Agile Methods CTEL-TM-SM Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16application · medium

   A team is building a customer-facing e-commerce website. They have a suite of automated unit and API tests that run in CI, and they perform manual exploratory testing of the user interface. The product owner wants more confidence that the system actually delivers business value before each release. According to the agile testing quadrants, which type of testing should the team add to address this gap?

   • AAutomated acceptance tests that verify business-facing functionality against user stories, executed in the continuous integration pipeline.
   • BA larger team of manual testers to perform more exploratory testing of the UI.
   • CPerformance and load tests executed against the production environment.
   • DMore unit tests to increase code coverage and ensure the internal logic is robust.
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2. 17application · medium

   A team has a large legacy system with a slow, brittle end-to-end UI test suite that takes six hours to run. They are adopting agile practices and want to run tests on every commit. The test manager proposes a new automation strategy. Which approach best aligns with the test automation pyramid and supports fast feedback?

   • AReplace all UI tests with a larger set of unit tests to eliminate the slow end-to-end suite entirely.
   • BInvest in more powerful hardware so the existing UI test suite can run in under ten minutes on every commit.
   • CRun the full UI suite on every commit and accept the six-hour feedback delay as a necessary cost of agile.
   • DKeep the UI tests but run them only nightly, and add a fast suite of unit and API tests to run on every commit.
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4. 18foundation · easy

   Which type of tool is most appropriate for managing and tracking test cases in an agile project?

   • AA standalone spreadsheet application used only by the test team.
   • BA test management tool that integrates with the agile backlog and supports iteration-based test execution.
   • CA code coverage tool for measuring unit test coverage.
   • DA performance testing tool for load testing.
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5. 19application · medium

   A team consistently finishes development late in the iteration, leaving testers only a few hours to test before the sprint review. The test manager wants to mitigate this recurring risk. Which strategy is most effective?

   • AHire more testers so they can execute tests faster in the final hours of the iteration.
   • BMove all testing to the end of the release so testers have a dedicated testing phase.
   • CAsk the product owner to reduce the number of stories in each iteration.
   • DIntroduce a 'definition of ready' for backlog items so that stories are small, well-understood, and testable before the iteration begins.
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6. 20foundation · easy

   What is the primary focus of release planning in agile test planning?

   • ADetermining the exact number of test cases needed for each feature.
   • BDefining the detailed test cases for each user story.
   • CAligning testing activities with the overall scope and timeline of the release.
   • DAssigning individual testers to specific test scripts.
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