ISTQB Exam CTFL-Foundation Topic 1 Question 12 Discussion

Actual exam question for ISTQB's CTFL-Foundation exam

Question #: 12
Topic #: 1

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Consider the following pseudo code

1. Begin

2. Read Gender

3. __Print ''Dear''

4. If Gender = 'female'

5. Print (''Ms'')

6. Else

7. __Print ( ''Mr'')

8. Endif

9. End

How many test cases are needed to achieve 100 per cent decision coverage?

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by Golda at Apr 28, 2024, 06:41 AM

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Corinne

17 days ago

Wait, what if the gender is 'other'? Shouldn't we test that case too? Or maybe the code should just use 'Mx' instead of 'Mr' or 'Ms'.

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Latia

20 days ago

Well, at least this question doesn't involve any complex algorithms or data structures. I can handle a simple if-else statement!

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Leigha

12 hours ago

True, this question is pretty straightforward. Just need to cover both branches of the if-else statement.

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Rodolfo

1 months ago

Hmm, I'm not sure. Maybe I should draw a decision tree to visualize all the possible paths. That might help me figure this out.

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Louis

1 months ago

I think the question is pretty straightforward. You just need to check the two possible outcomes of the gender check, right?

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Dominga

2 months ago

I believe the answer is C) 3, as we need to test for 'female', 'male', and the default case.

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Leslie

2 months ago

I agree with Dannie, because we need to test both the 'female' and 'male' branches.

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Valene

2 months ago

The correct answer is B) 2 test cases. One for 'female' and one for 'male' to achieve 100% decision coverage.

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Elouise

1 days ago

Thanks for the clarification!

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Sean

8 days ago

So the correct answer is B) 2 test cases.

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Charlene

30 days ago

That's right, one for 'female' and one for 'male'.

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Nohemi

1 months ago

You only need 2 test cases to achieve 100% decision coverage.

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Dannie

2 months ago

I think we need 3 test cases to achieve 100% decision coverage.

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