You have replaced informal code reviews with technical reviews for the most complex and critical components, in an attempt to reduce the high number of defects being found during component and integration test levels. The project manager is concerned about the costs of implementing formal reviews and has asked you to measure whether they actually provide a return on investment.
Which three of the following metrics would be MOST effective in helping you to achieve this?
a. Identification of defect clusters across components
b. Number of lines of code reviewed
c. Number of defects found during reviews d Root cause for each defect detected
e Post-review cost of detection and internal failure per defect
f. Type of review
g. Effort to conduct the review including rework
Which of the following software characteristics are possibly revealed through the application of a open source static analysis tool? [1]
Your company is installing a third-party enterprise-wide business software package. This is the first time the company has done anything like this.
Which technique would be the best one to use to estimate the testing effort? [3]
You are performing a risk assessment for a financial application using quantitative risk analysis. The following is a table describing the analysis undertaken so far:
Which of the following statements correctly describes the outcome of the risk assessment using the "Cost of Exposure" technique in this scenario? SELECT ONE OPTION
An in-house stock management application has been in production for 6 months. 90 defects were found in pre-release testing and 10 were reported from live use. The costs of quality have been determined to be as follows:
• Prevention - <€1,000
• Appraisal (average / defect) - €200
• Internal failure (average / defect) - €300
• External failure (average / defect) - €2,000
Which statement is TRUE?
Your current project is delivering a warehouse management system for use in distribution centres, you are writing a test plan to address acceptance testing. You need to determine which stakeholders would be interested in receiving regular reports covering the progress of test execution against agreed schedule and budget. Which roles would be MOST interested in these reports?
You are a Test Manager and have started a program of test process improvement. You are following the IDEAL model and have completed the first three phases, now you are ready to go further. Which TWO of the following activities will enable you to complete the remaining phases of the IDEAL model?