1.Software testing activities should start
a. as
soon as the code is written
b.
during the design stage
c. when
the requirements have been formally documented
d.
as soon as possible in the development life cycle
2.Faults found by users are due to:
a. Poor
quality software
b.
Poor software and poor testing
c. bad
luck
d.
insufficient time for testing
3.What is the main reason for testing software before releasing
it?
a. to
show that system will work after release
b.
to decide when the software is of sufficient quality to release
c. to
find as many bugs as possible before release
d.
to give information for a risk based decision about release
4. which of the following statements is not true
a.
performance testing can be done during unit testing as well as during the
testing of whole system
b. The acceptance test does not necessarily
include a regression test
c. Verification
activities should not involve testers (reviews, inspections etc)
d.Test environments
should be as similar to production environments as possible
5.When reporting faults
found to developers, testers should be:
a. as polite, constructive and helpful as
possible
b.
firm about insisting that a bug is not a “feature” if it should be fixed c.
diplomatic, sensitive to the way they may react to criticism
d. All of the above
6.In which order should tests be run?
a. the
most important tests first
b.
the most difficult tests first(to allow maximum time for fixing)
c. the
easiest tests first(to give initial confidence)
d.
the order they are thought of
7.
The later in the development life cycle a fault is discovered, the more
expensive it is to fix. why?
a. the documentation is poor, so it takes longer
to find out what the software is
doing.
b. wages
are rising
c.
the fault has been built into more documentation,code,tests, etc
d.
none of the above
8. Which is not true-The black box tester
a.
should be able to understand a functional specification or requirements document
b.
should be able to understand the source code. c. is highly motivated to find
faults
d.
is creative to find the system’s weaknesses
9. A test design
technique is
a. a process for selecting test cases
b.
a process for determining expected outputs c. a way to measure the quality of
software
d.
a way to measure in a test plan what has to be done
10. Test ware(test cases,
test dataset)
a.
needs configuration management just like requirements, design
and code
b. should
be newly constructed for each new version of the software
c.
is needed only until the software is released into production or
use
d. does
not need to be documented and commented, as it does not form part of the
released
software system
11. An incident logging system
a. only records defects
b. is of limited value
c. is a valuable source of project information during testing if it contains all
incidents
d. should be used only by the test team.
12. Increasing the quality of the software, by
better development methods, will affect the time needed for testing (the test
phases) by:
a.
reducing test time
b. no
change
c.
increasing test time
d.
can’t say
13. Coverage measurement
a. is nothing to do with testing
b. is a partial measure of
test thoroughness
c. branch
coverage should be mandatory for all software
d.
can only be applied at unit or module testing, not at system
testing
14. When should you stop testing?
a.
when time for testing has run out.
b. when
all planned tests have been run
c.
when the test completion criteria have been met
d.
when no faults have been found by the tests run
15. Which of the following is true?
a. Component testing
should be black box, system testing should be white box.
b. if u find a lot of
bugs in testing, you should not be very confident about the quality of software
c.
the fewer bugs you find,the better your testing was
d. the more tests you run,
the more bugs you will find.
16. What is the important criterion in deciding what testing
technique to use?
a.
how well you know a particular technique
b. the objective of the test
c.
how appropriate the technique is for testing the application
d. whether there
is a tool to support the technique
17. If the pseudocode
below were a programming language ,how many tests are required to achieve 100%
statement coverage?
1. If x=3 then
2. Display_messageX;
3. If y=2 then
4. Display_messageY;
5. Else
6. Display_messageZ;
7. Else
8. Display_messageZ;
a. 1
b.
2
c. 3
d.
4
18. Using the same code example as question 17, how
many tests are required to achieve 100% branch/decision coverage?
a. 1
b.
2
c. 3
d.
4
19 Which of the following is NOT a type of non-functional test?
a.
State-Transition
b. Usability
c.
Performance
d.
Security
20. Which of the following tools would you use to detect a
memory leak?
a.
State analysis
b.
Coverage analysis
c. Dynamic
analysis
d.
Memory analysis
21. Which of the following is NOT a standard related to testing?
a.
IEEE829
b. IEEE610
c.
BS7925-1
d.
BS7925-2
22.which of the following is the component test standard?
a.
IEEE 829
b.
IEEE 610
c. BS7925-1
d.
BS7925-2
23 which of the following statements are true?
a.
Faults in program specifications are the most expensive to fix.
b. Faults
in code are the most expensive to fix.
c.
Faults in requirements are the most expensive to fix
d.
Faults in designs are the most expensive to fix.
24. Which of the following is not the integration strategy?
a. Design based
b. Big-bang
c. Bottom-up
d.
Top-down
25. Which of the following is a black box design technique?
a.
statement testing
b. equivalence
partitioning
c.
error- guessing
d.
usability testing
26. A program with high cyclometic complexity is almost likely
to be:
a. Large
b.
Small
c. Difficult
to write
d.
Difficult to test
27. Which of the following is a static test?
a.
code inspection
b. coverage
analysis
c.
usability assessment
d.
installation test
28. Which of the following is the odd one out?
a.
white box
b.
glass box
c. structural
d.
functional
29. A program validates a numeric field as follows:
values
less than 10 are rejected, values between 10 and 21 are accepted, values
greater than or equal to 22 are rejected
which of the following input values cover all of
the equivalence partitions?
a.
10,11,21
b. 3,20,21
c.
3,10,22
d.
10,21,22
30. Using the same
specifications as question 29, which of the following covers the MOST boundary
values?
a. 9,10,11,22
b.
9,10,21,22
c. 10,11,21,22
d.
10,11,20,21
Answers
1.d
2.b
3.d
4.c
5.d
6.a
7.c
8.b
9.a
10.a
11.c
12.a
13.b
14.c
15.b
16.b
17.c
18.c
19.a
20.c
21.b
22.d
23.c
24.a
25.b
26.d
27.a
28.d
29.c
30.b
