You are a TAE responsible for a TAS that is used on several products, all of which have complex UIs. It has been decided that all radio buttons in one of the products will be changed to checkboxes; checkboxes have not been used in the UI before.
You are updating the TAS to align with this change. Which TWO actions would be MOST appropriate?
a) Write a function to handle checkboxes and add it to the function library b) Amend the function that handles radio buttons to also handle checkboxes c) Update the Test Automation Architecture d) Identify all test scripts that will be affected by the change e) Amend the library naming conventions to accommodate the change

• A. d and e
• B. a and c
• C. b and d
• D. b and c

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 a 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.
Your new manager wants quick improvements to address items 1, 2 and 3. She has accepted that the TAA may need to be enhanced to support the improvements.
Which TWO improvements will BEST fit this scenario?
a) Transition the automation to data-driven testing
b) Transition the automation to keyword-driven testing
c) Adopt a set of standard verification methods
d) Review the test automation scripts for functional duplication
e) Implement hard-coded waits in scripts that have been affected by slow SUT response

• A. c and e
• B. a and b
• C. b and c
• D. a and d

(Which of the following answers describes the LEAST relevant concern in selecting suitable test automation tools for a test automation project?)

• A. In the case of commercial test automation tools, what factors determine the licensing costs of these tools (e.g., in terms of the maximum number of users supported and whether the license type is fixed or floating)?
• B. In the case of open-source test automation tools, are these tools released under permissive or restrictive licenses, and, if applicable, is it specified whether they can be modified and by whom?
• C. What is the degree of technical knowledge and skills within the test team to implement code-based test automation for the project (e.g., in terms of programming and design patterns)?
• D. Has the test team been formed with the different personalities of its members in mind, to ensure that the interaction between them is effective in achieving the objectives of the test automation project?

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?

• A. Check whether the TAS connectivity to all required internal systems, external systems, and interfaces is available
• B. Run a given suite multiple times using TAS to determine whether all regression test scripts always provide the same result
• C. Check whether all regression test scripts in a given suite have expected results
• D. Create scripts to automatically install and configure the TAS in the test environment from the central repository

You work for a company that produces a credit-checking software package. This product comes in three variants, each of which is tailored to meet the rules and attitudes of lending and borrowing money for a particular group of countries. Each variant has two different versions at any one time: the current live release and the next release, which is under development. Each variant has its own test environment; these environments are built on different platforms to reflect the diversity of real customer platforms.
A single TAS meets the automation needs of all three variants, with configurable features that allow for the platform differences. The SUT's test requirements are expanding rapidly and the TAS often needs enhancement to support this. The SUT's platforms are also changeable, due to updates from their vendors or a desire to sample different ones.
After any change, the TAS is re-installed from a central repository with automated scripts that implement the configuration parameters for the target environment. Following this, it has often been impossible to run tests properly or even at all and the installation has had to be repeated after the cause has been found. Which of the following actions is MOST likely to solve this issue?

• A. Install by copying a standard configuration of the TAS from the central repository
• B. Stricter documentation and configuration management of the TAS components
• C. Non-functional testing of TAS components before installation to verify their interoperability with their target platforms
• D. Connectivity checks after installation to verify interoperability between the TAS and the SUT platforms