Identify THREE items that would be part of the work-breakdown structure showing the key testing activities for the acceptance test project. 2 credits (for 2 out of 3 correct 1 credit)

• A. Development activities for unit and integration testing
• B. Test planning, test case preparation and test execution for each of the four iterations
• C. Reviews on requirements documentation
• D. Defining test environment requirements for system testing
• E. Work should be explicitly allocated to test completion, test management, installation and to training on using the system
• F. Regression testing in the second, third and fourth iterations
• G. Activities to deploy the system in the user environment

A test assessment has been carried out using the selected model as a reference framework. A number of recommendations have been identified and you are asked to prioritize them. Based on your knowledge of the project, you are expecting severe resistance to change. Which of the following would be the most important selection criterion for defining the priority of the recommendations? 2 credits

• A. Most visible to stakeholders
• B. Low costs actions first
• C. Synchronized with the overall long-term organizational strategy
• D. Defined according to the maturity model used

The development manager is managing the review of the responses received from bidders, and has asked the in-house test manager to provide a review checklist for the test management aspects of the responses. Which of the following checkpoints would be appropriate? 2 credits

• A. The bidder's test policy should enforce that incident management fully conforms to IEEE 1044.
• B. The bidder's project test plan depicts a phased implementation with later delivery dates to be confirmed and states that test deliverables will be developed using IEEE 829 as a guide.
• C. The bidder's project strategy shows that the data content of all the test environments conforms to EU standards.
• D. The bidder's test plan shows that the application will be delivered for acceptance in six months time.

In general, why is it NOT a good idea to estimate the testing effort based only on a percentage of development effort? Identify THREE valid reasons. 1 credit

• A. The result is almost always a too low estimate for the required test effort
• B. Using the same percentage every time does not address the level of risk of the application to be tested.
• C. In general bottom-up estimation is always better than top-down estimation.
• D. It builds on large set of historical data
• E. The quality of the development estimate may be poor.
• F. The maturity of the organization, e.g. the quality of the test basis, quality of development testing, configuration management, availability of test tools, also influence the effort needed for testing.
• G. The percentage based technique only applies to the V life cycle model.