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NEW QUESTION # 12
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 APIs. All the automated tests will use these test interfaces when interacting with the SUT. Assume that you are currently verifying the correctness of the automated test environment and test tool setup.
Which of the following would you expect to be the MOST specific risk associated with this scenario?
- A. False alarms, that are unlikely to occur in the real world, will be observed during testing
- B. The process of configuring the TAS will be error-phone due to manual intervention
- C. The automated test cases will not contain the expected result
- D. The connectivity from the TAS to the dedicated test interfaces will not work
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION # 13
Which of the following statements about a test progress report produced for an automated test suite is TRUE?
- A. The test progress report should indicate, for each test in the suite, the timestamps related to the test steps
- B. The test progress report should indicate, for each test in the suite, the start and end timestamps of the test
- C. The content of the test progress report should not be affected by the stakeholders to whom the report is intended
- D. The test progress report should indicate the test environment in which the tests were performed
Answer: D
Explanation:
TAE reporting guidance emphasizes that stakeholders must be able to interpret results in context. A fundamental contextual attribute is the test environment: where the SUT was deployed, what configuration was used, and (by implication) what data and integrations were in play. Without environment identification, results can be misleading, non-reproducible, or not comparable across runs (e.g., failures caused by environment instability vs. product defects). Therefore, including the environment in the progress report is a core requirement. Option B is incorrect because TAE explicitly promotes tailoring reports to stakeholder needs; different audiences require different levels of detail, summaries, and views. Option A is generally too granular for a progress report: step-level timestamps belong more to detailed execution logs and troubleshooting artifacts, not to a progress report intended to communicate status efficiently. Option D may be included in some reports, but it is not as universally required as the environment identifier; and in TAE,
"progress report" tends to focus on overall status (what ran, what passed/failed, trends, coverage, environment) rather than per-test timing metadata. Thus, the reliably true statement is that the report should indicate the test environment.
NEW QUESTION # 14
The last few runs for a suite of automated keyword-driven tests on a SUT were never completed. The test where the run was aborted was not the same between runs. Currently, it is not possible to identify the root cause of these aborts, but only determine that test execution aborted when exceptions (e.g., NullPointerException, OutOfMemoryError) occurred on the SUT by analyzing its log files. Test execution log files are currently generated, in HTML format, by the TAS as follows: all expected logging data is logged for each keyword in intermediate log files. This data is then inserted into the final log file only for keywords that fail, while only a configurable subset of that data is logged for keywords that execute successfully. Which of the following actions (assuming it is possible to perform all of them) would you take FIRST to help find the root cause of the aborts?
- A. Split the generated log file into smaller parts, load them into external files that are loaded into the browser in transparent mode when needed
- B. Use appropriate colors to effectively visually highlight different types of information in the test execution log files
- C. Log all expected logging data in the final test execution log file, not only for keywords that fail, but also for keywords that execute successfully
- D. Log the stack trace and amount of memory available to the SUT at the start and end of each test in the suite, in the SUT log files
Answer: C
Explanation:
TAE stresses that when diagnosing intermittent aborts with unclear root cause, the first priority is ensuring sufficient, consistent observability from the automation side to reconstruct what happened immediately before termination. In this scenario, the suite aborts in different tests across runs, and the final HTML report currently contains full detail only for failing keywords, while successful keywords have reduced logging. If the run aborts due to an exception in the SUT, the "last executed successful keywords" and their full context may be essential to correlate actions with the SUT failure point. The fastest, most direct improvement is to include complete keyword-level logging for successful steps as well, at least until the issue is understood.
This aligns with TAE guidance to temporarily increase logging verbosity during investigation to capture the sequence of actions, inputs, timings, and states leading up to failure. Option A could be helpful, but it changes SUT-side logging and may require additional access or instrumentation; also, it does not guarantee visibility into the exact automation step sequence. Options B and D improve presentation/performance of logs but do not add diagnostic content. Therefore, first increase the completeness of the final execution logs for all keywords to maximize evidence for root cause analysis.
NEW QUESTION # 15
Which of the following is NOT a technical design consideration for a TAA?
- A. Data used by the SUT, e.g configuration, users
- B. Standards and Legal requirements, e.g data privacy
- C. Availability of interfaces for the SUT to be testable
- D. The number of users for the SUT
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION # 16
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 stored in a small database. During the Automated test run you observe that the first 10 test pass, while an abnormal termination occurs when executing the 11thtest. This test does not complete its execution and the overall execution of the suite is aborted. An immediate analysis of the abnormal termination is expected to be time consuming and you have been asked to produce a detailed report of the execution results for the first test run, as soon as possible.
