Objective: Analyze the Technical Aspects of a Deployed Test Automation Solution CTAL-TAE Practice Questions (Page 6)

Questions 26–30

1. 26application · medium · select all that apply

   A test automation team has been asked to propose improvements to a deployed solution. The team has identified that the test code has low reusability and test data is hard-coded. Which of the following improvements should the team propose? (Select all that apply.)

   • AMove test data to external files or a data-driven framework.
   • BImplement a naming convention for test methods to improve readability.
   • CIncrease the number of test cases to improve coverage.
   • DCreate a common library of reusable functions and page objects.
   • ERemove all comments from the code to reduce clutter.
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2. 27foundation · easy

   When assessing test automation tool suitability, which factor is most directly related to whether the tool can handle the specific types of user interfaces in the application under test?

   • ATraining availability
   • BVendor's market share
   • CCost of the tool license
   • DSupport for the required technology stack
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4. 28application · medium

   A financial services company has deployed a test automation solution that uses a Selenium-based framework for web UI tests and a separate API testing tool. The automation team reports that the UI tests are slow and flaky, and the API tests are not integrated with the same reporting dashboard. The team wants to improve maintainability and reduce duplication. What should the team do first?

   • AReplace the Selenium framework with a record-and-playback tool to simplify test creation.
   • BEstablish a unified test automation framework that integrates both UI and API tests, with shared reporting and common utilities.
   • CMigrate all UI tests to the API testing tool to reduce tool fragmentation.
   • DIncrease the timeout values in the UI tests to reduce flakiness.
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5. 29application · medium · select all that apply

   A test automation team has identified that the current solution has long execution times, poor error messages, and a lack of test data isolation. Which of the following are appropriate technical improvements to propose? (Select all that apply.)

   • AReduce the test suite size to only the most critical tests.
   • BEnhance error messages to include more context and stack traces.
   • CImplement parallel test execution to reduce overall execution time.
   • DCreate a separate test data set for each test case to ensure isolation.
   • EIncrease the number of test environments to run more tests simultaneously.
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6. 30application · medium · select all that apply

   A company has a test automation architecture that is tightly coupled to a specific browser version and operating system. The team wants to improve the architecture's maintainability and reduce the risk of environment-related failures. Which of the following actions would help? (Select all that apply.)

   • ARun tests only on the most popular browser to simplify the architecture.
   • BAbstract the browser interaction layer to support multiple browsers and versions.
   • CPin the test environment to the specific browser version to ensure stability.
   • DUse containerization to standardize the test environment.
   • EDocument the environment dependencies to make them explicit.
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