View All ISTQB-CTAL-TA Actual Exam Questions Answers and Explanations for Free Jan-2026 [Q20-Q44]

QUESTION 20
An airline provides self-service check-in kiosks for its passengers. The user is asked to present the passport for reading, enter the flight booking number, the seats requested, the number of bags to check-in, and acknowledge that security requirements have been met. The machine then prints the boarding passes.
The following use case has been created:
USE CASE: SELF-SERVICE CHECK-IN
* Use case ID:UC23
* Purpose:Passenger checks-in using the self-service kiosk application.
* Actors:Passenger, System
* Pre-conditions:User selects to start self-service check-in at the kiosk and the system asks the user to place the passport on the reader.

You are to apply the Use Case test technique, where the following coverage rules have been defined in the test plan:
* One test case should be designed for the basic behavior.
* One test case should be designed for each alternate and error-handling behavior.
Applying these rules to the Self-Service Check-In Use Case, how many test cases should be designed?
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QUESTION 21
A web-based system is being developed to support the administration of tennis tournaments. Testing schedules are severely challenged.
Which specification-based technique would be the BEST choice in the circumstances?
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QUESTION 22
Consider the following requirement:
The system shall allow cash advances of at least 200 Euros for all supported credit cards The following credit cards are supported- American Express, Diners, VISA, Mastercard and Eurocard.
The requirement has been identified as business critical.
The following test conditions have been derived:
1. The system shall allow cash advances of at least 200 Euros
2. It shall support American Express, Diners, VISA, Mastercard and Eurocard.
Assume you are following a risk-based testing strategy, where likelihood and impact are both assessed on a five-point scale ranging from very low to very high The requirement R1 was identified as a risk item during the quality risk analysis process. In total 20 risk items were identified during this process Assume that technical project stakeholders have assessed the likelihood of the requirement R1 risk item at a medium level Given only the information above, which of the following statements is true?

QUESTION 23
You work for a software testing consultancy firm, SOFTEST, specializing in the travel industry. A project has started for a new cruise sector client to develop a new user interface allowing customers to search for cruises using several drop-down fields. The project uses a SCRUM methodology with 2-week sprints.
Which option below describes the BEST test techniques to apply for each project?
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QUESTION 24
For the use case Copy A4 to A4 for a new copier, the following scenarios were identified.
Basic scenario single-sided to single-sided.
Alternatives single-sided to double-sided, copy of a set, copy using the automatic document feeder Errors: no paper in paper tray, paper jam, out of staples.
What is the minimum number of test cases needed to achieve the minimum acceptable level of coverage for this use case?

QUESTION 25
Based on the system state transition diagram of an ATM system shown below, using the state transition test technique which of the following is an example of a test case required to achieve 1-switch coverage?

QUESTION 26
Consider the following decision table:

This decision table has been created to test the following specification: Persons that study at a university (C1) and have parents whose total annual income is less than € 30.000 (C2), receive a scholarship In in addition to these qualifications, if they also live away from home (C3), they receive an addition to their scholarship (A2) How many cases are left when this decision table is collapsed?

QUESTION 27
Which pair of statements correctly describes when functional completeness, functional correctness, and
/or functional appropriateness are undertaken?
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QUESTION 28
When preparing test cases for an interoperability test, not all interactions may be clearly specified in the requirements documents. Which type of document is typically also used by a Test Analyst as the test basis for interoperability testing?

QUESTION 29
When applying for health insurance from Health4You, applicants are categorized based on age, alcohol consumption, employment, and smoking status. How many test cases are required to give full coverage for the above rules when applying collapsed decision table testing to exclude infeasible combinations and irrelevant conditions?
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QUESTION 30
Although usability is an important aspect for a new planning system, due to availability constraints, the usability evaluation shall be performed without Which of the following is a usability technique that can be applied in this situation?

