Topic 1, Scenario 1 "Medical Domain"

You are working as a test manager in the medical domain leading a team of system testers. You are currently working on a major release of the product which gives customers many new features and resolves a number of problem reports from previous releases.

You have been given responsibility for the non-functional testing of a safety-critical monitoring & diagnostics package in the medical area.

Which of the following would you least expect to see addressed in the test plan? 1 credit

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Since the system is in the medical domain and therefore in the safety critical area, testing needs to be rigorous and evidence is required that the system has been adequately tested. Identify THREE measures that would typically be part of the test approach in this domain and which are not always applicable in other domains! 1 credit

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You are about to release a test progress report to a senior manager, who is not a test specialist.

Which of the following topics should NOT be included in the test progress report? 1 credit

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Considerable attention will be given in this project to defining exit criteria and on reporting back on their status.

Which combination of TWO exit criteria from the list would be best to use? 1 credit

I. Total number of defects found

II. Percentage of test cases executed

III. Total test effort planned versus total actual test effort spent IV.

Defect trend (number of defects found per test run over time

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Explain how the above mentioned report may differ from a report that you produce for the project manager, who is a test specialist Select TWO items from the following options that can be used to report to the project manager and would not be included in a report to senior management. 1 credit

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A test log is one of the documents that need to be produced in this domain in order to provide evidence of testing. However, the level of detail of test logs can vary.

Which of the following is NOT an influencing factor for the level of detail of the test logs being produced? 1 credit

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Consider the typical objectives of testing.

Which of the following metrics can be used to measure the effectiveness of the testing process in achieving one of those objectives? 1 credit

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Topic 2, Scenario 2 "Reviews"

A software development organization wants to introduce some specific improvements to its test process. Currently, most of their testing resources are focussedon system testing.

They are developing embedded software, and do not have a simulation environment to enable them to execute software modules on the development host. They have been advised that introducing inspections and reviews could be the most appropriate step forward.

Which of the following is an example of testing as part of the requirements specification phase? 1 credit

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Identify the THREE types of formal peer reviews that can be recognized. 1 credit

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The introduction of reviews and inspections has often failed as a process improvement action.

Identify the THREE most important measures that should be taken to reduce the risk that this test process improvement will fail. 2 Credits (for 2 out of 3 correct 1 credit)

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