Objective: Non-Functional Characteristics and Quality in Use CT-ACT Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–24

1. 21application · medium

   A team is acceptance-testing a new HR self-service portal. The acceptance criteria include: (1) employees must be able to update their personal information without assistance, (2) the portal must respond to requests within 2 seconds, and (3) employee data must be protected from unauthorized access. Which combination of testing approaches is most appropriate?

   • AFunctional testing only, because the criteria are all functional requirements
   • BSecurity testing only, because data protection is the most important criterion
   • CA single automated test that verifies all three criteria simultaneously
   • DUsability testing with employees, performance testing under load, and security testing for access controls
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2. 22application · medium

   A healthcare provider is acceptance-testing a new patient-record system. The acceptance criteria state that the system must be accessible to users with disabilities, must respond to queries within 2 seconds, and must prevent unauthorized access to patient data. Which set of non-functional characteristics is being tested?

   • APortability, scalability, and integrity
   • BAccessibility, performance, and security
   • CUsability, efficiency, and confidentiality
   • DMaintainability, reliability, and availability
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4. 23application · medium

   An acceptance team is testing a new customer relationship management (CRM) system. The business has specified that the system must support 500 concurrent users without degradation. The team plans to use automated load-generation tools to simulate the user load and measure response times. What is the primary purpose of this acceptance test?

   • ATo identify the root cause of performance bottlenecks
   • BTo determine the maximum number of users the system can support
   • CTo verify the system meets the specified performance requirement
   • DTo compare the performance of different system configurations
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5. 24application · medium

   A financial services company is acceptance-testing a new trading platform. The acceptance criteria include: (1) the system must prevent unauthorized access to customer accounts, (2) all transactions must be processed within 500 milliseconds, and (3) the system must be available 99.99% of the time during trading hours. Which non-functional characteristics are being verified?

   • AConfidentiality, scalability, and robustness
   • BSecurity, performance, and reliability
   • CUsability, performance, and maintainability
   • DSecurity, efficiency, and portability
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