ISTQB Sample Paper 2

Q.1: What would be the appropriate result of a Stress test at its peak?
a. A gradual performance slow-down leading to a non-catastrophic system halt
b. A gradual performance improvement leading to a catastrophic system halt
c. A gradual performance slow-down leading to a catastrophic system halt
d. A gradual performance improvement to a non-catastrophic system halt

Q.2: Which of the following statements is incorrect in relation to Code coverage?
a. It describes the degree to which the source code of a program has been tested
b. It is a form of White-box testing
c. It is a form of Black-box testing

Q.3: Which of the following resources are tested by most of the Stress testing tools?
a. Disk space
b. Network bandwidth
c. Internal memory
d. All of the above

Q.4: Which of the following is not a part of System testing?

a. Recovery testing and failover testing
b. Performance, Load and Stress testing
c. Usability testing
d. Top-down integration testing

Q.5: Which of the following statements about Equivalence partitioning is correct?
a. A software testing design technique in which tests are designed to include representatives of boundary values
b. A type of software testing used for testing two or more modules or functions together with the intent of finding interface defects between the modules or functions
c. It is the degree to which the source code of a program has been tested
d. A software testing technique that divides the input data of a software unit into partitions of data    from which test cases can be derived

Q.6: Which of the following is not a Static testing methodology?
a. Code review
b. Inspection
c. Walkthroughs
d. System tests

Q.7: What do you understand by the term "Monkey test"?
a. It is random testing performed by automated testing tools
b. It is used to simulate the actions a user might perform
c. It is another name for Monitor testing

Q.8: From the following options, choose the best example which represents a reliability failure for an application:

a. Slow response time
b. Excessive application consumption
c. Random application termination
d. Failure to encrypt data

Q.9:Choose the correct description of a Stub in software testing:

a. A Stub is basically the same as a driver except that it is very fast in returning results
b. A Stub is a dummy procedure, module or unit that stands in for an unfinished portion of a system
c. A Stub is just a different name for an Emulator
d. None of the above

Q.10: Beta testing is performed by:

a. An independent test team
b. The software development team
c. In-house users
d. External users

Q.11: The main focus of Black-box testing is:
a. to check for logical errors
b. to ensure that each code statement is executed once
c. to test the functionality of the system as a whole
d. to identify all paths through the software

Q.12: What is Boundary value testing?
a. It tests values at and near the minimum and maximum allowed values for a particular input or output
b. It tests different combinations of input circumstances
c. It is a testing technique associated with White-box testing
d. Both a and b

Q.13: Identification of set-use pairs is accomplished during which of the following static analysis activities?
a. Control flow analysis
b. Data flow analysis
c. Coding standards analysis
d. Function Point Analysis


Q.14: Which one of the following is a major benefit of verification early in the software development life cycle?
a. It allows the identification of changes in user requirements
b. It facilitates timely set up of the test environment
c. It reduces defect multiplication
d. It allows testers to become involved early in the project

Q.15: The testing performed by external organizations or standards bodies to give greater guarantees of compliance is called:
a. Usability testing
b. Conformance testing
c. Integration testing
d. System testing
b. Conformance testing


Q.16: In which of the following testing methodologies does the test case generation use the system model?
a. Repetitive testing
b. Model testing
c. Modular testing
d. System testing

Q.17: The testing phase in which individual software modules are combined and tested as a group is called:
a. Unit testing
b. Integration testing
c. Module testing
d. White-box testing
b. Integration testing

Q.18: In which of the following testing methodologies does the automatic generation of efficient test procedures/vectors use models of system requirements and specified functionality?
a. Repetitive testing
b. Model testing
c. Modular testing
d. System testing



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