Objective: Test Automation Development CTAL-TAE Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–17

1. 16expert · hard

   A team has a test suite that runs in a CI pipeline. The suite is taking too long, and the team wants to reduce execution time. They have identified that some tests are slow because they wait for fixed timeouts. They also have some tests that are dependent on others. Which optimization strategy is most effective?

   • AReplace fixed waits with explicit waits and remove test dependencies to enable parallel execution
   • BReduce the number of tests in the suite
   • COptimize the test environment by using faster hardware
   • DIncrease the number of parallel test runners without changing the tests
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2. 17application · medium

   A developer is writing a new test class for a login feature. The team has a coding standard that requires all tests to be self-contained and readable. The developer writes a test that directly accesses UI elements and includes hard-coded credentials. Which code quality improvement should be applied?

   • ARefactor to use a Page Object Model and move credentials to a configuration file
   • BUse a Singleton for the WebDriver instance to reduce code duplication
   • CCreate a utility method that returns the hard-coded credentials
   • DAdd comments to explain the hard-coded credentials and UI interactions
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