Free CTAL-TAE: ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level-Test Automation Engineering Exam Questions and Answers

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of test automation?

• AA. The ability to perform tests which would be difficult orimpossible to execute manually
• BB. The ability to run more tests in less time and therefore to make it possible to run them more often
• CC. The ability to find more defects with the same tests, compared to executing the same test manually
• DD. The ability to enable a better use of skilled testers by freeing them from repetitive and boring tasks

Assume that you are the TAE responsible for the correct functioning of a TAS, deployed in a test environment that consists of a few machines running the same version of the operating system. The TAS has been working and stable since its deployment, it has been used to run an automated test suite consisting of many similar automated test. The infrastructure team is planning to update the operating system on these machines by installing a new the service pack for security reasons. Since the vendor of the operating system assurance full backward compatibility, the infrastructure team assurance that there will be no impacts on the functioning of the TAS. What is the BEST approach to confirm the correct functioning of the TAS in this scenario?

• AA. Verify the behavior of the automated tests by running a small tests, then gradually run the remaining tests to confirm the correct functioning of the whole automated test suite.
• BB. Make sure that the infrastructure team has completed installing the service pack on the machines where SUT is running, then run the whole automated test suite to verify itsbehavior
• CC. Verify the behavior of the whole automated test suite by running all the automated tests
• DD. Do not run any tests because you can immediately confirm the correct functioning of the automated test suite

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

• AA. Automated tests must be designed to capture only the datathat is strictly needed for comparing expected and actual results
• BB. The test cases to be automated first must always be selected based on the number of times a test will need to be run
• CC. The test cases to be automated must have a high dependency on particular data values
• DD. Automated tests that fail due to changes in the requirements of the SUT should be promptly fixed rather than disabled from the test suite

You have been asked to automate a set of functional tests at system Test level via the CLI of the SUT for the first release of a software system. The automated tests will be delivered to the learn in change of maintenance testing, who will use them for part of the regression testing. They have the following requirements. * 1. The automated tests must be as fast and cheap to maintain as possible * 2. The cost of adding new automated tests must be as low as possible * 3. The automated tests musthave a high level of independence from the tool itself Which of the following scripting techniques would be MOST suitable?

• AA. Data-driven scripting
• BB. Keyword-driven scripting
• CC. Linear scripting
• DD. Structure scripting

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

• AA. It allows developing steps of the test process without being closely tied to the SUT interface.
• BB. It allow choosing different paradigms (e.g event-driven) for the interaction TAS and SUT
• CC. It allows specify test cases without being closely tied to the tool to run them against the SUT
• DD. It allows testers to findmore defects on the SUT

Which of the following statement about the implementation of automated regression testing is FALSE?

• AA. When automating regression tests, the structure of automated tests mustalways be the same as the corresponding manual tests
• BB. When automating regression tests, the corresponding manual tests should have already been executed to verify they operate correctly
• CC. When automating regression tests, theinitialization steps set the test preconditions should be automated wherever possible
• DD. When automating regression tests, consideration should be given to how much time would be saved by automation

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?

• AA. Maturity of the test process
• BB. Complexity to automate
• CC. Frequency of use
• DD. Sustainability of the automated environment

Consider a TAS that uses a keyword-driven framework. The SUT is a web application and there is a large set of keywords available for writing the automated tests that relate to highly specific user actions linked directly to the GUI of the SUT. The automated test written with the keywords are statically analyzed by a custom tool which highlight's repeated instances of identical sequence of keywords. The waiting mechanism implemented by the TAS for a webpage load is based on a synchronous sampling within a given timeout. The TAS allows checking a webpage load every seconds until a timeout value

• AA. Changing thescripting approach to data-driven scripting
• BB. Implementing keywords with a higher level of granularity
• CC. Changing the wait mechanism to explicit hard-coded waits
• DD. Establishing an error recovery process for TAS and SUT

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

• AA. Summary of the test execution results
• BB. System/Application under test and its version
• CC. Defect clusters identified during test execution
• DD. Environment in which the tests have been executed

Which of the following statements about the reuse of TAS artefacts is TRUE?

• AA. Reusable TAS artefacts can include components (or parts of components) associated with different layers of the TAA
• BB. To enable reuse of TAS artefacts, a good design for reuse is built into the TAA and to further action are needed during the TAS lifecycle
• CC. Communications maintenance and improvements for reusing TAS artefacts are modifyaddressed during the design of the TAA
• DD. Reusable TAS artifacts associated with the definition layer of the TAA include the adaptors to the SUT components and/or interfaces