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ISTQB Software Testing Quiz

Test your knowledge of software testing principles and practices with our comprehensive ISTQB quiz! Whether you are preparing for certification or simply want to refresh your understanding of software testing concepts, this quiz will challenge your expertise.

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10 multiple-choice questions
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10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by TestingGuru234

1 - What is the purpose of Software Testing

Finding defects

Assessing software quality and reducing risk

Deciding alone whether to go / no go live with a product

Running only automation tests to speed up execution

2 - What is the difference between error, defect, failure

There is no difference

Errors only happen with test automation, defects happen only in manual testing

Failures are deviations from code, defects are deviations from requirement

Errors are a human act that leads to false result, defects are errors present in code, Failures are deviations from expected delivery

3 - What is the pesticide paradox principle in Software Testing?

A way to kill insects while testing

Repeating same tests over and over again won't find new defects (just like same pesticide won't kill insects after a while), you need to change / update your scripts

Repeating same tests over and over again is tiring, you need to implement automation instead

All of the above

4 - Group the following Software Development Life Cycles correctly

Waterfall and Scrum are Iterative SDLC

V-Model and Spiral are iterative SDLC

Scrum and Spiral are sequential SDLCs

Waterfall and V-Model are sequential SDLCs

5 - What are the Test Levels officially recognised by ISTQB?

Unit / Integration / System / Acceptance

Unit / Integration / E2E / Performance

Unit / Staging / E2E / NFT

Unit / Staging / OAT / Performance

6 - What is the difference between dynamic and static testing?

There is no difference

Dynamic testing detects defects, static testing detect failures

Dynamic testing requires execution of software under test (validation), Static testing does not require the execution of software under test (verification)

Test reviews belong to dynamic testing, manual test execution to static testing

7 - What is the difference between functional and non functional testing

Functional testing focuses on Performance and OAT, Non functional testing focuses on Security

Functional testing relates to the functions the system should perform, non functional testing focuses on the system characteristics rather than the functions

There is no difference

Functional Testing focuses on Integration and UAT, non functional testing focuses on Unit and E2E

8 - What is the difference between black box and white box testing

In White Box, testing is applied when knowing the internal structure of the system under test (i.e. code, architecture, data). In black box, testing is applied without knowing internal structure

In Black Box, testing is applied when knowing the internal structure of the system under test (i.e. code, architecture, data). In White Box, testing is applied without knowing internal structure

White box detects defects, Black Box detects failures

None of the above

9 - There are two types of change related testing. What are they?

Functional & Non functional Testing

Manual and Automation Testing

Unit and Integration Testing

Confirmation and Regression Testing

10 - Which of the following is NOT a Black Box testing technique

Equivalence Partitioning

Statement & Decision Testing

Boundary Analysis

State Transition

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