ISTQB CTAL-TA Actual Free Exam Questions & Community Discussion

While identifying scenario's for the use case "copy A4 - A4" for a new copier, the following scenario's were identified:
Basic scenario: single side to single side
Deviations: single side to double side, copy of a set, copy using the automatic document feeder Failures: no paper in paper tray, paper jam, out of staples During interviews with both development and end-users it has been established that the failure scenarios can occur during the basic scenario and during each of the deviations.
How many test cases will be needed to achieve full coverage both for valid and invalid situations?

Using the state diagram (based on the "Route Calculation"), how many test cases are needed to achieve 1-switch coverage?

A web-based system is being developed to support the administration of tennis tournaments.
The system provides advice on how much money to offer each player as their individual attendance fee. The amount depends on a COMBINATION of the following factors:
Overall attendance fund (divided into five numeric ranges).
Player's current world ranking (divided into ten numeric ranges).
Whether it is a local tournament for the player (i.e. YES or NO)
Their relationship with the tournament sponsors (i.e. clothing, equipment, or endorsement).
Their previous attendance history at this event (i.e. finalist, played, withdrew before event or withdrew during event) The new system needs to be ready for the next tournament in just a few months' time, so testing schedules will be severely challenged.
Which specification-based technique would be the BEST choice in the circumstances?

You work for a company who are pioneers in smart energy technology. One of their core products is their energy monitor in-home display device, used to display current and historic energy consumption data to many thousands of customers. It has been designed to integrate with their other smart-home products, including domestic lighting control systems via their HomeHub.
The company is to launch a new application for smartphones and tablets that will allow its customers to view their energy readings remotely and to view their daily budget usage based on seasonal historic data. The application must also support customers with disabilities.
The following requirement specification has been written and you are reviewing it:

You are using the following review checklist
Is each requirement testable?
Does each requirement have acceptance criteria listed?
Is a use case calling structure available (if applicable)?
Are the requirements uniquely identified?
Is the specification versioned?
Is there traceability visible from each requirement to the business/marketing requirements?
Is there traceability between the requirements and the use cases (if applicable)?
Based on this checklist, which items are NOT met and will fail review?

Which of the following is the LEAST appropriate action to mitigate product risks for a web application?

The use case will be used as a basis for the design of usability test scenarios. As a tester you are asked to review the ATM use case from the perspective of usability testing.
As a tester you are asked to review the ATM use case provided below. The use case will be used as a basis for functionality testing to be performed later.

Which one of the comments, described hereafter, would be the MOST important one you would make?

When applying for health insurance from Health4You, applicants are categorised according to their age, sex, the number of units of alcohol they consume in an average week, Body Mass Index (BMI), whether in full-time work and whether a smoker.
Insurance is offered and the premium is calculated according to the following rules:
Insurance cover is NOT given to those aged 70 or more, or below 18.
Those who consume on average more than 14 units of alcohol a week have an additional premium of £25 per month.
Those with a BMI greater than 35 are NOT given insurance cover.
Smokers have an additional premium of £20 per month.
Those in full-time employment have a premium reduction of £20 per month.
How many test cases are required to give full coverage for the above rules when using a decision table that excludes rules containing infeasible combinations of condition values?

You work for a company who are pioneers in smart energy technology. One of their core products is their energy monitor in-home display device, used to display current and historic energy consumption data to many thousands of customers. It has been designed to integrate with their other smart home products, including domestic lighting control systems via their HomeHub.
The energy monitor in-home display device has been designed to interact with the home's lighting system and automatically dim bedroom lights when the daily energy budget has reached 90%. A defect has been found in the energy monitor's software which causes lights to be dimmed at 80% of the daily budget. What type of testing would MOST likely have uncovered this defect?

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?

A diamond retailer is introducing a new stock taking system. Each diamond is assigned a character that represents the colour. The valid domain for the character ranges from D to Z. The colour is then graded using the following scale:

Which of the following test sets will provide the best equivalence partitioning coverage?