CTFL 1.4.5: Compare the different roles in testing
K2Syllabus section 1.4.5
4 original PrepBench practice questions for learning objective 1.4.5 of the CTFL 4.0 syllabus. Try the examples below and check each answer against its syllabus reference.
Practice questions
Question 1
Which task is typically performed by the test management role rather than the testing role?
- Creating a test plan and writing the test completion report
- Designing test cases from test conditions
- Executing test procedures and logging the results
- Preparing test data for automated tests
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- Correct answer: Creating a test plan and writing the test completion reportPlanning and the completion report are responsibilities of the test management role.
- Designing test cases from test conditionsDesigning test cases from test conditions is part of the testing (engineering) role.
- Executing test procedures and logging the resultsExecuting procedures and logging results is part of the testing role, not management.
- Preparing test data for automated testsPreparing test data is part of the testing role's implementation work, not management.
The test management role takes overall responsibility for the test process: planning, monitoring and control, and test completion (including the completion report). The testing role covers the engineering side: analysis, design, implementation, and execution.
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Question 2
Which set of activities is the testing role mainly focused on?
- Test analysis, test design, test implementation and test execution
- Test planning, test monitoring, test control and test completion
- Test planning, test analysis, test design and test completion
- Test monitoring, test control, test implementation and test execution
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- Correct answer: Test analysis, test design, test implementation and test executionAnalysis, design, implementation and execution are the testing role's focus.
- Test planning, test monitoring, test control and test completionPlanning, monitoring, control and completion are the test management role's focus.
- Test planning, test analysis, test design and test completionThis mixes the two roles: planning and completion belong to test management.
- Test monitoring, test control, test implementation and test executionThis mixes the two roles: monitoring and control belong to test management.
The testing role takes overall responsibility for the engineering, technical aspect of testing, and is mainly focused on the activities of test analysis, test design, test implementation and test execution. The test management role takes overall responsibility for the test process, test team and leadership of the test activities, and is mainly focused on test planning, test monitoring, test control and test completion.
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Question 3
Which statement about the two principal roles in testing is correct?
- Each role must always be filled by a different dedicated person
- The roles can never be performed within an Agile team
- The testing role is responsible for overall test planning
- One person may hold both the testing and test management roles
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- Each role must always be filled by a different dedicated personOne person can hold both roles; they need not be separate dedicated people.
- The roles can never be performed within an Agile teamIn Agile, some test management tasks may be handled by the Agile team.
- The testing role is responsible for overall test planningOverall test planning belongs to the test management role, not the testing role.
- Correct answer: One person may hold both the testing and test management rolesOne person may take on both the testing and test management roles.
Different people may take on the two roles at different times, and one person can take on both the testing and test management roles at the same time. In Agile development, some test management tasks may be handled by the Agile team.
Syllabus section 1.4.5
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