ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Advanced Level- Test Manager (2012): TM12

Which of the following statements describing how identified product quality risks should be mitigated and managed, is true?

A. The extent of re-testing and regression testing activities should be based on the risk level.

B. The identification of new risks, the re-assessment of the level of existing risks and the evaluation of the effectiveness of risk mitigation activities should only occur at the very beginning of a project.

C. Risk mitigation of product quality risks can be effective only after starting test execution.

D. The priority of the development and execution of tests should not be based on the risk level but only on the likelihood.

You are managing the system testing for a SOA based system. The integrated system consists of several subsystems:

a SOA middleware a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system a BRM (Billing and Revenue Management) system a SMS (Subscriber Management System) system

and you performed a risk analysis based on these subsystems.

At the end of the scheduled period for test execution you produce a first classical report based on the traditional metrics of testing. Test pass/fail status and bug status (open/resolved) That table provides you a distorted picture of the quality risk, because there is no indication of the risk level of the failed tests, the tests not run, or the open bugs. Thus, you produce the following table to solve this distortion issue: In the table above, where you have introduced the concept of risk weighting, the highest risk test or bug report has a score of 1, while the lowest risk test or bug report has a score of 0.04.

Which of the following subsystems, based on the risk scores of the table, is most risky?

A. SOA

B. CRM

C. BRM

D. SMS

After a selection process you have selected a test management tool that is going be introduced in your organization and used by your test team in a pilot project.

You have already identified the member of your test team who will be the administrator of the tool, since he/she has a significant experience with the administration of test management tools and so he/she is able to make effective and efficient up-front decisions about "how" the tool will be used. You have also developed a training plan for the other members of your test team.

In collaboration with the administrator of the tool you have also devised standard ways of managing, storing and maintaining the tool and its assets including backup/restore procedures.

You have also analyzed standard formats supported by the tool (CSV, XLS, XML, etc.) to export, import and archive all the information managed by the tool itself (requirements, test case specifications, test plans etc.) for compliance with the most important test management tools, in order to minimize the impacts of migrating this information to a new tool that could replace the existing one in the future.

Which of the following phases in the lifecycle of the new tool has NOT been adequately considered in this description?

A. Acquisition

B. Support and maintenance

C. Evolution

D. Retirement