Software Testing Certifications are very popular. So much so, that I've decided to get into this game and offer one of my own.
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Software Testing Certification
Why is ATQ Software Testing Certification important for you?
Becoming an ATQ Certified Software Tester might increase your value to your organization, the software industry, your country, and the world in general.
ATQ certification lets you stand out from your peers (or at least those who are too lazy to become certified here).
Certification from ATQ will add meaning to your career, and probably your life as well.
You'll be part of the ever-growing network of ATQ Certified Professionals, with all the goodness that it entails.
Attractive people dig certifications.
With so many certifications available, why choose ATQ?
The ATQ certification is free!
Becoming an ATQ Certified Software Tester is easy! One 40-question exam and you are done.
No expensive, time-consuming classes.
No boring required reading - not even magazines!
At ATQ, you can take the certification examination as many times as you choose! You even grade the exam yourself, so if you get tired and want to get right to the rewards it's no problem.
No re-certification is required - once you are in, you are in for life!
ATQ certification is unique. And becoming an ATQ Certified Software Tester will make you unique too - just like all the other ATQ Certified Software Testers.
How does it work?
You have 60 minutes to complete the exam. If you need more, go ahead and take it.
You can stop and resume any time you choose.
You can get help from anyone, anywhere. Hey, life's an open book exam, right?
Give yourself 1 point for each correct answer, and 0 points for each incorrect answer.
A passing grade is usually 30. But if you think 30 is too high, then use 20, or 10 or 2.
Send me an email with your name and score.
How do you prove that you have achieved ATQ Certification?
I will send you this handsome certificate - suitable for framing, and hanging in your office, cubicle, kitchen, or other corner of the world.
I will send you the official ATQ Certified Tester logo, which can be proudly displayed on your website or blog, used in your letterhead or emails, or fashioned into a bumper sticker for your automobile.
You will be allowed to use the secret ATQ Certified handshake whenever you greet other ATQ Certified Professionals (don't tell anyone - we use our right hand!)
Start whenever you are ready. Good luck!
1. When should you stop testing?
a. when time for testing has run out
b. when all planned tests have been run
c. when the test completion criteria have been met
d. when no faults have been found by the tests run
2. Assume the first two statements are true. Is the final one:
a. True
b. False
c. Not certain
The boy plays baseball. All baseball players wear hats. The boy wears a hat.
3. Which of the following requirements is testable?
a. The system shall be user friendly.
b. The critical parts of the system shall contain zero faults.
c. The response time shall be less than one second for the specified design load.
d. The system shall be built to be portable.
4. How many of the five pairs of items listed below are exact duplicates?
Nieman, K.M. Neiman, K.M.
Thomas, G.K. Thomas, C.K.
Hoff, J.P. Hoff,
J.P. Pino, L.R. Pina,
L.R. Warner, T.S. Wanner, T.S.
5. RESENT / RESERVE Do these words
1. Have similar meanings
2. Have contradictory meanings
3. Mean neither the same nor opposite?
6. What number is next in the following sequence:
32 31 29 26 22 ?
7. A train travels 20 feet in 1/5 second. At this same speed, how many feet will it travel in three seconds?
8. When rope is selling at $0.10 a foot, how many feet can you buy for sixty cents?
9. Which of the following is NOT a reasonable test objective?
a. to find faults in the software
b. to prove that the software has no faults
c. to give confidence in the software
d. to find performance problems
10. Which number in the following group of numbers represents the smallest amount?
7 .8 31 .33 2
11. In printing an article of 48,000 words, a printer decides to use two sizes of type. Using the larger type, a printed page contains 1,800 words. Using smaller type, a page contains 2,400 words. The article is allotted 21 full pages in a magazine.
How many pages must be in smaller type?
12. In the US, the hours of daylight and darkness in SEPTEMBER are nearest equal to the hours of daylight and darkness in:
1. June
2. March
3. May
4. November
13. Three individuals form a partnership and agree to divide the profits. X invests $9,000, Y invests $7,000, Z invests $4,000.
If the profits are $4,800, how much less does X receive than if the profits were divided in proportion to the amount invested?
14. Assume the first two statements are true. Is the final one:
1. True
2. False
3. Not certain?
Tom greeted Beth. Beth greeted Dawn. Tom did not greet Dawn.
15. A boy is 17 years old and his sister is twice as old.
When the boy is 23 years old, what will be the age of his sister?
