CTAL-TA: ISTQB.CTAL-TA.ExamTopics.2025-12-21.71q.vcex

A major upgrade of business software has been undertaken, with many new facilities added in response to the wishes of the (internal company) staff. There are now very different screens presented to users, depending on their roles within the business. Due to the nature of the business, computational accuracy is regarded as the area of greatest business risk.

Which of the following quality characteristics would you focus on the MOST when testing the system?

Functional correctness.
Functional appropriateness.
Installability.
Functional completeness.

Correct answer: A

You are testing a significant enhancement to the user interface design for a mortgage approval program, used internally by mortgage lenders.

There are many user roles involved in the process of reviewing and approving new mortgage applications. You have completed the testing that ensures the enhancements are functionally correct and you must now ensure that the enhanced user interface meets the needs of all user roles in a way that will be considered acceptable by them.

Which test technique would be MOST suitable for this next stage of testing?

Use Case testing.
Pairwise.
Boundary Value Analysis.
Exploratory testing.

Correct answer: A

Which of the following is a TYPICAL defect found in functional completeness testing?

The system will not be able to meet the needs of users in a way which is acceptable to them.
Detecting the incorrect handling of data, data combinations or situations and displaying an appropriate message.
There is no facility to cancel multiple customer orders as detailed in the requirements / user story.
Screen design does not follow the internal company guidelines for field tabbing.

Correct answer: C

Which pair of statements correctly describes when functional completeness, functional correctness and/or functional appropriateness are undertaken?

Functional correctness testing is only performed at the system test level; functional completeness is performed at the system integration testing stage.
Functional appropriateness testing is usually undertaken during system testing (but also during the later stages of integration testing); functional correctness testing can be conducted at any test level.
Functional completeness is performed as the last stage of testing; Functional correctness can be undertaken at any test level and often uses the specification or legacy system as a test oracle.
Functional completeness for system integration may focus on high level business cases; functional appropriateness is usually performed prior to system testing.

Correct answer: A

Your company is developing a new website that will be accessed by many user roles, including adults, seniors and children. You must test to ensure that the website is appropriate for all these roles, i.e. it meets their needs and would be considered acceptable by them.

When would be the BEST time for this testing to commence?

During component test.
During system test.
During beta acceptance testing.
During UAT using a WAMMI survey.

Correct answer: D

A new online application is being introduced for the start of the next tax year to handle tax liabilities. This web based system is especially aimed at those with visual disabilities and several innovative features are being introduced for the user interface. The design of these features is ongoing.

Which of the following represents the BEST approach for accessibility testing?

Consider accessibility when conducting system design and test from the integration level onwards.
Incorporate testing for mobility impaired, deaf and cognitively disabled users.
Incorporate special accessibility software testing tools.
Ensure that there are visually impaired people on the development team.

Correct answer: A

You are testing a hospital patient management system. New or amended patient data is captured by hospital administrators using an in-house patient capture application and transmitted to one or more hospital departments depending on the nature of the medical condition. Each department operates its own software package. There has been a change to the patient capture application and you are going to run a series of interoperability tests.

Which TWO of the following are potential interoperability defects?

The patient name field is truncated on one of the receiving department systems.

Hospital administrators find the new patient-capture application screens difficult to navigate.

Two department systems are unable to recognise the format of international telephone numbers for foreign patients.

Existing patient data takes too long to retrieve by the patient-capture application.

There are spelling errors in the field names on some screens.

a, b.
b, d.
c, e.
a, c.

Correct answer: D

You work for a company who are pioneers in smart energy technology. One of their core products is their energy monitor in-home display device, used to display current and historic energy consumption data to many thousands of customers. It has been designed to integrate with their other smart home products, including domestic lighting control systems via their HomeHub.

The energy monitor in-home display device has been designed to interact with the home’s lighting system and automatically dim bedroom lights when the daily energy budget has reached 90%. A defect has been found in the energy monitor's software which causes lights to be dimmed at 80% of the daily budget. What type of testing would MOST likely have uncovered this defect?

Accessibility testing.
Interoperability testing.
Adaptability testing.
Functional appropriateness testing.

Correct answer: D

Which TWO of the following are MOST likely to be defects found as part of portability testing?

a. Insufficient, unclear installation or de-installation instructions.

b. Clumsy screen navigation and input screen labelling.

c. Inability to log on as an administrator.

d. Time out errors when entering incorrect login details.

e. The stock control barcodes cannot be read by the replaced barcode scanner.

a, d.
c, e.
b, d.
a, e.

Correct answer: B

You are testing a hospital patient management system. New or amended patient data is captured by hospital administrators using an in-house patient capture application and transmitted to one or more hospital departments depending on the nature of the medical condition. Each department operates its own software package.

A new release had been scheduled which includes an improved user interface to the patient capture application as well as changes to the patient data to meet new regulatory requirements.

You are the test analyst for this release, working alongside a Technical Test Analyst. Which of the following requirements MOST align to your responsibilities to test as a Test Analyst?

R01 – New and amended patient data can be successfully read and processed by receiving hospital department systems.

R02 – Patient data will be transmitted and received by hospital department systems within ten seconds of entry.

R03 – Patient data transmitted to other hospital department systems will remain secure and cannot be accessed by unauthorised third parties.

R04 – High volumes of data can be successfully received and processed while the user interface is being used.

R05 – The new user interface is appropriate for the needs of all hospital administrator roles.

R02, R03.
R03, R04.
R01, R05.
R01, R02.

Correct answer: D

You work for a company who are pioneers in smart energy technology. One of their core products is their energy monitor in-home display device, used to display current and historic energy consumption data to many thousands of customers. It has been designed to integrate with their other smart-home products, including domestic lighting control systems via their HomeHub.

The company is to launch a new application for smartphones and tablets that will allow its customers to view their energy readings remotely and to view their daily budget usage based on seasonal historic data. The application must also support customers with disabilities.

The application is being delivered using a hybrid mix of agile and V-model methodologies over three iterations:

Iteration 1 – Development of the new application to work on the IOS operating system only.

Iteration 2 – Enhancement to the application to also work on the Android operating system.

Iteration 3 – Enhancement to the application to provide daily budget usage.

The test manager has provided you with a list of high-level test conditions and has asked you, as Test Analyst, to select the test conditions that address functional suitability, portability, usability and accessibility for Iteration 1 only. Which TWO of the following test conditions should you select?

a. The application will accept voice recognition commands made via IOS devices.

b. The application is both learnable and operable for customers when used on Android devices.

c. There is no loss or corruption of data transmitted between the energy monitor and other smart-home products.

d. The daily budget usage is accurately calculated from seasonal historic data running on Android.

e. The application can be installed on all currently supported versions of IOS for all supported smartphones and tablets.

a, b.
b, d.
c, e.
a, e.

Correct answer: D

Vendor:	ISTQB
Exam Code:	CTAL-TA
Exam Name:	Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Analyst V3.1
Date:	Dec 21, 2025
File Size:	616 KB

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