CTAL-TAE Exam Questions

Consider a TAS deployed into production. The SUT is a web application and the test suite consists of a set of automated regression tests developed via GUI. A keyword-driven framewo...

Which of the following statements does NOT describe good practice for maintaining the TAS?

Consider the following example of TAS metrics. Time to execute automated tests Speed and efficiency of TAS components Which of the following statements is TRUE?

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

Consider a TAS associated to dynamically changing software frequent releases. Your goal is to determine the amount of effort required to maintain the automated tests of the regress...

A project consists of distributed teams working in a 24-hour environment, where activities happen at all hours of the day. This project adopts a CI (Continuous Integration) process...

A TAS uses a commercial test automation tool and the default logs generated by the inconsistent formats such as different types of messages (pass/fail steps, screenshots, warnings,...

Which of the following attributes should NOT be included in a test execution report associated with a suite of automated tests?

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...

What is NOT a factor in considering when you are asked to ensure an effective transition from manual to automated tests?

Which of the following statement about the implementation of automated regression testing is FALSE?

A SUT has an existing automated test suite. Which of the following statements relating to the introduction of new features in the SUT is TRUE?

A defect in a SUT has been resolved and validated by an automated defect re-test in the current release of the software. This retest has now been added to the automated regression...

Consider a SUT that small run on multiple platform during the execution of automated test runs. In each test run an automated test suite needs to be executed, with the same version...

Consider a TAS that exclusively uses the APIs of a SUT. To make this work, significant changes have been required to the SUT by adding a set of dedicated test interfaces to the API...

Your goal is to verify completeness, consistency and correct behavior of an automated test suite. The TAS has been proven to successfully install in the SUT environment. All the pr...

You are executing the first test run of a test automation suite of 200 tests. All the relevant information related to the state of the SUT and to the automated test execution is st...

Consider a TAS that uses a keyword-driven framework. The SUT is a web application and there is a large set of keywords available for writing the automated tests that relate to high...

Consider A TAS for testing a desktop application via its GUI. All the test cases of the automated test suite contain the same identical sequences of steps at the beginning (to crea...

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 operati...

What is considered to be an ADVANTAGE of test automation?

How is automation typically applied in a Waterfall lifecycle model?

When choosing an automation tool, which would be the BEST option for automation testers who have programming skills?

Which part of the SUT can be changed to better support test automation?

What would be a goal of test automation in a preproduction environment?

What would be a goal of test automation in a local development environment?

Your company is about to start a project to replace an old sales and merchandising system with a new version that will be based on modern platforms. The main requirements for the s...

Your company is about to start a project to replace an old sales and merchandising system with a new version that will be based on modern platforms. The main requirements for the s...

Which ONE of the four layers of the test automation architecture provides an optional capability?

Which statement correctly describes what a Test Automation Architecture should do?

Which of the following is considered a disadvantage of test automation?

Which of the following is an important success factor for any significant automation project?

You are working as a TAE for a company who are re-designing their website. The new website provides information for customers and there are two minor features being developed: 1. R...

You are working as a TAE for a company who have been using a web test execution tool for a number of years. The tool has been used successfully on ten web applications in the past....

You are evaluating several test modelling tools and are wanting to automatically generate test cases within the tool where many different combinations of input data are created. Yo...

When the SUT provides insight into the behaviour of the system, providing the users the with the status of the various actions performed so that they can check that expected behavi...

When the SUT provides interfaces that can then be used to perform actions on the SUT, what is this called?

What are the four horizontal layers of the gTAA?

You have been asked to develop test automation for a legacy system that is going to go through a series of infrastructure migrations. The scripts will be used to verify basic funct...

If model-based testing has been selected for the overall test automation approach for a project, how does that influence the layers of the TAA?

Which statement about layering in a test automation framework is TRUE?

You are working as a TAE for a small start-up insurance broker and your next project will be a new system for generating motor insurance quotes. The project will follow an Agile me...

You are working as a TAE for a large insurance company that offers a wide range of products including home, health and motor insurance. Your next project will be a major change to...

Which option correctly pairs test automation design principles and patterns with their characteristics? 1. Hides implementation details to expose only what the testers need to crea...

You are employed as a TAE on a project to build a purchasing system. The main requirements for the system are to: 1. Allow users to enter details of items that they wish to have pu...

You are employed as a TAE on a project to build a purchasing system. The main requirements for the system are to: 1. Allow users to enter details of items that they wish to have pu...

Which factor will support maintainability of test automation solutions?

When a continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline is split between build and deployment phases, which statements are TRUE?

Which factor will support maintainability of test automation solutions?

Which statements about a continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline are TRUE?