Free Certified Tester Acceptance Testing Practice Questions

Sample Practice Questions

Try these 10 sample questions from the Certified Tester Acceptance Testing practice bank. Each includes the answer and explanation. Continue with the interactive practice above to review the full question set.

1. 1A completed system meets its technical specifications. What must acceptance testing still assess before the customer begins using it?

   1. A. Its readiness for deployment and customer use.
   2. B. Its readiness to have business needs elicited.
   3. C. Its readiness to have source code implemented.
   4. D. Its readiness to have component tests designed.

   Answer: A

   Explanation: The syllabus states that acceptance testing is "performed to assess the system’s readiness for deployment and its use by the customer (end-user)." Technical conformance alone does not establish this business-facing readiness.

   Reference: Certified Tester Foundation Level Syllabus – Acceptance Testing — Section 1.1, p.10

2. 2A user story requires a search result to appear within two seconds for 100 concurrent users. Which acceptance criterion makes compliance objectively measurable?

   1. A. Search results appear quickly when many users search together.
   2. B. Search performance feels responsive during normal business use.
   3. C. Search speed is satisfactory to the team after implementation.
   4. D. Each search returns its result within two seconds with 100 concurrent users.

   Answer: D

   Explanation: The syllabus states, "Well-written acceptance criteria are precise, measurable and concise." Only the criterion preserving the stated time and concurrency supplies the measurable pass/fail condition required here.

   Reference: Certified Tester Foundation Level Syllabus – Acceptance Testing — Section 2.1, p.16

3. 3In a simple internal order process, a checked order must either be approved or rejected, with exactly one route taken for each order. Which BPMN fragment represents this requirement?

   1. A. A parallel split sending each order to both approval and rejection.
   2. B. A sequence placing approval before rejection for each checked order.
   3. C. An exclusive split with approval and rejection as alternative routes.
   4. D. A subprocess containing approval and rejection without any connecting flow.

   Answer: C

   Explanation: OMG specifies for an exclusive decision, "For a given instance of the Process, only one of the paths can be taken." An exclusive split represents the mutually exclusive approval and rejection routes in this simple process.

   Reference: Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN), Version 2.0.1 — Section 10.6.2, p.289

4. 4An acceptance test plan groups co-existence and interoperability under the same ISO 25010:2011 non-functional characteristic. Which characteristic is it?

   1. A. Reliability.
   2. B. Portability.
   3. C. Compatibility.
   4. D. Maintainability.

   Answer: C

   Explanation: The syllabus table places "Co-existence" and "Interoperability" under "Compatibility". These are the compatibility sub-characteristics used to organize this part of the plan.

   Reference: Certified Tester Foundation Level Syllabus – Acceptance Testing — Section 4.1.1, p.24, Compatibility row

5. 5A newly assembled acceptance team includes analysts, business representatives, and automation specialists who do not know one another's responsibilities. Which workshop activity directly builds team cohesion?

   1. A. Assign work using job titles without discussing what the roles contribute.
   2. B. Have participants introduce their roles and identify shared goals and experience.
   3. C. Ask each specialty to prepare a private plan that the others cannot review.
   4. D. Discuss only the automation framework before establishing who will use it.

   Answer: B

   Explanation: Section 5.1 recommends that participants "Get to know and understand each other to keep the team cohesion high". Role introductions and identifying common ground address this team's immediate cohesion gap.

   Reference: Certified Tester Foundation Level Syllabus – Acceptance Testing — Section 5.1, p.30, Team cohesion

6. 6A business analyst understands the organization's goals and has identified its current processes and stakeholders. In the progression toward eliciting solution requirements, what should the analyst establish next?

   1. A. Detailed acceptance test procedures for the solution.
   2. B. Product requirements before identifying business needs.
   3. C. Specific business needs and a case addressing them.
   4. D. Release readiness before defining the business case.

   Answer: C

   Explanation: Section 1.1.1 says, "Once that is done, they describe specific business needs and determine a business case that addresses those needs." Requirements elicitation follows this high-level work.

   Reference: Certified Tester Foundation Level Syllabus – Acceptance Testing — Section 1.1.1, p.10

7. 7A story requires customers to receive an order confirmation. The team has not chosen an implementation, and the story imposes no technical design constraints. Which proposed criterion appropriately describes the acceptance outcome?

   1. A. After an order is accepted, its confirmation shows the order number to the customer.
   2. B. After an order is accepted, its confirmation is built with a specified Java framework.
   3. C. After an order is accepted, its confirmation is stored using a particular database vendor.
   4. D. After an order is accepted, its confirmation is assembled by a specified service class.

   Answer: A

   Explanation: The syllabus says, "Well-written acceptance criteria do not include technical solution details." The visible confirmation outcome states what is achieved; the other proposals prescribe implementation choices not required by the story.

   Reference: Certified Tester Foundation Level Syllabus – Acceptance Testing — Section 2.1, p.16

8. 8A simple BPMN process starts inventory checking and credit checking in parallel. Shipment must wait until both checks finish. How should the two branches be connected before shipment?

   1. A. Merge them through a parallel gateway that waits for both incoming flows.
   2. B. Merge them through an exclusive gateway that forwards each arrival separately.
   3. C. Send each branch directly to shipment, allowing either completion to trigger it.
   4. D. End one branch and connect only the other branch to shipment.

   Answer: A

   Explanation: OMG states, "For incoming flows, the Parallel Gateway will wait for all incoming flows before triggering the flow through its outgoing Sequence Flows." This is the synchronization required before shipment.

   Reference: Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN), Version 2.0.1 — Section 10.6.4, p.293

9. 9Which ISO 25010:2011 characteristic in the syllabus groups availability, fault tolerance, and recoverability when organizing non-functional acceptance tests?

   1. A. Usability.
   2. B. Reliability.
   3. C. Compatibility.
   4. D. Portability.

   Answer: B

   Explanation: The table lists "Availability", "Fault tolerance", and "Recoverability" as sub-characteristics of "Reliability". Their classification differs from usability, compatibility, and portability.

   Reference: Certified Tester Foundation Level Syllabus – Acceptance Testing — Section 4.1.1, p.24, Reliability row

10. 10A tester suspects a business requirement is misunderstood but is reluctant to raise concerns in front of senior stakeholders. What should the acceptance workshop facilitator do to help identify the problem?

    1. A. Invite open discussion of doubts in an atmosphere of trust and respect.
    2. B. Restrict discussion to conclusions that have already received senior approval.
    3. C. Require the tester to remove uncertainties from the record before the meeting.
    4. D. Treat stakeholder seniority as sufficient evidence that the interpretation is correct.

    Answer: A

    Explanation: The syllabus recommends, "Communicate openly in an environment of trust and respect and express their doubts, concerns or fears". This enables the team to identify and analyze the possible misunderstanding.

    Reference: Certified Tester Foundation Level Syllabus – Acceptance Testing — Section 5.1, p.30, Open communication