Assume you are managing the system testing phase of a project.

The system test execution period is scheduled to twenty weeks.

All tests are manual tests. You are following a risk-driven test approach.

During the last staff meeting the project manager tells you new deadlines that will not allow completion of

all the system tests.

Which of the following would you expect to be the best way to respond to this situation?

A. Prioritize executing the tests for the highest product risks and track these risks.

B. Remove testers from your test team, so that they can be assigned to other projects.

C. Automate all remaining tests.

D. No action is needed, test as much as possible in the remaining time period.

Which of the following statements about management of product quality risks in mature organizations with respect to the lifecycle, is true?

A. Mature organizations address product quality risks associated to non-functional characteristics only during the system test phase.

B. Mature organizations are aware that the contribution of testing to analysis of product quality risks is very important. The analysis should occur throughout the entire life cycle.

C. Mature organizations don't waste time identifying the sources of risks. They only focus on identifying product quality risks.

D. Mature organizations are aware that risk management of product quality risks only occurs during testing.

Assume you are currently working on a project developing a system where functional requirements are very well specified. Unfortunately, non-functional requirements do almost not exist.

You are the Test Manager. You have to choose a technique for test selection that allows testing of nonfunctional characteristics, especially reliability.

Which of the following techniques for test selection do you expect being most useful in this scenario?

A. A model-based technique based on the creation of operational profiles

B. Ambiguity reviews

C. Test condition analysis

D. Cause-effect graphing

You are the Test Manager of a new project that will have three formal levels of testing: unit, integration and system testing. The testing strategy you decide to adopt a blend of risk-based testing and reactive testing strategies.

Which of the following answers describes the most consistent example of implementation of this test strategy during the execution of the system tests?

A. Your test team executes exploratory tests following a session-based test management approach throughout the system test phase.

B. Your test team executes system tests under the guidance of a sample of users throughout the system test phase.

C. Your test team executes scripted tests designed and implemented before the execution of the system test phase, to cover the identified product risks. It also performs exploratory testing sessions throughout the system test phase.

D. Your test team autonomously performs some exploratory testing sessions and, at the very end of the system testing phase, it also executes more system tests under the guidance of a sample of users.

You are using this skills assessment spreadsheet in order to define a training development plan for your test team.

Your objective is to fill the skill gaps by having at least a team member rated as an expert for each skill identified for the "technical expertise" and "testing skills" sections, and with the ability to train the other team members.

Considering the budget constraints you can send only one person to a training course.

Based only on the given information, which of the following answers would you expect to be the best option to achieve your objective?

A. Send Robert to a performance testing training course.

B. Send Alex to a performance testing training course.

C. Send John to a performance testing training course.

D. Send Mark to a test automation training course.