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Question 1

Which of the following statements does NOT describe good practice for maintaining the TAS?

AThe TAS must run in the development environment because development and programming knowledge are required for its maintainability

BThe TAS must be under configuration management, along with the test suite, the testware artefacts and the test environment in which it runs

CThe TAS must separate the test scripts from the environment in which it runs and from the associated harnesses and artefacts

DThe TAS must consist of components that can be easily replaced without affecting the overall behavior of the TAS itself

Answer : A

Question 2

Your goal is to verify completeness, consistency and correct behavior of an automated test suite. The TAS has been proven to successfully install in the SUT environment. All the preliminary checks to verify the correct functioning of the automated test environment and test tool configuration, installation and setup have successfully completed.

Which of the following is NOT a relevant check for achieving your goal in this scenario?

AChecking whether all the test cases contain the expected results

BChecking whether the post condition have been fulfilled for all the test cases

CChecking whether the loading of the TAS is repeatable in the SUT environment

DChecking whether all the test cases produce repeatable outcomes

Answer : D

Question 3

You are executing the first test run of a test automation suite of 200 tests. All the relevant information related to the state of the SUT and to the automated test execution is stored in a small database. During the Automated test run you observe that the first 10 test pass, while an abnormal termination occurs when executing the 11th test. This test does not complete its execution and the overall execution of the suite is aborted. An immediate analysis of the abnormal termination is expected to be time consuming and you have been asked to produce a detailed report of the execution results for the first test run, as soon as possible.

What is the MOST important FIRST step to be taken immediately after the abnormal occurred when executing the 11th test?

ARe-run the test automation suite starting from the 12th test

BReturn the database to a consistent state that allows subsequent test to run

CTake a backup of the database in its current state. So It can be analyzed later

DRe-run the test automation suite starting from the 1st test.

Answer : C

Question 4

Which of the following BEST describes why it is important to separate test definition from test execution in a TAA?

AIt allows developing steps of the test process without being closely tied to the SUT interface.

BIt allow choosing different paradigms (e.g event-driven) for the interaction TAS and SUT

CIt allows specify test cases without being closely tied to the tool to run them against the SUT

DIt allows testers to find more defects on the SUT

Answer : C

Question 5

You are currently designing the TAA of a TAS. You have been asked to adopt an approach for automatically generating and executing test cases from a model that defines the SUT. The SUT is a state-based and event-driven that is described by a finite-state machine and exposes its functionality via an API. The behavior of the SUT depends on hardware and communication links that can be unreliable.

Which of the following aspects is MOST important when designing the TAA in this scenario?

ALooking for tools that allows direct denoting of exceptions and actions depending on the SUT events.

BAdopting a test definition strategy based on classification tree coverage for the test definition layer.

CLooking for tools that allow performing setup and teardown of the test suites and the SUT.

DAdopting a test definition strategy based on use case/exception case coverage for the definition layer.

Answer : C

Question 6

Which of the following attributes should NOT be included in a test execution report associated with a suite of automated tests?

ASummary of the test execution results

BSystem/Application under test and its version

CDefect clusters identified during test execution

DEnvironment in which the tests have been executed

Answer : C

Question 7

Consider a TAS deployed into production. The SUT is a web application and the test suite consists of a set of automated regression tests developed via GUI. A keyword-driven framework has been adopted for automating the regression tests. The tests are based on identification at low-levels of the web page components (e.g class indexes, tab sequence indexes and coordinates) in the next planned release the SUT will be subject to significant corrective maintenance (bug-fixes) and evolution (new features) Maintenance costs to update the test scripts should be as low as possible and the scripts must be highly reusable.

Which of the following statements is most likely to be TRUE?

AThe keyword-driven framework is not suitable, it would be better to adopt a structured-scripting approach

BFalse positive errors are likely to occur when running the automated tests on the new releases without modifying the test

CThe total execution time of the automated regression test suite will decrease for each planned release.

DThe keyword-driven framework introduces a level abstraction that is too high and makes it difficult what really happens

Answer : A

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