ISTQB CT-TAE : Certified Tester Test Automation Engineer

You have been asked to develop test automation for a legacy system that is going to go through a series of infrastructure migrations. The scripts will be used to verify basic functionality during these infrastructure changes Your Test Analysts have some programming skills and need a solution that is simple and fast.
Maintainability of the scripts is not a consideration because no changes to the software are anticipated.
Which of the following is the BEST scripting approach in this situation?

• A. Model-Based scripting
• B. Linear scripting
• C. Structured scripting
• D. Capture-replay scripting

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?

• A. Testing the TAS for its ability to be implemented in other target test environments.
• B. Testing the TAS for ITS ability to run a shared test environment
• C. Testing the TAS for regressions due to optimization that fix non-functional issues.
• D. Testing the TAS for application compatibility issues in the target environment

You are evaluating several test modelling tools and are wanting to automatically generate test cases within the tool where many different combinations of input data are created.
You are then wanting to export the test cases into a csv file which can then be read by a functional test execution tool using a data-driven or keyword-driven scripting method.
You have investigated several tools and there is only one tool that provides all the necessary features defined by your team with the exception of the export facility. It does not provide an export into either .xls or .csv formats.
What would be the BEST next step regarding the selection of this tool?

• A. Ask the vendor and use forums to see if a solution is available or going to be available in the future.
• B. Consider another tool that is more "fit for purpose" and has all the features required.
• C. Explore the possibility of creating your own export facility.
• D. Purchase this tool and generate the .csv file manually.

The Test Automation Manager has asked you to provide a solution for collecting metrics from the TAS that measures code coverage every time the automated regression test pack is run. The metrics must be trend based to ensure that the scope of the regression test pack continues to reflect enhancements made to the SUT - coverage must not drop and should ideally increase. The solution must be as automated as possible to avoid unnecessary manual overheads and errors.
Which of the following approaches would BEST meet these requirements?

• A. Test automation cannot measure code coverage for the SUT, only the code for the automation tools and scripts. The automated test cases would need to be run manually with a code coverage and reporting tool running in the background.
• B. The automated testware would record the pass/fail rate of each regression test case, export the data to a pre-formatted Excel spreadsheet that automatically updates a trend analysis success rate bar chart and emails it to stakeholders.
• C. The automated testware would record overall code coverage for each run and add the figure to a new row in a pre-formatted Excel spreadsheet. You would then present the spreadsheet to stakeholders so they could look for changes in coverage.
• D. The automated testware would record overall code coverage for each run, export the data to a pre-formatted Excel spreadsheet that automatically updates a trend analysis bar chart for you to distribute to stakeholders.

Which of the following success factors for a test automation project is TRUE?

• A. Automated tests must be designed to capture only the data that is strictly needed for comparing expected and actual results
• B. The test cases to be automated must have a high dependency on particular data values
• C. Automated tests that fail due to changes in the requirements of the SUT should be promptly fixed rather than disabled from the test suite
• D. The test cases to be automated first must always be selected based on the number of times a test will need to be run