Free Aug-2024 UPDATED ISTQB CT-TAE Exam Questions & Answer [Q19-Q37]

NO.19 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?

Run the regression suite as planned and see If the tests fail again if they do, determine the cause of failure.

Remove the test cases from the regression suite and refer them to the test designer for manual testing for future sprints.

Quarantine the test cases, run the regression suite without them, and perform root cause analysis on the test cases in parallel.

Run the test cases manually now. If they still pass, keep them in the regression suite, if they fail perform root cause analysis.

NO.20 Which of the following statements BEST describe aspects of the SUT to consider when designing a TAA?

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

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

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

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

NO.21 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?

Structured scripting

Capture-replay scripting

Data-driven scripting

Model-based scripting

NO.22 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?

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

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

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

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

NO.23 What represents good practice when automating a manual regression test suite?

Test data shared between tests should, where feasible, be stored and accessed from a single source to avoid duplication or introduction of error.

All existing manual tests should be decomposed into several smaller automated tests to reduce functional overlap.

Remove inter-dependencies between tests to reduce automation failures and costly error analysis.

Once a manual test has been automated, execute it immediately to Identify whether it operates correctly.

NO.24 What are the four horizontal layers of the gTAA?

Test adaptation, test execution, test design, test definition

Test generation, test execution, test definition, test APIs

Test generation, test definition, test execution, test adaptation

Test definition, test execution, test reporting, test adaptation

NO.25 Which of the following statements BEST describe aspects of the SUT to consider when designing a TAA?

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

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

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

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

NO.26 When if the BEST time for automation to consider legal and/or standard requirements for a SUT?

When implementing the SUT

When designing a TAF

When designing a TAA

When developing a TAS

NO.27 What is NOT a factor in considering when you are asked to ensure an effective transition from manual to automated tests?

Complexity to automate the manual test cases

Correctness of test data and test cases

The look and feel of the SUT

The controllability of the SUT

NO.28 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?

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

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

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

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

NO.29 You are working on a government system called “Making Tax Digital” or MTD for short. This system is being implemented to stop manual human input error and also to reduce fraudulent behaviour from companies when submitting their tax and VAT returns.
The key concept is that registered companies will need to use government recommended 3rd party software for their accounts and book keeping. These 3rd party applications will have a direct interface into the government’s main system for transactions and submissions.
You have been using a test execution tool successfully on the project so far. and have implemented a basic
“capture/replay” approach to scripting.
The management have been encouraged with the automation so far, but want the following objectives to be met:
* Test cases added easily
* Reduction in the amount of scripts and script duplication
* Reduction in maintenance costs
Which scripting technique would be MOST suitable in this scenario in order to meet the objectives?

Linear scripting

Structured scripting

Data-driven scripting

Keyword-driven scripting

NO.30 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?

Data-driven scripting

Keyword-driven scripting

Linear scripting

Structure scripting

NO.31 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?

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

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

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

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

NO.32 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?

Maturity of the test process

Complexity to automate

Frequency of use

Sustainability of the automated environment

NO.33 Your company is new to test automation and as TAE. you have designed a TAS which successfully supports the SUT for the current project.
There are other systems currently in operation which have been tested manually and more systems are planned over the coming years. Based on this success, your company requires test automation be rolled out to other current and future SUTs with consistency being a key objective.
Which of the following is the BEST way to achieve that?

Design a new TAS for each SUT, and manage each one through a dedicated automation support team.

Install the current TAS into a central repository so that other tests on different SUTs use the same version of the TAS.

Check for correct connectivity to internal and external systems to ensure that the TAS has been installed and configured correctly for each SUT.

Develop a tool that keeps track of automation failures across the different SUTs and produces regular reports to stakeholders.

NO.34 You are a TAE working for a software house which provides quarterly releases of its software to its customers. There are many different versions of the SUT that need to be tested simultaneously by different tests teams.
Your TAS is complex and you need to ensure it remains consistent across the different SUT environments. What is the BEST and MOST efficient way to ensure each of the test teams use the same version of the TAS to test the different versions of the SUT?

Due to the complexities involved and the high risks associated with these releases, it would be best to revert to manual testing.

Produce comprehensive documentation of the TAS, installation and usage guidelines and provide training for each team member.

Install the TAS is a central repository and have an automated installation and configuration of the TAS from this repository to each of the SUT environments.

Develop a tool to track historical test results across the different SUT environments and look for trends.

NO.35 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?

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

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

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

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

NO.36 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?

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

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

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

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

NO.37 If you are tracking the frequency that a test automation code reports a defect that is not really a defect, what metric are you gathering?

Tool scripting metrics

Automation code defect density

Trend metrics

The number of false-fail results

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