ISTQB CT-TAE Exam Practice Test Instant Access

Question 1

A web application was released into production one year ago, it has regular release which follow a V-model lifecycle and testing is well-established and fully integration into the development lifecycle. You have been asked to implement a TAS for the regression test suite. The regression tests have been developed via the GUI and are expected to be run at least four times a month, for each planned release, for the whole operation solution life of the system (six years). Each screen of the GUI uses several third-party controls which are not compatible with the existing automation solutions. The environment for the automation will be stable, fully controllable and separated from other environments (development, staging, production).

What could be the MOST problematic for this TAS?

AMaturity of the test process

BComplexity to automate

CFrequency of use

DSustainability of the automated environment

Answer : D

Question 2

Which of the following success factors for a test automation project is TRUE?

AAutomated tests must be designed to capture only the data that is strictly needed for comparing expected and actual results

BThe test cases to be automated first must always be selected based on the number of times a test will need to be run

CThe test cases to be automated must have a high dependency on particular data values

DAutomated tests that fail due to changes in the requirements of the SUT should be promptly fixed rather than disabled from the test suite

Answer : D

Question 3

The Test Automation Manager has asked you to provide a solution for collecting metrics from the TAS that measures code coverage every time the automated regression test pack is run. The metrics must be trend based to ensure that the scope of the regression test pack continues to reflect enhancements made to the SUT - coverage must not drop and should ideally increase. The solution must be as automated as possible to avoid unnecessary manual overheads and errors.

Which of the following approaches would BEST meet these requirements?

ATest automation cannot measure code coverage for the SUT, only the code for the automation tools and scripts. The automated test cases would need to be run manually with a code coverage and reporting tool running in the background.

BThe automated testware would record overall code coverage for each run and add the figure to a new row in a pre-formatted Excel spreadsheet. You would then present the spreadsheet to stakeholders so they could look for changes in coverage.

CThe automated testware would record overall code coverage for each run, export the data to a pre-formatted Excel spreadsheet that automatically updates a trend analysis bar chart for you to distribute to stakeholders.

DThe automated testware would record the pass/fail rate of each regression test case, export the data to a pre-formatted Excel spreadsheet that automatically updates a trend analysis success rate bar chart and emails it to stakeholders.

Answer : C

Question 4

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

Question 5

If you are tracking the frequency that a test automation code reports a defect that is not really a defect, what metric are you gathering?

ATool scripting metrics

BAutomation code defect density

CTrend metrics

DThe number of false-fail results

Answer : D

Question 6

Consider the following example of TAS metrics.

Time to execute automated tests

Speed and efficiency of TAS components

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

AA and B are both internal TAS metrics

BA is an internal TAS metric and B is an external TAS metric

CA and b are both external TAS metric

DA is and external TAS metric and b is an internal TAS metric

Answer : D

Question 7

What is NOT a factor in considering when you are asked to ensure an effective transition from manual to automated tests?

AComplexity to automate the manual test cases

BCorrectness of test data and test cases

CThe look and feel of the SUT

DThe controllability of the SUT

Answer : C

ISTQB CT-TAE Certified Tester Test Automation Engineer Exam Practice Test