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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

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

AThe ability to perform tests which would be difficult or impossible to execute manually

BThe ability to run more tests in less time and therefore to make it possible to run them more often

CThe ability to find more defects with the same tests, compared to executing the same test manually

DThe ability to enable a better use of skilled testers by freeing them from repetitive and boring tasks

Answer : C

Question 3

Consider a TAS associated to dynamically changing software frequent releases. Your goal is to determine the amount of effort required to maintain the automated tests of the regression test suite for each new release of the SUT.

What is the MOST important metric to collect to achieve your goal?

AThe code coverage achieved with the automated tests, for each new release of the SUT

BThe number of automated tests which fail because of a single software defect, for each new release of the SUT

CThe time it takes to execute all the automated tests, for each new release of the SUT.

DThe number of automated tests requiring maintenance, for each new release of the SUT.

Answer : B

Question 4

Which of the following statements BEST describe aspects of the SUT to consider when designing a TAA?

AAll the interaction between SUT and TAS should be logged with the highest level of detail

BAll the internal test interfaces of the SUT should be removed prior to the product release

CAll the interface of the SUT affected by the tests should be controllable by the TAA

DAll the external test interfaces of the SUT should be removed prior to the product release

Answer : A

Question 5

You are using a gTAA to create a TAS for a project. The TAS is aimed specifically at automating a suit of existing manual test cases for standalone desktop applications. All the interfaces between the TAS and SUT will be from the CUI of the application.

Which of the following layers of the gTAA should you focus on for the TAS?

AThe test Generation layer

BThe Test Definition layer

CThe Test Adaption layer

DThe Test Execution layer

Answer : A

Question 6

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 7

Consider the following layers of the gTAA structure:

a. Test generation layer

b. Test definition layer

c. Test execution layer

d. Test execution layer

Consider the following capabilities associated with these layers.

Acquire all the necessary resources before each test and release all after run, in order to avoid interdependences between test

Allow the automated test scripts on an abstract level to interact with components, configurations and interfaces of the SUT.

Design test directives that allow configuring the algorithms used to automatically produce the test cases a given model of the SUT.

Allow the definition and implementation of test cases and data by means of templates and/or guidelines.

Which of the following BEST matches each layer with the appropriate capability?

Aa-3, b-4, c-1, d-2

Ba-4, b-3, c-1, d-2

Ca-4, b-3, c-2, d-1

Da-3, b-4, c-2, d-1

Answer : C

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