Certified Tester Performance Testing
Domain 1Objective 2
Types of Performance Testing CT-PT Practice Questions (Page 3)
Part of the Basic Concepts domain, which makes up ~25% of our current practice bank. ISTQB does not publish an official question count, but from its 90-minute exam (~35–60 total, ~9–15 in this domain), expect 2–3 from this objective — we provide 32 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 11–15
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A database is populated with millions of records to test how the system performs with a large amount of data. Which type of performance testing is this?
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Which performance testing type is primarily used to determine the maximum load a system can handle before it fails or becomes unusable?
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A company's internal HR system is used by 500 employees. The system is currently deployed on 2 servers and performs well. The company plans to hire 500 more employees over the next year, doubling the user base to 1,000. The team wants to know if the current 2-server configuration will handle the increased load, or if they will need to add a third server. Which type of performance test should they run?
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A performance test engineer is asked to verify that a system meets its expected response-time targets when a typical number of users are active. Which type of performance testing is being performed?
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A system is running at normal load when suddenly the number of users doubles within a few seconds. Which type of performance testing simulates this scenario?
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