Most managers in your company consider the efforts of your test team valuable, while others seecomprehensive testing as an unnecessary cost overhead to the SDLC.
What action could the Test Manager take to quantify the value of testing to the organization? [3]

• A. Demonstrate the role QA has in similar size organizations.
• B. Develop metrics that illustrate planned and actual testing hours.
• C. Determine the cost of external failures.
• D. Review the Test Plan with the management team.

You have written a defect report and have just been notified that it is in the "returned" state.
Who should take action on this defect? [1]

• A. The defect triage team
• B. The developer to whom the defect is assigned
• C. The tester who wrote the defect report
• D. The project manager who is responsible for the project

Assuming that 'In progress' means that somebody is working on a fix and that 'Resolved' means that the fix passed the confirmation test; which option provides a defect workflow that flows in a sensible way from an initial state to a terminal state?

• A. New, Under Investigation, In progress, Re-test, Resolved, Closed, Deferred
• B. New, Under Investigation, Rejected, Re-test, Resolved, Closed
• C. New, under investigation, Deferred, In progress, Re-test, Resolved, Closed
• D. In progress, Under Investigation, Deferred, Retest, Resolved, Closed

Which of the following is a key characteristic of a management review?

• A. Used to check consistency of and deviation from the system requirements
• B. Conducted by an external group to assess process compliance
• C. Run by a moderator
• D. Used to assess project risks

Assume that you are working for a company that has maintained and tested a car parking permit system for many years. The system holds the name and address of permit holders and automatically writes to the permit holder with a form to renew or cancel their permit each year.
The test plan states the following:
"since the system is considered a stable system. Boundary Value Analysis is the only test case design technique that needs to be applied during testing" Consider the following change that was detailed in the Requirements Specification for a replacement to an existing parameter held within the system;
* The specified renewal date for each permit must be not be after 31 st January 2020. Which one of the following is a valid test condition that satisfies both the requirement and the test plan?
SELECT ONE OPTION

• A. Input the dates either side of and including 31/01/2020, and select tests from the regression pack relating to the renewal date and printing only.
• B. Input the date 01/02/2020 and confirm this is not accepted. and select tests from the regression test back relating to the renewal date only
• C. Input the date 01/02/2020 and confirm this is not accepted. and select tests from the regression testback relating to the renewal date only
• D. Input the date 31/01 /20 in the wrong field to see what happens, and run the whole of the regression test pack.
• E. Input a date in an invalid format e.g. 31 FEB 2020, and select tests from the regression pack relating to renewal date, policy holder's name, address and printing.