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CTAL-TM Exam Dumps - Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Management (CTAL-TM) v3.0

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Question # 9

You have replaced informal code reviews with technical reviews for the most complex and critical components, in an attempt to reduce the high number of defects being found during component and integration test levels. The project manager is concerned about the costs of implementing formal reviews and has asked you to measure whether they actually provide a return on investment.

Which three of the following metrics would be MOST effective in helping you to achieve this?

a. Identification of defect clusters across components

b. Number of lines of code reviewed

c. Number of defects found during reviews d Root cause for each defect detected

e Post-review cost of detection and internal failure per defect

f. Type of review

g. Effort to conduct the review including rework

A.

c. e and g.

B.

a. f and g.

C.

b. d and e.

D.

a, c and d.

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Question # 10

Which of the following software characteristics are possibly revealed through the application of a open source static analysis tool? [1]

A.

Coding standard violations

B.

Memory leaks

C.

Concurrency thresholds

D.

Timing dependencies

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Question # 11

Your company is installing a third-party enterprise-wide business software package. This is the first time the company has done anything like this.

Which technique would be the best one to use to estimate the testing effort? [3]

A.

Estimated developer effort and lines of code

B.

Industry averages

C.

Review of the installation guide

D.

Past experience with in-house projects

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Question # 12

You are performing a risk assessment for a financial application using quantitative risk analysis. The following is a table describing the analysis undertaken so far:

Which of the following statements correctly describes the outcome of the risk assessment using the "Cost of Exposure" technique in this scenario? SELECT ONE OPTION

A.

Testing for failures associated to PR4 should happen first.

B.

PR3 and PR4 should be tested while PR! and PR2 should not be tested.

C.

PR2 should be tested while PR1. PR3 and PR4 should not be tested

D.

PR1, PR3 and PR4 should be tested while PR2 should not be tested

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Question # 13

An in-house stock management application has been in production for 6 months. 90 defects were found in pre-release testing and 10 were reported from live use. The costs of quality have been determined to be as follows:

• Prevention - <€1,000

• Appraisal (average / defect) - €200

• Internal failure (average / defect) - €300

• External failure (average / defect) - €2,000

Which statement is TRUE?

A.

Each defect found before release saved an average of €1,800

B.

The total Cost of Quality so far has been €68,000

C.

Each defect found before release saved an average of €1,500

D.

More money spent on appraisal would have reduced the cost of external failure

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Question # 14

Your current project is delivering a warehouse management system for use in distribution centres, you are writing a test plan to address acceptance testing. You need to determine which stakeholders would be interested in receiving regular reports covering the progress of test execution against agreed schedule and budget. Which roles would be MOST interested in these reports?

A.

Lead developer

B.

Operations manager

C.

Business owner

D.

System users

E.

Project manager

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Question # 15

You are a Test Manager and have started a program of test process improvement. You are following the IDEAL model and have completed the first three phases, now you are ready to go further. Which TWO of the following activities will enable you to complete the remaining phases of the IDEAL model?

A.

Trial a low-priority improvement in order to assess the difficulty of changing the organisation's processes

B.

Re-prioritise the possible improvements according to their expected return on Investment

C.

Trial one or more of the highest-priority improvements in a pilot project

D.

Decide whether to take a model based or an analytical based process improvement approach

E.

Check to see which benefits have, or have not, been achieved from the improvement made

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Question # 16

What is the purpose of process improvement assessment models? [1]

A.

Ensure a consistent approach is used

B.

Assist in the hiring of new testers

C.

Model the failure modes of the product

D.

Identify the test tools needed for testing

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