End-To-End Testing CTAL-AT Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–25

1. 21foundation · easy

   Which strategy can help mitigate risks related to test environment dependencies in end-to-end testing?

   • AIgnoring failures caused by external systems
   • BRunning tests only when the external system is confirmed to be available
   • CIncreasing the number of end-to-end tests to compensate
   • DUsing virtualized or stubbed versions of external systems
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2. 22foundation · easy

   When determining the scope of end-to-end tests, what should be the primary basis for selecting which user journeys to include?

   • AThe number of defects found in previous releases
   • BThe number of test cases that can be automated
   • CThe availability of test environments
   • DThe criticality of the business process to the organization
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4. 23expert · hard

   A team is designing end-to-end tests for a loan application process. The process requires different customer profiles: a new customer, an existing customer with a good credit score, and a customer with a poor credit score. The team has limited test data. What is the best way to manage test data for these scenarios?

   • AGenerate test data dynamically for each scenario at runtime.
   • BCreate a single test data set that includes all required customer profiles.
   • CUse the same customer profile for all scenarios to simplify data management.
   • DUse production data for the customers with good credit scores only.
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5. 24application · medium

   After running end-to-end tests for a shopping cart feature, the team sees that the test 'add item to cart and checkout' failed. The failure occurred when the cart total was calculated. Which analysis is most appropriate?

   • AInvestigate the integration between the cart and pricing service to identify the root cause.
   • BConclude that the shopping cart feature is completely broken.
   • CRe-run the test multiple times to see if it passes eventually.
   • DIgnore the failure because it is likely a test environment issue.
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6. 25expert · hard

   A company is implementing end-to-end testing for a new customer onboarding process that involves a web form, a backend service, and a third-party identity verification system. The third-party system is only available in a staging environment, not in the local development environment. The team wants to run end-to-end tests in CI. What is the best approach?

   • ASkip end-to-end tests for the onboarding process because of the dependency.
   • BDeploy the third-party system to the local development environment.
   • CRun end-to-end tests only in the staging environment where the third-party system is available.
   • DUse a mock for the third-party system in CI, and run a separate set of tests against the real system in staging.
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