ISTQB (ISTQB CTAL-TA) ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Analyst (Syllabus 2012) Sample Questions:

1. Applying the State Transition test technique to the given State Transition diagram, how many invalid transitions are there to test?

SELECT ONE OPTION

A) 20
B) 5
C) 15
D) 10

2. An airline provides self-service check-in kiosks for passengers. The following use case has been created for the self-service check-in process.
Coverage Rules:
* One test case should be designed for the basic behavior
* One test case should be designed for each alternate and error handling behavior Applying these rules to the Self Service Check-in Use Case, how many test cases should be designed?
SELECT ONE OPTION

A) 8
B) 7
C) 2
D) 11

3. Consider the following user story: As a student, I want to be able to buy a parking pass (priority: high) Acceptance criteria
- The student will not receive the parking pass if the payment is insufficient.
- Only registered students can buy a parking pass.
- The student can only buy one parking pass each month.
Which of the following checklist items would result in finding a defect for the user story?

A) Are the acceptance criteria defined and testable?
B) Is the story prioritized?
C) Is the story written from the view of the person who requested it?
D) Does the story follow the commonly used format "As a < >, I want < > so that < >"?

4. You are testing an ATM based on the following use
ATM start screen is showing
1. The user inserts card
2. The user types in PIN
3 The user selects cash with receipt'
4. The user selects €50
5. The user selects no further service' Expected results
- The ATM provides €50 to the user
- The ATM returns the card and balance slip
- The ATM clears the screen
- The ATM returns to start menu
You are asked to review this use case.
You are asked to review this use case.
What is the most important information that is missing from this use case?

A) More test cases are needed to achieve the minimum acceptable level of coverage.
B) Nothing has been defined for expected response times.
C) The use case should also include alternative behaviour.
D) Expected results not clearly defined

5. Consider the following requirement:
The system shall allow cash advances of at least 200 Euros for all supported credit cards The following credit cards are supported- American Express, Diners, VISA, Mastercard and Eurocard.
The requirement has been identified as business critical.
The following test conditions have been derived:
1. The system shall allow cash advances of at least 200 Euros
2. It shall support American Express, Diners, VISA, Mastercard and Eurocard.
Assume you are following a risk-based testing strategy, where likelihood and impact are both assessed on a five-point scale ranging from very low to very high The requirement R1 was identified as a risk item during the quality risk analysis process. In total 20 risk items were identified during this process Assume that technical project stakeholders have assessed the likelihood of the requirement R1 risk item at a medium level Given only the information above, which of the following statements is true?

A) The risk impact for requirement R1 should be categorized as high or very high
B) A large number of test cases should be designed for requirement R1, based on impact
C) The test cases associated with requirement R1 must be run towards the middle of the test execution period.
D) The test cases associated with requirement R1 shall be run first in the test execution period

Solutions: