Deck 1: ASTQB Certified Mobile Tester

Question 1

Which of the following is likely to benefit most from the use of test tools providing test capture and replay facilities?

A) Regression testing
B) Integration testing
C) System testing
D) User acceptance testing

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Software Testers in a software development company installed the new release on test systems and started the testing phase. Testers verified the new functionality, performed necessary security testing and completed planned regression tests. During the last week of testing, testers noticed that the memory utilization was more than 95% on two of the test servers (out of 4 servers). This behavior was not observed during the first weeks of the testing phase. As a test analyst, what would you do?

A) Ignore the problem because other two servers are okay (memory utilization is normal)
B) Report the problem to the developer immediately and create a defect report because it could be a problem related to memory leak.
C) Reboot the system so that memory utilization will come back to normal. Not report it as a problem.
D) Create a defect report and reboot the system to correct the memory problem.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Error guessing:

A) supplements formal test design techniques.
B) can only be used in component, integration and system testing.
C) is only performed in user acceptance testing
D) is not repeatable and should not be used.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Select the correct statement;

A) Testing processes are interconnected and related to activities like requirements engineering, software development, etc.
B) Testing tasks cannot be concurrent.
C) Requirements engineering and software testing are two isolated activities.
D) Testing activities / processes do not have to be aligned to the chosen software development lifecycle model.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT true of incidents?

A) Incident resolution is the responsibility of the author of the software under test.
B) Incidents may be raised against user requirements.
C) Incidents require investigation and/or correction.
D) Incidents are raised when expected and actual results differ.

Question 6

Which of the following statements are false?

A) Test execution starts when the system entry criteria are met (or waived) and test execution ends when exit criteria are met. II. System test environment creation might start during system design in V-model III. Long term prospects needs to be considered when selecting test process or tools. IV. Daily/weekly scrum meetings are part of agile testing method.
B) I and II and false.
C) II, III and IV are false
D) I, II, III are false
E) None of them are false

Question 7

In prioritizing what to test the most important objective is to:

A) find as many faults as possible
B) test high risk areas.
C) obtain good test coverage.
D) test whatever is easiest to test.

Question 8

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 analyzed to assist in test process improvement.
D) An incident can be raised against documentation.

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT true of test coverage criteria?

A) Test coverage criteria can be measured in terms of items exercised by a test suite.
B) A measure of test coverage criteria is the percentage of user requirements covered
C) A measure of test coverage criteria is the percentage of faults found
D) Test coverage criteria are often used when specifying test completion criteria

Question 10

Which one of the following statements about system testing is NOT true?

A) System tests are often performed by independent teams.
B) Functional testing is used more than structural testing.
C) Faults found during system tests can be very expensive to fix.
D) End-users should be involved in system tests.

Question 11

We split testing into distinct stages primarily because:

A) Each test stage has a different purpose.
B) It is easier to manage testing in stages.
C) We can run different tests in different environments.
D) The more stages we have, the better the testing.

Question 12

A Test Plan Outline contains which of the following

A) I,ii,iii are true and iv is false
B) i,iii,iv are true and ii is false
C) ii,iii are true and i and iv are false
D) i,ii are false and iii , iv are true

Question 13

Integrated Solutions Inc. is a software testing company with 20 testers. One of their clients provided a software release and requested to test the software within 2 weeks. The client did not provide any specifications of the software or any documentation. However, Integrated Solutions Inc. testers have tested similar releases from the same client in the past. As a Senior Software Tester, what is your best approach?

A) Test the product using "Defect and Experienced Based" techniques like error guessing, exploratory and attacks.
B) Request for more time.
C) Explain the client why you cannot test the software.
D) Test only performance of the software.

Question 14

Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

A) A minimal test set that achieves 100% LCSAJ coverage will also achieve 100% branch coverage.
B) A minimal test set that achieves 100% path coverage will also achieve 100% statement coverage.
C) A minimal test set that achieves 100% path coverage will generally detect more faults than one that achieves 100% statement coverage.
D) A minimal test set that achieves 100% statement coverage will generally detect more faults than one that achieves 100% branch coverage

Question 15

According to ISTQB syllabus, systems of systems;

A) Contain interconnected hardware, software applications and communications. II. Include big bang merging of independent collaborating systems to avoid creating the entire system from scratch. III. Can be less reliable than individual systems IV. Characteristics include; long duration of projects, version management and regression tests at systems of systems level.
B) I, II and IV are true.
C) I, II are true and III is false.
D) I, III, and IV are true, II is false.
E) II,III and IV are true, I is false.

Question 16

You and two junior testers have been assigned to a new project qualification by your manager. Development of the code started two weeks ago and now you are invited to attend a code review meeting by development manager. Meeting agenda is to cover following items. # Verify code compliance to coding standards # Verify comment usage frequency # Review number of function calls # Review logical decision points in the application What is the purpose of this meeting?

A) Perform a Static Analysis of the code with the intention of finding bugs early.
B) Explain the testers how the program should work.
C) Get an agreement to release the partially completed software to the testing department.
D) Explain the complexity of the code.

Question 17

Given the following sets of test management terms (v-z), and activity descriptions (1-5), which one of the following best pairs the two sets?

A) v-3,w-2,x-1,y-5,z-4
B) v-2,w-5,x-1,y-4,z-3
C) v-3,w-4,x-1,y-5,z-2
D) v-2,w-1,x-4,y-3,z-5

Question 18

Select the correct statement related to test techniques;

A) Software program should be running to perform dynamic analysis II. Software program should be running to perform static analysis III. Control flow analysis is part of dynamic analysis IV. Data flow analysis is part of static analysis
B) I, II true. III, IV false
C) I, III true. II, IV false
D) I, IV true. II, III false
E) I true. II, III, IV false

Question 19

Analyze the following highly simplified procedure:

A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6

Question 20

Enough testing has been performed when:

A) time runs out
B) the required level of confidence has been achieved.
C) no more faults are found.
D) the users won't find any serious faults.

Question 21

Which of the following characterizes the cost of faults?

A) They are cheapest to find in the early development phases and the most expensive to fix in the latest test phases.
B) They are easiest to find during system testing but the most expensive to fix then.
C) Faults are cheapest to find in the early development phases but the most expensive to fix then.
D) Although faults are most expensive to find during early development phases, they are cheapest to fix then.

Question 22

Which of the following would NOT normally form part of a test plan?

A) Features to be tested
B) Incident reports
C) Risks
D) Schedule

Question 23

When conducting security testing on a mobile application, which is the correct set of basic areas to cover?

A) Access, data protection, documentation
B) Code, functionality, documentation, security policy
C) Data creation, data storage, data transfer
D) Access, data storage, data transfer, security policy

Question 24

What types of testing are particularly important for mobile applications based on the user's expectations?

A) Suitability and Accuracy
B) Usability and Performance
C) Portability and Usability
D) Performance and Security

Question 25

If an application resides on the mobile device and was written specifically for that device, what type of application is it?

A) Web-based
B) Hybrid
C) Native
D) Device-specific

Question 26

Which of the following is a form of functional testing?

A) Boundary value analysis
B) Usability testing
C) Performance testing
D) Security testing

Question 27

Which of the following should NOT normally be an objective for a test?

A) To find faults in the software.
B) To assess whether the software is ready for release.
C) To demonstrate that the software doesn't work
D) To prove that the software is correct.

Question 28

You are testing a native application for a smart phone. The application allows the user to make grocery lists on the phone and store up to three lists at a time. A list can contain up to 50 items. Which of the following is the minimum set of test conditions to achieve 100% coverage with the boundary value analysis test technique?

A) List with 47 items
B) List with 0 items, List with 1 item, List with 50 items, List with 51 items, 0 lists saved, 1 list saved, 3 lists saved, 4 lists saved
C) List with 0 items, List with 25 items, List with 51 items, 3 lists saved
D) List with 0 items, List with 12 item, List with 58 items, 0 lists saved, 1 list saved, 3 lists saved, 7 lists saved

Question 29

Which one of the following statements, about capture-replay tools, is NOT correct?

A) They are used to support multi-user testing
B) They are used to capture and animate user requirements.
C) They are the most frequently purchased types of CAST tool.
D) They capture aspects of user behavior.

Question 30

Correctness can be defined as a combination of which two quality characteristics?

A) Suitability and accuracy
B) Usability and performance
C) Portability and interoperability
D) Security and usability

Question 31

If you are testing a mobile application that is not safety-critical, which life cycle model is most likely to be used?

A) V-model
B) Waterfall
C) Mobile
D) Iterative

Question 32

Which of the following is true of the V-model?

A) It states that modules are tested against user requirements.
B) It only models the testing phase.
C) It specifies the test techniques to be used.
D) It includes the verification of designs.

Question 33

How would you estimate the amount of re-testing likely to be required?

A) Metrics from previous similar projects
B) Discussions with the development team
C) Time allocated for regression testing
D) a & b

Question 34

The oracle assumption:

A) is that there is some existing system against which test output may be checked.
B) is that the tester can routinely identify the correct outcome of a test.
C) is that the tester knows everything about the software under test.
D) is that the tests are reviewed by experienced testers.

Question 35

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.

Question 36

You are testing a native application for a smart phone. The application allows the user to make grocery lists on the phone and store up to three lists at a time. A list can contain up to 50 items. Which of the following is the minimum set of test conditions to achieve 100% coverage with the equivalence partitioning test technique?

A) List with 47 items
B) List with 0 items, List with 1 item, List with 50 items, List with 51 items, 0 lists saved, 1 list saved, 3 lists saved, 4 lists saved
C) List with 0 items, List with 25 items, List with 51 items, 3 lists saved
D) List with 0 items, List with 12 item, List with 58 items, 0 lists saved, 1 list saved, 3 lists saved, 7 lists saved

Question 37

Which of the following is not described in a unit test standard?

A) syntax testing
B) equivalence partitioning
C) stress testing
D) decision coverage

Question 38

If you are testing a mobile banking application, is it important to test the interaction between the software and the device?

A) No, it is not necessary to extend the functional testing to cover interaction with the device
B) Yes, using the physical device is how the user interact with the application and how the application interacts with the Internet
C) No, if the application is developed as a native application, there is no need to test the interaction because the application is portable across many different types of devices
D) Yes, each feature of the device should be tested to verify if it interacts with the application

Question 39

What is the primary use of teststorming?

A) Load and stress testing from multiple locations
B) Testing the device's ability to deal with weather conditions
C) Deriving test cases and test scenarios
D) creating masses of test data

Question 40

Which of these activities provides the biggest potential cost saving from the use of CAST?

A) Test management
B) Test design
C) Test execution
D) Test planning

Question 41

For a navigation application on a smart phone, which is the most importance device capability?

A) Telephony
B) Camera
C) Email
D) Geolocation

Question 42

What is the best way to verify that a simulator is giving reliable results?

A) Read the requirements
B) Test the simulators
C) Compare the results to the results from a real device
D) Compare the results from the simulator to the results from an emulator

Question 43

If an application is designed to work in a browser on a PC and may not function well when accessed from a mobile device, what type of application is it?

A) Native Mobile Application
B) Traditional browser-based application
C) Mobile Web Application
D) Mobile Web Site

Question 44

Which of the following is considered as personas that need to be covered using persona-based testing?

A) Confused User
B) All of the choices are true
C) Playing user
D) Impatient user

Question 45

Which cloud capability is most beneficial for performance testing?

