What should be included in an automation approach plan?

Timelines, resources, and risk management

The detailed design of the application under test

The list of all possible test cases in the system

The personal goals of the test automation engineer

A test team is evaluating whether to automate the regression testing of a legacy mainframe application. The application has a text-based interface and is accessed through a terminal emulator. The team has no prior automation experience and the budget is limited. What is the most feasible automation approach?

Automate the business logic by testing the underlying services or APIs, if available.

Automate the mainframe application using a tool that supports terminal emulation.

Use a screen-scraping tool to automate the terminal interface.

Outsource the automation to a vendor with mainframe expertise.

Which architecture is best suited for testing a web application that requires testing across multiple browsers and operating systems?

A linear automation architecture

A modular architecture with a test harness that supports multiple environments

A test team is planning to automate regression tests for a web application. They have identified that the application's login functionality is stable, but the checkout process changes frequently. The team has limited time for automation. What should they automate?

The checkout process, because it is a key business process.

Neither, because automation is not worth the effort.

Both login and checkout, to maximize coverage.

The login functionality, because it is stable and critical.

What is a common metric used to evaluate the effectiveness of an automation approach?

The number of automation tools available in the market

The color of the test execution report

The number of testers who prefer manual testing

The percentage of automated test cases that pass on the first run

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