During a maintenance release, a team added a new feature to the reporting module. They want to ensure that the existing reporting functionality still works as expected. What type of testing should they perform?

Maintenance testing, focusing on the entire application.

Confirmation testing, focusing on the new feature.

Impact analysis, focusing on the new feature's dependencies.

Regression testing, focusing on the reporting module and its interfaces.

A team is preparing for a release. They have a limited time window for testing. The changes include a new feature and a defect fix. The team has already run confirmation testing on the defect fix. What is the most important remaining testing activity?

Skip further testing because the defect fix was confirmed.

Run regression testing to ensure the new feature and defect fix do not break existing functionality.

Perform impact analysis to determine the scope of the new feature.

Run confirmation testing on the new feature.

Which of the following is a typical trigger for maintenance testing?

A test environment is set up for the first time

A change in the operating system version

What is the main purpose of regression testing?

To evaluate the impact of a change on the system architecture

To test new features for the first time

To verify that a specific defect fix resolves the original issue

To detect unintended side effects caused by changes to the software

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Domain 2Objective 4

Confirmation, Regression, and Maintenance Testing CTFL Practice Questions (Page 1)

Part of the Domain 2: Testing Throughout the Software Development Lifecycle domain, which makes up ~16% of our current practice bank. ISTQB does not publish an official question count, but from its 60-minute exam (~25–40 total, ~4–6 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 27 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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1application · medium
An organization is upgrading its operating system on all servers. The application is unchanged. What is the primary trigger for maintenance testing in this scenario?
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2application · medium
During a maintenance release, a team added a new feature to the reporting module. They want to ensure that the existing reporting functionality still works as expected. What type of testing should they perform?
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3expert · hard
A team is preparing for a release. They have a limited time window for testing. The changes include a new feature and a defect fix. The team has already run confirmation testing on the defect fix. What is the most important remaining testing activity?
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4foundation · easy
Which of the following is a typical trigger for maintenance testing?
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5foundation · easy
What is the main purpose of regression testing?
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