A) Supporting a variety of network types
B) Supporting a variety of protocols
C) Supporting a variety of device types
D) Supporting a variety of device quantities and usages

Question 46

What does the word "people are too trusting" mean?

A) Mobile applications are generally more easily attacked by hackers
B) People always trust their family and friends and leave their passwords with them
C) Mobile devices are often donated, sold or traded-in without wiping the data
D) People tend to download applications without concern

Question 47

You have been doing your mobile application performance testing on a simulator. Why would you need to do some testing on a real device?

A) Because a simulator is not an exact replica of the real device and may give different performance results.
B) Because it is not possible to thoroughly test a simulator to ensure it is working correctly.
C) Because simulators cannot be cloned to provide enough devices to generate a realistic load
D) Because simulators cannot run concurrent applications

Question 48

Which of the following is a requirement for portability testing for the future of a mobile application?

A) Knowing how the application works today with today's devices
B) Anticipating which devices will be popular and how they will be used
C) Predicting how personas will change
D) Creating new devices via emulators and testing the application on those emulators

Question 49

When building a flexible testing framework, how does the short product life cycle affect the test approach and tool decisions?

A) The framework must support long0term maintainability
B) The framework should utilize stable and reliable tools known vendors
C) The framework must provide a good ROI
D) The framework should leverage a formal risk analysis

Question 50

Which of the following the tester must understand while selecting the test tool?

A) All of the answers are correct
B) Testing requirements
C) Environments to be supported
D) Capabilities of the application

Question 51

You have just been assigned to test a native mobile application for a delivery recording device used by mail and package couriers. This is a new version of a product that is already in production. The production version of the product has had issues with the hardware particularly with capturing signatures entered on the device and with associating photo images to the proper delivery addresses. This has resulted in a problem with reconciling the package delivery information. You need to test the application on a network with 1000 of these devices sending information back to the main office. Budget is limited as is the ability to obtain 1000 devices. What should you do?

A) Find or develop a simulator that can simulate the network interaction of many devices
B) Find or develop an emulator that can emulate the application running on the hardware and OS of the device
C) Implement crowd-source testing to get a large number of people to use their own devices to test the network
D) Obtain the real devices because any other testing will not be representative of the real behavior of the device

Question 52

If you are testing how much battery is being used by your application, what are you testing?

A) Task completion
B) Delays
C) User interface delays
D) Resource usage

Question 53

If a smart phone application cannot scale an image down to fit on the screen, what is the functional attribute that is not delivered?

A) Suitability & Accuracy
B) Suitability
C) Accuracy
D) Security

Question 54

If a tool is able to simulate the way in which a specific device would respond to an application, it is considered to be what type of simulator?

A) A hybrid simulator
B) A native device simulator
C) A web-based application simulator
D) A browsed-based application simulator

Question 55

In lifecycle models, what should testing provide in term of speed of releasing the product to market?

A) There is no relationship between testing and the speed of releasing the product to market.
B) As testers, we need to make sure that only critical bugs are solved, all other bugs can be left unsolved so that the product is released as fast as possible.
C) As testers, we need to employ testing that will make sure that all failures are identified.
D) As testers, we need to employ testing that will not substantially slow the progress of the product to market, but will help reduce the risk of a catastrophic failure.

Question 56

You are testing a machine that scores exam papers and assigns grades. Based on the score achieved the grades are as follows: 1-49 = F, 50-59 = D-, 60-69 = D, 70-79 = C, 80-89 = B, 90-100=A If you apply boundary value analysis, how many test cases will you need to achieve minimum test coverage?

A) 8
B) 14
C) 10
D) 12

Question 57

Which of the following is a generic tool that would be useful for a mobile application testing project?

A) A Simulator
B) An emulator
C) A defect tracking system
D) A performance testing tool

Question 58

You have information from production that the previous version of your product has had a high rate of abandonment after the initial download. In fact, it appears people download the application and never use it. Poor performance is thought to be the main problem that is causing people to give up the application. Which of the following aspects of the application should be specifically targeted for testing to help determine if this is really the problem?

