ISQI ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) v4.0 Sample Questions:

1. Consider the following user story about an e-commerce website's registration feature that only allows registered users to make purchases:
"As a new user, I want to register to the website, so that I can start shopping online" The following are some of the acceptance criteria defined for the user story:
[a]The registration form consists of the following fields: username, email address, first name, last name, date of birth, password and repeat password
[b]To submit the registration request, the new user must fill in all the fields of the registration form with valid values and must agree to the terms and conditions
[c]To be valid, the email address must not be provided by free online mail services that allow to create disposable email addresses. A dedicated error message must be presented to inform the new user when an invalid address is entered
[d]To be valid, the first name and last name must contain only alphabetic characters and must be between 2 and 80 characters long. A dedicated error message must be presented to inform the new user when an invalid first name and/or the last name is entered
[e]After submitting the registration request, the new user must receive an e-mail containing the confirmation link to the e-mail address specified in the registration form Based only on the given information, which of the following ATDD tests is most likely to be written first?

A) The new user enters valid values in the fields of the registration form, except for the first name, where he/she enters a first name with 10 characters that contains a number. Then he/she is informed by the website about this issue
B) The user accesses the website with username and password, and successfully places a purchase order for five items, paying by Mastercard credit card EV
C) The new user enters valid values in the fields of the registration form, except for the email address, where he/she enters an e-mail address provided by a free online mail service that allow to create disposable email addresses. Then he/she is informed by the website about this issue
D) The new user enters valid values in all the fields of the registration form, confirms to accept all the terms and conditions, submits the registration request and then receives an e-mail containing the confirmation link to the e-mail address specified in the registration form

2. Which of the following correctly represents a test first approach?

A) First the tests fail then the code is written to pass the tests and this is iterated
B) Application behaviour is written in Given/When/Then format and tests are then written and run
C) Tests are derived from acceptance criteria and run to check that the code passes these tests
D) Code is refactored first then tests are written and run

3. A company wants to reward each of its salespeople with an annual bonus that represents the sum of all the bonuses accumulated for every single sale made by that salesperson. The bonus for a single sale can take on the following four values: 3%, 5%, 7% and 10% (the percentage refers to the amount of the single sale).
These values are determined on the basis of the type of customer (classified as "Basic" or "Premium") to which such sale was made, and on the amount of such sale classified into the following three groups G1, G2 and G3:
* [G1]: less than 300 euros
* [G2]: between 300 and 2000 euros
* [G3]: greater than 2000 euros
Which of the following is the minimum number of test cases needed to cover the full decision table associated with this scenario?

A) 4
B) 6
C) 3
D) 12

4. Consider a review for a high-level architectural document written by a software architect. The architect does most of the review preparation work, including distributing the document to reviewers before the review meeting. However, reviewers are not required to analyze the document in advance, and during the review meeting the software architect explains the document step by step. The only goal of this review is to establish a common understanding of the software architecture that will be used in a software development project.
Which of the following review types does this review refer to?

A) Walkthrough
B) Audit
C) Inspection
D) Informal review

5. A tester created a decision table(DT) given below. While reviewing the DT some of the actions for the given conditions were found to be incorrect. The user is trying to view the profile, which of the given conditions has CORRECT action(s) listed?
ConditionC1C2C3C4
Is the user logged in?YesYesNoNo
Is the user authorized to view the profile?YesNoYesNo
Action
Display the user's profileYesNoYesYes
Display an error messageYesYesNoNo

A) C4
B) C2
C) C3
D) C1

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