EMT Practice Test

1. Question Content...


Question List

Question1: A class grade application for instructors assigns letter grades based on students' numerical grades.
The letter grades for different numerical grades should be:
Above 89, up to 100 - A
Above 79, up to 89 * B
Above 69, up to 79 * C
Above 59, up to 69 - D
Below 60- F
Which of the following sets of test inputs would achieve the relatively highest equivalence partition coverage?

Question2: What is 'Component Testing'?

Question3: Your manager asked you when testing will be complete. In order to answer this question, you'll most likely use:

Question4: Which of the following is the main benefit of a configuration management of testware?

Question5: Which of the following lists factors That contribute to PROJECT risks?

Question6: Which of the following BEST describes a test summary report for executive-level employees

Question7: Which of the following is correct with regards to debugging?

Question8: Which of the following statements is an example of testing contributing to higher quality?

Question9: A calculator software is used to calculate the result for 5+6.
The user noticed that the result given is 6.
This is an example of;

Question10: A software company decides to invest in reviews of various types. The thought process they have is that each artifact needs to be reviewed using only one of the review methods depending on the criticality of the artifact.

Question11: Which of the following statements about re-testing and regression testing are TRUE?
I Re-testing should be performed after a defect is fixed.
II Regression testing should always be performed after a defect is fixed.
III. Re-testing and regression testing may be performed at any test level.
IV Regression testing may include functional, non-functional and structural testing.
V. Re-testing should be included in the debugging activity.

Question12: The following 4 equivalence classes are given:

Which of the following alternatives includes correct test values for x. based on equivalence partitioning?

Question13: An Incident Management tool implements the following defect states; Open, Assigned, Solved, Closed Consider the following defect report:
Id T000561
Test Object "Warehouse Management' application
Tester name; John Bishop
Date: 10th. April 2010
Test Case MRT558I
Status OPEN
Severity Serious
Priority
Problem- After inputting the Total Quantity item = 450 in the SV034 screen, the system shows an unexpected Error message=47 Correction:
Developer name:
Closing date:
Which of the following is a valid criticism of this report?

Question14: Which sequence of stated in the answer choices is correct in accordance with the following figure depicting the life-cycle of a defect?

Question15: Which of the following tools is most likely to detect defects in functions or methods in source code?

Question16: Which of the following is an example of black-box dynamic testing?

Question17: Which are the MAIN goals of risk management in a software project?

Question18: The four test levels used in ISTQB syllabus are:
1. Component (unit) testing
2. Integration testing
3. System testing
4. Acceptance testing
An organization wants to do away with integration testing but otherwise follow V-model. Which of the following statements is correct?

Question19: The following open incident report provided:
Date: 01.01.01
Description: When pressing the stop button the application status remain in "Attention" instead of "Ready'.
Severity: High
Life Cycle: Integration
Which of the following details are missing in the giving incident report?
I. Identification or configuration of the application
II. The name of the developer
III. Recommendation of the developer
IV The actions and/or conditions that came before the pressing of the button

Question20: Which of the following statements contradicts the general principles of testing?

Question21: Which of the following is an example of tasks most associated with the test design activity?

Question22: Which of the following CORRECTLY matches the roles and responsibilities in a formal review?

Question23: Which of the following project scenario gives the BEST example where maintenance testing should be triggered?

Question24: A software calculates the annual car tax using three inputs:
- E; the emission level of the vehicle
- P: the power of the vehicle
-T the type of the vehicle
The input value for P can be integer positive values between 15 and 350.
Which of the following answers contains a correct list of a boundary values for the P input?

Question25: In maintenance testing, what is the relationship between impact analysis and regression testing?

Question26: Which of the following statements is not correct?

Question27: You need to test the login page of a web site. The page contains fields for user name and password. Which test design techniques are most appropriate for this case?

Question28: Which ONE of the following statements does NOT describe how testing contributes to higher quality?

Question29: Given the following review types and review characteristics:
a.Pair review
b.Walkthrough
c.Technical review
d.Inspection
1.Formal
2.Informal
3.Purposes include evaluating the quality of the work product under review and generating new ideas (e.g., brainstorming solutions)
4.Purposes include Improving the software product and training the review participants Which of the following BEST matches the review type with the review characteristic?

Question30: Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Question31: Which statement best describes the key difference between a mindset for test activities and a mindset for development activities?

Question32: A system has a self-diagnostics module that starts executing after the system is reset. The diagnostics are running 12 different tests on the systems memory hardware. The following is one of the requirements set for the diagnostics module:
'The time taking the diagnostics tests to execute shall be less than 2 seconds' Which of the following is a failure related to the specified requirement?

Question33: A program got 100% decision coverage in a test. Which of the following statements is then guaranteed to be true?

Question34: Consider the following testing levels:
1) Component Testing
2) Integration Testing
3) System Testing
4) Acceptance Testing
Which of the following statements is true?

Question35: Which of the following is a function of a dynamic analysis tool?

Question36: Which of the following BEST explains a drawback of independent testing?

Question37: Which of the following tasks is MOST LIKELY to be performed by the tester?

Question38: Which of the following would be the LEAST likely to be used as the basis for a test exit criteria?

Question39: During component testing of a program if 100% decision coverage is achieved, which of the following coverage criteria is also guaranteed to be 100%?

