ISQI ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Automation Engineering CTAL-TAE (Syllabus v2.0) Sample Questions:

1. Which of the following statements about the relationship between TAA, TAS and TAF is true?

A) A TAS can be used to implement a TAF, which is an implementation of a TAA
B) A TAS can be used to implement a TAA, which is an implementation of a TAF
C) A TAF can be used to implement a TAS, which is an implementation of a TAA
D) A TAF can be used to implement a TAA, which is an implementation of a TAS

2. Automated tests at the UI level for a web app adopt an asynchronous waiting mechanism that allows them to synchronize test steps with the app, so that they are executed correctly and at the right time, only when the app is ready and has processed the previous step: this is done when there are no timeouts or pending asynchronous requests. In this way, the tests automatically synchronize with the app's web pages. The same initialization tasks to set test preconditions are implemented as test steps for all tests. Regarding the pre- processing (Setup) features defined at the test suite level, the TAS provides both a Suite Setup (which runs exactly once when the suite starts) and a Test Setup (which runs at the start of each test case in the suite).
Which of the following recommendations would you provide for improving the TAS (assuming it is possible to perform all of them)?

A) Adopt a manual synchronization with the app's web pages using dynamic waits via polling instead of the current automatic synchronization
B) Adopt a manual synchronization with the app's web pages using hard-coded waits instead of the current automatic synchronization
C) Implement the initialization tasks aimed at setting the preconditions of the tests within the Test Setup feature at the test suite level
D) Implement the initialization tasks aimed at setting the preconditions of the tests within the Suite Setup feature at the test suite level

3. Which of the following is the BEST example of how static analysis tools can help improve the test automation code quality in terms of security?

A) Static analysis tools can ensure there are no security vulnerabilities within test automation code
B) Static analysis tools can help detect the presence of repeated instances of code within test automation code
C) Static analysis tools do not generate false positives when attempting to detect security vulnerabilities within test automation code
D) Static analysis tools can help detect hard-coded credentials that expose sensitive information within test automation code

4. You have agreed with your organization's managers to conduct a pilot project to introduce test automation.
Managers' expectations about the benefits of automation are too optimistic. Which of the following is LEAST relevant when deciding the scope of the pilot project's objectives?

A) Evaluate the knowledge and skills of people who will be involved in automating test cases for applicable test automation frameworks and technologies
B) Evaluate the potential cost savings and benefits (e.g., faster test execution, better test coverage) of using automated testing versus manual testing
C) Evaluate the suitability of different test automation tools based on the technology stack used by the applications for which the automated tests will be developed
D) Evaluate the performance of an organization's network infrastructure in terms of factors such as availability, bandwidth, latency, packet loss, and jitter

5. You are evaluating the best approach to implement automated tests at the UI level for a web app. Specifically, your goal is to allow test analysts to write automated tests in tabular format, within files that encapsulate logical test steps related to how a user interacts with the web UI, along with the corresponding test data. These steps must be expressed using natural language words that represent the actions performed by the user on the web UI. These files will then be interpreted and executed by a test execution tool. Which of the following approaches to test automation is BEST suited to achieve your goal?

A) Keyword-driven testing
B) Linear scripting
C) Test-driven development
D) Data-driven testing

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