ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Advanced Level- Test Manager (2012) (TM12) - BCS Actual Exam Questions
Last updated on April 11, 2026
You are the Test Manager of a new project that will have three formal levels of testing: unit, integration and system testing. The testing strategy you decide to adopt a blend of risk-based testing and reactive testing strategies. Which of the following answers describes the most consistent example of implementation of this test strategy during the execution of the system tests? Number of correct responses: 1
Your test team executes exploratory tests following a session-based test management approach throughout the system test phase
Your test team executes system tests under the guidance of a sample of users throughout the system test phase
Your test team executes scripted tests designed and implemented before the execution of the system test phase, to cover the identified product risks. It also performs exploratory testing sessions throughout the system test phase
Your test team autonomously performs some exploratory testing sessions and, at the very end of the system testing phase, it also executes more system tests under the guidance of a sample of users
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You can count on well-written requirements, but you can’t count on an adequate contribution of the stakeholders to the quality risk analysis. You have to mitigate the insufficient contribution of the stakeholders because the risk-based testing approach shall minimize the product risks. Your test team has one expert tester in security testing. Which of the following test activities would you expect to be the less important in this context? Number of correct responses: 1
Extract from the defect tracking system of the previous project all the security defects and failures, and classify them to support design and execution of specific tests
Automate all functional and non-functional system tests
Apply systematic and exploratory testing for integration and system test
Perform exploratory testing sessions with adequate charters covering security aspects
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Assume you are managing the system testing execution phase of a project. The system test execution period for that project is scheduled for eighteen weeks and the release date is scheduled at the end of system testing. During the sixth week of system test execution, at the staff meeting, the project manager informs you that the project deadlines are changed and the release date that is only three weeks ahead. This new release will not allow the completion of the system tests. Suppose also that you have followed a risk-driven test approach for this project. Which of the following statements represents the worst way to lead your test team in the next three weeks? Number of correct responses: 1
Neglect your management activities and work side-by-side with your test team executing tests
Considering the executed tests, you should reduce the test coverage back on the risk analysis and adjust downward the priority of the associated risk items
Convince all the people of your test team that each of them is an important and needed member, and that their contribution is fundamental to the success of the team
Favor and encourage a proactive attitude where people ask for new tasks as soon as they finish their current tasks
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Which of the following statements about the STEP test process improvement model is true? Number of correct responses: 1
In the STEP model, tests validate the requirements and use cases when they are developed
The STEP model stresses defect detection and demonstration of capability, whereas the defect prevention is a secondary potential goal of testing
The STEP model assures that the system requirements specification and the test design specification processes don't overlap
In the STEP model, testware design occurs after coding
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You are using this skills assessment spreadsheet in order to define a training development plan for your test team. Your objective is to fill the skill gaps by having at least a team member rated as an expert for each skill identified for the “technical expertise” and “testing skills” sections, and with the ability to train the other team members. Considering the budget constraints you can send only one person to a training course. Based only on the given information, which of the following answers would you expect to be the best option to achieve your objective? Number of correct responses: 1
Send Robert to a performance testing training course
Send Alex to a performance testing training course
Send John to a performance testing training course
Send Mark to a test automation training course
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