CTAL-AT v2.0 · ISTQB · People and Teams · Bank updated 2026-07-03
CTAL-AT v2.0 practice questions: People and Teams
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These 5 questions come from the People and Teams section of our CTAL-AT v2.0 bank (21 questions on this area, which carries 12% of the real exam). Every question is original, with the correct answer explained and linked to the source it is drawn from.
1/5 · People and Teams
A tester on a cross-functional agile team, in addition to test design and exploratory testing, has begun writing basic API test automation code and actively reviewing user stories together with developers. How is this tester best described according to CTAL-AT guidance?
AA business representative who has been embedded into the technical team to replace the tester role.
BA generalizing specialist who retains deep testing skills while broadening into adjacent skills that benefit the whole team.
CA component tester who now performs only unit-level testing and no longer contributes to system-level test design.
DA test specialist who has abandoned core testing expertise in favor of coding tasks.
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2/5 · People and Teams
During a pairing session, a tester and a developer use the SFDIPOT heuristic to explore a newly built feature together. They spend time checking how the feature behaves under different user permission levels and system configurations. Which SFDIPOT aspect are they primarily exploring?
APlatform
BStructure
CTime
DFunction
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3/5 · People and Teams · hard
During acceptance criteria discussions, a business representative repeatedly dismisses edge cases the tester raises, insisting "customers never do that," despite having no supporting data. Which cognitive bias is most likely influencing this dismissal, and what technique could the tester use to address it?
AHalo effect; the tester should escalate to have the business representative removed from the process.
BConfirmation bias; the tester should use example mapping to surface concrete, discussable examples that test the assumption directly.
CAnchoring bias; the tester should simply defer to the business representative's stated authority on customer behavior.
DAvailability heuristic; the tester should stop raising edge cases unless hard usage data is already available.
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4/5 · People and Teams · easy
Which description best matches the concept of 'T-shaped skills' as applied to agile team members?
AA person's skill level is determined by their position in the organizational hierarchy rather than by demonstrated competence.
BA person is equally and fully expert in every discipline practiced by the team, from coding to database administration to UX design.
CA person has deep expertise in a primary discipline, such as testing, combined with broad, general working knowledge across several other disciplines the team relies on.
DA person specializes narrowly in a single discipline and has no working knowledge of any other team activity.
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5/5 · People and Teams
During sprint planning, a tester raises a concern that a proposed acceptance criterion is untestable as written, but the product owner insists there is no time to revise it. What is the most appropriate agile-aligned response for the tester, per recommended soft-skill practices for agile testers?
ASilently accept the criterion as written to avoid conflict, and plan to interpret it however seems reasonable once development begins.
BRespectfully and assertively explain the testability concern with a concrete example, and propose a specific alternative wording or clarifying question for the product owner to consider.
CRefuse to test the story until the acceptance criterion is rewritten exactly as the tester proposes, blocking the sprint commitment.
DEscalate the disagreement immediately to a manager outside the team without first attempting to resolve it collaboratively within the team.
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