A team's root cause analysis reveals that many defects stem from unclear requirements. The team wants to integrate this finding into their continuous improvement process. Which action best aligns with this goal?

Create a new testing tool to automate requirement validation.

Document the root cause in the retrospective notes and move on to the next sprint.

Ask the product owner to attend more sprint reviews.

Add a 'requirements clarity' item to the team's improvement backlog and track it in the next sprint.

A team finds that a defect was caused by a developer misunderstanding a technical constraint. The team wants to apply root cause analysis to prevent this from happening again. Which action is most aligned with the root cause?

Provide additional training on the technology stack.

Create a checklist for developers to follow when implementing stories.

Add a technical constraint section to the definition of done for user stories.

Conduct more code reviews to catch similar mistakes.

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Root Causes CT-ATLAS Practice Questions (Page 4)

Part of the Continuous Improvement of Quality and Testing domain, which makes up ~17% of our current practice bank. ISTQB does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~9–14 in this domain), expect 2–3 from this objective — we provide 18 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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16foundation · easy
Which root cause analysis technique visually organizes potential causes of a problem into categories such as People, Process, and Tools?
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17application · medium
A team's root cause analysis reveals that many defects stem from unclear requirements. The team wants to integrate this finding into their continuous improvement process. Which action best aligns with this goal?
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18application · medium
A team finds that a defect was caused by a developer misunderstanding a technical constraint. The team wants to apply root cause analysis to prevent this from happening again. Which action is most aligned with the root cause?
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Questions 16–18

Which root cause analysis technique visually organizes potential causes of a problem into categories such as People, Process, and Tools?

A team's root cause analysis reveals that many defects stem from unclear requirements. The team wants to integrate this finding into their continuous improvement process. Which action best aligns with this goal?

A team finds that a defect was caused by a developer misunderstanding a technical constraint. The team wants to apply root cause analysis to prevent this from happening again. Which action is most aligned with the root cause?

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