Which of the following layers within the TAA contains technology-specific implementations that enable automated tests to have the execution of their logical actions result in actual interaction with the appropriate interfaces of the SUT?

• A. Test adaptation layer
• B. Test definition layer
• C. Test generation layer
• D. Test execution layer

Which of the following statements about contract testing is TRUE?

• A. The differences between the two approaches to contract testing stem primarily from which side creates the contract: this creation is done by the provider for the provider-driven approach and by the consumer (s) for the consumer-driven approach
• B. Contract testing, regardless of the approach chosen (provider-driven or consumer-driven) does not need to rely on the creation of stubs/mocks since it is used to implement integration testing, not unit
  /component testing
• C. Contract testing can be viewed as a specialized form of API testing that can be applied to effectively and efficiently test integration between microservices, but only if they interact with REST APIs
• D. Contract testing can be viewed as a specialized form of API testing that can be applied to effectively and efficiently test integration between systems, but only if they interact synchronously

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 system are:
1. Loading sales data, sent electronically from the stores each evening, into a central database.
2. Producing sales reports for the merchandisers, whose job is to manage stock levels in stores.
3. Producing forecast reports, used to predict future demand for each product, based on a combination of sales history and forecasting parameters. The parameters will be entered by the merchandisers into a browser-based front end and the reports will be produced overnight. The users will be able to retrieve the reports, on screen or in print, via an interactive feature.
Requirements 1 and 2 were already met by the old system and will be rewritten in the new system with some minor functional changes. The sales data will, as before, be loaded in an overnight batch run. There have been problems with the old system at peak periods when this run has taken longer than scheduled, so that dependent jobs could not finish before the start of the next working day. The Data Centre manager requires that the new system's overnight batch runs take 10% less time than the old one, including the new reports, to allow time for all jobs to complete.
Requirement 3 is new. The functionality provided by the UI will be simple and the Sales & Merchandising manager requires that it be easy to use.
The data for testing the reports will be extracted from the old system in production and will be anonymized before use.
The system will be developed using an Agile lifecycle with iterations of fixed length. This will be the first full deployment of this methodology, which has just completed a successful pilot. It is a relatively simple development and is expected to be completed in three releases, each taking approximately 2 months.
You are an experienced TAE and have been recruited to implement test automation on this project and have started to evaluate candidate tools to automate functional and some non-functional testing. It is already clear that no single tool will meet all requirements, and that the developers' existing Integrated Development Environment will meet the automation needs of their testing. The TAS will need to support CI/CD.
When reviewing your tool comparison table, what two tool capabilities will be MOST beneficial for this project?
i) The ability to support multiple and configurable test environments.
ii) The ability to manage test data in a way that supports version control of the data sets.
iii) The ability to be compatible with other tools that are likely to be used on the project.
iv) The ability to expand the overall test architecture and to be scalable and modifiable.
v) The ability for non-technical users to enter requests for customizable reports.

• A. i and v
• B. ii and iii
• C. iii and iv
• D. i and iv

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

• A. A commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) tool
• B. A low-code or no-code tooling solution
• C. Avoidance of open-source automation tools
• D. A tool whose programming language matches that of the system under test

Which one of the following answers does NOT refer to an example of configuration item(s) that should be specified in development pipelines to identify a test environment (and its specific test data) associated with a web app under test on which to execute automated tests?

• A. The connection string(s) to connect to the test database(s) within the test environment where the web app is deployed
• B. The base URL of the test environment where the web app is deployed (i.e., the root address for accessing the web app)
• C. The number and type of automated tests to execute in the test environment where the web app is deployed
• D. The URLs of web APIs/web services related to the web app's backend within the test environment where the app is deployed