ISTQB Certification Exam-Sample Papers Q. 1031 to 1040
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Set of 10 Questions � Q. 1031 to Q. 1040
Correct Answers to Earlier Questions – Q. 1021 to Q 1030 are at the end of this page:
Q. 1031: From the below given choices, which one is the �Confidence testing�
A. Sanity testing
B. System testing
C. Smoke testing
D. Regression testing
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Q. 1032: What should be taken into account to determine when to stop testing?
I. Technical risk
II. Business risk
III Project constraints
IV Product documentation
A. I and II are true. III and N are false
B. III is true, I, II, and IV are false
C. I, II, and IV are true; III is false
D. I, II, and III are true, IV is false
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Q. 1033: The following code segment contains a potential “divide by 0” error.
J=50
K=1
while (N>=10) and (N<=10) loop
M [K] = J/N
K = K + 1
N = N 1
end loop
Which of the following is the most effective way of detecting this error?
A. Boundary testing
B. Condition testing
C. Compilation of the source code
D. Source code inspection
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Q. 1034: IEEE stands for:
A. Information Engineering Endeavoring to Excel
B. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
C. Institute of Education for E-commerce Entrepreneurs
D. Individual Excellence in Engineering Enterprises
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Q. 1035: What are good practices for testing within the development life cycle?
A. Early test analysis and design.
B. Different test levels are defined with specific objectives.
C. Testers will start to get involved as soon as coding is done.
D. A and B above.
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Q. 1036: Postal rates for ‘light letters’ are 25p up to 10g, 35p up to 50g plus an extra 10p for each additional 25g up to 100g. Which test inputs (in grams) would be selected using equivalence partitioning?
A. 8, 42, 82, 102
B. 4, 15, 65, 92, 159
C. 10, 50, 75, 100
D. 5, 20, 40, 60, 80
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Q. 1037: Which of the following would structure-based test design techniques be most likely to be applied to?
1. Boundaries between mortgage interest rate bands.
2. An invalid transition between two different arrears statuses.
3. The business process flow for mortgage approval.
4. Control flow of the program to calculate repayments.
A. 2, 3 and 4
B. 2 and 4
C. 3 and 4
D. 1,2 and 3
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Q. 1038: Which of the following is the most important difference between the metrics-based approach and the expert-based approach to test estimation?
A. The metrics-based approach is more accurate than the expert-based approach.
B. The metrics-based approach uses calculations from historical data while the expertbased approach relies on team wisdom.
C. The metrics-based approach can be used to verify an estimate created using the expert-based approach, but not vice versa.
D. The expert-based approach takes longer than the metrics-based approach.
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Q. 1039: Which of these statements about functional testing is true?
A. Structural testing is more important than functional testing as it addresses the code.
B. Functional testing is useful throughout the life cycle and can be applied by business analysts, testers, developers and users.
C. Functional testing is more powerful than static testing as you actually run the system and see what happens.
D. Inspection is a form of functional testing.
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Q. 1040: How is the scope of maintenance testing assessed?
A. Scope is related to the risk, size of the changes and size of the system under test
B. Scope is defined by the size and type of system being changed
C. Scope is dependant on the amount of regression testing already performed
D. Scope is related to the number of system users affected by the change.
Correct Answer of All above Questions
Correct Answers to the Earlier Questions – Q. 1021 to Q 1030 are as under:
Question No. | Correct Answer |
Q. 1021 | D |
Q. 1022 | B |
Q. 1023 | A |
Q. 1024 | C |
Q. 1025 | D |
Q. 1026 | B |
Q. 1027 | A |
Q. 1028 | D |
Q. 1029 | B |
Q. 1030 | A |

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