You are assigned to an Agile team as a Test Analyst. In most ways, the team seems to be working well.
Iteration planning goes smoothly because the user stories are good quality. Most defects that are found by testing are fixed in the same iteration and those that do go live are not causing significant dissatisfaction amongst stakeholders. However, the team is unhappy because the Defect Removal Efficiency rate, measured for each iteration, is less than 80%.
What would be the MOST effective contribution by you as a TA, to improve the situation?

• A. Reviewing requirements
• B. Defect data collection and evaluation
• C. Participating in root cause analysis
• D. Participating in retrospectives

In your role as a Test Analyst for the development of a business application, you asked the Product Owner to help you understand how the various product risks would affect the users.
Which product risk management activity was this?

• A. Risk assessment
• B. Risk identification
• C. Risk mitigation
• D. Risk control

You are working on a project to build a purchasing system. The main requirements for the system are that it shall:
* Allow users to enter details of items that they wish to have purchased and, from these details, create a purchase request.
* Take each purchase request through a workflow that will allow the requestor's line manager to approve the request, reject it or return it for clarification / modification.
* Forward approved requests to the Purchasing Department.
* Allow purchasers to find the best available supplier for each approved request and place the request on that supplier as a purchase order.
The solution is being developed according to the company's traditional V-model methodology. The requirements are clearly documented and include a business process model. Operational profiles have been created to guide performance testing.
Initial item entry will involve a check that each item entered exists on the master stock file and that the user is entitled to request it; this depends on user role and grade. Line manager authorization will be assisted by a recommendation made by the system according to relevant business rules, although the manager can override this recommendation. For approved requests, the workflow will continue to support the process through to placing of the purchase order.
Planning has begun for system testing and the Test Manager has asked you, the senior TA, to help with it.
What would be the MOST effective techniques for functional testing of this project?
a) Combinatorial testing
b) Random testing
c) CRUD testing
d) State transition testing
e) Scenario-based testing
f) Decision table testing
g) Exploratory testing

• A. b, d and f
• B. c, e and g
• C. d, e and f
• D. a, b and g

You are conducting a system test of an airline's flight reservation system and have written a series of test conditions to address the following requirement specification:
* RS-BK14 - Upon successful processing of payment for a new flight booking, the system shall complete the process by displaying a message notifying the customer that the booking reservation has been applied, appended by the booking reference number and, where applicable, the pre-paid seat numbers.
Which test condition is an example of functional appropriateness testing for this requirement?

• A. After a new flight booking has been processed, an email shall be sent to the customer's email address, confirming the booking reservation details
• B. The system generated booking reference number shall be displayed to the customer, for each new flight booking
• C. After successful processing of a payment for a new flight booking, message BK14 shall be displayed to the customer confirming that the booking reservation has been applied
• D. Where the customer has requested and pre-paid for specific seat numbers on a new flight booking, message BK14 shall be displayed along with the booking reference number and the correct seat numbers

Your company, which specializes in medical software, has designed an application for use on smartphones and tablets that calculates a person's BMI, Body Mass Index.
How can a Test Analyst BEST contribute to interoperability testing for this application?

• A. Verifying that the application co-exists with other health applications on the target device without affecting their performance
• B. Verifying that users with disabilities can access their BMI effectively and efficiently using the application
• C. Verifying that the application works on all intended target smartphones and tablet devices and their operating systems
• D. Verifying that the application integrates with the national health service system, receiving and processing the correct BMI data file