Elements of CALMS in the Context of QA CT-QDO Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1foundation · easy

   Which lean principle is directly applied when a QA team focuses on reducing the time between a code commit and test feedback?

   • AOptimizing flow
   • BEliminating waste
   • CAmplifying learning
   • DBuilding quality in
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2. 2expert · hard

   A DevOps team wants to reduce waste in their QA process. They have identified that a significant amount of time is spent on rework due to misunderstood requirements. Which lean approach would best address this root cause?

   • AIncrease the number of QA testers to catch defects earlier.
   • BImplement behavior-driven development (BDD) with collaborative requirement workshops involving QA, developers, and business stakeholders.
   • CAutomate the testing process to speed up execution.
   • DRequire developers to write more unit tests.
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4. 3expert · hard

   A QA team wants to reduce the time to market for new features while maintaining high quality. They have a large manual regression suite that takes two days to run. They are considering automation. Which approach best balances speed and quality?

   • AAutomate all regression tests, including exploratory tests, to eliminate manual effort.
   • BAutomate the most critical regression tests and run them in CI, while keeping exploratory testing manual.
   • CReduce the regression suite to only smoke tests to save time.
   • DKeep all testing manual to ensure thoroughness.
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5. 4application · medium

   A QA engineer has developed a custom test automation framework that significantly reduces test execution time. The engineer wants to share this with the rest of the organization. What is the best way to do this?

   • AKeep the framework within the QA team to maintain a competitive advantage.
   • BPresent the framework at a conference but do not provide access to the code.
   • COnly share the framework with the immediate team to avoid extra work.
   • DPublish the framework in an internal repository with documentation and hold a demo session for other teams.
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6. 5expert · hard

   A company wants to measure the effectiveness of their automated tests in preventing production defects. They have a high test pass rate, but production incidents are increasing. Which metric would best reveal the gap?

   • ADefect escape rate, measuring the percentage of defects found in production that were not caught by the test suite.
   • BTest pass rate, measuring the percentage of tests that pass.
   • CTest execution time, measuring how long the test suite takes to run.
   • DNumber of automated test cases, measuring the size of the test suite.
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