| Exam Name: | ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Automation Engineering CTAL-TAE (Syllabus v2.0) | ||
| Exam Code: | CTAL-TAE_V2 Dumps | ||
| Vendor: | iSQI | Certification: | ISQI certification |
| Questions: | 80 Q&A's | Shared By: | niko |
A TAS that performs automated testing in a single test environment was successfully manually installed and configured from a central repository, with all its components in the correct versions. It was also verified that all TAS components in this environment are capable of providing reliable and repeatable performance. The TAS will be used to run several suites of automated regression test scripts on various SUTs in the test environment. Your current goal is to complete all preliminary verifications to ensure that the TAS works correctly. Which of the following activities would you perform FIRST?
When a continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline is split between build and deployment phases, which statements are TRUE?
a) Component and component integration tests are part of the deployment phase.
b) System and higher-level tests may be part of the build phase.
c) Component and component integration tests are part of the build phase.
d) System and acceptance tests may be executed in a separate pipeline.
e) System integration tests cannot be run in this kind of pipeline.
You are employed as a TAE on a project to build a purchasing system. The main requirements for the system are:
1) Allow users to enter details of items that they wish to have purchased and, from these details, create a purchase request.
2) Take each purchase request through a workflow that will allow the requestor’s line manager to approve the request, reject it, or return it for clarification/modification.
3) Forward approved requests to the Purchasing Department.
4) Allow purchasers to find the best available supplier and place the request on that supplier as a purchase order.
Requirement 1 has now been delivered and has been satisfactorily tested manually. In parallel, you have developed a TAS so that functional suitability testing can be automated.
The functional suitability testing of Requirement 1 has now been automated as fully as possible. A change to add audit logging of user activity is planned but has not yet been made. After a small change to the UI code, the last regression run contained a significant number of unexplained test failures. At the point each test stopped, the actual and expected results showed no discrepancies. In each case, the run was able to continue with the next test in the suite. Preliminary investigation showed that the points at which these tests stopped had nothing obvious in common.
Which option below contains the BEST next steps to investigate this?
You have been recruited as a TAE by a large travel agency and are now responsible for a mature TAS that is dedicated to functional testing of the company’s booking system, which covers flights, hotels, and packaged holidays. This application contains a complex UI and a lot of functionality. It is undergoing constant maintenance and enhancement by an Agile team that adds tests to the regression test suite at the end of every iteration.
The TAS supports structured scripting and this has been implemented to a high standard, with a well-managed script library and minimal code duplication. The TAA will not support any more advanced scripting techniques. The test automation that has been achieved so far was well received at first but is now the target of increasing criticism. It is perceived as being old-fashioned, poorly documented and, in particular:
1. The test script maintenance overhead is becoming excessive because the test analysts frequently want data values to be changed.
2. Test analysts are complaining that a new test which is similar to an existing one, except for data values, requires a new high-level script, and that they must ask a technical test analyst to do this for them.
3. The nightly full regression run is taking a long time and there is a risk that, as more tests are added, it will soon take too long to run in the available window.
4. Some tests break frequently because of slow response from the SUT.
5. Some transactions are difficult to verify because they rely on variables that cannot be seen through the UI of the SUT.
6. The UI of the TAF is difficult to learn.
The SUT architect is planning a major new release and they have offered to include features that will enhance its testability. You already have plans to deal with items 1, 2 and 3 on the list, so now you are considering how you might mitigate items 4, 5 and 6.
Which TWO improvements will BEST address items 4, 5 and 6?
a) Add an event mechanism to the SUT which the TAF can subscribe to
b) Adopt a set of standard setup and teardown methods
c) Add an API to the SUT that will make the internal variables observable
d) Update and improve the documentation of the TAA
e) Implement hard-coded waits in scripts that have been affected by slow SUT response
TESTED 03 Nov 2026
