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

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 3

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 4

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 5

You are working as a TAE for a company who are re-designing their website. The new website provides information for customers and there are two minor features being developed:

1) Request a newsletter

2) Ability to contact the organisation with a question or comment

The website must be ''mobile friendly" and available on all major web browsers.

You have been tasked to provide an automated solution for web browsers only and to concentrate on the two minor features.

What would be a KEY challenge with automation in this context?

AA low level of intrusion is likely from use of existing UI elements, but depending on the solution this might be more complex than a higher level of intrusion.

BBecause there is a high level of intrusion there may be many false alarms.

CAutomation might not be possible on the mobile devices.

DThe benefits of automation might not be achieved for many years due to the complexities of the SUT and automation solution.

Answer : D

Question 6

Which of the following describes how a test execution report is likely to be used?

ATo understand which test step caused the failure in a test case

BTo identify problematic areas of the SUT by keeping a history showing which test cases fail the most

CTo measure coverage of the test basis by a test suite

DTo record how a test case failure has been fixed

Answer : B

Question 7

You are implementing test automation for a project that has a business critical application A test execution tool is being used to run automated regression tests. The results from the test execution tool are very important and need to be 100% accurate.

You want to merge the test automation results with the test management system that also records the manual test results so that managers can make informed decisions about the progress quickly.

Which layer of the gTAA will be used to ensure the proper reporting occurs and the interfaces to the test management system are handled?

AThe reporting layer

BThe logging layer

CThe execution layer

DThe adaptation layer

Answer : A

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