Objective: Identify Where Test Automation Produces Unexpected Results CTAL-TAE Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–25

1. 21foundation · easy

   Which of the following is an appropriate way to communicate unexpected results to the team for further investigation?

   • AOnly mention the failure in a verbal meeting without documentation
   • BInclude a screenshot and the relevant log excerpt in the test report
   • CDelete the logs to keep the test environment clean
   • DMark the test as passed to avoid raising concerns
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2. 22expert · hard · select all that apply

   A test automation engineer is investigating a test failure that occurs only in the CI pipeline. The test logs show an assertion error, but the actual and expected values are not logged. The engineer wants to improve the reporting and logging to better diagnose the issue. Which of the following actions would be effective? (Select all that apply.)

   • AAdd a screenshot capture on failure.
   • BIncrease the test timeout to give the application more time.
   • CAdd logging of the actual and expected values in the assertion.
   • DAdd a log message at the start of the test to indicate the test name.
   • EAdd a video recording of the test run.
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4. 23application · medium

   A test automation team runs a suite of UI tests every night. This morning, 15% of the tests failed with 'element not found' errors. The application under test (AUT) was not changed. The test environment was rebuilt overnight with a new database snapshot. The failures all occur on pages that load data from the database. What is the most likely root cause of these failures?

   • AThe test environment has a network connectivity problem.
   • BThe tests are flaky due to timing issues.
   • CThe application has a defect introduced by the database change.
   • DThe new database snapshot changed the test data, causing the application to render differently.
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5. 24application · medium

   A test automation engineer is investigating a failure that occurs only in the CI pipeline, not locally. The test fails with an assertion error, but the logs do not show the actual values that were compared. What should the engineer do to improve the ability to diagnose this issue?

   • AAdd more detailed logging to the test to capture the actual and expected values.
   • BDisable the test in the CI pipeline until it passes locally.
   • CRun the test locally with the same data to reproduce the failure.
   • DIncrease the test timeout to give the application more time.
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6. 25foundation · easy

   A test automation script passes when run with a specific set of test data but fails when run with a different dataset. What is the most likely cause of the unexpected result?

   • AThe test data variations affect the application's behavior, leading to different outcomes
   • BThe automation script has a defect that is independent of the test data
   • CThe automation tool is not compatible with the second dataset
   • DThe test environment is not configured correctly for the second dataset
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