During a playtest of a racing game, a tester notices that when the player crashes into a wall at high speed, the car sometimes passes through the wall and falls out of the world. The collision detection works correctly at low speeds. The tester suspects the issue is related to the physics engine's update rate. Which type of game defect does this scenario best illustrate?

A performance defect caused by a frame rate drop

An audio defect caused by a sound trigger error

A graphics defect caused by a rendering pipeline error

A gameplay defect caused by a physics implementation error

A tester finds a defect where the game's subtitles are not synchronized with the character's speech. The subtitles appear too early or too late. The tester wants to report this defect. What is the MOST important information to include in the defect report?

The game's overall rating on review sites

The name of the game's producer

The specific dialogue line and the time offset of the subtitles

The tester's opinion on the voice actor's performance

A game studio is deciding whether to fix a defect that causes the game to crash when the player uses a specific character's special ability. The defect is rare and only occurs on a few devices. The team is under pressure to release the game on time. Which approach is MOST appropriate?

Remove the character from the game

Fix the defect if the character is popular and the crash affects a significant portion of the player base

Release the game as planned and fix the defect in a later patch

Ignore the defect because it is rare

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Defects Related to Game Testing CT-GAME Practice Questions (Page 5)

Part of the Specificity of Game Testing domain, which makes up ~18% of our current practice bank. ISTQB does not publish an official question count, but from its 60-minute exam (~25–40 total, ~5–7 in this domain), expect 1–1 from this objective — we provide 24 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 21–24

21foundation · easy
A tester notices that the game's frame rate drops below 20 FPS during a level with many particle effects. Which category of game defect does this belong to?
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22application · medium
During a playtest of a racing game, a tester notices that when the player crashes into a wall at high speed, the car sometimes passes through the wall and falls out of the world. The collision detection works correctly at low speeds. The tester suspects the issue is related to the physics engine's update rate. Which type of game defect does this scenario best illustrate?
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23application · medium
A tester finds a defect where the game's subtitles are not synchronized with the character's speech. The subtitles appear too early or too late. The tester wants to report this defect. What is the MOST important information to include in the defect report?
Select an answer first
24expert · hard
A game studio is deciding whether to fix a defect that causes the game to crash when the player uses a specific character's special ability. The defect is rare and only occurs on a few devices. The team is under pressure to release the game on time. Which approach is MOST appropriate?
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Defects Related to Game Testing CT-GAME Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–24

A tester notices that the game's frame rate drops below 20 FPS during a level with many particle effects. Which category of game defect does this belong to?

A tester finds a defect where the game's subtitles are not synchronized with the character's speech. The subtitles appear too early or too late. The tester wants to report this defect. What is the MOST important information to include in the defect report?

A game studio is deciding whether to fix a defect that causes the game to crash when the player uses a specific character's special ability. The defect is rare and only occurs on a few devices. The team is under pressure to release the game on time. Which approach is MOST appropriate?

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