What is a primary purpose of applying static testing to work products?

To measure the performance of the system under load

To validate that the system behaves correctly under real user conditions

To find defects early in the development lifecycle and improve quality

To verify that the system meets its response time requirements

A test analyst is preparing to apply static testing to a set of work products. Which combination of work products can be examined using static testing?

Source code, test cases, and user stories

Database schemas, network traffic captures, and CPU usage reports

Unit test results, integration test scripts, and system performance data

Executable binaries, runtime logs, and memory dumps

Which work product is typically examined during static testing?

A requirements specification document

The memory usage of a running application

The output of a system after a test run

The network traffic generated by a system

Which of the following is a work product that can be examined by static testing?

The response time of a web application

The runtime behavior of a system under load

A set of test cases designed for a system

A development team is about to start coding a new feature. The project manager wants to reduce the cost of fixing defects by finding them as early as possible. Which work product should be examined using static testing to achieve this goal?

The performance metrics of the production system

The requirements specification for the new feature

The test execution logs from the last sprint

The compiled executable of the previous release

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Domain 3Objective 1

Work Products Examinable by Static Testing CTFL Practice Questions (Page 2)

Part of the Domain 3: Static Testing domain, which makes up ~31% of our current practice bank. ISTQB does not publish an official question count, but from its 60-minute exam (~25–40 total, ~8–12 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 11 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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What is a primary purpose of applying static testing to work products?
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A test analyst is preparing to apply static testing to a set of work products. Which combination of work products can be examined using static testing?
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Which work product is typically examined during static testing?
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Which of the following is a work product that can be examined by static testing?
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10application · medium
A development team is about to start coding a new feature. The project manager wants to reduce the cost of fixing defects by finding them as early as possible. Which work product should be examined using static testing to achieve this goal?
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