How does static analysis help reduce maintenance effort in test automation?

By identifying code that is difficult to understand or modify

By running the test suite faster on the CI server

By automatically updating test data when the application changes

By eliminating the need for regression testing

A test automation team is adopting static analysis to improve code quality. They want to ensure that new test code adheres to the team's coding standards and that any violations are caught before the code is merged into the main branch. They also want to minimize the impact on developers' workflow. Which practice best achieves this?

Use a code formatter to automatically fix all style issues without review

Run a linter only on the main branch after merging

Configure a linter to run as part of the code review process, with violations blocking the merge

Ask developers to run the linter manually before pushing code

What is the primary role of a code metrics tool in static analysis?

To execute test cases and report on their pass/fail status

To identify security vulnerabilities in the code

To measure quantitative attributes of the code, such as complexity and coupling

To automatically refactor the code to improve its structure

What is a recommended practice for incorporating static analysis results into code reviews?

Automatically merging code that passes static analysis without human review

Running static analysis only after the code review is complete

Ignoring static analysis results because they are always false positives

Reviewing static analysis warnings alongside the code changes to address valid issues

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How does static analysis help reduce maintenance effort in test automation?

What is the primary role of a code metrics tool in static analysis?

What is a recommended practice for incorporating static analysis results into code reviews?

Which type of static analysis tool is specifically designed to enforce coding standards and style guidelines?

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