What is the MOST important FIRST step to be taken immediately after the abnormal occurred when executing the 11thtest?
- A. Re-run the test automation suite starting from the 12thtest
- B. Take a backup of the database in its current state. So It can be analyzed later
- C. Re-run the test automation suite starting from the 1sttest.
- D. Return the database to a consistent state that allows subsequent test to run
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION # 17
Which of the following statements about the reuse of TAS artefacts is TRUE?
- A. Communications maintenance and improvements for reusing TAS artefacts are modifyaddressed during the design of the TAA
- B. Reusable TAS artefacts can include components (or parts of components) associated with different layers of the TAA
- C. Reusable TAS artifacts associated with the definition layer of the TAA include the adaptors to the SUT components and/or interfaces
- D. To enable reuse of TAS artefacts, a good design for reuse is built into the TAA and to further action are needed during the TAS lifecycle
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION # 18
Some automated regression test scripts run by a TAS in a given test environment make calls to private APIs that require authentication for all requests (the authentication method is the same for all APIs). The SUT is a business-critical system. The following two changes are planned: a change in the authentication method of all APIs and a minor upgrade of the OS (Operating System) in the test environment. You have updated the test scripts to cope with the change in the API authentication method. Which of the following sequences of activities is BEST to ensure that the test scripts are not adversely affected by these changes?
- A. Implement one change at a time and run a subset of the updated test scripts after each change, and finally run all the updated test scripts
- B. First implement the change in the API authentication method, then upgrade the OS, and finally run all the updated test scripts
- C. First upgrade the OS, then implement the change in the API authentication method, and finally run all the updated test scripts
- D. Implement one change at a time and run a subset of the updated test scripts after each change
Answer: A
Explanation:
TAE recommends controlled change management to isolate causes when multiple changes are introduced.
When you apply more than one change at once, diagnosing failures becomes harder because you cannot easily attribute effects to a specific change. The best practice is to implement changes incrementally, validating automation and system behavior after each change using a representative subset of tests (e.g., smoke/build verification or targeted regression) to quickly detect issues. Because the system is business-critical, risk mitigation is stronger: you want early detection and clear attribution. After each change is validated with a subset, you then execute the full updated regression suite to ensure overall coverage and confidence. Options A and C apply two changes before running tests, which reduces diagnostic clarity and increases the risk of late discovery. Option D describes incremental changes with subset testing but omits the final full-suite run, which TAE would recommend to ensure broad coverage after all changes have been applied. Therefore, the best sequence is: change one item, run a subset, repeat for the next change, then run all updated scripts.
NEW QUESTION # 19
(Which of the following aspects of "design for testability" is MOST directly associated with the need to define precisely which interfaces are available in the SUT for test automation at different test levels?)
- A. Architecture transparency
- B. Observability
- C. Controllability
- D. Autonomy
Answer: A
Explanation:
In TAE, "design for testability" includes attributes that make it easier to create, execute, and maintain automated tests across levels (component, integration, system, UI). The need to define precisely which interfaces are available at different test levels-e.g., public APIs, service endpoints, message queues, UI automation hooks, test seams, logs, and internal test interfaces-maps most directly toarchitecture transparency. Architecture transparency concerns how clearly the system's structure, layers, and accessible interfaces are documented and exposed so test automation can reliably connect to the right interaction points.
This includes understanding which interfaces are stable, supported, and appropriate for each level of testing, and avoiding "guesswork" that increases brittleness. Controllability is about the ability to set inputs, states, and preconditions (e.g., reset data, seed databases, drive system state). Observability is about the ability to see outputs, internal states, and logs to assess outcomes. Autonomy concerns whether tests can run independently without external dependencies or manual intervention (e.g., isolated environments, stable test data). While controllability/observability/autonomy are critical for automation, the specific emphasis on "precisely defining which interfaces are available" is fundamentally an architectural transparency issue: clear interface availability and documentation enable correct, maintainable automation connections across test levels.
NEW QUESTION # 20
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. Data-driven testing
- C. Linear scripting
- D. Test-driven development
Answer: A
Explanation:
The described goal matches the defining characteristics of keyword-driven testing: tests are expressed using keywords (action words) that represent user operations, often arranged in tabular form with parameters/test data. TAE describes keyword-driven approaches as enabling non-programmers (e.g., test analysts) to create and maintain tests by combining high-level keywords such as "Open Browser," "Click," "Enter Text,"
"Select," "Verify Text," etc., while the underlying automation framework maps those keywords to executable code. The use of files interpreted by a test execution tool is also typical: keyword tables (or similar structured specifications) are read and executed by the automation engine. Data-driven testing focuses on separating test logic from test data, typically running the same script multiple times with different datasets; it does not inherently require natural-language action words or tabular step definitions (though it can be combined).
