Project Retrospectives CTEL-TM-SM Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16application · medium

   A test organization wants to embed continuous improvement into its project lifecycle. Currently, retrospectives are held only at the end of each project, and lessons learned are often forgotten. Which approach best integrates retrospectives into the process?

   • ACreate a detailed lessons-learned document at the end of each project and store it in a shared repository.
   • BSchedule short retrospectives at the end of each iteration or phase, not just at project end.
   • CHold a retrospective only when major issues occur during the project.
   • DAssign a single person to collect feedback from team members and report to management.
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2. 17application · medium

   A test team implemented an action item to reduce defect leakage by introducing peer reviews of test cases. After two months, the test manager wants to evaluate the impact. Which approach is most effective?

   • AAsk the team if they feel the peer reviews are useful.
   • BCount the number of peer reviews conducted.
   • CReview the action item status in the next retrospective.
   • DCompare the defect leakage rate (defects found in production) before and after the change.
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4. 18application · medium

   In a retrospective, the team identifies that test data preparation is a bottleneck. They propose several action items. Which action item is most likely to be successfully implemented and tracked?

   • ACreate a reusable test data generation script, owned by the test automation engineer, to be completed within two weeks.
   • BDiscuss test data options in the next team meeting.
   • CAsk the DBA to provide more test data.
   • DImprove the test data management process.
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5. 19expert · hard

   A test team implemented an action item to reduce test cycle time by introducing parallel test execution. After three months, the test manager sees that test cycle time has not decreased. The team reports that the action item was implemented. What is the most likely reason for the lack of improvement?

   • AThe team did not actually implement the action item.
   • BThe test environment is too slow to support parallel execution.
   • CThe action item was implemented, but the metric used to measure test cycle time was not aligned with the intended outcome.
   • DParallel execution is not an effective technique for reducing test cycle time.
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6. 20application · medium

   During a retrospective, the team identifies that test execution time has increased by 40% over the last three sprints. They list several symptoms: more test cases, slower test environment, and increased defect retesting. The facilitator wants to find the underlying cause before creating action items. Which approach is most appropriate?

   • AImmediately assign action items to reduce the number of test cases.
   • BCreate a Pareto chart of the symptoms and focus on the most frequent one.
   • CAsk the team to vote on which symptom is most annoying.
   • DUse the 'Five Whys' technique to drill down from the symptom of increased execution time to a root cause.
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