CSTE September 2005

Hi friends please find the following question asked in CSTE Exam Sept 17, 2005, I
have tried to put most of the question in my own language but aim is to tell
the topic.
Also I am not sure about the answer of objective answer, I tried to tally
most from CBOK & each & every sentence is from CBOK. So please go
though CBOK at least 5 times.

There were 4 papers

1. Paper1: Objective 45 minutes 50 Questions 50 marks
2. Paper2: Subjective 45 minutes 6 Questions 150 marks
3. Paper3: Objective 45 minutes 50 Questions 50 marks
4. Paper4: Subjective 45 minutes 8 Questions 150 marks

Objective Paper1:

Q1. Who defined the standards?

A) ISO
B) QAI
Ans ISO

Q2. Juran is famous for

A) Quality Control
B) Management
Ans QC

Q3. Which one is not Statistical Tool?

A) Cause & effect Graphing
B) Stratification
C) Run Chart
D) Regression Analysis
Ans Cause & effect Graphing

Q4. Histogram refers to

A) Bar Chart
B) Run Chart
C) Pareto
Ans Bar Chart

Q5. Who are there in External IT TEAM?

A) Non Developer
B) Customer/ User
Ans

Q6. Which one is not Structural Testing?

A) Regression
B) Parallel
c) Acceptance
d) Stress
Ans Acceptance

Q7. Who is not part of Inspection?

A) Prj Manager
B) Author

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c) Moderator
d) Reader
e) Inspetor
Ans Prj Manager

Q8. Tester job is not to

A) Report Defect
b) Who entered the defect in system
Ans Who entered the defect in system

Q9. Which one is not secondary role of tester

A) Raising Issues
b) Instilling Confidence
c) cts improving process
d) Insight
e) developer work
Ans developer work

Q10. Acceptance testing is

A) White Box
b) Black box
c) White box & black Box
d) none of the above
Ans Black box

Q11. Deming 14 principle includes

A) mobility of mgmt
b) new philosphy
c) adobt leadership
d) both b& c
e) both a & c
Ans both b& c

Q12 Configuration Management tool used in which phase.

A) Unit tetsing
b) Integration
c) accepting
d) all the phases
Ans all the phases
Q13. Max Defects created in which phases
A) req
b) design
c) Implementaion
d) Coding
Ans Req

Q14. 50% Defect found in which phase

A) req
b) design
c) Implementaion
d) Coding
Ans req

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Q15. defects are least costly in which phase

A) req
b) design
c) Implementaion
d) Coding
Ans req

1) Software inspections categorize defects as Wrong, Missing and Extra.

A) TRUE
B) FALSE

2) The purpose of Risk Management in a project is to

A) Eliminate Risks
B) Minimize Risks
C) Avoid risks
D) Anticipate the risks

7) Testing of the system to demonstrate system compliance with user requirements

is:
A) Black box testing
B) System testing
C) Independent testing
D) Acceptance Testing

8) Function point is a measure of

A) Effort
B) Complexity
C) Usability
D) None of the above

9) An activity that verifies compliance with policies and procedures and ensures that
resources are conserved is
A) an inspection
B) an audit
C) a review
D) an assessment

10) Which is the application for the process management and quality improvement
concepts to software development and maintenance.
A) Malcolm Baldridge
B) ISO 9000
C) QAI
D) QS14000

11) Software testing accounts for what percent of software development costs?
A) 10-20
B) 30-60
C) 70-80

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12) Software errors are least costly to correct at what stage of the development
cycle?
A) Requirements
B) Construction
C) Acceptance test
D) Design

13) Which of the following test approaches is not a Functional test approach?
A) Control Technique
B) Stress Technique
C) Regression Technique
D) Cause/effect Graphing
E) Requirements

14) Effectiveness is doing things right and efficiency is doing the right things
A) True
B) False

15) Juran is famous for

A) Quality Control
B) Quality Assurance
C) Trend Analysis

16) Top down & Bottom Up are the part of Incremental Testing
A) True
B) False

17) Achieving quality requires:

A) Understanding the customers expectations
B) Exceeding the customers expectations
C) Meeting all the definitions of quality
D) Focusing on the customer
E.) All the above

18) Which is NOT the exit criteria for unit testing

A) Code inspection
Others choices not sure

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Subjective Paper2:
Most of the subjective questions are from the back of CSTE book.

Q1. Why we need to test the software. 15 marks

Q2. Write the procedure for Test Plan, Test Script, Test Status Report. 15
marks
I have written the content of the same

Q3. You have to test the Web Application, what should be considered for the
same, Test factor and all

Q4. Write test cases for the Data model & data field validation.

