cste subjective questions in part 2 and part 4 were completely different from the

earlier exam papers. each question was given as a scenario with 6 - 8 lines of
information based on real time. understanding the intent of each question was
generally time consuming.

all objective questions in part 1 were tricky and it covered every line in the
cbok. this was also time consuming.

cste question listed below were written based on the intent of the actual cste
question.

part 3 objective were straight forward.

march 12 2005 questions:

part 2 & part 4

1. software test team in an organization is doing only functional testing. you

have been asked to do structural testing also. what are the benefits and
disadvantages of structural testing over functional testing? (15 points)

2. mention and explain three attributes in a use cases? (15 points)

3. prepare a checklist for a requirements review meeting. tester should able to

state positive or negative for each of the points in the checklist. (15 points)
another post indicated that they were looking for 8 items to be in the checklist.

4. in and organization, it was observed that a project had 17 critical and 112
minor defects related to gui script changes. there is a project lead, assistant pl
and 8 developers. how would you assign the defects to the developers so that there
are no future defects? why will you do so? (15 points)

5. pictorial graph and explanation of test report that would be prepared for
developers and dev manager? (15 points)

6. organization has legacy system and testers are using waterfall model for
testing. list the things that are needed for the testers to move from legacy
system to web application testing? (15 points)

7. cste has many competency domains. explain any three competency domains you
would suggest for a new tester who joined an organization? (15 points)

8. explain how code inspections would be done and explain the advantages of
carrying out code inspections before unit testing? (15 points)

9. what is boundary value analysis, when will you use it. also, explain the
boundary value analysis using a payroll application example. (15 points)

10. there are many coverage techniques. explain any two coverage methods that you
will suggest? (15 points)

11. there is a particular type of s/w called cots (commercial off the shelf s/w)
or shelf software. explain the testing strategy that would be followed to test it?
(15 points)

12. for some particular project in an organization, testers have been asked to
test for following reliability, usability and testability. explain why you would
test for these factors? (15 points)
13. explain any three suspension criteria / completion of testing / exit criteria
you would suggest for terminating testing of a project. (15 points)

from aother post:

testers should report defects so that developers can understand without confusion.
briefly explain the contents of a defect report.

quality defnitions are:

1. meets customer requirements
2. fit for use.
do you think that both quality defnition suits testing? if so explain.