A team is automating tests for a critical order-processing API. The API depends on an internal inventory service (stable, low latency) and an external shipping-rate provider (unstable, sometimes slow). The team has limited time to build test automation. Which testing strategy best balances risk and effort?

Focus automation on the shipping provider integration and use mocks for the inventory service.

Focus automation on the inventory service integration and use mocks for the shipping provider.

Prioritize contract tests for the shipping provider and use the real inventory service in tests.

Use service virtualization for both dependencies to make tests fast and deterministic.

Which strategy is used to handle a dependency on a database in API test automation?

Using a different programming language for the tests

Removing the database from the test environment

Ignoring the database and testing only the API's interface

Test data management to ensure consistent and isolated data

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Objective: Explain Test Automation Dependencies for an API Infrastructure CTAL-TAE Practice Questions (Page 5)

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A team is automating tests for a critical order-processing API. The API depends on an internal inventory service (stable, low latency) and an external shipping-rate provider (unstable, sometimes slow). The team has limited time to build test automation. Which testing strategy best balances risk and effort?
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Which strategy is used to handle a dependency on a database in API test automation?
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Which strategy is used to handle a dependency on a database in API test automation?

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