Question40: A test engineer finds a defect while testing. After the developer has fixed the defect, the test engineer decides to re-run a complete section of the tests. Which of the following is correct?

Question41: A test score indicator for students produces a performance score based on a combination of the number of consecutive hours studied (below 4 hours, 4 to 8 hours. 9 to 12 hours or above 12 hours) and the average intensity of focus on the material during the study time (low, medium or high).
Given the following test cases:
hours intensity score
T1 3 low55
T2 14 high 95
T3 9 low75
What is the minimum number of additional test cases that are needed to ensure full coverage of all valid INPUT equivalence partitions?

Question42: Which or the following is a valid collection of equivalence classes for the following problem: An integer field shall contain values from and including 1 to and including 15.

Question43: Which of the following is MOST likely to be an example of a PROJECT risk?

Question44: Which of the following statements about estimation of the test effort is WRONG?

Question45: A QA manager of a start-up company needs to implement within a week a low cost incident management tool.
Which of the following is the best option?

Question46: Which of the following is an example of the absence-of-errors fallacy?

Question47: A system has valid input numbers ranging between 1000 and 99999 (both inclusive). Which of the following inputs are a result of designing tests for all valid equivalence classes and their boundaries?

Question48: Which of the following are valid testing principles?
I) Exhaustive testing is in general impossible.
II) Exhaustive testing should be executed for code intended to be reused.
III) Testing may guarantee that a program is correct.
IV) Testing cannot guarantee that a program is correct.
V) Defects cluster together in certain areas of the product.

Question49: What type of testing measures its effectiveness by tracking which lines of code were executed by the tests?

Question50: Which ONE of the following statements about state transition testing is correct?

Question51: Which of the following statements describes regression testing?
I. Retesting of a fixed defect
II. Testing of an already tested program
III. Testing of new functionality in a program
IV. Regression testing applies only to functional testing
V Tests that do not nave to be repeatable, because They are only used once

Question52: Given the following state model of sales order software:
SEE ATTACHMENT
Which of the following sequences of tran-sitions provides the highest level of tran-sition coverage for the model (assuming you can start in any state)?

Question53: For a mandatory input field "ZIP code" the following rules are given:
1 - The valid ZIP code format is 5 numeric digits.
2 - The code has to exist in the post office's official ZIP code list
Using equivalence classes partitioning, how many test cases are required to test this field?

Question54: A Static analysis tool analyzes a given program's CONTROL FLOW among other things. Which of the following options represents the most likely outcome of the control flow analysis:

Question55: Which of the following statements is the BEST example of non-functional testing?

Question56: Which of the following statements about independent testing is WRONG?

Question57: Which of the following activities are part of test planning?
I) Setting the entry and exit criteria
II) Determining the validity of bug reports
III) Determining the number of resources required
IV) Determining the expected result for test cases

Question58: Manager responsibilities in formal review includes ad except one of the following:

Question59: Whichofthe following options cover the test types performed during typical system testing phase:
I. Usability
II Requirements based scenarios
III Testing parts of the code in isolation
IV Correct order of parameters in API calls

Question60: Who of the following has the best knowledge to decide what tests in a test project should be automated?

Question61: You are testing the download process of a mobile phone application.
For which to the following capabilities to the system you need to design a nonfunctional test?

Question62: Which of the following activities does NOT belong to a typical technical review?

Question63: A software system checks age in order to determine which welcome screen to display. Age groups are:
Group I: 0-12
Group II; 13-18
Group III: over 18
Which of the below represent boundary values?

Question64: During system testing phase of a word processor, a tester finds that on opening a file from a particular set of files, which are part of a critical workflow, the word processor crashes. Which of the following is the next step the tester should take poor to recording the deviation?

Question65: ST is a Software Testing organization which utilizes a testing knowledge base. Access to ST knowledge base can be either full or limited. Access level is determined based on ST certification and testing experience as follows:
1. If ST certified, with less than 5 years testing experience - allow limited access
2. If ST certified, 5-10 years of testing experience - allow full access
3. If not ST certified with 5-10 years of testing experience - allow limited access.
What would be the results for:
A - ST certified. 12 years of testing experience
B - Not ST certified. 7 years of testing experience
C - Not ST certified. 3 years of testing experience

Question66: Which of the following s the most correct statement about state testing techniques?

Question67: Which of the following applications will be the MOST suitable for testing by Use Cases

Question68: Which of the following statements about testware are correct?
I When closing the test activities, all the testware resources can be uninstalled and released II All the testware should be subject to Configuration Management III. The testware. at the end of the project, should be transferred to the organization responsible for maintenance IV The developers are responsible for the correct installation of the testware

Question69: Which of the following BEST describes a benefit of test automation?

Question70: Which type of software development product can undergo static testing?

Question71: A bank software has a feature of locking down accounts that have and overdraft higher than $10,000.
Due to a bug in the code, the system locks down accounts once they reached $1000 overdraft.
Based on this context, which of the following is correct statement

Question72: A team's test strategy was to invest equal effort in testing each of a system's modules. After running one test cycle, it turned out that most of the critical bugs were detected in one of the system's modules.
Which testing principal suggests a change to the current test strategy for the next test cycle?

Question73: Which test approach will best fit a new project, with little documentation and high probability for bugs?