cste objective 1

8/7/2019 CSTE Objective 1

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CSTE: Paper1 Date: 2nd Dec 2006

Duration: 45 mins

1. Primary role of software testing includes

a. Producer viewb. Customer view

c. Product viewd. Both a & b

e. All a, b, c

2. Defects doesnt fall into one of the following category

a. Inadequate data

b. Wrong

c. Missing

d. Extra

3. Test Group is known by different names. Which one is not included in the list?

a. MIS testing

b. Quality Controlc. Quality Assurance

d. Inspectors

e. None of the above

4. Which one of them is not one of the four components of the software development process life

cycle?

a. Check

b. Create

c. Plan

d. Action

e. None of the above

5. Software testing accounts for what percent of software development costs?

a. 10-20

b. 40-50

c. 70-80

d. 5-10

6. The components of Testing Strategy are

a. Test Factor

b. Test Phase

c. Test Scoped. Both a&b

e. Both b&c

7. . Driver modules are used in

a. Thread Testing

b. Bottom_up Incremental testing

c. Top_down Incremenatl Testing

d. Black Box testing


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8. At a minimum the developer should always execute -------------- when a change is made

a. Regional

b. Unit

c. Full

d. All the above

9. Definitions of Quality includea. Meeting customers requirements

b. Conformance to requirements

c. Both the above

d. None of the above

10. Which one is not good process while giving criticism?

a. Indicate the deficiencies with products or services produced by the individual.

b. Get agreement from the individual that there is problem.

c. State the negative point first.

d. All the above

e. None of the above.

11. Which of this is comprehensive listening?

a. Directed at selecting specific pieces of information and not entire

communication.

b. Designed to get a complete message with minimal distortion.c. The listener is sympathetic to listeners point of view.

d. The listener is performing an analysis of what speaker said.

12. During a proposal presentation you should:

a. Emphasize that you have the best solution to the customers problems

b. Emphasize that your project team is well equipped to implement the

solution

c. Sell the corporate experience of your project staff and yourselfd. Sell your enthusiasm to do the project effectively, efficiently, and

economically

e. All the above

13. is a design, implementation or operation flaw that may be exploited by a

threat to cause destruction or misuse of its assets or resources?

a) Riskb) Threat

c) Vulnerabilityd) Control

14. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of Risk?

a) Inherent in every project

b) Something to fear, but not something to manage

c) Probability of Loss

d) Neither intrinsically good nor bad


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15. Which one of these is not a method for conducting risk analysis?

a) Cost of Quality

b) Risk Assessment Packagec) Identification and Weighting of Risk Attributes

d) Judgment & Instinct

16. Which one of these is not a Testing Risk?

a) Test Environment

b) No of Qualified Test Resource

c) New Technology

d) None of the above

17. is the process in which one or more individuals state they believe the risk is

greater than the cost of controls.

a) Consensusb) Risk Formula

c) Intuition/Judgment


18. --------- details like what type of tests must be conducted, what stages of testing are required

and then outline the sequence and timing of tests

a. Test design

b. Test schedules

c. Test objectives

d. Test scope

19. Which testing is method to test all integrated components of an information system?a. Integration testing

b. System testing

c. Acceptance testing


20. At what phase, test plan defines and communicates test requirements and the amount of

testing needed.

a. Design

b. Analysis

c. Codingd. Testing

21. According to IEEE standards for test documentation ------------------ is an overall document

providing direction for all testing activity.

a. Test Case Specification

b. Test Design Specification

c. Test Procedure Specification

d. Test Plan Specification


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22. Which of the following is not a concept of Test Plan?

a. Test Design

b. Test Environment

c. Test Case

d. Roles & Responsibilities

23. What will be covered in the test? And what will be not covered in the test? Will be specifiedat what section of the Test Plan?

