing is to demonstrate the absence of defects.

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2. a) b) c) d)

Which of the following statements is the MOST valid goal for a test team? Determine whether enough component testing was executed. Cause as manyfailures as possible so that faults can be identified and corrected. Prove that all faults are identified. Prove that any remaining faults will not cause any failures.

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3. a) b) c) d)

Which of these tasks would you expect to perform during TestAnalysis and Design? Setting or defining test objectives. Reviewing the test basis. Creating test suites from test procedures. Analyzing lessons learned for process improvement.

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4. a) b) c) d)

Below is a list of problems that can be observed during testing or operation. Which is MOST likely a failure? The product crashed when the user selected an option in a dialog box. One source codefile included in the build was the wrong version. The computation algorithm used the wrong input variables. The developer misinterpreted the requirement for the algorithm.

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5. a) b) c) d)

Which of the following, if observed in reviews and tests, would lead to problems (or conflict) within teams? Testers and reviewers are not curious enough to find defects. Testers and reviewers are notqualified enough to find failures and faults. Testers and reviewers communicate defects as criticism against persons and not against the software product. Testers and reviewers expect that defects in the software product have already been found and fixed by the developers.

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