Q5. There is applications which can be accessible by one terminal & other by
multiple terminals, write the points which won’t be considered for the
Single terminal Application (Test factors)

Q6. Write the Test Strategy.

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Objective Paper3:

Q1. there is a application which is delivered to the customer now customer found
bugs and assume each bug cost is $125 and there are 4 bugs found each day and
there are 5 working day. What should be the cost to fix those bugs
A) $300
b) $25000
c) $ 15000
d) $ 13,000
e) $ 26,000
Ans $2500

Q2. Tester should know

A) Test planning
b) Automation tool
c) Defect tracking tool
d) programming language
Ans Defect Tracking tool

Q3. Pareto Analysis

A) 80-20 rule
b) Trend analysis
c)
d)
Ans 80-20 Rule

Q4. Testing efforts in SDLC

A) 10-20 %
b) 30-60%
c) 60-80%
d) 80-90%
Ans 30-60%

Q5. Critical Listening is

A) Listen analyses what speaker said
b) Listen what is required
c) Listen only summary
Ans Listen analyses what speaker said

Q6. Who finds vulnuralibility in system?

A) ICO
b) ISS
c) It Manager
Ans ICO

Q7. COQ is not

A) Production
b) Appraisal
c) Prevention
d) Failure

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Ans Production

Q8. Training come under what category cost of quality?

A) Appraisal
b) Preventive
c) Failure
d) none of the above
Ans Preventive

Q9. Why testing is called negative

A) Easy
b) delay in implementation
c) No training reqd
Ans

Q10. Incremental testing is Top down & bottom Up testing

True/ false
Ans False

Q11. Effectiveness is doing right thing & efficency is doing thing right
True/ false
Ans False

Q12. Which one is not part of Demind

A) Plan
b) do
c) check
d) act
e) risk analysis
Ans risk analysis

Q13. Defect fixed in which phase is lease cost

A) same phase
b) production
c) next phase
d) none
Ans same phase

Q14. In White box testing test coverage is

a) Decision
b) Statement
c) branch
d) modified decision
e) user specified data coverage
Ans Decision

Q15. Test Plan should not contain

A) Scope
b) Objective
c) Policy
d) Risk Analysis
Ans policy

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Q16. Test coverage?

Q17. Acceptance Testing is the responsibility of the:

A) Programmer
B) Project Leader
C) Independent Tester
D) Assistance programmer
E) User/Customer

Q18. Cost of Quality is least among

A) Prevention
B) Appraisal
C) Failure

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Subjective Paper 4:

Q1. Differentiate between Verification & validation. 15 marks

Q2. Define Test Efficiency & test Effectiveness. 15 marks

Q3. Your client would like to do Acceptance test on one of your projects but does not
know to prepare a test plan for that. Describe the components that should be
included in the test plan. 30 marks

Q4. You are the tester in the organization and organization thinks that the tester also
introduce defects in the system, write the 5 such defects introduced by tester in the
system. 15 marks

Q5. What is Over Testing? 15 marks

Q6. You have to do the Unit Testing of the system, define what is Unit testing and
how it can be done, what are the types of it also how can you ensure that your
application is compliance to the standards. 30 marks

Q7. Define Equivalence portioning, Boundary value Analysis and Error Guessing with
examples. 15 marks

Q8. Your company is doing a project in automation of aircrafts and timing. You are
asked to involve in the testing. What should be the testing strategy for that. One
Airline Web Application has to be tested, write test factor or What is to be tested?
(Landing & take off) 15 marks

Q.9 . Define
a) Boundary Analysis
b) Equivalent Partitioning
c) Error Guessing
Give one example for each.

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December 2005

Part II (7 questions)

1. Describe 4 tests you would use to test COTS software

2. A Web-application is to be installed but suspected that it will might fail in

production. Describe 4 tests you would recommend to your manager to answer the
question “How long it would take for the application to recover after it fails”

3. You are the Test Manager of a company, which has outsourced its testing
activities. What you would state to your IT Manager in terms of your responsibilities
as Test Manager to give him assurance that testing would be conducted properly

4. Describe any 4 processes you would establish in a test environment and why

Part IV (8 questions)

1. What would you include in a defect report.

2. What is “v” in v-testing concept and list the stages

3. Draw a Unit testing workbench, describe each activity in the workbench

4. You are to introduce automated testing tools. List any four automated test tools
with vendor name and why did you choose them

5. Describe Risk, risk analysis, threat, vulnerability, internal control

6. Describe statement, branch, condition, expression, path coverage

7. Describe any 3 defect-related metrics

8. For a web-based application, list 4 important quality factors you would test for.
Also state why are they important

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