Find below the objective and subjective questions. Today I gave the CSTE examination. Kindly note these questions are not verbatim. Tried to key in only the key words and besides that it is not humanly possible to remember word to word. Any questions pertaining to these questions, kindly feel free to ask.
Good luck.
November 20, 2009
SUBJECTIVE
- Define thick-client and thin-client
- Define and give examples of control for preventive control, defensive control and corrective control.
- 3 defect prone metrics
- Describe Boundary Value Analysis, equivalent partitioning and error guessing
- Describe verification. Give examples of verification and describe them.
- What should a contract contain while buying a COTS software? Page 8-12
- Give two reasons why you think a tester needs to have good interviewing skills?
- How you will develop compatibility and motivation in your project team.
- Your experienced tester is making a lot of mistakes then the less experience tester. How would your provide him constructive criticism and motivate him? What kind of approach will you take?
- For a web based application what network testing techniques will you use?
- Wireless technologies – what are the concerns?
- 4 attributes of software you would recommend. Why would you recommend? Describe?
- Define Pareto principle? Define Pareto chart?
- How is the testing process useful….
- Scenario based question: while testing a Logistics inventory application, what items you would include in the Acceptance test and what acceptance test task / steps would you recommend?
- Scenario based question: Accounts payable software – how would you acceptance test this software?
- Scenario based question: Major change in the software application while you are in midst of testing it. What approach would take or what changes would you make?
- How would ensure that a software is not over tested? What steps or guidelines would you incorporate?
- 4 essential elements or things you would look for while the COTS software is being demonstrated in the operations.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS:
1. Blue tooth
a. Wireless technology
2. COSO ERM
a. There were on what
3. You are asked to test a software in less and less time, what approach would you take:
a. Test the high risk components
b. Hire more testers
c. Abandon the project
4. Around fit for use, choose the one that does not fit into fit for use
a. Data
b. Metrics
c. People
d. Structure
e. Rules
5. Budgeting, scheduling, staffing is:
a. Test administration
b. Test Leadership
c. Test supervision
6. Hacker trying to hack into a system. Act of hacking is:
a. System risk
b. System threat
c. System exposure
d. System control
7. $500 is needed to train a person on new technology for a day. If it would cost $1000 to train a person for two days, $1000 would be considered:
a. Risk
b. Threat
c. Exposure
d. Control
8. Regression testing is done:
a. After unit testing
b. Before systems testing
c. Throughout the Systems Development Life Cycle
9. Integration testing is done:
a. After unit testing
b. Before systems testing
c. Throughout the Systems Development Life Cycle
10. Leader and Manager means the same. (true or false)
11. A systems tester never executes Acceptance test plan. (true or false)
12. Data flow analysis
a. Functional testing
b. Structural testing
13. Subjective measure
a. Line of code
b. Defects
c. (cannot remember all of the choices)
14. If taken by two people, would the same, results be obtained attributes to:
a. Reliability
b. Validity
15. Error based testing
a. Fault seeding
16. Maintain high personal standards of moral responsibility, character, and business integrity.
a. code of ethics
17. Figure 6-3 on page 6-13
a. Pareto
b. Histogram
c. Run Chart
18. Figure 1-7 on page 1-18
a. In-control
b. Out of control
c. Special cause
19. Classifies possible causes of a problem
a. Cause and effect diagram
b. Histogram
c. Scatter plot
20. ensure that you are testing the right software application
a. version control
21. Work broken down as to when to start and end
a. Scheduling
b. Budgeting
22. Conflict is resolved when one party is successful in achieving its own interests at the expense of the other party's interest through the use of high relative power. This is the win-lose approach
a. Force
b. Withdrawal
c. Smoothing
d. Compromise
23. Inspection is what part of quality cost
a. Prevention
b. Appraisal
c. Failure
24. Producer's view of quality
a. Meets the requirement
b. Fit for use
25. Regression testing part of
a. Quality control
b. Quality assurance
26. Effort required locating and fixing an error in an operational program.
a. Maintainability
b. Flexibility
c. Integrity
27. Individual operates a computer to perform his tasks
a. Development activity
b. Computer operations
c. Interface activity
28. Primary reason for improving a process
a. Reduce variability
29. Statistical process
30. Question around issues with COTS software.
a. Communication barriers
31. the organization that decides to use COTS software, needs to ………
a. Loss of employee moral
32. An individual USE CASE does not include
a. Preconditions that set the stage for the series of events that should occur for the use case
b. Post-conditions that state the expected outcomes of the above process
c. Sequential narrative of the execution of the use case
d. Test environment
33. The primary objective of user acceptance testing is to:
a. Determine if software is fit for use
b. Identify requirements defects
34. Type of listening in which the tester is performing an analysis of what the speaker is saying is called:
a. Appreciative listening
b. Critical listening
35. Type of listening in which the tester is …….. sympathetic listening
a. Therapeutic listening
b. Comprehensive listening
36. web based system consists of
a. hardware components
b. software components
c. user roles and responsibilities
d. a and b
e. a, b and c
37. question around process maturity level. If maturity level moves form 2-5 what does it mean
a. increased competency of the tester
b. improvement in process efficiency and effectiveness
38. fixing errors in the same phase
a. stage (phase) containment
39. Publishes a body of standards that address software engineering and maintenance and creates standards addressing software testing and test reporting.
a. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
b. COSO
c. ISO
40. Formal procurement
a. acquisition plan
b. technical requirements document
c. user review documents
d. RFP generation
e. All of the above
41. First and the most important step in conflict resolution
a. Get on your customer's wavelength
b. Get the facts
42. Most organizations understand the importance of managing source code and the changes made to it, but all artifacts need to be managed ……
a. software configuration management
43. Organization does not have a risk management plan. The prerequisite to preparing to measure the risk would be:
a.
b.
c.
44. Decision table
a. Functional testing
b. Structural tesing
45. Determine that various modules can be properly linked
a. Unit scripting
b. Integration scripting
46. Lower modules are tested first …… are not invoked……
a. Top down testing
b. Bottom up testing
47. Acceptance requirements that a system must meet
a. Performance reqs
48. The eight ERM components indicate: (not sure of the choices below)
a. Open design
b. Provides direction for companies….
49. A tester uses his expertise to detect errors.
a. Error guessing
b. Top down
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