ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level
Last Update Dec 7, 2025
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A new testing tool has been selected for an organisation and a pilot project has successfully completed. The next step is to deploy the tool within the organization.
What is a key success factor in tool deployment?
In the above State Table, which of the following represents an invalid transition?
An iPhone application identifies and counts all purchases of a particular product from a shopping website. The application incorrectly counts purchase attempts by including both failed attempts, and also those where the purchase was terminated by the user before completion. Testing has identified that the problem was located in the ‘purchase identification’ module, where the first stage in the purchasing process was counted, rather than a successful confirmed purchase.
Which of the following statements correctly identifies what has happened? [K2]
Consider the following pseudo code
1. Begin
2. Read Gender
3. __Print “Dear”
4. If Gender = ‘female’
5. Print (“Ms”)
6. Else
7. __Print ( “Mr”)
8. Endif
9. End
How many test cases are needed to achieve 100 per cent decision coverage?
Which of the following is a valid reason for writing test cases based on experience and intuition? [K1]
Which of the following test organizations has the highest level of independence?
Which of the following test design techniques is not a black box technique?
Refer to the exhibit
The following test cases need to be run, but time is limited, and it is possible that not all will be completed before the end of the test window
The first activity is to run any re-tests, followed by the regression test script. Users have supplied their priority order to tests.
Which of the following gives an appropriate test execution schedule, taking account of the prioritisation and other constraints?[K3]
Which of the following would typically be identified using static analysis by tools? [K1]
Which of the following risks represents the highest level of risk to the project?
The Cambrian Pullman Express has special ticketing requirements represented by the partial decision table below.
Refer to the exhibit
Carol has a student railcard and is travelling on a Flexible Standard Class ticket. James has a senior railcard and is travelling on a super saver ticket. Which of the options represents the correct actions for these two test cases? [K3]
Which of the following statements about use-case testing are most accurate?
(i)In a use-case diagram an actor represents a type of user.
(ii)Use-cases are the most common test basis for unit testing.
(iii)A use-case describes interactions between actors.
(iv)An actor is always a human user that interacts with the system.
(v)Test cases can be based on use-case scenarios.
(vi)Use-case testing will often identify gaps not found by testing individual components.
Which of the following test design techniques is classified as a structure-based (white box) technique? [K1]
Which of the following is a consideration when deploying test execution tools? [K1]
Which of the following statements about software development models is most accurate? [K1]
What factors should be considered to determine whether enough testing has been performed?
(i)The exit criteria.
(ii)The budget.
(iii)How big the test team is.
(iv)The product's risk profile.
(v)How good the testing tools are.
(vi)Sufficient details of the system status to allow decisions
Which of the following would be appropriate test objectives for user acceptance testing of the first release of a new software product aimed at a general market and built using Agile methods? [K2]
a. To identify as many defects as possible
b. To maximise code coverage
c. To ensure the product works as expected
d. To assess the overall quality of the product
e. To determine the reliability of the product
Which type of review has the following main purposes:
discussing, making decisions, evaluating alternatives, finding defects, solving technical problems and checking conformance to specifications, plans, regulations, and standards?
What other details should be included in the following incident report when it is first submitted?
Date of Issue: 23/11/05
Severity: P1
Build: Version15.6
Details: Expected field to be limited to 15 chars, able to enter 27
In a system designed to work out the employee tax to be paid:
_ An employee has $4,000 of salary tax free.
_ The next $1,500 is taxed at 10%.
_ The next $28,000 after that is taxed at 22%.
_ Any further amount is taxed at 40%.
Which of these is a valid Boundary Value Analysis test case?
Which of the test cases below will exercise both outcomes from decision 2? [K3]
Refer to the exhibit
Your company is developing a system with complex business rules and many branches in the structure of its code components. You need to choose one black box technique and one white box technique for test case design.
Which one of the following offers the BEST choice?
You are examining a document which gives the precise steps needed in order to execute a test.
What is the correct definition of this document?
Which of the following options explain why it is often beneficial to have an independent test function in an organisation?
Debugging and Testing are key activities in the software development lifecycle.
Which of the following are 'Debugging' activities?
a) Identifying, a failure
b) Locating the cause of failure
c) Fixing the defect
d) Checking the fix has resolved the failure
The decision table above shows a company's fuel expenses structure.
Which of the following Test Cases based on the decision table are Valid?
Test Case 1:
An employee who is not a car or motorcycle driver attempts to claim fuel expenses. Expected result: Expense claim not allowed.