Linear scripting is code-centric and not aligned with analyst-authored natural language step tables. TDD is unrelated to the requirement of tabular, natural-language keyword specification for UI test steps. Therefore, keyword-driven testing is the best fit for the stated approach.
NEW QUESTION # 21
The GUI of a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application has been delivered through internet Explorer with proprietary Active X and Java controls. This implementation enables rich client capabilities, but specific commercial automation tools are necessary to automate test cases at GUI of functional test cases. This is to demonstrate whether a small set of the commercial are able to properly recognize actions taken by a tester when interacting with GUI of the CRM application.
Which of the following scripting techniques would be MOST suitable in this scenario?
- A. Keyword-driven scripting
- B. Data-driven scripting
- C. Linear scripting
- D. Structure scripting
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION # 22
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 TAF can be used to implement a TAA, which is an implementation of a TAS
- C. A TAS can be used to implement a TAA, which is an implementation of a TAF
- D. A TAF can be used to implement a TAS, which is an implementation of a TAA
Answer: D
Explanation:
In TAE terminology, the Test Automation Architecture (TAA) is the conceptual, high-level blueprint that describes how automation will be structured, what layers exist, how components interact, and how the automation connects to the SUT and supporting systems. The Test Automation Solution (TAS) is the concrete realization of that architecture in a specific context-tools, infrastructure, pipelines, conventions, and components assembled to deliver automated testing capability. The Test Automation Framework (TAF) is a structured set of reusable libraries, guidelines, and mechanisms that supports efficient development, execution, reporting, and maintenance of automated tests; it is commonly a key part used to build the TAS.
TAE documents commonly present this relationship as: TAA (design) # implemented as TAS (solution) # constructed using one or more TAFs (framework elements) plus tools and environment components. Options B, C, and D invert these relationships and misrepresent the concept that architecture is implemented by a solution, not the other way around. Therefore, the statement that a TAF can be used to implement a TAS, which is an implementation of a TAA, is the correct relationship.
NEW QUESTION # 23
You are reviewing the testability of your SUT.
Which of the following BEST refers to the characteristic of OBSERVABILITY?
- A. The ability to exercise the SUT by entering inputs, triggering events and invoking methods
- B. The ability of the SUT to prevent unauthorized access to its components or data.
- C. The ability of the SUTto perform its intended function for a specified period of time
- D. The abilityto identify states, outputs, intermediate result and error messages in the SUT
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION # 24
A release candidate of a SUT, after being fully integrated with all other necessary systems, has successfully passed all required functional tests (90% were automated tests and 10% were manual tests). Now, it is necessary to perform reliability tests aimed at evaluating whether, under certain conditions, that release will be able to guarantee an MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) in the production environment higher than a certain threshold (expressed in CPU time). Which of the following test environments is BEST suited to perform these reliability tests?
- A. Build environment
- B. Integration environment
- C. Preproduction environment
- D. Local development environment
Answer: C
Explanation:
Reliability testing (e.g., long-duration runs, endurance/soak, stability measurements, MTBF assessment) requires an environment that closely resembles production in terms of configuration, resource allocation, deployment topology, integrations, and operational characteristics. TAE guidance emphasizes that measurements like MTBF are highly sensitive to environmental differences such as CPU quotas, background load, database sizing, network topology, virtualization settings, and monitoring agents. A local development environment is unsuitable because it is not representative, is often unstable, and typically lacks full system integration. A build environment focuses on building/packaging and fast verification, not production-like reliability evaluation. An integration environment can validate that systems work together, but it is frequently shared, changes often, and may not match production sizing and operational constraints; it is also commonly disrupted by other teams' deployments. Preproduction (often called staging) is designed to be the closest safe approximation to production while still allowing controlled testing, including reliability and performance- related evaluations, without risking real users or live data. Therefore, preproduction is the best-suited environment to run reliability tests intended to predict production MTBF behavior with credible confidence.
NEW QUESTION # 25
Which of the following practices can be used to specify the active (i.e., actually available) features for each release of the SUT and determine the corresponding automated tests that must be executed for a given release?
