Practice CTAL-TM Exam Online

Question 1

Which of the following metrics would be most beneficial to collect to determine the effectiveness of a review process?

A : The number of defects found in production for each module that was reviewed

B : The development language used to create each module that was reviewed

C : The elapsed time between each module's review and its corresponding deployment into production

D : The business criticality of each module that was reviewed

Answer: A

Question 2

As part of the test strategy, entry and exit criteria will be defined for each test level. Which

is NOT a valid reason for using entry and exit criteria? 1 credit

A : The expectation is that development testing is not adequate.

B : Exit criteria are used to decide on when to stop testing.

C : Entry and exit criteria are a principal way for getting adequate resources.

D :

Using entry and exit criteria will prevent software that is not or poorly tested from going

to the next test level.

Answer: C

Question 3

You have investigated different possibilities and selected four of them to present to IT

management. Which of the proposals will you most likely give your highest

recommendations? 3 credits

A :

Insourcing of test automation based on an offer from a local company ABC that has

people who are specialists in system level capture-replay automation tools and they also

do regular training courses in test automation methods and tools. They can then work

closely with Vicki.

B :

Outsourcing of test automation based on an offer from an Asian company,

AsiaAutoTest, which has people who are specialists in system level capture-replay

automation tools. They also offer training and besides they offer to run and maintain the

regression tests in the future.

C :

Internal offer from the development department of XYZ to create the regression package

using CppUnit as test automation tool. One of the development groups have very good

experiences in automating unit tests, and they are willing to do training as well.

D :

Solution from a tool vendor offering to educate two test team members in the use of their

easy-to-use test automation capture replay tool over the first 3 month and based on that

build the regression test suite. In addition to Vicki, Steve is the only one that has time

available to be educated.

Answer: A

Question 4

You have done a comprehensive risk analysis. You have involved the appropriate people in assessing the risks and determining the likelihood and impact of those risks. You have been testing for three months and have been able to mitigate 75% of the high risk items. You have two weeks left in testing and you now do not expect to be able to complete all the items on the high-risk mitigation list, never mind any from the medium or low-risk lists. What is the most effective action you should take?

A :

Use a random selection algorithm to pick tests from the high, medium, and low risk mitigation lists - thereby ensuring that each risk list has some mitigation.

B :

Present your risk mitigation progress and project status to the project's stakeholders, and request additional time or assistance in re-prioritizing the remaining high-risk items.

C : Concentrate testing in areas that have already found numerous problems.

D : Retest the highest risk areas to ensure no regressions have occurred.

Answer: B

Question 5

Continuing with the Scenario described in the previous question, which of the following

topics would you need to address in detail in the master test plan? 3 credits

A : An approach to regression testing

B : A list of boundary values for “advance amount”

C : A description of dependencies between test cases

D : A logical collection of test cases

Answer: A

Name:	Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Manager
Exam Code:	CTAL-TM
Certification:	Advance Level
Vendor:	ISTQB
Total Questions:	195
Last Updated:	Apr 22, 2024

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