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ISEB-SWTINT1 · Question #61

Scenario 4 A bank is upgrading its systems to include an on-line investment service, allowing investors to trade with each other, in a mini-stock market environment. The upgrade will be carried out…

The correct answer is D. Percentage of user-stories tested and passed for the trading environment. D is correct because test coverage measures how much of the defined scope has actually been verified - and in Scrum, user stories are the scope. Tracking what percentage of Sprint 1's user stories have been tested and passed gives a direct, quantifiable view of how thoroughly…

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Scenario 4 A bank is upgrading its systems to include an on-line investment service, allowing investors to trade with each other, in a mini-stock market environment. The upgrade will be carried out using Agile development (within the Scrum framework). Here, the iterations are referred to as Sprints. For each Sprint the required functionality will be defined as a set of user-stories. The user stories are typically 1-2 lines long, indicating what the business wants the system to do. These user stories will be built then tested. There will be 3 Sprints: 1) Creation of the mini-stock market trading environment. 2) Creation of additional front-end enhancements. 3) Linking to stock exchange for pricing. You are the test manager. You lead a team of 4 testers, and there are 6 developers. Your team has worked on Agile projects previously, and on average, Sprints usually last 4 weeks. At the end of all Sprints, a full end to end test is carried out. This is called the E2E test phase. At the end of Sprint 1, which of the following would give the best indication of test coverage?

Options

  • ANumber of user-stories required to define the trading environment.
  • BAmount of unit testing planned by developers for each user-story associated with the trading
  • CNumber of links required to the stock exchange.
  • DPercentage of user-stories tested and passed for the trading environment.

How the community answered

(43 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    5% (2)
  • C
    7% (3)
  • D
    86% (37)

Explanation

D is correct because test coverage measures how much of the defined scope has actually been verified - and in Scrum, user stories are the scope. Tracking what percentage of Sprint 1's user stories have been tested and passed gives a direct, quantifiable view of how thoroughly the trading environment functionality has been validated.

Why the distractors fail:

  • A counts requirements, not test execution - knowing how many user stories exist tells you the size of the work, not how much has been covered by testing.
  • B describes developer unit testing plans, not actual test outcomes; planned testing is not the same as executed and measured coverage.
  • C is irrelevant to Sprint 1 entirely - linking to the stock exchange is Sprint 3's scope, so it provides no meaningful coverage signal for the trading environment.

Memory tip: Think of test coverage as a completion ratio, not a count or a plan. Whenever a question asks about coverage, look for the option that expresses tested items as a percentage of total scope - that's always your answer.

Topics

#test progress metrics#test monitoring#user story coverage#exit criteria

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