ASTQB CTAL Exam - Topic 2 Question 53 Discussion

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Question #: 53
Topic #: 2

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A major bank has recently outsourced all of its software development in an effort to reduce its fixed costs. The new supplier will be responsible for all new developments as well as enhancements to existing ones. The bank has retained its own management team for its projects. There will be an in-house project manager, development manager and test manager for each project. Some staff may work on more than one project, depending on the overall size. An enhancement is being made to allow existing customers to authorise their own loans online, from 1k to 10k by answering a series of questions. You are a test manager with the bank and you have written a test strategy for the outsourced team to follow. Unit testing has begun but informal conversations with the developers have revealed that they have not received a signed-off specification from the bank for the enhancement. They do know how loans work though and have created code from conversations with bank staff alongside their own knowledge. How could a strategy have helped to avoid this situation?

AThe test strategy would have identified bank staff with the right knowledge for consultation on the loan requirements.

BThe test strategy would have laid out the process for capturing how the loan process would work which the outsourced team would have followed.

CThe test strategy would have specified that a signed-off specification would be made available to the coding team prior to the start of development.

DThe test strategy would have requested that the outsourced team take part in specifying

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Suggested Answer: C

by Jesusita at Jun 15, 2022, 03:17 AM

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Joseph

4 months ago

Not sure if just a strategy would fix all the issues here.

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Alayna

5 months ago

A test strategy could've really helped streamline communication.

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Keneth

5 months ago

Wait, they started coding without a clear spec? That's risky!

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Roslyn

5 months ago

Totally agree, they should have had that in place.

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Willard

5 months ago

Sounds like a mess without a signed-off spec!

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Kerry

5 months ago

I feel like if the strategy had involved the right bank staff, we could have avoided this confusion. Option A sounds like it could have helped.

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Marnie

5 months ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I think the test strategy should have included a process for capturing requirements. Maybe option B is relevant?

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Charisse

5 months ago

I remember we discussed how important it is to have a signed-off specification before starting development. It seems like option C makes the most sense here.

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Reid

5 months ago

I vaguely recall something about involving the outsourced team in the specification process. Option D might be worth considering too, but I'm not completely confident.

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Mignon

6 months ago

Okay, I think I know the answer to this. Let me double-check the replica set properties.

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Phuong

6 months ago

I've got this! The key is to look for the option that minimizes the impact on the system. Workflow changes limited to a single project is the way to go.

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Horace

6 months ago

Hmm, this one seems pretty straightforward. TFTP is commonly used for transferring configuration files and firmware, so I'm thinking it's probably D.

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Tammara

6 months ago

Okay, let's break this down. The question is asking about the highest class server, so I'll need to focus on that and consider the capacity limitations.

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