Certified Tester Finance Testing
Domain 5Objective 2
Performance Risks in Finance CT-FT Practice Questions (Page 1)
Part of the Functional and Non-Functional Testing domain, which makes up ~21% of our current practice bank. ISTQB does not publish an official question count, but from its 60-minute exam (~25–40 total, ~5–8 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 25 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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A financial institution is planning to migrate its core banking system to a new platform. The performance testing team needs to ensure the new system can handle the same peak loads as the current system. They have historical performance data from the current system. Which performance testing approach is most appropriate?
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During a performance test of a financial reporting system, the test team observes that the average response time for generating a report is 3 seconds, but the 99th percentile is 15 seconds. The business requirement is that 99% of reports must be generated within 10 seconds. The test team also notes that the system's CPU utilization is at 90% during the test. What is the most likely cause of the high 99th percentile?
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A financial software company is developing a new online banking platform. They need to ensure the system can handle a sudden spike in traffic, such as during a promotional event. Which performance testing technique is most appropriate to evaluate the system's ability to handle a sudden, extreme increase in load?
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Which strategy is most effective for mitigating performance risks in a financial system that experiences variable demand?
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A retail bank's online trading platform experiences intermittent delays during market-opening hours. Users report that order submissions sometimes take over 10 seconds, and some transactions time out. The bank's compliance team is concerned about the impact on best-execution obligations. Which performance risk is most directly indicated by these symptoms?
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