CAST Risk-Based Testing Strategies 5

Question 1

A team must cut the test schedule by 30%. What is the risk-based approach?

Accepted Answer

Reduce or drop testing for the lowest-risk items first

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Cut testing evenly across all features

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Stop testing the highest-risk features

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Cancel all regression testing immediately

Question 2

What role does likelihood play when two features have equal business impact?

Accepted Answer

The feature more likely to fail is tested with higher priority

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Likelihood becomes irrelevant

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The cheaper feature is tested first

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Both are deprioritized equally

Question 3

Which metric best demonstrates risk coverage to management?

Accepted Answer

Percentage of high-risk items with completed tests

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Total number of test cases written

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Lines of code reviewed

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Number of meetings held

Question 4

What is a danger of relying solely on the test team to assess risk?

Accepted Answer

Business-impact risks may be underestimated or missed

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Technical risks become overstated only

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All risks are guaranteed to be found

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The register grows too detailed

Question 5

When new requirements are added late, the risk-based response is to:

Accepted Answer

Reassess risk and adjust test priorities accordingly

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Ignore the change to keep the plan stable

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Test only the new code and skip integration

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Lower all existing risk ratings

Question 6

Why is documenting accepted (untested) risks important before release?

Accepted Answer

It makes the residual exposure transparent for an informed decision

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It increases the test budget automatically

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It shifts blame to developers

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It removes the risk entirely

Question 7

Which statement best captures the goal of risk-based testing?

Accepted Answer

Deliver the most quality assurance value within available constraints

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Achieve exhaustive testing of every path

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Find the maximum number of trivial defects

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Eliminate the need for prioritization