Objective: Test Automation Solution Maintainability CTAL-TAE Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11application · medium

   A team maintains a large UI test suite. The suite has many test methods that each contain the same sequence of steps to log in, navigate to a specific page, and set up test data. Recently, the login page changed its element IDs, and the team had to update the same locator in dozens of places. Which approach would most directly reduce the maintenance effort for this recurring change?

   • ARun the full regression suite nightly and report any failures to the team for manual investigation.
   • BCreate a page object model where each page's locators and interactions are encapsulated in a single class, and update the locator in only that class.
   • CIncrease the timeout values for all findElement calls so the tests are more resilient to slow loading pages.
   • DUse a single global variable for each locator and reference it from all tests.
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2. 12application · medium

   A test automation team wants to measure the maintainability of their test code using a metric that reflects how easy it is to understand and modify the code. They have access to a static analysis tool. Which metric would be most appropriate for this purpose?

   • ATest coverage percentage, which indicates how much of the application code is exercised by tests.
   • BMaintainability Index, which combines cyclomatic complexity, lines of code, and Halstead volume into a single score.
   • CAverage test execution time.
   • DNumber of test cases in the suite.
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4. 13foundation · easy

   Which technique directly improves the maintainability of test automation by reducing duplication?

   • ARefactoring common steps into reusable helper functions
   • BUsing hard-coded waits to handle synchronization
   • CCopying and pasting test steps for similar scenarios
   • DIncreasing the number of test cases per script
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5. 14foundation · easy

   Which activity is typically part of a maintainability review of test automation?

   • AChecking that the automation code follows coding standards and best practices
   • BMeasuring the time taken to execute each test case
   • CComparing the automation tool's license cost with alternatives
   • DRunning the full test suite to confirm all tests pass
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6. 15application · medium

   A test automation team is designing a new test framework. They want to ensure that test cases are easy to understand and maintain by non-technical stakeholders. Which design guideline would best support this goal?

   • AMinimize the number of test methods by combining multiple scenarios into a single test method.
   • BUse short, cryptic variable names to keep the code concise and reduce typing.
   • CEmbed test data directly in each test method to avoid external dependencies.
   • DUse descriptive test method names that describe the behavior being verified, such as 'verifyUserCanLoginWithValidCredentials'.
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