A team is developing a safety-critical system for a medical device. They are using the V-model and have a limited testing budget. The project manager wants to ensure that testing is both effective and efficient. Which approach best balances these constraints?

Perform only system testing, as it covers the entire system and is the most comprehensive test level.

Focus testing effort on the highest-risk components and use traceability to ensure that all requirements are tested.

Outsource all testing to an external vendor to reduce costs and improve objectivity.

Allocate equal testing effort to all test levels to ensure thorough coverage.

A team is using an iterative development model. At the end of each iteration, they conduct a review of the testing activities. What is the primary purpose of this review?

To document the test results for the final project report.

To assign blame for any defects that were found during the iteration.

To evaluate the effectiveness of the testing process and identify improvements for the next iteration.

To decide whether to continue with the project or cancel it.

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Testing in the Software Development Lifecycle CTFL Practice Questions (Page 5)

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 34 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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21foundation · easy
In which test activity are the actual results compared with the expected results to determine whether the test passed or failed?
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22foundation · easy
Which SDLC model explicitly pairs each development phase with a corresponding test level, emphasizing the relationship between development and testing activities?
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23foundation · easy
In Behavior-Driven Development, what format is commonly used to express test scenarios?
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24expert · hard
A team is developing a safety-critical system for a medical device. They are using the V-model and have a limited testing budget. The project manager wants to ensure that testing is both effective and efficient. Which approach best balances these constraints?
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25application · medium
A team is using an iterative development model. At the end of each iteration, they conduct a review of the testing activities. What is the primary purpose of this review?
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Testing in the Software Development Lifecycle CTFL Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–25

In which test activity are the actual results compared with the expected results to determine whether the test passed or failed?

Which SDLC model explicitly pairs each development phase with a corresponding test level, emphasizing the relationship between development and testing activities?

In Behavior-Driven Development, what format is commonly used to express test scenarios?

A team is developing a safety-critical system for a medical device. They are using the V-model and have a limited testing budget. The project manager wants to ensure that testing is both effective and efficient. Which approach best balances these constraints?

A team is using an iterative development model. At the end of each iteration, they conduct a review of the testing activities. What is the primary purpose of this review?

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