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CT-TAE Certified Tester Test Automation Engineer Questions and Answers

Questions 4

Which of the following is NOT a technical design consideration for a TAA?

Options:

A.

The number of users for the SUT

B.

Availability of interfaces for the SUT to be testable

C.

Standards and Legal requirements, e.g data privacy

D.

Data used by the SUT, e.g configuration, users

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Questions 5

New features have been added for the current release of a SUT.

Which action would NOT be appropriate for the TAE to perform when evaluating the impact on the TAS?

Options:

A.

Gather feedback from the Business Analysts to determine if the current TAS will meet the needs of the new features.

B.

Review existing keywords to see if they need to be modified.

C.

Run existing automated tests against the updated SUT to verify and record any changes to their correct operation.

D.

Evaluate compatibility with existing test tools and, where necessary, identify alternative solutions.

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Questions 6

You are working on a TAS for standalone application. The automated tests are developed based on a automation framework that allows interaction with GUI elements using on object orientated API. The GUI elements include menus, buttons, radio buttons, text toolbars and their properties.

Whilst automating a test, you have discovered that the GUI elements of some third party components are not identifiable by the automated tool you are using.

Which of the following is the FIRST step that you take to investigate this issue?

Options:

A.

Verify the testability support with the providers of the third party components

B.

Verify whether the GUI identification depends on the browser.

C.

Adopt an approach that uses the coordinates of the GUI elements instead

D.

Verify whether naming standards for variables and have been defined for the current automation solution

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Questions 7

You are testing a major enhancement to an air traffic control user interface. You have use of a sophisticated pre-production test environment, created specifically for large scale automated regression, performance and security testing. The window for regression testing is limited and

must successfully conclude, with no major regressions remaining, before the non-functional testing starts.

You have been using the same version of the TAS for the last few releases, each time completing the automated regression test suite in a single overnight run. However, due to the latest enhancements for the SUT, you believe there is a risk that the test suite may no longer complete

overnight and therefore delay performance and security testing.

Which option would be the BEST and MOST cost-efficient approach to mitigate this risk?

Options:

A.

Create a mirror of the pre-production test environment and split the regression test suite to run in parallel across the environments.

B.

Split the regression test suite into multiple parts, running in the environment across consecutive nights.

C.

Analyse the regression test suite and remove test coverage duplication and redundancy.

D.

Introduce better coding practices for the automation scripts, including coding guidelines, reviews and improved static analysis.

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Questions 8

What are the four horizontal layers of the gTAA?

Options:

A.

Test adaptation, test execution, test design, test definition

B.

Test generation, test execution, test definition, test APIs

C.

Test generation, test definition, test execution, test adaptation

D.

Test definition, test execution, test reporting, test adaptation

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Questions 9

Your functional regression test automation suite ran successfully for the first two sprints and no failures were encountered during the runs. The automation suite records the status of each test case as either 'pass' or 'fail' and has excellent recovery capability built in.

For the third sprint, the TAS log reported several test cases with a status of 'fail'. You investigated each test case and found that most failures were due to a defect in one of the keyword scripts, rather than in the SUT. For those where the failure was in the SUT, defect reports were raised but several were returned by the developers asking for more information to enable them to reproduce the problem.

Which additional log items SHOULD you add to the TAS that would BEST improve failure analysis and defect reporting for future sprints?

a) Dynamic measurement information about the SUT.

b) A status of TAS error’, in additional to pass' and 'fail', for each test case.

c) Use of a colour coding scheme so that 'pass’ is in red and fail' is in green.

d) A counter to determine how many times each test case has been executed.

e) System configuration information including software/firmware and operating system versions.

f) A copy of the source code for all Keyword scripts executed.

Options:

A.

a and b

B.

d and e

C.

a and c

D.

b and e

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Questions 10

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?

Options:

A.

Remove the intermittently failing test from the test suite and investigate the reason why the test sometimes passes and sometimes fails.

B.

Check that the production defect that was reported was an actual defect

C.

Run the automated test suite again and if the test now passes - do nothing

D.

Reference: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341396240_Intermittently_Failing_Tests_in_the_Embedded_Systems_Domain

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Questions 11

A regression test suite consist of 500 test cases which are all executed manually. The business case for a pilot project is based on the adoption of test automation using a commercial tool that will reduce the execution time by a factor of 90% for 100% of the tests in the regression test suite. The pilot project lasted one month ( as planned) and you are currently its results. At the end of the pilot project, 40% of the regression tests have been automated and their execution time has been reduce by 60%.

Which of the following statements is TRUE in this scenario?

Options:

A.

The duration of the pilot project was too short –it should last unit the success factors are achieved

B.

The target defined for the business case is too accurate –it should not be measureable

C.

The project selected for the pilot is too critical –if should not be too critical or too trivial

D.

The target defined for the business case seems difficult to hit – it should be realistic

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Questions 12

The GUI of a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application has been delivered through internet Explorer with proprietary Active X and Java controls. This implementation enables rich client capabilities, but specific commercial automation tools are necessary to automate test cases at GUI of functional test cases. This is to demonstrate whether a small set of the commercial are able to properly recognize actions taken by a tester when interacting with GUI of the CRM application.

Which of the following scripting techniques would be MOST suitable in this scenario?

Options:

A.

Data-driven scripting

B.

Keyword-driven scripting

C.

Linear scripting

D.

Structure scripting

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Questions 13

Your organisation has successfully implemented a Test Automaton Solution (TAS) for a new project which has since been delivered into production via a number of sprints. A series of maintenance releases are now planned.

Some improvements were made to the Test Automation Architecture (TAA) as a result of feedback from the early sprints. The TAA improvements affected the TA, and the TAS was changed for the final sprint.

