Dependencies Within the Test Environment CT-TAS Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6application · medium

   A test automation suite for a client-server application requires a specific network configuration, including open ports and firewall rules. The network team recently changed the firewall, and now the tests fail because the client cannot connect to the server. Which dependency is causing the failure?

   • AHardware dependency on the server
   • BSoftware dependency on the client application
   • CNetwork dependency on the firewall rules
   • DData dependency on the test data
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2. 7application · medium

   A test automation suite requires a specific version of a third-party library. The development team updates the library in the shared test environment, causing the tests to fail. The team wants to prevent this from happening again. What is the most effective strategy?

   • AUse a different library in the tests
   • BUpdate the tests to work with the new library version
   • CPin the library version in the test environment
   • DAsk the development team to notify before updating
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4. 8application · medium

   A team automates API tests for a payment service. The service reads configuration from a shared database that also stores test data. During a test run, a developer manually updates a configuration value, causing several tests to fail. The failures stop when the developer restores the value. What is the most likely root cause of the test failures?

   • AA hardware dependency on the database server
   • BA network dependency between the test runner and the database
   • CA software dependency on a specific database version
   • DA data dependency on shared configuration
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5. 9expert · hard

   A team automates tests for a system that uses a license server. The license server allows a limited number of concurrent connections. When the test automation runs in parallel, it sometimes exceeds the license limit, causing tests to fail. The team wants to run tests in parallel to save time. What is the best strategy?

   • ARun tests sequentially to avoid the license issue
   • BIncrease the license limit
   • CUse a license server simulator
   • DLimit the number of parallel tests to stay within the license limit
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6. 10expert · hard

   A team automates tests for a microservices-based application. Each microservice has its own database, and the tests run in a Kubernetes cluster. The team notices that tests fail when the cluster is under heavy load because some microservices time out. They also notice that tests fail when the databases are not reset between runs. The team wants to improve reliability. What is the best approach?

   • AReset the databases before each test run and use resource quotas to prevent overload
   • BIncrease the resource limits for the microservices in the test cluster
   • CRun tests sequentially to avoid load
   • DUse mocks for all microservices
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