IBM Rational Functional Tester Certification Details and Sample Paper

The Week of Rational is held annually. Notably, the Rational Software Conferences are organized throughout the main urban areas of India. Many software testers at these conferences are eager to earn the IBM Rational Professional Certifications.

A part of IBM’s professional certification suite is the IBM 000-842 (Rational Functional Tester for Java) Certification. During the Week of Rational, this IBM 000-842 RFT certification can be achieved at the conference venues.

Details of the IBM RFT (Rational Functional Tester for Java) Certification

Duration of the test in minutes: 75
Approximate question count: 54
Score needed to pass: 60

For more information, check out Rational Functional Tester

If you’re planning to take the IBM 000-842 (Rational Functional Tester for Java) Certification Exam at the conference venues, here’s a sample question paper to assist you with your preparation:

The answers are given at the end of this page.

Question #1: How do you launch the app you want to test?

A. Using the Start menu in Windows
B. Simply by starting the recording
C. By opening a command prompt and entering the name of the application to start it
D. By hitting the Start Application button on the recording toolbar

Question #2: While recording a script, what is the recording monitor’s behavior?

A. It shows up only after the recording has been completed
B. It only appears on the toolbar
C. It never shows up
D. It shows a message for each action

Question #3: What is verifiable when recording a verification point?

A. Only an object’s data
B. Only an object’s data or properties
C. Whether the object functions as expected
D. An object’s data, properties, or existence

Question #4: Which tool can you use to select an object for a verification point?

A. The object finder, object picker, or object browser
B. The main object browser, the test object browser, or the extra object browser
C. The object finder, the test object browser, or the delay method
D. The delay method, the scripting method, or the pointer method

Question #5: How is a recording initiated?

A. By entering the script record on the command line
B. By creating a script and then clicking the record button in the RFT application
C. By launching the application that’s being tested
D. By starting RFT

Question #6: How do you end the recording?

A. Click the Stop Recording button on the recording toolbar
B. Finish the application being tested
C. Close RFT
D. Close the recording monitor

Question #7: Which three actions can be performed with RFT? (Choose three.)

A. Use a wizard to replace literals with DataPool variables
B. Replace literals in verification points with DataPool variables
C. Create a data pool while recording a data-driven script
D. Write scripts in C#

Question #8: Before replacing literal values in a script with DataPool variable references, what must you do to a script with a DataPool?

A. Share it
B. Link it
C. Execute it
D. Dislink it

Question #9: When is Data-Driven Testing most effective?

A. When the test only needs to be executed once
B. When the test steps vary based on the input data
C. When the test needs to be run multiple times with different data sets
D. When the test requires extensive manual data entry

Question #10: Functional Tester allows an external DataPool to be imported from which of the options below? (Choose three.)

A. A separate .csv file
B. Another DataPool from Functional Tester
C. An existing DataPool from TestManager
D. An Access (.mdb) file

Question #11: What effect would the following CallScript have? CallScript (myScript, null, DP_ALL)

A. It will cause the script to run unlimited times
B. It will make the script iterate through all DataPool values
C. It will cause 100 DataPool entries to be executed by the script
D. It will ensure the script always passes

Question #12: How can you add data-driven commands to the test script?

A. Use the Insert Data Driven Commands button while recording
B. Use the add Data Driven Commands button while carrying out an operation
C. The commands are generated automatically while importing the DataPool
D. Use the super helper class once the recording is done

Question #13: What must you do before editing the DataPool with an external application?

A. Convert it into a public DataPool
B. Convert it into a private DataPool
C. Export it to a .csv file
D. Import it from a .csv file

Question #14: What statement about an RFT test DataPool is correct?

A. It is specifically meant for one test script only.
B. It is a group of related data records.
C. It is generated automatically during the script record.
D. It is a collection of relevant test scripts.

Question #15: What step should you take to open a comparison of a failed verification point from an RFT text log?

A. Open a web browser and navigate to open the .rftvd file for desired verification point
B. Right-click on the test log, select Failed Verification Points from the context menu, then choose the desired verification points
C. Open the test log, right-click the line of the verification point you want to examine, then select View Results from the context menu
D. Log results in a different format because the comparison can’t be opened from a text log

Question #16: Given that there’s an existing Rational Test Manager Test project, how do you log results to TestManager?

A. In TestManager, create a new Test Script type for RFT, then in RFT, set the Functional Test logging preferences to TestManager
B. In RFT, set the Functional Test logging preferences to TestManager, then choose the Test Manager project when you run an RFT test
C. In RFT, connect the Rational Test Project with the RFT project, then set the Functional Test logging preferences to TestManager
D. In Rational Administrator, link the RFT project to the Rational Test Project, then in RFT, set the Functional Test logging preferences to TestManager

Question #17: In its default state, what are the different options for logging RFT tests?

A. HTML, text, custom, TestManager, and none
B. HTML, text, TPTP, TestManager, and none
C. TestManager, CQTM, TPTP, HTML, and none
D. HTML, PDF, text, TestManager, and none

Question #18: Excluding TestManager and custom logging, how can you organize RFT test results?

A. Define and adhere to a naming protocol for all test logs
B. Define and adhere to a naming protocol for all logs and log subfolders
C. Create as many folders as necessary in the *_logs project and drag logs into the right folders
D. Create additional log projects associated with the main RFT project (for instance, _acceptance_logs)

Question #19: In a test, how is image verification performed?

A. By selecting Perform Image Verification Point from the Verification Point and Action Wizard
B. By opting Perform Properties Verification Point from the Verification Point and Action Wizard, then selecting only the .src or any other property for the image
C. By downloading and installing the RFT Enhancement Pack Plug-in from IBM Rational Support
D. By downloading and installing the Image Comparator for Rational Functional Tester 2003.06 utility from DeveloperWorks

Question #20: To view Test Objects, Main Data Area, and Recognition Data, what should the tester open?

A. Test script
B. Test comparator
C. Object map
D. Log viewer

Question #21: Post-test playback, what should the tester do to open the comparator in an HTML log?

A. Select View -> Failures from the menu
B. Click the View Results link in the test log
C. Nothing, as the comparator opens by itself
D. Select Open -> Comparator from the menu

Question #22: To find the current script action being executed, where should the tester look?

A. Playback Monitor
B. Execution window
C. Test script
D. Application under test

Question #23: What are the two phases of script playback?

A. Script development and unit testing
B. Script development and manual verification
C. Script development and result review
D. Script development and regression testing

Question #24: After resetting their test environment and configuring the playback environment, what is the tester ready to do?

A. Record the test
B. Configure the recording options
C. Review and analyze the results
D. Execute the script

Question #25: If a test failure is attributed to updated test data, what should the tester do to avoid continued failures?

A. Re-record the test
B. Update the baseline data using the comparator
C. Do nothing, as the test is meant to fail
D. Modify the test data

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Answers:

1.  Answer: D
2.  Answer: D
3.  Answer: D
4.  Answer: C
5.  Answer: B
6.  Answer: A
7.  Answer: A, B, C
8.  Answer: B
9.  Answer: C
10. Answer: A, B, C
11. Answer: B
12. Answer: A
13. Answer: C
14. Answer: B
15. Answer: B
16. Answer: C
17. Answer: B
18. Answer: A
19. Answer: D
20. Answer: B
21. Answer: B
22. Answer: A
23. Answer: D
24. Answer: D
25. Answer: B

Our gratitude to J.B.Rajkumar for offering this sample paper to our readers.