The new version of the TAS was generally well received but some performance and usability issues were encountered with the TAS which have yet to be addressed.

The test automation engineers supporting the maintenance releases must decide whether to use the enhanced TAS or the version that was used successfully for previous sprints.

What is the BEST action to take next?

Options:

A.

Perform an analysis of risks versus benefits for the enhanced TAS and then decide which version to use.

B.

Use the previous version because this was proven to work. It will be too risky to use the new version, with unresolved issues, for a live system.

C.

Use the new version because, despite some issues, it works, and the live system should not be tested using a different TAS.

D.

Use the new version of the TAS for the first maintenance release on a trial basis. If issues are encountered, switch to the previous version for later releases until the issues are resolved.

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Questions 14

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?

Options:

A.

Store 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.

B.

Store 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

C.

Store 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

D.

Store 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.

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Questions 15

A major component of your organisation's Test Automaton Solution (TAS) is a popular open-source third-party capture-replay tool for automated functional testing.

Which two of the following must the Test Automation Engineer (TAE) ensure happens for this TAS?

a) The third party tool is placed under configuration management control.

b) The annual support and maintenance costs are agreed with the tool's vendor.

c) It is Important to obtain information about updates and new versions of the tool so that the third party tool is kept up to date.

d) Ensure that the TAS test scripts are integrated into the tool's framework.

e) Ensure that no changes are made to the tool, because modifications are not allowed for third party products.

Options:

A.

a and b

B.

c and d

C.

a and c

D.

d and e

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Questions 16

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

Options:

A.

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

B.

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

C.

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

D.

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

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Questions 17

When if the BEST time for automation to consider legal and/or standard requirements for a SUT?

Options:

A.

When implementing the SUT

B.

When designing a TAF

C.

When designing a TAA

D.

When developing a TAS

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Questions 18

As a TAE you are evaluating a functional test automation tool that will be for several projects within your organization. The projects require that tool to work effectively and efficiently with SUT’s in distributed environments. The test automated tool also needs to interface with other existing test tools (test management tool and defect tracking tool.) The existing test tools subject to planned updates and their interface to the test automated tool may not work property after these updates.

Which of the following are the two LEAST important concerns related to the evaluation of the test automation in this scenario?

  • Is the test automation tool able to launch processors and execute test cases on multiple machines in different environments?
  • Does the test automation tool support a licensing scheme that allows accessing different sets?
  • Does the test automation tool have a large feature set, but only part of the features will be sets?
  • Do the release notes for the planned updates on existing specify the impacts on their interfaces to other tools?

Does the test automation tool need to install specific libraries that could impact the SUT?

Options:

A.

A and C

B.

A and E

C.

B and E

D.

C and D

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Questions 19

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?

Options:

A.

A 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.

B.

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

C.

Automation might not be possible on the mobile devices.

D.

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

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Questions 20

Consider a TAS that is going to be deployed for the first time. The TAS requires share resources and run it its own test environment. The infrastructure for the TAS has been created along with maintenance procedures. It is very unlikely the TAS will be required to work in other target

Environments. There is a high-risk that when the TAS is deployed in its own test environment, a number of existing application will no longer work because of conflicts with the existing shared resources.

Which of the following activities would you expect to be MOST effective at mitigating the risk associated with the first deployment of the TAS?

Options:

A.

Testing the TAS for application compatibility issues in the target environment

B.

Testing the TAS for its ability to be implemented in other target test environments.

C.

Testing the TAS for regressions due to optimization that fix non-functional issues.

D.

Testing the TAS for ITS ability to run a shared test environment

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Questions 21

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 must have a high level of independence from the tool itself

Which of the following scripting techniques would be MOST suitable?

Options:

A.

Data-driven scripting

B.

Keyword-driven scripting

C.

Linear scripting

D.

Structure scripting

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Questions 22

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

Options:

A.

When automating regression tests, the structure of automated tests must always be the same as the corresponding manual tests

B.

When automating regression tests, the corresponding manual tests should have already been executed to verify they operate correctly

C.

When automating regression tests, the initialization steps set the test preconditions should be automated wherever possible

D.

When automating regression tests, consideration should be given to how much time would be saved by automation

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Questions 23

You have implemented a keyword-driven scripting framework, which uses a test execution tool to run the tests. This has been in use for the past year and all of the teams now use this framework as the standard approach for test execution.

The teams all work on different aspects of the SUT and they have all experienced significant benefits in the use of this scripting framework. However, on closer examination, you have discovered that there are numerous instances where the teams have the same functionality to test but are using different keywords.

One of your objectives for improvement is to create consistency among the teams.

What is the BEST way to handle this situation?

Options:

A.

Move to a model-based approach to scripting where the models include the keywords.

B.

Do nothing, each team are working in isolation and they are all experiencing significant benefits in the way they are currently working.

C.

Provide each team with a set of guidelines and naming conventions for keywords.

D.

Create a central library of keywords and associated definitions for each team to use.

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Questions 24

Your goal is to verify completeness, consistency and correct behavior of an automated test suite. The TAS has been proven to successfully install in the SUT environment. All the preliminary checks to verify the correct functioning of the automated test environment and test tool configuration, installation and setup have successfully completed.

Which of the following is NOT a relevant check for achieving your goal in this scenario?

Options:

A.

Checking whether all the test cases contain the expected results

B.

Checking whether the post condition have been fulfilled for all the test cases

C.

Checking whether the loading of the TAS is repeatable in the SUT environment

D.

Checking whether all the test cases produce repeatable outcomes

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Exam Code: CT-TAE
Exam Name: Certified Tester Test Automation Engineer
Last Update: Dec 2, 2024
Questions: 80

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