Static Testing – Chapter 3 – ISTQB Foundation

A bit more information which I believe will help with your ISTQB certification foundation level exam. The third part of the series of a summary to support you in memorizing the topics that are almost certain to fall in the exam questions.

Read, then practice the exam for chapter 3 – Static Testing, link at the end of this summary, practice the quiz as much as you like or until you feel comfortable enough to go to the next chapter.

If you feel that you are ok to try the actual exam, there’s a quiz for that as well next to chapter three.

The more you read, the more you understand, and the more you understand more you are ready to sit for the exam.

I have uploaded a mind map with a graphical visualization of the ISTQB Foundation Level topics, a kind of Cheat Cheat, you may find it useful too to help you with the exam.

Hope you like it. Feel free to drop me a comment, or inform anything that I’ve missed here. Good luck.

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Two main static testing techniques

• Reviews
• Static analysis

Reviews

Systematic examination of a document by one or more people with the main aim of finding and removing errors

Types of defects found in reviews

• Deviations from standards
• Requirements defects
• Design defects
• Insufficient maintainability
• Incorrect interface specifications

Basic review process

• The document under review is studied
• Reviewers identify issues and inform the author
• The author decides on action to take and updates as needed

Formal review process

• Planning (select personnel, allocate roles, define entry and exit criteria, select parts of the document to review)
• Kick-off
• Review entry criteria
• Individual preparation
• Noting incidents
• Review meeting
• Examine
• Rework
• Fixing defects
• Follow-up
• Checking exit criteria

Review roles

• Manager – decides on what to review
• Moderator – leads the review
• Author – a person who wrote the document
• Reviewers – performs the review of documents
• Scribe – documents the review

Four types of reviews

• Informal
• Walkthrough
• Technical review
• Inspection

Informal review

The main purpose is to find defects and uses no real formal process

Walkthrough

Enable learning of the content of the document and find defects

Technical review

Enable decision-making, finding defects, solving technical problems, and checking the conformance of a document

Inspection

The main purpose is to find defects and process improvement

Success factors for reviews

• Each review should have predefined and agreed objective
• Any defects should be welcomed
• Conducted in an atmosphere of trust
• Techniques are suitable to the work-product type
• Emphasis on learning
• Management support

Static analysis

Used to find defects in software source code and software models

Benefits of static analysis

• Early detection of issues prior to test execution
• Early warning about suspicious code or design
• Identification of defects not easily found by dynamic testing
• Improved maintainability
• Prevention of defects

ISTQB Cheat Cheat | Chapter 3 Practice Exam Quiz | ISTQB Foundation Level Quiz

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