Project Work Products CT-AT Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1expert · hard

   A team is developing a feature where the acceptance criteria are initially defined at a high level. As the sprint progresses, the team discovers that the feature needs to handle multiple edge cases. The product owner is concerned that adding these edge cases will increase the testing effort significantly. What is the best way to manage this situation?

   • AAdd the edge cases to the acceptance criteria but do not test them until the next sprint.
   • BAsk the product owner to remove the edge cases from the feature entirely.
   • CIgnore the edge cases to keep the testing effort within the original estimate.
   • DCollaboratively assess the impact of the new edge cases on testing effort and adjust the sprint scope if necessary.
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2. 2foundation · easy

   How does a tester typically use a user story to design test cases in an Agile project?

   • ABy using the story's estimate to determine the number of test cases needed
   • BBy reading the source code of the implemented feature to identify all possible execution paths
   • CBy waiting until the story is fully implemented and then exploring the system without any predefined tests
   • DBy analyzing the story's acceptance criteria and using techniques like equivalence partitioning and boundary value analysis to create test cases
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4. 3application · medium

   At the start of a sprint, a user story is estimated as 'small' with three acceptance criteria. During the sprint, the team discovers a complex integration issue that requires additional behavior to be defined. The product owner adds two more acceptance criteria. What is the primary impact on the testing activities?

   • AThe tester should ignore the new criteria because the story was already estimated and planned.
   • BThe tester should ask the developers to test the new criteria since they discovered the issue.
   • CThe tester should only test the original criteria and report the new ones as out of scope.
   • DThe tester must create additional test cases for the new criteria and update the test estimate for the story.
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5. 4application · medium

   During a sprint retrospective, the team notices that several defects were found late in the sprint because testers did not have clear acceptance criteria early on. What process improvement should the team adopt to prevent this in future sprints?

   • ACollaboratively define and refine acceptance criteria for each user story during sprint planning and backlog refinement.
   • BIncrease the number of testers on the team to catch more defects earlier.
   • CMove all testing to the end of the sprint to allow more time for development.
   • DRequire developers to write unit tests for all features before testers begin any testing.
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6. 5expert · hard

   A team is using a test-first approach where test cases are written before the code. At the start of a sprint, a user story has minimal acceptance criteria. As the sprint progresses, the criteria are refined and expanded. What is the most effective way for the tester to manage the test cases in this evolving environment?

   • ATreat the initial test cases as a starting point and continuously refactor and extend them as acceptance criteria evolve.
   • BWait until the acceptance criteria are fully stable before writing any test cases.
   • CWrite only high-level test ideas initially and defer detailed test cases until the end of the sprint.
   • DWrite all possible test cases upfront based on the initial criteria and refuse to change them.
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