A team is testing a complex state machine with 20 states and 40 transitions. They have a limited test budget that allows only 15 test cases. They must choose a criterion that maximizes fault detection while staying within budget. Which approach is most effective?

A combination of all-states and all-transitions coverage, prioritized by risk

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Domain 3Objective 1

Test Selection Criteria CT-MBT Practice Questions (Page 5)

Part of the Selection Criteria for Test Case Generation domain, which makes up ~19% 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 1–1 from this objective — we provide 23 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 21–23

21foundation · easy
Which category of test selection criteria is primarily concerned with the values of input data and their partitions?
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22application · medium
A team is testing a state machine model of an embedded device's power management. The model has 12 states and 20 transitions. The team has time to execute only 8 test cases. They want to maximize the number of transitions exercised. Which test selection criterion should they use?
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23expert · hard
A team is testing a complex state machine with 20 states and 40 transitions. They have a limited test budget that allows only 15 test cases. They must choose a criterion that maximizes fault detection while staying within budget. Which approach is most effective?
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Test Selection Criteria CT-MBT Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–23

Which category of test selection criteria is primarily concerned with the values of input data and their partitions?

A team is testing a state machine model of an embedded device's power management. The model has 12 states and 20 transitions. The team has time to execute only 8 test cases. They want to maximize the number of transitions exercised. Which test selection criterion should they use?

A team is testing a complex state machine with 20 states and 40 transitions. They have a limited test budget that allows only 15 test cases. They must choose a criterion that maximizes fault detection while staying within budget. Which approach is most effective?

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