BCS TAE valid study dumps : ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level: Test Automation Engineer

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. 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
• B. Verify the behavior of the whole automated test suite by running all the automated tests
• C. Do not run any tests because you can immediately confirm the correct functioning of the automated test suite
• D. 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.

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. The introduction of a new feature could require updates or additions to the testware components
• B. Automated tests are not affected by the introduction of a new feature and running them against the new SUT is a waste of effort
• C. It is generally more difficult to automate test cases for a new feature as the developmenthas not yet started
• D. The test automation engineer should work with the business analysts to ensure the new feature is testable

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 application compatibility issues in the target environment
• C. Testing the TAS for its ability to be implemented in other target test environments.
• D. Testing the TAS for ITS ability to run a shared test environment

Consider the following layers of the gTAA structure:
a. Test generation layer
b. Test definition layer
c. Test execution layer
d. Test execution layer
Consider the following capabilities associated with these layers.
Acquire all thenecessary resources before each test and release all after run, in order to avoid interdependences between test Allow the automated test scripts on an abstract level to interact with components, configurations and interfaces of the SUT.
Design test directives that allow configuring the algorithms used to automatically produce the test cases a given model of the SUT.
Allow the definition and implementation of test cases and data by means of templates and/or guidelines.
Which of the following BEST matches each layer with the appropriate capability?

• A. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
• B. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
• C. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
• D. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-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 SUT code coverage provided by the execution of the regression test suite.
• B. The defect density in the automation code of the regression test suite.
• C. The ratio of comments to executable statements in the SUT code.
• D. The ratio of commands to executable statements in the automation code of the regression test suite