ISTQB CT-TAE Exam Practice Test Instant Access

Question 1

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 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

A project consists of distributed teams working in a 24-hour environment, where activities happen at all hours of the day. This project adopts a CI (Continuous Integration) process when developer check-in code and consists of automated activities that include generating a build and deploying it to a test environment. Automated integration tests are run multiple times a day. The project have asked for a report containing the automation test results for every build, which must be available 24/7 to the project team.

Which of the following would be the BEST way to automatically provides this report?

AStore the execution results of the integration tests for the last build to a database (without overwriting the results from the previous builds), use this database to automatically update a dashboard containing the build history and test results accessible to the project team.

BStore the execution result of the integration tests for the last build to a database (overwriting the results from the previous build), automatically create a test execution report for this build send It via e-mail to the project team

CStore the execution results of the integration tests for the last build to a database (without overwriting the results from the previous builds). Automatically create a test execution report for this build and send it via e-mail to the project team

DStore the code coverage results of the integration tests for the last build to a database (without overwriting the results from the previous builds). And automatically create a chart showing the trend in code coverage and send via email to the project team.

Answer : A

Question 4

Consider a TAS that exclusively uses the APIs of a SUT. To make this work, significant changes have been required to the SUT by adding a set of dedicated test interfaces to the APIs. All the automated tests will use these test interfaces when interacting with the SUT. Assume that you are currently verifying the correctness of the automated test environment and test tool setup.

Which of the following would you expect to be the MOST specific risk associated with this scenario?

AThe connectivity from the TAS to the dedicated test interfaces will not work

BThe process of configuring the TAS will be error-phone due to manual intervention

CThe automated test cases will not contain the expected result

DFalse alarms, that are unlikely to occur in the real world, will be observed during testing

Answer : D

Question 5

A defect in a SUT has been resolved and validated by an automated defect re-test in the current release of the software. This retest has now been added to the automated regression test suite.

Which statement BEST describes a reason why this defect could re-occur in future releases?

AAutomated defect confirmation testing is not effective at confirming that the resolved defect will continue to work in future releases

BThe configuration management process does not properly control the synchronization between software archives

CThe automated regression test suite is not run consistently for future releases.

DThe automated regression test suite has a narrower scope of functionality

Answer : B

Question 6

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

Question 7

Consider a SUT that small run on multiple platform during the execution of automated test runs. In each test run an automated test suite needs to be executed, with the same version of the TAF, against the same version of the SUT of each platform. Each platform shall have its own dedicated test environment. Your goal is to implement a process as automated as possible ( i.e with minimal manual intervention) that allows implementing a consistent setup of the TAS across the multiple test environments.

Which two of the following aspects are MOST relevant for achieving your goal in this scenario?

The configuration of the TAS uses automated installation scripts

The TAF saves the logs needed to debug errors in XML format

C) Features of the TAF not used by the automated tests have been tested

D) All the automated test cases contain the expected results

E) The TAS components are under configuration management

AA and e

BB and c

CB and d

DA and d

Answer : A

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