ISTQB Certification Exam-Sample Papers Q. 581 to 590
(Quickly Review Your Skills before appearing for ISTQB Certification Exam)
Set of 10 Questions.
Correct Answers to Earlier Questions – Q. 571 to Q 580 are at the end of this page:
Q. 581: What is the expected result for each of the following test cases?
Rule 1 | Rule 2 | Rule 3 | Rule 4 | |
Conditions | ||||
Indian Resident? | False | True | True | True |
Age between 18-55 | Don�t Care | False | True | True |
Married | Don�t Care | Don�t Care | False | True |
Actions | ||||
Issue Membership? | False | False | True | True |
Offer 10% discount? | False | False | True | False |
A.TC1: Anand is a 32 year old married, residing in Kolkatta.
B.TC3: Attapattu is a 65 year old married person, residing in Colombo.
A. A � Issue membership, 10% discount, B�Issue membership, offer no discount.
B. A � Don�t Issue membership, B � Don�t offer discount.
C. A � Issue membership, no discount, B � Don�t Issue membership.
D. A � Issue membership, no discount, B- Issue membership with 10% discount.
Evaluation of different options:
Rule 1 | Rule 2 | Rule 3 | Rule 4 | |
Conditions | ||||
Indian Resident? | False | True | True | True |
Age between 18-55 | Don�t Care | False | True | True |
Married | Don�t Care | Don�t Care | False | True |
Actions | ||||
Issue Membership? | False | False | True | True |
Offer 10% discount? | False | False | True | False |
Explanation:
For TC1: follow the path in green color
(The person is Indian resident, so select only �True� options.
The person is aged between 18-55, so select only �True�
The person is a married, so again select only �True�
For this person, the actions under �Rule 4′ will be applied. That is, issue membership and no discount)
For TC3: follow the path in blue color
(The person is not Indian resident, so select only �False� (under Rule 1)
The person is not aged between 18-55. No need to select any path, as it is written �Don�t care�.
The person is married. No need to select any path, as it is written �Don�t care�.
For this person, the actions under �Rule1′ will be applied, That is, Don�t issue membership and no discount.)
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Q. 582: Which of the following is false?
A. Incidents should always be fixed.
B. An incident occurs when expected and actual results differ.
C. Incidents can be analysed to assist in test process improvement.
D. An incident can be raised against documentation.
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Q. 583: Which of the following is false?
A.In a system two different failures may have different severities.
B. A system is necessarily more reliable after debugging for the removal of a fault.
C. A fault need not affect the reliability of a system.
D. Undetected errors may lead to faults and eventually to incorrect behavior.
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Q. 584: A testing process that is conducted to test new features after regression testing of previous features.
A. Operational testing
B. Progressive testing
C. Recovery testing
D. Regression testing
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Q. 585:Identify out of the following, which are the attributes of cost of faults?
A. These are cheapest to detect during early phases of development & becomes more & more expensive to fix in the later phases.
B. Although faults are most expensive to find during early development phases, they are cheapest to fix then.
C.Faults are cheapest to find in the early development phases but the most expensive to fix then.
D. They are easiest to find during system testing but the most expensive to fix then.
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Q. 586: What is non-functional testing?
A.Testing an integrated system to verify that it meets specified requirements
B.Testing the internal structure of the system to ensure it�s built correctly
C.Testing the way the system works without regard to the level of test
D.Testing characteristics such as usability or reliability
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Q. 587: Which of the following is a form of functional testing?
A.Boundary value analysis
B. Usability testing
C. Performance testing
D. Security testing
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Q. 588: Which of the following statements about decision tables are TRUE?
I. Decision tables are useful when dealing with multiple inputs that do not interact.
II. The strength of a decision table is that it creates combinations of inputs that might not otherwise been evaluated.
III. Decision tables are useful when trying to capture system requirements that contain logical conditions.
IV. Each column of a decision table corresponds to a business rule that defines a unique combination of conditions.
A.II, III and IV
B.I and IV
C.I, II and III
D.I and III
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Q. 589: Which of the following are metrics (measurements) that a test group may use to monitor progress?
I. Subjective confidence of the testers in the product
II. The number of testers currently testing
III. Percentage of planned test cases prepared
Defects found and fixed
A. I only
B. I, III and IV
C. I, II and IV
D. II and IV
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Q. 590: A test case has which of the following elements?
A. A test environment description and test instructions.
B. A set of inputs, execution preconditions, and expected outcomes.
C. A test plan, test inputs, and logging instructions.
D. Execution instructions and a function description to determine correct outcome.
Correct Answer of the above Questions
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Correct Answers to the Earlier Questions – Q. 571 to Q 580 are as under:
Question No. | Correct Answer |
Q. 571 | B |
Q. 572 | B |
Q. 573 | B |
Q. 574 | C |
Q. 575 | B |
Q. 576 | B |
Q. 577 | B |
Q. 578 | A |
Q. 579 | C |
Q. 580 | C |

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