iSQI CTAL-TA_Syll2019 - ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Analyst (Syllabus 2019)
You have been assigned to test an application that allows users to conduct banking online. You have been asked to verify the various installation environments for the product. According to the specification the product supports four browsers (Edge, Chrome, FireFox, and Safari), three operating systems (Windows, Mac, Unix), and four languages (English, Spanish, French, German). As you are reviewing the specifications you realize that the actual operating system names and versions were not included, only the major category. From this, you conclude that if you pick one from each of these sets (for example, select Windows 10 for the Windows OS), that testing should be sufficient.
You have determined that some of these combinations are not interesting and should be excluded from the test sets. For example, you are not interested in testing Safari with Unix in German.
Which of the combinatorial testing techniques would be the best choice when you want to exclude certain combinations?
When preparing test cases for an interoperability test, not all interactions may be clearly specified in the requirements documents. Which type of document is typically also used by a Test Analyst as the test basis for interoperability testing?
Which of the following software development lifecycle models requires the earliest involvement from the Test Analyst?
A PIN entry component of an ATM system has been developed using the following state table:
Using the state transition test technique, how many 0-switch test cases are needed to achieve 100% 0-switch coverage?
A new web site must operate correctly with different browsers (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari), using different plug-ins (Realplayer, Mediaplayer), will be receiving pages from different servers (IIS, Apache and WebLogic) and will be running on various operating systems
(Windows, Android, iOS and Linux).
Which of the following test techniques should you use to define the required test cases for testing this new web site in its various environments?
Based on the tax system specification as described below, using boundary value analysis, which would be the best test set to explicitly test on single boundary value fully?
Tax system
A tax system needs to be updated due to new legislation. For a person with a salary of less than € 20 000 and who is married, the tax needs to be recalculated.
If a person has at least three and less than six children, an additional 10% reduction is applicable.
You are assigned as a Senior Test Analyst to lead a project test team composed of business users. These users have extensive business knowledge, but no testing experience. There is another test team composed of in-sourced professional testers that will also be used for this project. Your business users will be assisting the project on a part-time basis. The development team is building an application using the "V-model" development lifecycle. Your company has automated testing tools and test management systems for use by dedicated test teams. What would be an effective method to employ your business users in your testing effort?
The Acme Elevator company uses state-transition diagrams to document the behavior of their elevator doors.
The following text is taken from one of their requirements documents. Convert it into the equivalent state-transition diagram:
When the doors are open, the close command starts the doors closing.
When the doors are closing, the closed sensor indicates that the doors are fully closed.
When the doors are closed, the open command starts the doors opening.
When the doors are opening, the open sensor indicates that the doors are fully open.
If the doors are closing, the open command will start the doors opening.
If the doors are opening, the close command will start the doors closing.
Which state transition diagram most closely represents Acme's elevator door rules?
A car navigation system needs to be integrated in the overall car software It is important to verify that the car navigation is functioning correctly once integrated. Thus functional correctness is considered to be important.
Which of the following techniques is most likely to support the required functional correctness testing?
You have just attended a cross-functional meeting during which a list of risk items was reviewed. After much discussion, each item was assigned a likelihood and impact rating by the group. Although there was some disagreement, the outcome was generally accepted by everyone who participated. You will now be working on planning the testing to address the identified risks in priority order. When you execute the tests, you will be conducting what type of activity?
