Ease of Maintenance CTEL-TM-SM Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11foundation · easy

   When a change is made to the system under test, what is the primary impact on the test assets?

   • AThey become invalid and must be completely rewritten
   • BThey automatically update themselves to match the new system behavior
   • CThey are unaffected because test assets are independent of the system
   • DThey may require updates to expected results, test data, or test logic
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2. 12expert · medium

   A company is upgrading its customer relationship management (CRM) system. The upgrade changes the data format of phone numbers from 10 digits to an international format. The test suite includes 500 automated tests that use phone numbers as test data. The test manager has limited resources and must decide how to handle the maintenance. Which approach is most effective?

   • ARun a global search-and-replace across all test scripts to change the phone number format.
   • BUse a data-driven approach to centralize phone number data in a single file, then update that file to the new format.
   • CUpdate each test script individually to replace the old phone number format.
   • DCreate a new test suite for the new format and deprecate the old suite.
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4. 13application · medium

   A company's test environment is being migrated to a new cloud provider. The automated tests contain hard-coded environment URLs and credentials. The test manager needs to minimize the impact of this change on the test suite. What is the best approach?

   • AUpdate the hard-coded URLs and credentials in every test script.
   • BRun the tests only in the new environment and ignore the old environment.
   • CCreate a separate test suite for the new environment and keep the old suite for reference.
   • DStore environment-specific configuration in external files and reference them from the tests.
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5. 14expert · medium

   A test team is developing automated tests for a system that is expected to have many changes in the user interface. The test manager wants to minimize the maintenance effort. Which approach is most appropriate?

   • AUse a page object model to separate UI element locators from test logic.
   • BDelay writing automated tests until the UI is stable.
   • CUse a record-and-playback tool to capture UI interactions.
   • DWrite tests that directly interact with UI elements using their current locators.
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6. 15expert · medium

   A test manager is trying to justify a refactoring effort to reduce maintenance costs. The team currently spends 30% of its time fixing broken tests. The manager proposes a metric to track the improvement. Which metric would be most convincing to senior management?

   • AThe total number of test cases in the suite.
   • BThe number of test cases that were refactored.
   • CThe number of testers who support the refactoring.
   • DThe percentage of test maintenance time relative to total testing effort, tracked over time.
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