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 URLs of web APIs/web services related to the web app's backend within the test environment where the 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 connection string(s) to connect to the test database(s) within the test environment where the web app is deployed
• D. The number and type of automated tests to execute in the test environment where the web app is deployed

An automated test case that should always pass sometimes passes and sometimes fails intermittently (non- deterministic behavior) when executed in the same test environment, even if no code (i.e., SUT code or the test automation code) has been changed. Which of the following statements about the root cause of this non- deterministic behavior is TRUE?

• A. Determining the specified root cause is certainly easier than if the automated test always fails (deterministic behavior)
• B. The specified root cause is a race condition that can be identified by also analyzing the log files of the test case, the SUT, and the TAF
• C. The specified root cause must be in the instability of the test environment, since no code has been changed
• D. Determining the specified root cause may require, in addition to the TAE, the support of others such as developers and system engineers

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.
You intended to use the implementation of Requirement 1 as a pilot for the TAS. Which TWO of these objectives are MOST appropriate for this pilot?
a) Generate prototypes for the implementation options of the TAS
b) Demonstrate the suitability of at least one TAS implementation option c) Expose any risks to further deployment of this TAS d) Assess the quality of the implementation of Requirement 1 e) Enable a calculation of the likely return on investment for this TAS

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

Your TAF writes detailed test logs for every test that it executes. Data storage space in the test environment is limited, so after each run it is necessary to remove unnecessary detail from the log for tests that passed and move the data that must be kept to a different place.
What would be the BEST way to do this?

• A. Do it manually, so that selection of the data to be kept is under human control
• B. Do it automatically with a script that can be run by your test automation tool
• C. Replace the logs with videos of UI activity that your test automation tool can take
• D. Replace your current tool with another tool whose logs will need less storage space

(In User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for a new SUT, in addition to the manual tests performed by the end- users, automated tests are performed that focus on the execution of repetitive and routine test scenarios. In which of the following environments are all these tests typically performed?)

• A. Build environment
• B. Preproduction environment
• C. Production environment
• D. Integration environment