Free Practice ISTQB CTAL-TM Exam Questions 2026

1.3.2 During a risk workshop for the e-commerce platform project, you notice that the quality risks related to the payment gateway integration have not been thoroughly addressed. How should the Test Manager ensure comprehensive risk identification in this area?

SCENARIO

‘Safe as Houses’ is a company that specializes in home security software, including alarm systems,

surveillance cameras and other forms of deterrence.

It is currently developing the software for a device which simulates an active television, producing sound and

light images that suggest someone is home watching the television. ‘Safe as Houses’ recently won a lucrative

contract to supply the software to ‘Smart Alarms’, who will be manufacturing the hardware devices. Sound will

be created using actual television and film archives, licensed through a third-party supplier, ‘Silver Sound Ltd’. A

user interface will be developed in house to allow the customer to choose sound tracks.

The software will be delivered as a program of work, consisting of three projects. Project 1 will develop the

software for the light images, Project 2 will develop the sound system and Project 3 will integrate the two using

hardware prototypes supplied from ‘Smart Alarms’. The program will conclude with ‘Smart Alarms’ performing

User Acceptance testing in usability labs.

The ‘Safe as Houses’ test team has experience in testing alarm and surveillance systems but lacks experience

in testing light imagery software. The organizational test policy includes the following objectives:

1. Exploratory testing should be used to augment more formal, structured testing within constraints of time and

budget

2. Test automation tools should be purchased and employed to maximize the breadth and efficiency of

regression testing

The Program risk register currently includes the following risks:

Refer to SCENARIO. You are writing the Master Test Plan for Project 2 and must include a section

documenting project risks that you believe could impact testing along with how, as Test Manager, you propose

to manage each risk.

Which one of the following is the MOST appropriate entry for the Master Test Plan for RISK 4 “The user

interface software for the sound systems will be delivered late into testing”?

You are writing a system test level plan and are defining the test activities that must take place during test implementation. There is an established project risk register in place, with product risks addressing all new features to be developed. Three time-boxed cycles of system test execution are planned, and all the new features will be delivered in the first cycle. The project test strategy states that the stakeholders require an overall view of the product quality for these features. This should be achieved by planning to test each product risk, to some degree, during the first cycle of test execution. Which risk-based mitigation approach should be adopted during test implementation, to BEST meet the stakeholders' requirement?

2.1 You are overseeing a large-scale software development project for a financial institution. The project has tight deadlines, and you need to ensure that the testing process is efficient and meets high-quality standards. Your goal is to use metrics to optimize the testing process and ensure all test objectives are met. Considering the need for efficiency and high quality in the financial sector, which of the following metrics would best help you assess the capability of the testing process and its alignment with the project's quality goals?

Your team has been assigned to lest a new product that is tightly integrated with existing systems The integrations include data transfers and transformations You have access to the architectural design documents and the integration specifications and some of your testers are former developers. Given this information, what is the most appropriate test approach?