ISQI ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Analyst (Syllabus 2012) Sample Questions:

1. Tax system
A tax system needs to be updated due to new legislation. For a person with a salary of less than EUR
20.000 and who is married, the tax needs to be re-calculated. If the person also has more than two and less than five children, an additional 10% reduction is applicable.
How many input classes can be distinguished when applying equivalence partitioning to the "Tax System" specification?
[K3] 2 credits

A) 8
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7

2. For an ATM banking project introduced earlier, "When the user first inserts a valid credit card type, the system considers the user to be in an unauthenticated state. When requesting a cash advance, the user must be in an authenticated state. The user authenticates by entering the proper PIN code. When authenticating the user, the system shall allow the user to enter their PIN code up to three times before failing the authentication and rejecting the card. On the first and second try, the system shall prompt the user to re-enter the PIN code."
Suppose you are concerned that, depending on the exact number of invalid PIN codes entered, the system might behave improperly. Which of the following test design techniques is specifically targeted at such failures?
[K4] 3 credits

A) State Transition Testing using 1-switch coverage
B) Pairwise Testing with orthogonal arrays
C) Classification Tree Method
D) Equivalence Partitioning extended by boundary value analysis

3. Supercar
Supercar is an online vehicle sales website specializing in single manufacturer's Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and saloons. A vehicle has two key elements, power unit and body style. The manufacturer offers three choices of power unit: petrol, diesel and hybrid. There are 3 main body styles: Saloon, Hatchback and SUV. SUVs only come as petrol and diesel options. Hybrid is available for Hatchback only. The site will allow an order to be processed if the chosen vehicle configurations are in stock, otherwise a message will be displayed asking the user to try again later.
Based on the specification the following classification tree has been developed:

Based on the "Supercar" classification tree the following positive test cases have been created:

Which test case is needed to complete the set?
[K3] 2 credits

A) Power Unit: Hybrid, Body Style: Hatchback
B) Power Unit: Hybrid, Body Style: Saloon
C) Power Unit: Petrol, Body Style: Saloon
D) Power Unit: Diesel, Body Style: Hatchback

4. Which of the following is a type of testing that someone in the role of a test analyst, working with the test manager, should typically consider and plan for?
[K2] 1 credit

A) Performance testing
B) Security testing
C) Reliability testing
D) Accessibility testing

5. A company wants to develop a web site to implement an on-line sales channel. The company has decided to do some usability testing, but resources are limited. The usability testing has therefore to be done as efficient as possible. Which THREE techniques would you recommend?
[K4] 3 credits, 2 out of 3 correct 1 credit

A) Pairwise testing
B) Exploratory testing
C) SUMI
D) Usability laboratory
E) Heuristic evaluation
F) Use case testing
G) Equivalence partitioning

Solutions: