Analysis and Reporting CT-PT Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–24

1. 21application · medium

   A tester has completed a load test for a banking application. The report must be reviewed by three audiences: the CTO (technical), the compliance officer (regulatory), and the business sponsor (financial). The tester needs to structure the report so each audience can quickly find the information they need. What is the best report structure?

   • AA presentation with only charts and graphs, leaving the interpretation to the audience.
   • BA technical report with all response-time percentiles, server metrics, and database query plans, with no summary.
   • CA single-page document containing only the pass/fail status of each requirement.
   • DExecutive summary with key findings and go/no-go recommendation, followed by detailed technical metrics, and an appendix with raw data and compliance notes.
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2. 22application · medium

   A tester is analyzing the results of a load test and finds that the response time increases linearly with the number of virtual users. The tester suspects a scalability issue. What is the most appropriate next step to confirm this?

   • AExamine the server metrics to see which resource (CPU, memory, disk, network) is reaching its limit as load increases.
   • BRe-run the test with a different load profile to see if the results change.
   • CIncrease the number of virtual users to see if the response time continues to increase linearly.
   • DConclude that the application is not scalable and recommend a rewrite.
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4. 23foundation · easy

   What is the primary purpose of including an executive summary in a performance test report?

   • ATo document the complete test environment configuration
   • BTo give stakeholders a quick overview of the test objectives, key results, and major findings
   • CTo list every performance test case executed during the testing phase
   • DTo provide a detailed analysis of all performance metrics
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5. 24expert · hard

   A tester is analyzing results from a stress test. The application's response time degrades gracefully as load increases, but at 2,000 concurrent users, the error rate spikes to 15%. The application server logs show 'Connection refused' errors. The database server is at 60% CPU. The tester needs to determine the cause. What is the most likely bottleneck?

   • AThe application server has exhausted its connection pool or thread pool, causing it to refuse new connections.
   • BThe network firewall is dropping packets due to the high number of connections.
   • CThe database server is the bottleneck because it is at 60% CPU.
   • DThe load generators are running out of memory and cannot send more requests.
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