What is the purpose of using risk assessment to prioritize regression tests?

To eliminate the need for manual testing.

To reduce the total number of test cases in the suite.

To ensure that all test cases are executed in every regression run.

To focus testing effort on the areas that are most likely to have defects and where defects would have the greatest impact.

In risk-based regression testing, how are test cases prioritized?

Based on the number of test steps in each test case.

Based on the likelihood and impact of defects in the affected functionality.

Based on the test case author's experience.

Based on the order in which the test cases were created.

Which of the following is a strategy for maintaining test cases to ensure they remain relevant and effective?

Adding more test cases without reviewing existing ones.

Deleting test cases that fail more than once.

Regularly reviewing and updating test cases to reflect changes in requirements and code.

Keeping all test cases unchanged to ensure consistency.

A team has an automated regression test that is flaky: it passes most of the time but fails intermittently. The team is unsure whether the failures indicate a real defect. What should they do?

Mark the test as 'known flaky' and ignore its results.

Run the test multiple times and accept it if it passes at least once.

Remove the test from the suite to avoid false alarms.

Investigate the flaky test to determine the root cause and fix it.

A team notices that several automated regression tests are failing because the UI elements they target have been renamed. The tests are no longer valid. What is the best way to handle this situation?

Rewrite the tests from scratch to match the new UI.

Ignore the failures and continue running the suite.

Update the test scripts to use the new UI element names.

Remove the failing tests from the regression suite.

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Which of the following is a strategy for maintaining test cases to ensure they remain relevant and effective?
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A team has an automated regression test that is flaky: it passes most of the time but fails intermittently. The team is unsure whether the failures indicate a real defect. What should they do?
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A team notices that several automated regression tests are failing because the UI elements they target have been renamed. The tests are no longer valid. What is the best way to handle this situation?
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