Benefits and Risks of Test Automation CTFL Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–25

1. 21application · medium

   A team maintains a legacy web application with a stable UI that changes only twice a year. They run a 3-hour regression suite manually every sprint. Management wants to reduce the time to feedback. The team has no automation experience and a limited budget. Which approach best balances the stated goals?

   • AHire an external consultant to automate the full suite and maintain it monthly.
   • BAutomate the entire regression suite immediately with a record-and-playback tool.
   • CKeep the full manual regression suite and add automated smoke tests for the most critical user journeys.
   • DAutomate only the test data setup and leave all test execution manual.
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2. 22foundation · easy

   In which context is manual testing generally more appropriate than automated testing?

   • AWhen verifying that a calculation produces the same result every time.
   • BWhen executing a large regression suite before each release.
   • CWhen performing exploratory testing to discover unexpected issues.
   • DWhen testing the same functionality repeatedly with the same data.
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4. 23expert · hard

   A team automated a large regression suite. After a major refactoring of the application, the team spends 80% of their testing time updating the automated scripts instead of testing new features. Management is considering abandoning automation altogether. What is the most appropriate action for the test manager?

   • AReduce the frequency of automated test runs to lower maintenance needs.
   • BIncrease the automation team size to handle the maintenance workload.
   • CAbandon automation and return to fully manual testing.
   • DAnalyze the root cause of the maintenance burden and refactor the automation suite to be more resilient.
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5. 24application · hard

   A company is considering automating a set of 200 test cases that are executed once per release. The releases happen every six months. The initial automation effort is estimated at 400 hours, and maintenance is estimated at 50 hours per release. Manual execution takes 100 hours per release. At what point does automation become cost-effective?

   • AAfter the second release.
   • BIt may never be cost-effective at this release frequency.
   • CAfter the fifth release.
   • DAfter the first release.
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6. 25foundation · easy

   What is an advantage of automated testing over manual testing?

   • AIt is always more reliable than manual testing.
   • BIt can find defects that are not detectable by manual testing.
   • CIt requires no initial investment.
   • DIt can execute a large number of test cases in a short time.
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