Test Case 2:
An employee who drives a 1700cc diesel car attempts to claim fuel expenses. Expected result: Expense claim accepted at band C.
Test Case 3:
An employee who rides a motorcycle attempts to claim fuel expenses. Expected result: Expense claim accepted at band A.
A garden irrigation system allows the user to specify 2 inputs:
1. Frequency - The number of times the system should be automatically switched on per day; minimum once per day, maximum 5 times
2. Duration - The duration of operation, in whole minutes, each time it is switched on; ranging from 1 to 60
Applying 2-value boundary value analysis which of the following options has the correct test set of valid and invalid boundary values?
Which of the following would achieve the HIGHEST level of testing independence for a project's test level?
A system requirement states that up to 100 users should be able to carry out a transaction, with responses returned within 5 seconds.
What type of non-functional testing would you carry out to verify these requirements?
Your task is to compile a test execution schedule for the current release of software.
The system specification states the following logical dependencies:
• An admin user must create/amend/delete a standard user.
• A standard user is necessary to perform all other actions.
The test plan requires that re-tests must be performed first, followed by the highest priority tests. To save time, the test plan states that tests should be scheduled to create test data for the subsequent tests in the schedule.
The following test cases have been designed, with an indication of priority (1 being the highest priority) and whether the test has previously failed.
Which test execution schedule meets the test plan requirements and logical dependencies?
Which of the following is a defect that is more likely to be found by a static analysis tool than by other testing techniques?
Which of the following optionsBESTexplain the pesticide paradox principle of testing?
Which of the following represents good testing practice for testers, irrespective of the software lifecycle model used?
A system is being enhanced to simplify screen navigation for users.
Which of the following does NOT reflect structural testing?
The decision table above reflects a golf club's pricing structure for green fees and buggy/cart hire.
What is the expected result (actions) for each of the following two test cases (TC1 and TC2)?
* TC 1 - Paul is not a full member, is a Loyalty Card holder and requests to play 18 holes with a buggy/cart
* TC 2 - Cheryl is not at full member, doesn't have a Loyalty Card and requests to play 9 holes with a buggy/cart
Which of the following does NOT represent one of the three triggers for maintenance testing an operational system?
The following Test Cases have been created for a simple web-based airline booking system.
Test Case 1: Search for an item Available Flights
Test Case 2: View selected item in My Flights
Test Case 3: Login to the system: Login is accepted
Test Case 4: Select an available flight: item added to My Flights
Test Case 5: Print confirmation receipt, then exit
Test Case 6: In My Flights, confirm details and book flight
Which of the following is the correct logical order for the test cases?
A booking system for a city bus service prices its fares according to the time of travel:
• Peak-time tariff starts at 0600 and finishes at 1000 am
• Off-peak tariff applies during all other times of service
• The bus service does not operate between 2300 and the start of the next day’s peak service
Note that all times mentioned are inclusive.
When applying the equivalence partitioning test design technique, which of the following options, shows test case inputs that each fall into a different equivalence partition?
Which of the following activities is appropriate to the test planning stage?
Which of the following would NOT be a common metric used for monitoring test preparation and execution?
Which of the following would you NOT expect to see on an incident report from test execution?
During which stage of the fundamental test process is the testability of requirements evaluated?
Which of the following would be a good test technique to use when under severe time pressure?
Which of the following is the main purpose of the component build and integration strategy?
During the software development process, at what point can the test process start?
Which of the following statements BEST describes one of the seven key principles of software testing?
Which of the following types of test tool are most likely to include traceability functions?
(i) Performance testing tool
(ii) Requirements management tool
(iii) Configuration management tool
(iv) Static analysis tool
What is the concept of introducing a small change to the program and having theeffects of that change show up in some test..?
Which of the following comparisons of component testing and system testing are TRUE?
When a defect is detected and fixed then the software should be retested to confirm that the original defect has been successfully removed. This is called:
According to the ISTQB Glossary, regression testing is required for what purpose?
Which of the following are aids to good communication, and which hinder it?
i. Try to understand how the other person feels.
ii. Communicate personal feelings, concentrating upon individuals.
iii. Confirm the other person has understood what you have said and vice versa.
iv. Emphasize the common goal of better quality.
v. Each discussion is a battle to be won.
Which of the following statements contains a valuable objective for a test team?
A tool that supports traceability, recording of incidents or scheduling of tests is called..?
TESTED 07 Dec 2025