A) User interface delays
B) Irregular performance
C) Resource usage
D) Application launch time

Question 59

In what way might a mobile device itself supply data to the mobile application?

A) By providing location information by using its geolocation capability
B) By gathering input from the user
C) By communicating with a backend system
D) By connecting to another device

Question 60

You are testing an application that will allow users to scan the bar code from a package mailing label and then receive emails from the package shipper as the package moves through the various stages of its delivery (e.g., pickup, receipt at central processing, routing, delivery). If requested, the user can also receive a picture of the signature of the recipient of the package. This is the second version of this application. The first version was web browser-based and was quite slow to start up. The new version is a native application with all the same functionality. It is expected that this application will have wide usage across a large set of networks with varying speeds and reliability. Given this information, what would be the best approach for doing your testing to ensure the capabilities of the product are tested as well as the range of devices, environments and networks?

A) Use a remote device lab that is provided by a device manufacturer to ensure your application works across the whole family of devices.
B) Use crowd sourcing to get the widest distribution of device locations and types with minimal cost.
C) Use a set of simulators that can simulate the various capabilities of a wide variety of devices.
D) Use a cloud-based virtual test environment to simulate various devices and networks.

Question 61

Which of the following factors will affect the choice of the equipment requirements?

A) Weather
B) location
C) Connectivity
D) All of the above

Question 62

Which of these is considered as one of the biggest challenges to testing mobile applications?

A) Defining the users' personas
B) Frequency of release cycles
C) Obtaining good simulators
D) Finding tools for performance testing

Question 63

Why is risk based testing very important in mobile testing?

A) Because there are a lot of critical risks in the mobile field.
B) Because other techniques are not feasible in the mobile field
C) Because risk based testing is proved to be the best approach to test any type of applications
D) Because there will never be enough time to test everything

Question 64

In mobile application testing do manual functional testing tasks like requirements analysis, test design, test execution, and reporting provide value to the testing of the application?

A) Yes, all traditional manual testing is required in mobile testing
B) No, Mobile testing uses more efficient testing tasks
C) No, only manual test execution is used in mobile testing
D) Yes, tester should treat mobile testing project exactly like traditional projects

Question 65

Which of the following skills must the tester have in mobile testing?

A) Requirements analysis
B) Test Design
C) Test implementation
D) All of the above

Question 66

Which of the following is most typically a task the tester performs in mobile security testing?

A) Tester should give guidance information to developers on how to perform security testing in a better way
B) Tester should make sure sensitive information, such as passwords or account information is not stored unprotected on the device
C) Tester should not perform any security testing in mobile testing
D) Tester should cry to act like a hacker and penetrate through the system.

Question 67

From the user's perspective, what is the difference between native mobile applications and those that were designed to be viewed through a web browser on a mobile device.

A) Users think that web browser based applications are better because they consume less memory
B) From the user's viewpoint, there is no difference
C) Users think that native mobile applications are better because they provide more security
D) Users think that native mobile applications are better because they provide better performance

Question 68

"Push it out and let the users test it" Which is correct?

A) This sentence is correct for any type of application.
B) This sentence is correct for any mobile application.
C) This sentence is correct for some types of mobile applications.
D) This sentence is always wrong.

Question 69

Pairwise testing is considered as type of…?

A) Defect-based Techniques
B) Experience-based Techniques
C) Combinatorial Techniques
D) Session-based Testing

Question 70

Tax rates on income are: 0% for up to 5000 EUR, 10% is added for each additional 5000 EUR up to 20,000 EUR, and 40% is applied for above 20,000 EUR, which test inputs in EUR would be selected for valid equivalence partitions?

A) -1000, 4000, 9000, 14000, 19000, 24000
B) 3000, 6000, 12000, 19000, 30000
C) 3000, 18000, 30000
D) 3000, 8000, 16000, 20000, 25000