CTAL-TA Question #98: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

You work for a software testing consultancy firm, SOFTEST, that specialises in the travel industry. It has built up a portfolio of clients across two main travel sectors; the airline and rail sectors. SOFTEST has an established test process, an experienced team of testers and maintains comprehensive organizational defect taxonomies for both sectors. Two new projects are underway: Project A is for a new cruise sector client. It will deliver a new user interface allowing its customers to search for cruises using several drop-down fields, each with many values, providing a much greater range of combinations than customers previously had. The project is using a SCRUM methodology with 2 week sprints and well specified user stories. Project B is an existing airline sector client, who is upgrading the business rules engine that determines how air miles are allocated to its customers. Regression testing must also be performed to ensure the rules engines does not introduce defects in other areas, however, time is limited and there is no existing regression pack. Experienced cruise sector testers have been recruited by SOFTEST to support test effort on this project Which option below describes the BEST test techniques to apply for each project?