Within the projects, a master test plan and phase test plan will be used. Following is a list of characteristics applicable for test plans:
a.Any deviation from the procedures described in the test
b.strategy document
c.The overall estimated costs, timescales and resource
d.requirements
e.A detailed schedule of testing activities
f.The development deliverables to be tested
g.Which test staff members (names) will be involved and when
h.Level of requirements coverage achieved
Which TWO of the above mentioned characteristics relate to the phase test plan? 1 credit

• A. b
• B. e
• C. d
• D. a
• E. c
• F. f

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Which of the following is a project risk mitigation step you might take as test manager? 1 credit

• A. Arranging a back-up test environment in case the existing one fails during testing
• B. Performing a project retrospective meeting using the test results after each increment
• C. Hiring a contractor after a test analyst leaves the company
• D. Testing for performance problems

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As part of the test strategy, entry and exit criteria will be defined for each test level. Which is NOT a valid reason for using entry and exit criteria? 1 credit

• A. Using entry and exit criteria will prevent software that is not or poorly tested from going to the next test level.
• B. Entry and exit criteria are a principal way for getting adequate resources.
• C. The expectation is that development testing is not adequate.
• D. Exit criteria are used to decide on when to stop testing.

You have investigated different possibilities and selected four of them to present to IT management. Which of the proposals will you most likely give your highest recommendations? 3 credits

• A. Solution from a tool vendor offering to educate two test team members in the use of their easy-to-use test automation capture replay tool over the first 3 month and based on that build the regression test suite. In addition to Vicki, Steve is the only one that has time available to be educated.
• B. Outsourcing of test automation based on an offer from an Asian company, AsiaAutoTest, which has people who are specialists in system level capture-replay automation tools. They also offer training and besides they offer to run and maintain the regression tests in the future.
• C. Insourcing of test automation based on an offer from a local company ABC that has people who are specialists in system level capture-replay automation tools and they also do regular training courses in test automation methods and tools. They can then work closely with Vicki.
• D. Internal offer from the development department of XYZ to create the regression package using CppUnit as test automation tool. One of the development groups have very good experiences in automating unit tests, and they are willing to do training as well.

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

• A. Product risks which have been mitigated and those which are outstanding.
• B. Recommendations for taking controlling actions
• C. Detailed overview of the risk-based test approach being used to ensure the exit criteria to be achieved
• D. Status compared against the started exit criteria