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ISTQB CTAL-TM Exam Questions
- Topic 1: Managing the Test Activities: This section of the exam measures the skills of a Test Manager and covers the end?to?end coordination of testing work. Candidates must demonstrate how to plan testing—defining objectives, scope, resources, schedule, and risk treatments—then how to monitor progress against those plans, control deviations through corrective actions, and conclude testing with completion reports, archival of testware, and lessons?learned sessions. The syllabus also explores tailoring test activities to project context, applying risk?based testing to focus effort where it matters most, shaping a coherent project test strategy, leading process?improvement initiatives, and selecting and managing test tools throughout their lifecycle.
- Topic 2: Managing the Product: This section of the exam measures the skills of a Test Analyst and focuses on the artefacts under test and the metrics that describe them. Examinees show how to define and collect test metrics to monitor quality and progress, estimate effort and resources for different test scopes, and organize defect management workflows that fit sequential, iterative, or hybrid lifecycles. The aim is to ensure test outcomes align with objectives and inform stakeholders through clear reporting, while using estimation techniques and defect data to guide ongoing test and process improvements.
- Topic 3: Managing the Team: This section of the exam measures the skills of a Test Lead and addresses the human side of test management. Candidates must demonstrate how to identify the skills required for each project, assess and develop team competence, and apply motivating leadership practices. The syllabus also covers stakeholder relationship management, understanding interests and influence, articulating the business case for testing, and balancing cost?of?quality considerations to ensure testing is properly resourced, communicated, and valued within the wider project.
Free ISTQB CTAL-TM Exam Actual Questions
Note: Premium Questions for CTAL-TM were last updated On Apr. 14, 2025 (see below)
Which of the following defect statistics will provide input to be used for improvement in the defect reporting process?
Purpose of the Questio n :
Identifying metrics to improve the defect reporting process by reducing ambiguities or improving accuracy.
Evaluation of Options:
A . Number of defect reports re-opened:
Incorrect. This reflects issues with defect resolution rather than reporting.
B . Number of defects in a particular area of the code:
Incorrect. This metric pertains to defect clustering, not the reporting process.
C . Number of defect reports rejected by the developers:
Correct. Rejected reports often indicate poor reporting quality (e.g., insufficient details, incorrect categorization), directly highlighting areas for improvement.
D . Number of defects found in a phase later than they were introduced:
Incorrect. This is a measure of defect detection efficiency, not reporting quality.
Syllabus Alignment:
The syllabus stresses the importance of using defect metrics to refine processes, including reporting accuracy (TM-2.3.5).
ISTQB Advanced Level Test Management Syllabus (TM-2.3.5)
A tester has just completed a challenging assignment as the sole tester in an agile development team and is now being reassigned. Which of the following is most likely to DEMOTIVATE this tester?
SELECT ONE OPTION
In relation to cost of quality, which of the following would be classified as a cost of detection? SELECT ONE OPTION
How does a risk based testing approach address risks in a software product? SELECT ONE OPTION
An old stock control system is being decommissioned and replaced with a new system that has been running successfully in the live environment for the last few months. The stakeholders would like to -
* retain historical information held in the database to comply with their data retention policy (which requires order information to be retained for 7 years)
* query the historical information by running pre-written SQL queries.
* all commands must be invoked by keyboard as one of the end users is unable to use a mouse
The pre-written SQL queries will be designed, developed and tested by the developers who are decommissioning the system and writing the data migration routine.
As the system to be decommissioned is integrated to other systems that will remain operational, the stakeholders have requested that testing incorporates all systems that are part of the stock control suite.
The stakeholders and project manager have identified the following risks, in priority order -
* 1st - Data has not been successfully migrated to an archived data store, resulting in the inability to query past stock levels and re-order details.
* 2nd - Historical data for the last 7 years is unavailable, resulting in the failure to meet the data retention policy.
* 3rd - Failure of existing systems within the stock control suite, adversely affecting the operational running of the business
The risks are to form the basis of the test objectives. Which three of the following test activities, work products and/or resources achieves the test objectives?
a. Use of the live database to test the data migration does not corrupt or lose data
b. A test plan detailing the test approach for ST. SIT & OT test levels
c. Accessibility testing of the pre-defined SQL queries
d. Security and Penetration testing of the archived database
e Performance testing of the data migration exercise to ensure it completes in the time specified by the stakeholders
f. Functional testing of the pre-defined SQL queries
g. Regression testing of the end to end process for maintaining specified stock levels.
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