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

1. You work for an insurance company with parallel projects. You need to recommend the best approach for test case design for each project.
* Project A:Maintenance release with minor UI changes, experienced testers, manual execution.
* Project B:Development of a new algorithm for risk assessment, high risk of regression, automation needed, audit required.
SELECT ONE OPTION

A) Project A - High level test cases. Project B - Low level test cases
B) Project A - Low level test cases. Project B - Low level test cases
C) Project A - Low level test cases. Project B - High level test cases
D) Project A - High level test cases. Project B - High level test cases

2. Sell-It-Cheap salesrooms organize general and specialist sales with commission charges based on the item price. Following customer feedback, the commission bandings have been changed:
* £500 - £749:5.5% fee
* £750 - £999:4.5% fee
What tests would be appropriate to test this change in commission bandings using the 2-point boundary value analysis technique?
SELECT ONE OPTION

A) £748, £749, £750, £751
B) £500, £749, £999, £1000
C) £499, £500, £749, £750, £999, £1000
D) No additional tests required; existing BVA tests can be used

3. You are testing a hospital patient management system. New or amended patient data is captured by hospital administrators using an in-house patient capture application and transmitted to one or more hospital departments depending on the nature of the medical condition. Each department operates its own software package.
A new release has been scheduled which includes an improved user interface to the patient capture application as well as changes to the patient data to meet new regulatory requirements.
You are the test analyst for this release, working alongside a Technical Test Analyst. Which of the following requirements MOST align to your responsibilities to test as a Test Analyst?
* R01:New and amended patient data can be successfully read and processed by receiving hospital department systems
* R02:Patient data will be transmitted and received by hospital department systems within ten seconds of entry
* R03:Patient data transmitted to other hospital department systems will remain secure and cannot be accessed by unauthorized third parties
* R04:High volumes of data can be successfully received and processed while the user interface is being used
* R05:The new user interface is appropriate for the needs of all hospital administrator roles SELECT ONE OPTION:

A) R01, R02
B) R03, R04
C) R01, R05
D) R02, R03

4. Which pair of statements correctly describes when functional completeness, functional correctness, and
/or functional appropriateness are undertaken?
SELECT ONE OPTION

A) Functional completeness for system integration may focus on high-level business cases; functional appropriateness is usually performed prior to system testing
B) Functional appropriateness testing is usually undertaken during system testing (but also during the later stages of integration testing); functional correctness testing can be conducted at any test level
C) Functional correctness testing is only performed at the system test level; functional completeness is performed at the system integration testing stage
D) Functional completeness is performed as the last stage of testing; Functional correctness can be undertaken at any test level and often uses the specification or legacy system as a test oracle

5. REQ1 a sun cancer warning system shall produce a daily score sheet based on the number of hours expose to the sun and the intensity of sun radiation.
REQ2 The number of hours exposed to the sun shall be categorized in A (below 2), B (2 to 4 hours) or C (more than 4 hours) REQ3 The intensity of sun radiation shall be labelled as low, medium, high, or extreme.
Based on the requirements stated above a Test Analyst has defined the following three test cases:
How many test conditions to be identified from requirements REQ2 and REQ3, are NOT covered by the three test cases:

A) 4
B) 8
C) 6
D) 3

Solutions: