A development team is adopting the test pyramid for a new microservices-based application. They have written a large number of end-to-end tests that spin up the entire system, but very few unit tests. The CI pipeline now takes over an hour to run, and developers are complaining about slow feedback. Which action best aligns with the test pyramid model?

Write more unit tests for the microservices and reduce the number of end-to-end tests to cover only the most important user journeys.

Move most of the end-to-end tests to a nightly job and keep only the critical paths in CI.

Replace the end-to-end tests with integration tests that verify each microservice in isolation.

Keep the end-to-end tests but run them in parallel to reduce the pipeline time.

A team is developing a new web application and is using the testing quadrants to plan their test activities. They have identified the need for tests that verify the system's behavior from the user's perspective and critique the product. Which quadrant should they focus on?

Q2, because it is business-facing and supports the team.

Q4, because it is technology-facing and critiques the product.

Q3, because it is business-facing and critiques the product.

Q1, because it is technology-facing and supports the team.

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A development team is adopting the test pyramid for a new microservices-based application. They have written a large number of end-to-end tests that spin up the entire system, but very few unit tests. The CI pipeline now takes over an hour to run, and developers are complaining about slow feedback. Which action best aligns with the test pyramid model?
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