Your test team consists of four members (Mary, Bob, Mark, Dave) with different interpersonal skills.
The following skills assessment spreadsheet shows the characteristics of the team members with respect to a list of interpersonal-skills (for each characteristic only the member with the highest level of that characteristic is indicated and marked with 'X'):

On the next project a member of your test team will have to perform some routine tasks requiring collaboration with other teams.
Who in your test team would you expect to be most suitable at doing these tasks?
Number of correct responses: 1

• A. Dave
• B. Mark
• C. Mary
• D. Bob

Assume you are the Test Manager in charge of independent testing for avionics applications.
You are in charge of testing for a project to implement three different CSCI (Computer Software Configuration Item):
-a BOOT-X CSCI that must be certified at level B of the DO-178B standard
-a DIAG-X CSCI that must be certified at level C of the DO-178B standard
-a DRIV-X CSCI that must be certified at level A of the DO-178B standard
These are three different software modules written in C language to run on a specific hardware platform.
You have been asked to select a single code coverage tool to perform the mandatory code coverage measurements, in order to meet the structural coverage criteria prescribed by the DO-178B standard. This tool must be qualified as a verification tool under DO-178B.
Since there are significant budget constraints to purchase this tool, you are evaluating an open-source tool that is able to provide different types of code coverage. This tool meets perfectly your technical needs in terms of the programming language and the specific hardware platform (it supports also the specific C-compiler).
The source code of the tool is available.
Your team could easily customize the tool to meet the project needs. This tool is not qualified as a verification tool under the DO-178B.
Which of the following are the three main concerns related to that open-source tool selection?
Number of correct responses: 3
(2 credits out of 3 credits correct, 1 credit point)

• A. Is the licensing scheme of the tool compatible with the confidentiality needs of the avionics company?
• B. Does the tool support all the types of code coverage required from the three levels A, B, C of the DO-178B standard?
• C. Does the tool require a system with more than 4GB of RAM memory?
• D. Is the installation procedure of the tool easy?
• E. What are the costs to qualify the tool as a verification tool under the DO-178B?
• F. Does the tool have a good general usability?

Assume that no additional product risks have been identified during the first week of test execution.


Which of the following answers would you expect to best describe the residual risks associated with the identified product risks, at the end of the first week of test execution?
Number of correct responses: 1

• A. The test execution status table indicates that the risk has been reduced by 56%
• B. Since R3 is the only risk for which all test cases have passed, the risk has been reduced by 20%
• C. The residual risk level can't be determined, because it requires that all the test cases have been executed
• D. The test execution table doesn't give an indication of the risk level of the open defects and the test cases that failed or are not run yet

Consider the following list of statements about audits and management reviews:
I. Audits are usually more effective than management reviews at finding defects
II. Audits and management reviews have the same main goals, the only difference is related to the roles and level of formality
III. A typical outcome of an audit includes observations and recommendations, corrective actions and a pass/fail assessment
IV. An audit is not the appropriate mechanism to use at the code review in order to detect defects prior to dynamic testing
Which of the following statements is true?
Number of correct responses: 1

• A. I, III and IV are true; II. is false;
• B. I. and III. are true; II. and IV. are false;
• C. III. and IV. are true; I and II are false;
• D. II. and III are true; I. and IV. are false;