ISEB-SWT2 Online Practice Questions and Answers

Which one of the following is a characteristic of good testing in any lifecycle model?

A. Each test level has the same test objective.

B. There should be more testing activities than development activities.

C. Test design can only begin when development is complete.

D. Testers should begin to review documents as soon as drafts are available.

Which of the following is an example of a product risk?

A. Software that does not perform its intended functions

B. Failure of a third party

C. Problems in defining the right requirements

D. Skill and staff shortages

Which statement about combinations of inputs and preconditions is true for a large system?

A. It is easy to test them all in a short time

B. It is not practically possible to test them all

C. It is not possible to test any of them

D. It is essential to test them all in order to do good testing

Which of the following is a standard for test documentation?

A. IEEE Std. 1028

B. EEE Std. 1044

C. ISO 9126.

D. IEEE Std. 829

How is the scope of maintenance testing assessed?

A. Scope is related to the risk, size of the changes and size of the system under test

B. Scope is defined by the size and type of system being changed

C. Scope is defined by the size and type of system being changed

D. Scope is related to the number of system users affected by the change.

Which of the following defects would NORMALLY be identified by a static analysis tool?

A. The response time for the search function exceeded the agreed limit

B. The design specification had many grammatical errors

C. The component code had variables that were used but had not been declaredThe component? code had variables that were used but had not been declared

D. The component was found to be the source of the memory leak

Which of the following are white-box test design techniques?

a) Decision table testing. b) Decision coverage. c) Boundary value analysis. d) Error guessing. e) Statement testing.

A. a and e

B. b and d

C. b and e

D. e and d

Which statement is a valid explanation as to why black-box test design techniques can be useful?

A. They can help to derive test data based on analysis of the requirement specification

B. They can help derive test cases based on analysis of a component code structure

C. They can help to derive test conditions based on analysis of a system internal structure

D. They can help to reduce testing costs

Which two of the following are attributes of structural testing?

a) It is based on testing features described in a functional specification.

b) It can include statement and decision testing.

c) It can be carried out at all levels of testing.

d) It can include debugging.

A. a and b

B. a and d

C. b and d

D. b and c

Which of the following test activities are more likely to be undertaken by a test lead rather than a tester?

a) Create test specifications.

b) Schedule tests.

c) Define metrics for measuring test progress.

d) Prepare and acquire test data.

A. c and d

B. a and b

C. b and d

D. b and c