ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Manager - CTAL-TM_001 FREE EXAM DUMPS QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Which of the following Is a way in which risk analysis drives test analysis?

Which of the following is a typical use of risk analysis?

You are the Test Manager of a four-person test team working for a small distribution company with a single warehouse. Your team has been working with a third party development team on a new inventory management system. The company expects this system to generate approximately one million dollars per annum in profits for the company. Early in the project, various risks were identified, and steps taken to mitigate those risks.
For example, you sent your test team for training on the new system, and upgraded the test environment.
There are still some lingering risks that have not been addressed, but they have been determined to have a low chance of occurring, with minimal impact if they do occur.
What would be the best option to mitigate these remaining risks? [3]

You are a test team lead working on a large project and have been subject to considerable stress due to exceptional workload. Your manager has suggested that you need to delegate more work to your team members to both reduce the pressure on yourself and allow team members to take on more responsibility which would, in turn, benefit their growth. Which phase of the Tuckman model would this situational skill represent?

It is the last day of an iteration and one of the teams is clearly not going to deliver all of the work that it committed to at the beginning of the iteration. The scrum master has asked you for ideas about how to perform the afternoon's retrospective in order to learn the appropriate lessons.
You have started the retrospective meeting by presenting this as its main goal. Which next two steps will be MOST effective?

SCENARIO 3
You are the Test Manager for a software house called "MakeMyApp" that specialise in mobile phone applications, agile techniques are used for all software development projects.
A new project is underway to develop enhancements to a 'photo sharing' application, known as
'PictureFriend'. There are two types of user account available -Premium Users and Guest Users. Guest users only have limited functionality available. The enhanced features to PictureFriend are:
* Feature 1: Guest Users can share photos with other Guest Users and Premium Users;
* Feature 2: Premium Users can edit pictures before posting to their account;
* Feature 3: Premium Users can create '3D-effect' photographs
The requirements for each feature will be broken down into a number of User Stories with acceptance criteria created for each of them. User Stories are planned and delivered in 2-week 'Sprints'. The project will have 3 sprints.
Refer to SCENARIO 3
You have been asked to select an appropriate review type and review remit for the project.
Which of the following is the BEST review type and remit for this project?
SELECT ONE OPTION

You have just conducted a skills assessment for your team. You decided to rate everyone from 1 to 5 in the skill areas as follows:
5 = expert
4 = proficient
3 = can use this skill effectively but will need some assistance
2 = interested in learning this skill but has only minimal knowledge
1 = not interested in learning this skill
Given these values, you have rated your team as shown in the table below for the designated skill areas:

You will be starting to test a new product that is an upgrade from one of your existing end user products.
Your testing will include white box,
performance, security, usability, and black box. You also have a goal to automate 100% of the smoke test and
50% of the regression tests by the end of the release.
Your team willingly shares knowledge and conducts regular lunch time cross-training sessions.
Your manager wants to know if you would like to bring in someone to help train your team in preparation for this project. In which area could you best utilize this help? [3]

Which of the following best describes the appraisal costs in the cost of quality'

Which one of the following standards would a Test Manager be expected to understand when planning and organising activities with a Project Manager? SELECT ONE OPTION

Which two of the following are considered to be advantages when specifying detailed test conditions?
a) They may influence development activities.
b) They form the basis for vertical traceability
c) They are suited to agile methodology
d) They can aid defect prevention
e) They are quick and easy to deliver
SELECT ONE OPTION

Which of the following is the MOST relevant factor to consider when selecting an open source tool? SELECT ONE OPTION

Which technique will assist you in determining targeted improvement areas to reduce the number of defects?
[1]

You are the Test Manager on a project to replace an old sales and merchandising system with one that will be based on modern platforms.
The main requirements for the system are:
* Loading sales data, sent electronically from the stores each evening, into a central database.
* Producing sales reports for the merchandisers.
* Producing forecast reports, used to predict demand.Loading sales data and producing reports with the current system has frequently taken longer than the overnight processing window allows. The Data Centre Manager requires that all batch processing takes at least 10% less time than currently.The Sales and Merchandising Manager is more concerned about usability because the parameter entry will be complex.Which option contains two key considerations that would need to be added to your test approach?

Which of the following statements correctly describes a 'depth-first approach' to managing risk based testing?
SELECT ONE OPTION

Refer to SCENARIO 3
You are the Test Manager for a software house called "MakeMyApp" that specialise in mobile phone applications, agile techniques are used for all software development projects.
A new project is underway to develop enhancements to a 'photo sharing' application, known as
'PictureFriend'. There are two types of user account available -Premium Users and Guest Users. Guest users only have limited functionality available. The enhanced features to PictureFriend are:
* Feature 1: Guest Users can share photos with other Guest Users and Premium Users;
* Feature 2: Premium Users can edit pictures before posting to their account;
* Feature 3: Premium Users can create '3D-effect' photographs
The requirements for each feature will be broken down into a number of User Stories with acceptance criteria created for each of them. User Stories are planned and delivered in 2-week 'Sprints'. The project will have 3 sprints.
Which of the following are test planning activities that would be MOST appropriate for Sprint 1?
a) Analyse the risk for each of the user stories in sprint 1
b) Publish lest progress reports throughout the sprint
c) Arrange informal reviews of the user stories by the test team
d) Plan an automated system test suite for the user stories.
e) Specify system test conditions at a detailed level for all user stories Chose one of the following options:
SELECT ONE OPTION