QUESTION 31
Ticket machines are to be installed at the train station of a major European airport to enable newly arriving passengers to quickly purchase their tram tickets.
You are testing this new application and the following Use Case has been provided:
USE CASE: Credit Card Purchase
* Use Case ID: UC-001401
* Purpose: To purchase a single ticket to the city center
* Actors: User
* Preconditions: Ticket machine is at the “select language” screen, user has a valid credit card

You have been asked to review this Use Case. Which ONE of the following checklist items are TRUE and will pass?
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QUESTION 32
Sell-It-Cheap salesrooms organize general and specialist sales where items are sold to the highest bidder.
There is asliding scale of commission charges, based on the price of items sold, with lower-priced items attracting a higher percentage. All items sold have a price in multiples of £1.
New commission bandings after customer feedback:
* Items sold for£150 or lessattract a flat-rate fee of£7.00
* Items otherwise sold forless than £500have a fee of6%
* Items otherwise sold forless than £1000have a4.5%fee
* Items otherwise sold forless than £5000have a3.5%fee
* Items sold for£5000 or morehave a3%fee
* Updated rule:Items sold between£500 and £749have a fee of5.5%
What tests would be appropriate to test this change in commission bandings, using the 2-point boundary value analysis technique?
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QUESTION 33
Which of the following software development lifecycle models requires the earliest involvement from the Test Analyst?

QUESTION 34
Which of the following testing objectives would NOT be in focus for the Test Analyst during installability testing?

QUESTION 35
A PIN entry component of an ATM system has been developed using the following state table:

Using the state transition test technique, how many 0-switch test cases are needed to achieve 100% 0-switch coverage?

QUESTION 36
You work for a company that is a pioneer 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 following requirement specification has been written and you are reviewing it:

Description:
* The customer’s daily gas, electricity, and usage figures must be accurately displayed
* The customer’s weekly gas, electricity, and usage figures must be accurately displayed
* The monthly gas, electricity, and usage figures must be accurately displayed
* The customer’s annual gas, electricity, and usage figures must be accurately displayed
* The customer should be able to change between displaying gas only, electricity only, or both energy types
* The retrieval time for the customer’s energy data must be less than 2 seconds from the opening of the application
* The screen design must be visually attractive and easy to operate for the customer You are using the following review checklist:
* Is each requirement testable?
* Does each requirement have acceptance criteria listed?
* Is a use case calling structure available (if applicable)?
* Are the requirements uniquely identified?
* Is the specification versioned?
* Is there traceability visible from each requirement to the business/marketing requirements?
* Is there traceability between the requirements and the use cases (if applicable)?
Based on this checklist, which items are NOT met and will fail review?
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QUESTION 37
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 labeling
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 SELECT ONE OPTION

QUESTION 38
You are testing the processing of a critical traffic control system to which various regulations apply The processing of the input variables is dependent on defined ranges within which the actual retrieved data values can lie.
Which of the following black-box test techniques should you use to test the processing functionality of this system?

QUESTION 39
You are testing software which is being ported from one platform to another. There are no documented requirements and there is no time budgeted for writing them.
Which type of test technique is most useful in this situation?

QUESTION 40
You work for a company that is a pioneer 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 SELECT ONE OPTION:

QUESTION 41
For an ATM banking project the following applies: “When the user first inserts a valid credit card, the system considers the user to be in an unauthenticated state. When requesting a cash advance, the user must be in an authenticated state. The user authenticates by entering the correct PIN code for the card they have used.
During the user authentication, the system shall allow the user to enter their PIN codeup to three times before failing the authentication and rejecting the card. On the first and second try, the system shall prompt the user to re-enter the PIN code ” Suppose you are concerned that, depending on the number of invalid PIN codes entered, the system may behave incorrectly. Which of the following test design techniques is specifically targeted at finding such failures?

QUESTION 42
Based on the system state transition diagram of an ATM system shown below, using the state transition test technique which of the following is an example of a test case required to achieve 1-switch coverage?

QUESTION 43
Return Item Use Case: The following depicts a main path through the use case, ‘Return Item’.
Coverage Rules:
* One test case for basic behavior
* Multiple alternate behaviors may be incorporated into one test case if mutually compatible
* Nested alternate behaviors (like retry attempts) should be amalgamated into a single test case How many test cases should be designed?
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QUESTION 44
Which of the following descriptions is an example of the use of defect taxonomies?