Investment in Setting up and Maintaining Test Automation CT-TAS Practice Questions (Page 6)

Questions 26–28

1. 26application · easy

   A test automation team is asked to justify the value of their suite. They report that the suite executes 500 tests per day, each taking an average of 2 minutes, while manual execution would take 10 minutes per test. They also report that the suite found 15 defects last month. Which metric best quantifies the time savings?

   • A15 defects found
   • B2 minutes per test
   • C8 minutes saved per test
   • D500 tests per day
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2. 27expert · hard

   A company is calculating the total cost of ownership for a test automation suite. They have included the cost of the tool license, the time to write the initial scripts, and the time to maintain the scripts. However, they have not included the time testers spend debugging test failures that are caused by test data issues. Why is this a problem?

   • ADebugging is not a cost of automation; it is a cost of testing
   • BDebugging time is already included in the maintenance time
   • CDebugging time is a significant part of maintenance effort and should be included in TCO
   • DDebugging time is not predictable, so it cannot be included in TCO
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3. 28foundation · easy

   Which of the following is a key element to include when evaluating the benefits side of a test automation cost-benefit analysis?

   • AThe time saved by reducing manual regression testing
   • BThe cost of the test automation tool licenses
   • CThe programming language used for test scripts
   • DThe number of testers on the team
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