16. Which of the following is the earliest date?
a. January 16, 1898
b. February 21, 1889
c. February 2, 1898
d. January 7, 1898
e. January 30, 1889
17. LOW is to HIGH as EASY is to ?
a. SUCCESSFUL
b. PURE
c. TALL
d. INTERESTING
e. DIFFICULT
18. One word below appears in uppercase. What is the opposite of that word?
She gave a COMPLEX answer to the question and we all agreed with her.
a. long
b. better
c. simple
d. wrong
e. kind
19. Assume the first two statements are true. Is the final one:
a. True
b. False
c. Not certain?
Tom greeted Beth. Beth greeted Dawn. Tom did not greet Dawn.
20. Look at the list of numbers below. What number should come next?
27 9 3 1 1/3 1/9 ?
21. Software quality assurance and testing activities should start
a. as soon as the code is written
b. during the design stage
c. when the requirements have been formally documented
d. as soon as possible in the development life cycle
22. What is the main reason for testing software before releasing it?
a. to show that the system will work after release
b. to decide when the software is of sufficient quality to release
c. to find as many bugs as possible before the release
d. to give information for a risk-based decision about the release
23. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. Performance testing can be done during unit testing as well as during the testing of whole system
b. The acceptance test does not necessarily include a regression test
c. Verification activities (reviews, inspections etc) should not involve testers
d. Test environments should be as similar to production environments as possible
24. When reporting faults found to developers, testers should be
a. as polite, constructive and helpful as possible
b. firm about insisting that a bug is not a “feature” if it should be fixed
c. diplomatic, sensitive to the way they may react to criticism
d. All of the above
25. In which order should tests be run?
a. the most important tests first
b. the most difficult tests first
c. the easiest tests first
d. the order they are thought of
26. The later in the development life cycle a fault is discovered, the more expensive it is to fix. Why?
a. the documentation is poor, so it takes longer to find out what the software is doing.
b. wages are rising
c. the fault has been built into more documentation, code, tests, etc
d. none of the above
27. Which is not true? The black box tester
a. should be able to understand a functional specification or requirements document
b. should be able to understand the source code.
c. is highly motivated to find faults
d. is creative to find the system’s weaknesses
28. An incident logging system
a. only records defects
b. is of limited value
c. is a valuable source of project information if it contains all incidents
d. should be used only by the test team.
29. Receiving higher quality software into the test environment will affect the testing needed by:
a. reducing test time
b. no change
c. increasing test time
d. can’t say
30. Look at the list of numbers below. What number should come next?
8 4 2 1 ½ ¼ ?
31. A program validates a numeric field as follows:
“Values less than 10 are rejected, values between 10 and 21 are accepted, values greater than or equal to 22 are rejected”
Which of the following input values cover all of the equivalence partitions?
a. 10, 11, 21
b. 3, 20, 21
c. 3, 10, 22
d. 10, 21, 22
32. Using the same specifications as question 31, which of the following covers the most boundary values?
a. 9, 10, 11, 22
b. 9, 10, 21, 22
c. 10, 11, 21, 22
d. 10, 11, 20, 21
33. Paper sells for 21 cents per pad. What will four pads cost?
34. In prioritizing what to test, the most important objective is to
a. find as many faults as possible.
b. test high risk areas.
c. obtain good test coverage.
d. test whatever is easiest to test.
35. Which of the following is false?
a. Incidents should always be fixed.
b. An incident occurs when expected and actual results differ.
c. Incidents can be analyzed to assist in test process improvement.
d. An incident can be raised against documentation.
36. Which of the following would not normally be part of a Test Plan?
a. Features to be tested
b. Incident reports
c. Risks
d. Schedule
37. Regression testing should normally be performed:
1) every week
2) after the software has changed
3) as often as possible
4) when the environment has changed
5) when the project manager says
a. 1 & 2 are true, 3, 4 & 5 are false
b. 2, 3 & 4 are true, 1 & 5 are false
c. 2 & 4 are true, 1, 3 & 5 are false
d. 2 is true, 1, 3, 4 & 5 are false
38. Expected results are:
a. only important in system testing
b. only used in component testing
c. most useful when specified in advance
d. derived from the code
39. The ninth month of the year is
1. October
2. January
3. June
4. September
5. May
40. The cost of fixing a fault:
a. is not important
b. increases the later a fault is found
c. decreases the later a fault is found
d. can never be determined
Scoring:
30 - 40 = Good for you! 20 - 29 = Good for you! 10 - 19 = Good for you! 0 - 9 = Good for you!
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