- A. Feature-driven development
- B. The use of feature files
- C. The use of feature toggles
- D. Test-driven development
Answer: C
Explanation:
TAE materials commonly describe feature toggles (feature flags) as a mechanism to control which features are active in a given release or deployment without necessarily changing the codebase structure for each variant. Because toggles determine what functionality is actually enabled, they provide a practical basis for selecting which automated tests should run for that release configuration. When a feature is disabled via a toggle, executing tests for it can create false failures or wasted effort; when enabled, the corresponding tests become relevant as release evidence. Feature-driven development is a product/development planning approach and does not, by itself, provide an operational mechanism to declare what is active at runtime.
Feature files (often associated with BDD) specify behavior scenarios, but they do not inherently indicate whether a feature is active in a particular release unless explicitly tied to toggles or release configuration.
TDD focuses on coding practices at the unit level and similarly does not specify release-time feature availability. Feature toggles directly express "active vs. inactive" functionality and can be used to drive risk- based and relevance-based test execution decisions, matching the requirement precisely.
NEW QUESTION # 26
Consider thefollowing example of TAS metrics.
Time to execute automated tests
Speed and efficiency of TAS components
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
- A. A and b are both external TAS metric
- B. A is an internal TAS metric and B is an external TAS metric
- C. A and B are both internal TAS metrics
- D. A is and external TAS metric and b is an internal TAS metric
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION # 27
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 APIs. All the automated tests will use these test interfaces when interacting with the SUT. Assume that you are currently verifying the correctness of the automated test environment and test tool setup.
Which of the following would you expect to be the MOST specific risk associated with this scenario?
- A. False alarms, that are unlikely to occur inthe real world, will be observed during testing
- B. The process of configuring the TAS will be error-phone due to manual intervention
- C. The automated test cases will not contain the expected result
- D. The connectivityfrom the TAS to the dedicated test interfaces will not work
Answer: A
NEW QUESTION # 28
Consider a TAS that is going to be deployed 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 to be MOST effective at mitigating the risk associated with the first deployment of the TAS?
- A. Testing the TAS for application compatibility issues in the target environment
- B. Testing the TAS for its ability to be implemented in other target test environments.
- C. Testing the TAS for regressions due to optimization that fix non-functional issues.
- D. Testing the TAS for ITS ability to run a shared test environment
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION # 29
(Which of the following statements refers to a typical advantage of test automation?)
- A. On average, automated tests written at the API level are likely to run faster than automated tests written at the UI level
- B. Automated tests can determine whether actual results match expected results, even for non-machine- interpretable results
- C. Artificial intelligence can be used to help identify redundant tests within large, long-running automated regression test suites
- D. Automated tests can allow defects to be detected earlier than manual tests because their execution times can be shorter
Answer: A
Explanation:
In the ISTQB Test Automation Engineer (TAE) body of knowledge, a core, typical advantage of test automation is faster feedback through efficient execution, especially when tests are implemented at lower levels (e.g., API/service) rather than through the UI. UI tests inherently traverse more layers (browser, rendering, client-side code, network timing, and often multiple back-end calls), so they tend to be slower and more brittle. API-level tests bypass most UI-related overhead and interact closer to business logic/services, reducing execution time and improving reliability. Option A is incorrect because many results (e.g., visual aesthetics, subjective usability, tone, or "looks right") are not reliably machine-interpretable without specialized approaches and still often require human judgment. Option C may be possible in some contexts, but "AI redundancy identification" is not a typical, foundational advantage emphasized as a standard automation benefit. Option D is misleading: early defect detection is mainly achieved by earlier and more frequent execution (e.g., CI) and shifting tests left, not merely because a single automated run is shorter than manual execution. Therefore, the most typical advantage presented is that API automation generally runs faster than UI automation.
NEW QUESTION # 30
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 addedto the automated regression test suite.
Which statement BEST describes a reason why this defect could re-occur in future releases?
- A. Automated defect confirmation testing is not effective at confirming that the resolved defect will continue to work in future releases
- B. The configuration management process does not properly control the synchronization between software archives
- C. The automated regression test suite has a narrower scope of functionality
- D. The automated regression test suite is not run consistently for future releases.
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION # 31
The GUI of a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application has been delivered through internet Explorer with proprietary Active X and Java controls. This implementation enables rich client capabilities, but specific commercial automation tools are necessary to automate test cases at GUI of functional test cases.
This is to demonstrate whether a small set of the commercial are able to properly recognize actions taken by a tester when interacting with GUI of the CRM application.
Which of the following scripting techniques would be MOST suitable in this scenario?
- A. Keyword-driven scripting
- B. Data-driven scripting
- C. Linear scripting
- D. Structure scripting
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION # 32
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