Certified Tester Test Automation Engineer (CT-TAE) Free Practice Test

Question 1

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?

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 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

C. 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

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.

Correct Answer: A

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Question 2

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?

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: D

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Question 3

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?
A) The configuration of the TAS uses automated installation scripts
B) 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

A. B and c

B. B and d

C. A and e

D. A and d

Correct Answer: C

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Question 4

Designing the System Under Test (SUT) for testability is important for a good test automation approach and can also benefit manual test execution.
Which of the following is NOT a consideration when designing for testability?

A. Clearly defined architecture: The SUT Architecture needs to provide clear and understandable interfaces giving control and visibility on all test levels.

B. Control: the SUT needs to provide interfaces that can be used to perform actions on SUT.

C. Observability: The SUT needs to provide interface that give insight into the system.

D. Re-useability: The code written for the SUT must be re-useable for other similar system.

Correct Answer: D

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Question 5

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?

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

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

C. 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.

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

Correct Answer: C

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Question 6

Your project is transitioning from manual to automated testing. You have decided to implement a pilot project so that lessons learned can inform future time estimates and schedules.
Which two of the following represent the types of test cases that are MOST suited to a test automation pilot project?
a) High added value test cases that require little effort to automate.
b) Test that are run infrequently as these will be simpler to automate
c) Reliability test cases that can show added value soon
d) Technically challenging test cases to provide the best validation of manual test conversion e) Tests that are least Important to the business as these are safer to trial

A. c and e

B. a and b

C. b and d

D. a and c

Correct Answer: D

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Question 7

You are working as a TAE for a company who have been using a web test execution tool for a number of years. The tool has been used successfully on ten web applications in the past.
The company are developing a new web application which has a friendly User Interface, but the developers have used an object throughout the application which the tool is unable to recognise. As a result, you have no way of capturing the object or verifying the contents using the automation tool.
What is the first thing you should do about this problem?

A. Ask the developers to remove the object and replace it with some text fields

B. Ask the developers if they can change the object to something that can be recognised by the tool

C. See if the application can be run on a desktop and if the object can be recognised on the desktop by the tool.

D. Investigate whether the object can be recognised by other test execution tools in the market

Correct Answer: B

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Question 8

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?

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

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 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.

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

Correct Answer: D

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Question 9

Consider a TAS deployed into production. The SUT is a web application and the test suite consists of a set of automated regression tests developed via GUI. A keyword-driven framework has been adopted for automating the regression tests. The tests are based on identification at low-levels of the web page components (e.g class indexes, tab sequence indexes and coordinates) in the next planned release the SUT will be subject to significant corrective maintenance (bug-fixes) and evolution (new features) Maintenance costs to update the test scripts should be as low as possible and the scripts must be highly reusable.
Which of the following statements is most likely to be TRUE?

A. The keyword-driven framework introduces a level abstraction that is too high and makes it difficult what really happens

B. The total execution time of the automated regression test suite will decrease for each planned release.

C. The keyword-driven framework is not suitable, it would be better to adopt a structured-scripting approach

D. False positive errors are likely to occur when running the automated tests on the new releases without modifying the test

Correct Answer: C

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