ISTQB Agile Public Sector Sample Questions:

1. Which of the following sentences about the integration of development and testing activities in Agile projects is INCORRECT?
SELECT ONE OPTION

A) Developers write acceptance criteria and test cases, together with testers.
B) Developers and testers may work as a pair to develop and test a feature.
C) While developers develop automated unit test scripts, testers write automated system level tests.
D) Testers replace developers in writing unit test automation scripts.

2. Which of the following is NOT a typical task performed by the tester within an Agile team?
SELECT ONE OPTION

A) Ensuring the appropriate testing tasks are scheduled during iteration planning.
B) Working with business stakeholders to clarify requirements.
C) Suggesting improvements in team retrospectives.
D) Ensuring all project status meetings are held according to the plan.

3. Iteration planning for Sprint 5 of your current project is complete. The plan for the sprint is to increase performance of the system, which of the following acceptance criteria would you expect for Sprint 5?
i) User access for all roles has been validated.
ii) A static analysis tool has been executed for all code.
iii) 100% of the existing regression test suite has passed.
Iv) System is responding In less than 3 seconds, 90% of the time.
v) A new version of Internet Explorer has been included.
SELECT ONE OPTION

A) iii, iv
B) ii, v
C) iv, v
D) i, iii

4. You are developing the code that controls an industrial Espresso machine which will be operated by waiting staff in restaurants.
The machine is rather complicated and has lots of switches and buttons, so in the next iteration instructions will be provided to the operator on a small LCD screen.
A User Story for the Operator-Instructions module is as follows:
"As an operator of the Espresso machine, I would like to know how to steam milk, so I can add steamed milk to the coffee." The following is a list of risks identified for this story, with assigned probability and impact.
Which of these is most correct in the context of the given User Story?
SELECT ONE OPTION

A) The instructions may be incorrect or appear in the wrong order. Probability: Low. Impact: High
B) Operators will not read the instructions and will try various switches and buttons until something works. Probability: Low. Impact: Low
C) An untrained customer will attempt to use the coffee machine. Probability: High. Impact: High
D) A small child may try to steam milk. Probability: High. Impact: Low

5. You are working on an Agile project and have been asked to implement exploratory testing for the current sprint. Which one of the following is a correct approach to adopt?
SELECT ONE OPTION

A) Ask experienced testers to try and find new defects by using the system without the constraint of documentation and tools.
B) Use testers who have not been involved in the sprint to write new test cases from the user stories. These test cases are then executed in a time boxed session for the sprint.
C) Ask experienced testers to prepare test charters for time boxed sessions lasting no more than 2 hours. Tests should be designed and executed within each session using heuristics, creativity and intuition.
D) Allocate independent testers to design exploratory tests using test charters in time boxed sessions. Plan to run all sessions in parallel with each session lasting more than 5 hours.

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