Identify Technical Success Factors of a Test Automation Project CT-TAS Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11application · medium

   An automation team has been using a linear script approach for their UI tests. As the application has grown, the scripts have become difficult to maintain, and any change in the UI requires updating multiple scripts. The team wants to refactor the tests to improve maintainability. Which refactoring step should they take first?

   • ACombine all scripts into a single large test suite to simplify management.
   • BRewrite all scripts using a different programming language.
   • CIncrease the use of comments in the scripts to make them easier to understand.
   • DIdentify common UI interactions and extract them into reusable functions or page objects.
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2. 12expert · hard

   A team is automating tests for a data-intensive application that processes large volumes of records. The tests need to verify data transformations and reporting. The team has a limited set of test data and is considering generating synthetic data. However, the business stakeholders require that the tests use realistic data to ensure accuracy. What is the best way to balance the need for realistic data with the need for a scalable test data set?

   • AUse a subset of production data that is anonymized and supplemented with synthetic data to cover edge cases.
   • BAsk the business stakeholders to manually verify the test results instead of relying on automated tests.
   • CUse the full production dataset in the test environment to ensure complete realism.
   • DUse only synthetic data that is generated to match the statistical distribution of production data.
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4. 13expert · hard

   A company is integrating automated tests into their CI/CD pipeline. The pipeline currently builds and deploys to a staging environment. The team wants to run automated tests as part of the pipeline, but the staging environment is shared with other teams and is not always in a consistent state. The team is considering using a containerized environment for testing. What is the most important consideration when using containers for test execution?

   • AAvoid using containers because they add complexity to the CI/CD pipeline.
   • BRun tests in the staging environment as-is, and only use containers for unit tests.
   • CEnsure that the container images are versioned and that the test environment is provisioned from the same image used in production.
   • DUse the latest container image for each test run to ensure up-to-date dependencies.
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5. 14application · medium

   An automation team has developed a large suite of UI tests for a web application. Over time, the tests have become brittle and frequently fail due to minor UI changes. The team spends more time fixing tests than finding defects. What is the most effective way to improve the maintainability of the test suite?

   • AIncrease the use of hard-coded waits to ensure elements are present before interacting.
   • BRewrite all tests from scratch using a different automation tool.
   • CRefactor the tests to use a page object model and centralize locators in a single repository.
   • DReduce the number of tests to only the most critical ones to lower maintenance effort.
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6. 15foundation · easy

   Which of the following is a key aspect of test data management?

   • ADeleting all test data after each run
   • BUsing production data without masking
   • CEnsuring data is available when needed by automated tests
   • DStoring test data in a single spreadsheet
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