A test lead is tracking the progress of a test cycle. After three days, 40% of the test cases have been executed, and 10% of the executed tests have failed. The test lead wants to report a metric that shows the proportion of executed tests that failed. Which metric should be used?

Defect detection percentage (percentage of defects found during testing)

Defect density (defects per size unit)

Test case pass rate (percentage of executed tests that passed)

Test coverage (percentage of requirements covered by tests)

A test manager is defining metrics for a new project. The project has a high level of risk in the payment processing module. The test manager wants to track the effectiveness of testing in that module. Which metric is most appropriate?

Defect detection percentage for the payment module

Total number of test cases executed in the project

Number of testers assigned to the project

Percentage of test environment uptime

A test manager is planning metrics for a project with two very different stakeholder groups: the development team wants to know the quality of the code, and the marketing team wants to know when the product will be ready. The test manager needs to choose a set of metrics that serves both groups. Which combination of metrics is most appropriate?

Test environment uptime and average test execution time

Defect density and test coverage

Percentage of tests passed and number of testers

Number of test cases executed and number of defects found

A test manager needs to discuss complex test results and get immediate feedback from a small group of technical leads. Which communication format is most suitable?

A broadcast email to the entire company

A face-to-face meeting or video conference

A poster on the office notice board

A test team is working on a mobile app with a tight release deadline. The product owner is most concerned about whether the app's core features work correctly on the most popular devices. The test manager needs to choose a metric to report at the daily stand-up that directly addresses this concern. Which metric is most appropriate?

Total number of test cases written

Test coverage of requirements on priority devices

Number of defects found in the last week

Average time to execute a test case

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Test Monitoring and Control CTFL Practice Questions (Page 5)

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21application · medium
A test lead is tracking the progress of a test cycle. After three days, 40% of the test cases have been executed, and 10% of the executed tests have failed. The test lead wants to report a metric that shows the proportion of executed tests that failed. Which metric should be used?
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22application · medium
A test manager is defining metrics for a new project. The project has a high level of risk in the payment processing module. The test manager wants to track the effectiveness of testing in that module. Which metric is most appropriate?
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23expert · hard
A test manager is planning metrics for a project with two very different stakeholder groups: the development team wants to know the quality of the code, and the marketing team wants to know when the product will be ready. The test manager needs to choose a set of metrics that serves both groups. Which combination of metrics is most appropriate?
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24foundation · easy
A test manager needs to discuss complex test results and get immediate feedback from a small group of technical leads. Which communication format is most suitable?
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25application · medium
A test team is working on a mobile app with a tight release deadline. The product owner is most concerned about whether the app's core features work correctly on the most popular devices. The test manager needs to choose a metric to report at the daily stand-up that directly addresses this concern. Which metric is most appropriate?
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Questions 21–25

A test lead is tracking the progress of a test cycle. After three days, 40% of the test cases have been executed, and 10% of the executed tests have failed. The test lead wants to report a metric that shows the proportion of executed tests that failed. Which metric should be used?

A test manager is defining metrics for a new project. The project has a high level of risk in the payment processing module. The test manager wants to track the effectiveness of testing in that module. Which metric is most appropriate?

A test manager needs to discuss complex test results and get immediate feedback from a small group of technical leads. Which communication format is most suitable?

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