a. Assumptions

b. Test Objective

c.Test Schedule

d.Test Scope

24. Which one of these tasks is not to be considered while building test plan?

a. From the Test Team

b. Understand the Project Risks

c. Build the Test Team


25. Anything that tends to cause the reduction of Risk is known as

a) Control

b) Risk

c) Threatd) Vulnerability

26. ------------------------- Scripting determines unchanged portions of systems remain unchanged

when system is changed

1. Pseudoconcurrency scripting

2. Stress scripting

3. Regression scripting

4. Integration testing

27. Which of the following are not included in integration testing?

a) Test the client components

b) Test the server components

c) Test the network components

d) Test the components separately

28. Which one of the following is not a general principle of Defect Management Process?a) The Primary Goal is to prevent defects

b) Defect Management Process should be Risk Driven

c) Capture and Analysis of information should be automated

d) Defect Information should be used to improve the processe) None of the above

29. Which of the following is not a key element of Defect Management Process?

a) Defect Prevention

b) Defect Tracking

c) Defect Discovery

d) Defect Resolution

e) None of the above


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30. John is told to prepare a report on the most commonly occurring product defects. He reviews

the software defect reports, which categorize the defects as Coding errors, Requirement errors,

documentation errors, etc. The best tool to report this information is:

a) A Scatter plot

b) A Pareto diagramc) A Histogram

d) A Cause and Effect Diagram

31. Test Result data will include which of the following

a) Test factors

b) Business Objectives

c) Interface Objective

d) All of the above

32. While preparing the Acceptance Criteria, the user should

a) Acquire full knowledge of the application

b) Become fully acquainted with the applicationc) Understand the Risks and Benefits

d) Understand the consequences of adding new functions

e) All the above

33. ______________ is responsible for implementing the plan and for assuring that the plan's

objectives are met.

a) Tester

b) Developer

c) Acceptance Manager

d) All of the above

34. __________ is the final opportunity for the buyer to examine the software and to seek redressfrom the developer for insufficient or incorrect software

a) Acceptance Testing

b) Unit Testing.

c) System testing.

d) Integration Testing.

35. It is whose responsibility that acquired software meets the needs of

their organization.

a) Management

b) Tester c) Contractor

d) All of the above

36 . Contractor is one who

a) develop the software

b) acquire the software

c) test the software

d) none of the above


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37. A specific event that might cause an undesirable event to occur is a

a) Risk

b) Exposure

c) Threatd) Control


38. Which controls primarily collect evidence that can be utilized in determining why a particular

problem has occurred?

a) Preventive

b) Corrective

c) Detective


39. Which is not a generally accepted model for risk and internal control?

a) COSO Enterprise Risk Management Modelb) SOX Internal Control Model

c) CobiT Model.

d) COSO Internal Control Model

40. In COSO ERM Model, in which component are the policies and procedures established

a) Risk Response

b) Control Activities

c) Information and Communication

d) Monitoring


41. How many components are there in the CobiT Model?

a) Four

b) Five

c) Eight


42. . In Thick-Client System,

a) majority of processing is executed on the Server-sideb) majority of processing is executed on the Client-side

c) amount of processing executed on the server-side and Client-side is samed) None of the above

43. . Which of the following is not digital standard?

a) GSM

b) AMPS

c) TDMA

d) CDMA


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44. Testing tools can help automate tasks such as

a) product installation

b) test data creation

c) GUI interactiond) (b) & (c)

e) All of the above

45. Detail information about the specific project component can be obtained by ____

a) Summary Status report

b) Project Status report

c) Both


46. By performing --------- during the early phases of software dev, the cost of testing can be

reduced because defects are found earlier in the process.

a. Dynamic Testing

b. Quality Testing

c. Static Testingd. Effective Testing

e. All the above

47. One problem condition, such as a wrong price or a program defect, causing hundreds ofsimilar errors within few minutes is called

a. Cascaded Effect

b. Mc Donalds Effect

c. Domino Effect


48. Verification generally means

a. Consistencyb. Completeness

c. Correctness

d. All the above

49. Defects are least costly to correct at what stage of the development cycle?

a. Requirements

b. Analysis & Design

c. Construction

d. Implementation

50. ____________ listening type helps understand real world situations.

a. Critical

b. Comprehensive

c. Discriminative

d. Appreciative

e. Therapeutic

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