TS Quality Assurance & Compliance Standards 4

Question 1

Which practice ensures that a change to production code does not break previously working functionality in a regulated environment?

Accepted Answer

Regression testing

Answer

Regression testing re-executes previously passing tests after code changes to confirm that existing functionality remains unaffected by modifications.

Question 2

In the context of software quality models, what does ISO/IEC 25010 define?

Accepted Answer

A product quality model with eight quality characteristics

Answer

ISO/IEC 25010 defines the SQuaRE product quality model, specifying eight characteristics including functionality, reliability, usability, and security.

Question 3

Which type of review is most formal and requires participants to prepare individually before the meeting?

Accepted Answer

Inspection

Answer

Inspections are the most formal review type, requiring individual preparation, defined roles (moderator, reader, recorder), and formal defect logging with metrics collection.

Question 4

A compliance officer asks why certain test scripts were modified mid-cycle without change control. Which QA principle was violated?

Accepted Answer

Configuration management of test assets

Answer

Configuration management of test assets requires that changes to test scripts follow a formal change control process to maintain audit trails and version integrity.

Question 5

What is the key difference between quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC)?

Accepted Answer

QA is process-oriented and preventive; QC is product-oriented and detective

Answer

QA focuses on improving and auditing the processes used to create products (preventive), while QC focuses on inspecting the actual product outputs to find defects (detective).

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TS Quality Assurance & Compliance Standards 4