As a TAE, you are evaluating a test automation tool to automate some UI tests for a web app. The automated tests will first locate the required HTML elements on the web page using their corresponding identifiers (locators), then perform actions on those elements, and finally check the presence of any expected text for an HTML element. These tests are independent of each other and are organized into a test suite that must be run every night against the most recent build of the web app. There is a high risk that the web app will crash while running some automated tests. Based only on the given information, which of the following is your MOST important concern related to the evaluation of the test automation tool?

• A. Does the test automation tool offer a feature to restore the web app, recover from the failed test, skip such tests, and resume the next one in the suite?
• B. Does the test automation tool offer a feature to create a mock server that simulates the behavior of a real API by accepting requests and returning responses?
• C. Does the test automation tool provide a feature to specify automated tests in a descriptive meta- language that is not directly executable on the web app?
• D. Does the test automation tool support a licensing scheme that allows accessing different feature sets?

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

A suite of automated test cases was run multiple times on the same release of the SUT in the same test environment. Consider analyzing a test histogram that shows the distribution of test results (pass, fail, etc.) for each test case across these runs. Which of the following potential issues is MOST likely to be identified as a result of such an analysis?

• A. Security vulnerabilities in automated test cases
• B. Outliers in test execution times
• C. Maintainability issues in automated test cases
• D. Unstable automated test cases

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. Create scripts to automatically install and configure the TAS in the test environment from the central repository
• D. Check whether all regression test scripts in a given suite have expected results

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. First upgrade the OS, then implement the change in the API authentication method, 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. 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
• D. Implement one change at a time and run a subset of the updated test scripts after each change