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Question 1

Which of the following metrics could suggest, under certain condition that an automated regression test suite has NOT been updated fornew functionalities added to the SUT?

A. The ratio of comments to executable statements in the SUT code.
B. The defect density in the automation code of the regression test suite.
C. The SUT code coverage provided by the execution of the regression test suite.
D. The ratio of commands to executable statements in the automation code of the regression test suite

Question 2

A web application was released into production one year ago, it has regular release which follow a V-model lifecycle and testing is well-established and fully integration into the development lifecycle. You have been asked to implement a TAS for the regression test suite. The regression tests have been developed via the GUI and are expected to be run at least four times a month, for each planned release, for the whole operation solution life of the system (six years). Each screen of the GUI uses several third-party controls which are not compatible with the existing automation solutions. The environment for the automation will be stable, fully controllable and separated from other environments (development, staging, production).
What could be the MOST problematic for this TAS?

A. Maturity of the test process
B. Frequency of use
C. Complexity to automate
D. Sustainability of the automated environment

Question 3

As a TAE you are evaluating a functional test automation tool that will be for several projects within yourorganization. The projects require that tool to work effectively and efficiently with SUT's in distributed environments. The test automated tool also needs to interface with other existing test tools (test management tool and defect tracking tool.) The existing test tools subject to planned updates and their interface to the test automated tool may not work property after these updates.
Which of the following are the two LEAST important concerns related to the evaluation of the test automation in this scenario?
* Is the test automation tool able to launch processors and execute test cases on multiple machines in different environments?
* Does the test automation tool support a licensing scheme that allows accessing different sets?
* Does the testautomation tool have a large feature set, but only part of the features will be sets?
* Do the release notes for the planned updates on existing specify the impacts on their interfaces to other tools?
Does the test automation tool need to install specific libraries that could impact the SUT?

A. A and C
B. B and E
C. A and E
D. C and D

Question 4

Assume that you are the TAE responsible for the correct functioning of a TAS, deployed in a test environment that consists of a few machines running the same version of the operating system. The TAS has been working and stable since its deployment, it has been used to run an automated test suite consisting of many similar automated test. The infrastructure team is planning to update the operating system on these machines by installing a new the service pack for security reasons. Since the vendor of the operating system assurance full backward compatibility, the infrastructure team assurance that there will be no impacts on the functioning of the TAS.
What is the BEST approach to confirm the correct functioning of the TAS in this scenario?

A. Verify the behavior of the whole automated test suite by running all the automated tests
B. Do not run any tests because you can immediately confirm the correct functioning of the automated test suite
C. Verify the behavior of the automated tests by running a small tests, then gradually run the remaining tests to confirm the correct functioning of the whole automated test suite.
D. Make sure that the infrastructure team has completed installing the service pack on the machines where SUT is running, then run the whole automated test suite to verify its behavior

Question 5

Consider a TAS that is going to bedeployed for the first time. The TAS requires share resources and run it its own test environment. The infrastructure for the TAS has been created along with maintenance procedures. It is very unlikely the TAS will be required to work in other target Environments. There is a high-risk that when the TAS is deployed in its own test environment, a number of existing application will no longer work because of conflicts with the existing shared resources.
Which of the following activities would you expect tobe MOST effective at mitigating the risk associated with the first deployment of the TAS?

A. Testing the TAS for regressions due to optimization that fix non-functional issues.
B. Testing the TAS for its ability to be implemented in other target test environments.
C. Testing the TAS for ITS ability to run a shared test environment
D. Testing the TAS for application compatibility issues in the target environment

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