ISTQB CT-TAE Exam Practice Test Instant Access

Question 1

You are working on a web-based application called Book Vault that allows people to upload books and order books. This application must be available on all major browsers.

You have been testing the application manually and management have asked you to consider automating some of the tests.

You have investigated a number of commercial and free tools which can automate tests at a web browser level and one tool in particular meets your requirements and you have implemented a trial version.

You have basic programming skills and the main goal is to automate a few functional tests to see if the tool is compatible with the application and can recognise the objects and controls.

Which scripting technique would be MOST suitable in this scenario in order to meet the objectives?

AStructured scripting

BCapture-replay scripting

CData-driven scripting

DModel-based scripting

Answer : B

Question 2

What are the four horizontal layers of the gTAA?

ATest adaptation, test execution, test design, test definition

BTest generation, test execution, test definition, test APIs

CTest generation, test definition, test execution, test adaptation

DTest definition, test execution, test reporting, test adaptation

Answer : C

Question 3

You have executed an automated test suite for a product that was released into production. Although all the tests passed, there was a major failure in production in an area that was covered well by your automated tests.

You have run the automated tests again and one of the tests is now failing and this is directly related to the production defect that was raised. You decide to run the automated test suite again on the same version of the SUT and the test now passes.

What SHOULD you do now to verify the validity of the automated tests?

ARemove the intermittently failing test from the test suite and investigate the reason why the test sometimes passes and sometimes fails.

BCheck that the production defect that was reported was an actual defect

CRun the automated test suite again and if the test now passes - do nothing

DReference: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341396240_Intermittently_Failing_Tests_in_the_Embedded_Systems_Domain

Answer : A

Question 4

In order to achieve re-use of a TAS, where SHOULD the design for reuse occur?

AAt the code level

BAt the framework level.

CAt the TAS level

DAt the TAA level

Answer : C

Question 5

You are the TAE for an Agile project which has six sprints for the current release. Sprint five is underway and the automated regression suite is due to start later today.

You have re-examined the results from the automated regression runs for the past four sprints. You notice that two test cases both reported a pass for sprints 1 and 4 but a fail for sprints 2 and 3. The failures have gone undetected and are therefore unexplained. Both test cases are closely coupled with other tests in the suite.

What course of action SHOULD you take?

ARun the regression suite as planned and see If the tests fail again if they do, determine the cause of failure.

BRemove the test cases from the regression suite and refer them to the test designer for manual testing for future sprints.

CQuarantine the test cases, run the regression suite without them, and perform root cause analysis on the test cases in parallel.

DRun the test cases manually now. If they still pass, keep them in the regression suite, if they fail perform root cause analysis.

Answer : C

Question 6

What is the PRIMARY advantage of using abstraction in the TAA?

AIt makes it more flexible for future reuse and improvements

BIt requires a higher skill level to implement

CIt ensures that any scripting method will be supported

DIt improves the performance of the TAS

Answer : A

Question 7

New features have been added for the current release of a SUT.

Which action would NOT be appropriate for the TAE to perform when evaluating the impact on the TAS?

AGather feedback from the Business Analysts to determine if the current TAS will meet the needs of the new features.

BReview existing keywords to see if they need to be modified.

CRun existing automated tests against the updated SUT to verify and record any changes to their correct operation.

DEvaluate compatibility with existing test tools and, where necessary, identify alternative solutions.

Answer : A

ISTQB Certified Tester Test Automation Engineer Exam Practice Test