Unit 5: Jira and Bugzilla for Testers - Practice Quiz

1 What is the main purpose of setting up a JIRA trial account?

2 Which issue type is normally selected when reporting a software defect in JIRA?

3 What can a tester do after finding an existing defect in JIRA?

4 What does the Environment field describe when reporting a defect?

5 Which JIRA field identifies the person responsible for handling a defect?

6 Why are components used when reporting a defect in JIRA?

7 What is a label used for in a JIRA defect?

8 What usually happens after a reported defect is confirmed as valid?

9 What does an invalid defect mean?

10 What does it mean when a developer rejects a valid defect?

11 What is the purpose of basic search in JIRA?

12 What is a JIRA filter?

13 Which field can be used to search for defects assigned to a particular person?

14 What is Bugzilla primarily used for?

15 Why might testers use a Bugzilla test server?

16 Which detail is important when filing a bug in Bugzilla?

17 Which field briefly summarizes the problem in a newly reported JIRA defect?

18 Which field shows the current stage of a defect in its workflow?

19 Which status may be used when a JIRA issue is determined not to be a valid defect?

20 What information should a Bugzilla bug description explain?

21 A testing team wants a temporary JIRA Cloud site for practicing defect management without affecting its production projects. What is the most appropriate setup approach?

22 After creating a JIRA trial, a tester cannot create defects in a practice project. Which configuration should be checked first?

23 A mobile app closes whenever a user taps Pay Now after entering an expired card. Which summary is most suitable for a new JIRA defect?

24 A tester can reproduce a login failure only after following a particular sequence of actions. Where should this sequence primarily be recorded in the JIRA issue?

25 A tester discovers that an existing defect has incomplete reproduction steps but is otherwise accurate. What is the best action?

26 A defect occurs only on Android 14 when the app uses a cellular network. Which Environment value is most useful?

27 A tester reports a defect that should be investigated by a specific developer, while two other teammates only need progress notifications. Which JIRA fields best support this requirement?

28 A mobile project defines Authentication, Payments, and Notifications as JIRA components. A defect occurs when biometric login fails after a password change. Which component should the tester select?

29 A test lead wants to find defects discovered during a regression cycle across several components. Which use of a JIRA label best supports this goal?

30 A developer fixes a valid defect and moves it to Resolved. The tester repeats the original steps on the specified fixed build and the failure no longer occurs. What should the tester normally do next?

31 During verification, a tester finds that the original valid defect still occurs on the build that supposedly contains the fix. What is the most appropriate transition?

32 A reported behavior exactly matches an approved requirement and occurs consistently by design. After confirming this with the product owner, how should the issue normally be resolved?

33 A tester reports a failure caused by using an unsupported operating system version. The supported-platform documentation clearly excludes that version. What should be added before resolving the defect as invalid?

34 A developer rejects a reproducible defect as Cannot Reproduce, but the tester can still reproduce it on a specific device and build. What should the tester do?

35 A tester remembers that a ticket summary contains the words offline payment, but does not remember its key or project. What is the most efficient first search?

36 A test lead frequently needs the same list of unresolved high-priority defects. After constructing the search, what should the lead do to reuse it?

37 Which JQL query finds unresolved bugs in project MOB ordered with the highest priorities first?

38 A tester needs all open issues assigned to dev1 that have either the android or ios label. Which JQL query is correct?

39 A team organizes Bugzilla records by product and component. A tester finds a checkout failure in the Android application. Why is selecting the correct component important?

40 While practicing on a public Bugzilla test server, a tester wants to verify email notifications without disturbing real project teams. What is the best approach?

41 A team creates a JIRA trial project for mobile testing. Testers must submit defects, developers must transition them, and the test manager must configure workflows without changing global settings. Which setup best satisfies these requirements?

42 A defect occurs only after a clean installation, requires a specific login role, and causes the application to freeze after tapping Save. Which report provides the strongest initial basis for reproduction and triage?

43 A tester finds three similar JIRA defects. One is assigned to the wrong release, one has an incorrect priority, and one is already resolved. What is the safest update strategy?

44 A payment failure is reproducible only on Android 14, Pixel 7, release build 5.2.1, using a corporate VPN and a specific backend region. Which environment entry is most useful?

45 A defect requires a developer to implement the fix, a QA lead to validate it, and a product owner to approve a release-risk decision. Which assignment approach is most appropriate?

46 A mobile application contains independent components named Authentication, Checkout, and Push Notifications. A crash occurs when a push notification opens an expired checkout session. Which component selection is most defensible?

47 A defect is caused by an intermittent failure in a third-party mobile SDK and must be grouped with other vendor-related risks without changing ownership. Which labeling approach is best?

48 A tester submits a defect with reliable steps. The developer reproduces it, implements a fix, and moves it to Resolved. The tester confirms the fix in the target build. What is the correct next lifecycle action?

49 A reported issue cannot be reproduced, matches documented product behavior, and has no evidence of a requirement violation. Which disposition is most appropriate?

50 A developer rejects a defect as invalid, but the tester reproduces it on the supported device matrix and links the requirement that is violated. What should the tester do next?

51 A tester needs all unresolved defects assigned to the current user in the mobile project. Which search criteria are necessary?

52 A saved JIRA filter is shared with the QA group and used by a dashboard gadget. An editor changes its JQL to include only defects from the current sprint. What is the main risk?

53 A release manager wants defects that are unresolved, affect version 5.3, belong to Checkout, and have either Critical or Blocker priority. Which logical structure is correct?

54 A JQL query must find defects containing the phrase session expired in the summary or description, excluding issues labeled wontfix. Which query expresses that intent?

55 A team moving from JIRA to Bugzilla needs to preserve defect ownership and prevent unresolved issues from being treated as completed. Which Bugzilla concepts require the closest mapping attention?

56 A tester files a defect on a Bugzilla test server and later cannot find it on the production server. What is the most likely explanation?

57 Before testing a Bugzilla workflow on a shared test server, which action best prevents misleading results for other testers?

58 A Bugzilla report concerns a crash that occurs after rotating the device during checkout. It is reproducible on one supported OS version but not another. Which filing approach is strongest?

59 Two Bugzilla reports describe the same crash, but one includes a stack trace and the other includes device logs from a different OS version. What should the tester do before filing another report?

60 A defect disappears when the device uses Wi-Fi instead of cellular data. The app, device, and build remain unchanged. Which conclusion should guide the environment report?