skill category 2

Question 1

process

Answer 1

-set of activities that represent the way work is performed
ex: unit test
test planning
daily scrum
conduct JAD session
analyze business needs

Question 2

policy

Answer 2

• managerial desires and intents concerning either processes or products
• answers the question “Why”
• established measurable goals and objectives

Question 3

procedures

Answer 3

-describe how work must be done and how methods, tools, techniques, and people are applied to perform a process

• Best way to meet standards
• answers the question “How”
• Procedures represent tasks that are performed

Question 4

standards

Answer 4

• The measure used to evaluate products and identify nonconformance
• bases upon which adherence to policies is measured
• answers the question “what”
• what will we do to satisfy the objective stated in the policy?

Question 5

Deliverables

Answer 5

• any product produced by a process
• interim or external
• inputs and outputs from a process

Question 6

Tools

Answer 6

-Any resources that are not consumed in converting the input into the deliverable

Question 7

Workbench

Answer 7

• produce defined out put products (deliverables) in a defect free manner
• procedures and standards established for each work bench are designed to assist in this objective
• Way of illustrating and documenting how a specific activity is to be performed

Question 8

plan –do-check-act model

Answer 8

One of the best known process improvement models and continuous process improvement

Question 9

plan

Answer 9

• devise your plan
• define your objective and determine the conditions and methods required to achieve your objective
• clearly describe the goals and policies needed to achieve the objective at this stage

Question 10

do

Answer 10

• execute the plan

- Create the conditions and perform the necessary teaching to execute the plan

Question 11

check

Answer 11

• check the results
• check to determine whether work is processing according to the plan in whether they expect the results or obtained
• check performance of procedures
• check changes in conditions
• compare results to work with objectives

Question 12

act

Answer 12

• take the necessary action

- if your check up reveals issues according to plan, device measures for action

Question 13

Knowledge transfer

Answer 13

Transfer of knowledge from one person to another

Question 14

What is the importance of processes?

Answer 14

• improves communications within the ecosystem
• enables knowledge transfer
• reduces hit by bus risk, defects & cost
• improve productivity
• assist in mastering new technology

Question 15

Work processes

Answer 15

• sound policies, standards and procedures
• process workbench
• continuous process improvements
• Importance of process

Question 16

what are some management processes and why are they needed?

Answer 16

• test estimation process
• test planning process
  reasons: Communication between management and team, and enables knowledge gathering and transfer

Question 17

what are some worker processes and why are they needed?

Answer 17

• test case development
• defect recording
  reasons: detailed explanation of task to complete and boost efficiency and effectiveness

Question 18

Test environment

Answer 18

• A collection of hardware and software components configured to closely mirror the production environment
• must replicate or stimulate the actual prod environment as close as possible

Question 19

Test lab

Answer 19

• test environment
• viewed as brick and mortar environment

-Can be a soft test environment or an isolated facility built to a certain spec

Question 20

Virtualization

Answer 20

-running multiple operating systems on a single machine

Question 21

Model office

Answer 21

 an exact replica of the impact a business function

-specialize form of the test lab

Question 22

Who controls the test environment?

Answer 22

testing manager/leaders with support from the testers

Question 23

Open source

Answer 23

-pertaining to or denoting software who source code is available free of charge to the public to use, copy, modify, sub license, or distribute

Question 24

Advantages of automated testing tools

Answer 24

• speed
• reusability
• increase coverage
• accuracy
• relentlessness
• stimulate load
• Efficiency

Question 25

Disadvantages of automated test tools

Answer 25

• significant investment
• dependency on automation experts
• not as robust, only checking the Scripts explicitly
• error detection
• Can’t think

Question 26

What to automate

Answer 26

• regression test
• test rerun often
• test that will not expire shortly
• tedious boring test
• load test
• reliably repeatable

Question 27

What not to automate

Answer 27

unstable functionality

• rarely executed test
• test that will soon expire
• requiring indepth business analysis

Question 28

Tool rules

Answer 28

• can’t use without training
• mandatory, not optional
• Help to use readily available

Question 29

Three reasons why I setting up a dedicated to slap might be necessary

Answer 29

• there might be a need for specialized hardware configurations necessary to execute the test
• performance or stress testing requires dedicated resources to execute
• security concerns that can be more appropriately addressed in a test lab

Question 30

heuristics

Answer 30

experience-based techniques for problem-solving, learning, and discovery

• critical thinking skills
• problem-solving skills
• Inquiring mindset

Question 31

Soft skills

Answer 31

-personal attributes which enable an individual to interact effectively and harmoniously with other peeps

Question 32

factors that influence estimation include but are not limited to;

Answer 32

development lifecycle model used

• requirements
• Past data
• Organization culture
• Selection of suitable estimation techniques
• personal experience
• tools and resources available

Question 33

What is in a skilled team?

Answer 33

• corporate and individual responsibility
• thinking skills
• soft skills and hard skills
• Business domain knowledge
• Roadmap for each individual in the organization