Test Management
You are managing the system testing for a SOA based system. The integrated system consists of several subsystems:
- a SOA middleware
- a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system
- a BRM (Billing and Revenue Management) system
- a SMS (Subscriber Management System) system
and you performed a risk analysis based on these subsystems.
At the end of the scheduled period for test execution you produce a first classical report based on the traditional metrics of testing. Test pass/fail status and bug status (open/resolved) That table provides you a distorted picture of the quality risk, because there is no indication of the risk level of the failed tests, the tests not run, or the open bugs. Thus, you produce the following table to solve this distortion issue:

In the table above, where you have introduced the concept of risk weighting, the highest risk test or bug report has a score of 1, while the lowest risk test or bug report has a score of 0.04.
Which of the following subsystems, based on the risk scores of the table, is most risky?
Number of correct responses: 1
K43 credits

• A. SOA
• B. CRM
• C. SMS
• D. BRM

Test Management
Which of the following statements describing how identified product quality risks should be mitigated and managed, is true?
Number of correct responses: 1
K21 credit

• A. Risk mitigation of product quality risks can be effective only after starting test execution
• B. The priority of the development and execution of tests should not be based on the risk level but only on the likelihood
• C. The identification of new risks, the re-assessment of the level of existing risks and the evaluation of the effectiveness of risk mitigation activities should only occur at the very beginning of a project
• D. The extent of re-testing and regression testing activities should be based on the risk level

Test Management
Which of the following statements about management of product quality risks in mature organizations with respect to the lifecycle, is true?
Number of correct responses: 1
K21 credit

• A. Mature organizations don't waste time identifying the sources of risks. They only focus on identifying product quality risks
• B. Mature organizations address product quality risks associated to non-functional characteristics only during the system test phase
• C. Mature organizations are aware that risk management of product quality risks only occurs during testing
• D. Mature organizations are aware that the contribution of testing to analysis of product quality risks is very important. The analysis should occur throughout the entire lifecycle

Test Management
Which of the following statements best describes an appropriate approach for managing exploratory testing?
Number of correct responses: 1
K21 credit

• A. Break the testing work in 30 to 120 minutes sessions and use properly defined mission statements consisting of two or three sentences to guide testing during these sessions
• B. Define very detailed mission statements, which allow testing work to be broken into sessions of up to 10 minutes duration in which testing is guided by these mission statements
• C. Define very generic charters to drive exploratory testing sessions of 2 days where testers are completely free to decide what to test
• D. Exploratory testing should not be managed because such testing is inherently unmanageable and not measurable

Which technique will assist you in determining targeted improvement areas to reduce the number of defects?
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• A. Defect triage
• B. Pareto analysis
• C. Test coverage assessment
• D. Cost of quality analysis