Free ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level – Test Automation Engineer Exam TAE Exam Practice Test

Which of the following statements about the reuse of TAS artefacts is TRUE?

• Reusable TAS artefacts can include components (or parts of components) associated with different layers of the TAA
• To enable reuse of TAS artefacts, a good design for reuse is built into the TAA and to further action are needed during the TAS lifecycle
• Communications maintenance and improvements for reusing TAS artefacts are modify addressed during the design of the TAA
• Reusable TAS artifacts associated with the definition layer of the TAA include the adaptors to the SUT components and/or interfaces

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

• When automating regression tests, the structure of automated tests must always be the same as the corresponding manual tests
• When automating regression tests, the corresponding manual tests should have already been executed to verify they operate correctly
• When automating regression tests, the initialization steps set the test preconditions should be automated wherever possible
• When automating regression tests, consideration should be given to how much time would be saved by automation

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?

• Verify the testability support with the providers of the third party components
• Verify whether the GUI identification depends on the browser.
• Adopt an approach that uses the coordinates of the GUI elements instead
• Verify whether naming standards for variables and have been defined for the current automation solution

Which of the following attributes should NOT be included in a test execution report associated with a suite of automated tests?

• Summary of the test execution results
• System/Application under test and its version
• Defect clusters identified during test execution
• Environment in which the tests have been executed

Which of the following statements does NOT describe good practice for maintaining the TAS?

• The TAS must run in the development environment because development and programming knowledge are required for its maintainability
• The TAS must be under configuration management, along with the test suite, the testware artefacts and the test environment in which it runs
• The TAS must separate the test scripts from the environment in which it runs and from the associated harnesses and artefacts
• The TAS must consist of components that can be easily replaced without affecting the overall behavior of the TAS itself

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?

• The connectivity from the TAS to the dedicated test interfaces will not work
• The process of configuring the TAS will be error-phone due to manual intervention
• The automated test cases will not contain the expected result
• False alarms, that are unlikely to occur in the real world, will be observed during testing

You are reviewing the testability of your SUT.Which of the following BEST refers to the characteristic of OBSERVABILITY?

• The ability of the SUT to perform its intended function for a specified period of time
• The ability to exercise the SUT by entering inputs, triggering events and invoking methods
• The ability of the SUT to prevent unauthorized access to its components or data.
• The ability to identify states, outputs, intermediate result and error messages in the SUT

Which of the following metrics could suggest, under certain condition that an automated regression test suite has NOT been updated for new functionalities added to the SUT?

• The ratio of comments to executable statements in the SUT code.
• The SUT code coverage provided by the execution of the regression test suite.
• The defect density in the automation code of the regression test suite.
• The ratio of commands to executable statements in the automation code of the regression test suite

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

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

• The number of users for the SUT
• Availability of interfaces for the SUT to be testable
• Standards and Legal requirements, e.g data privacy
• Data used by the SUT, e.g configuration, users