iSQI CTAL-TM_Syll2012 Exam Questions

People Skills – Team Composition
Consider the following analysis of testing skills performed on four people: Alex, Robert,
John and Mark (all the skills have been rated on an ascending scale: The higher the score,
the better the skill):

Which of these people, based on this analysis, would you expect to be most suitable to
work specifically as test designer?
Number of correct responses: 1
K4 3 credits

People Skills – Team Composition
An agile development team decides to hire a tester who has always worked:
- in independent test teams, reporting the problems found in a defect tracking system
- in safety-critical projects, with a stronger focus on the quality of the product than on time
and budget.
This agile team is focused on short-term goals to get the product released on time and
within budget.
Which of the following answers would you expect to be most likely true in this scenario?
Number of correct responses: 1
K2 1 credit

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
K4 3 credits

People Skills – Team Composition
Which of the following would you expect to be most likely an example of a motivating factor
for testers?
Number of correct responses: 1
K2 1 credit

People Skills – Team Composition
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
K4 3 credits