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Test Automation Engineer ((CTAL-TAE) v2.0) - ISTQB Exam Questions
Last updated on June 20, 2026
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You are the TAE for an Agile project which has six sprints for the current release. Sprint five is underway and the automated regression suite is due to start later today. You have re-examined the results from the automated regression runs for the past four sprints. You notice that two test cases both reported a pass for sprints 1 and 4 but a fail for sprints 2 and 3. The failures have gone undetected and are therefore unexplained. Both test cases are closely coupled with other tests in the suite.
What course of action SHOULD you take?
What course of action SHOULD you take?
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A
Remove the test cases from the regression suite and refer them to the test designer for manual testing for future sprints.
B
Quarantine the test cases, run the regression suite without them, and perform root cause analysis on the test cases in parallel.
C
Run the test cases manually now. If they still pass, keep them in the regression suite, if they fail perform root cause analysis.
D
Run the regression suite as planned and see If the tests fail again if they do, determine the cause of failure.
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You are using a gTAA to create a TAS for a project. The TAS is aimed at automatically and executing test cases based on a use-case Modeling approaching that uses UML as a modeling language. All the interaction between TAS and SUT will only be at the API and GUI level.
Which of the following components of the gTAA would you EXCLUDE from the TAS?
Which of the following components of the gTAA would you EXCLUDE from the TAS?
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A
The Test execution component of the test generation layer
B
The test execution (test engine of the test execution layer
C
The Command Line Interface (CLI) component of the test adaptation layer
D
The test reporting component of the test execution layer.
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The Test Automation Manager has asked you to provide a solution for collecting metrics from the TAS that measures code coverage every time the automated regression test pack is run. The metrics must be trend based to ensure that the scope of the regression test pack continues to reflect enhancements made to the SUT - coverage must not drop and should ideally increase. The solution must be as automated as possible to avoid unnecessary manual overheads and errors.
Which of the following approaches would BEST meet these requirements?
Which of the following approaches would BEST meet these requirements?
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A
The automated testware would record overall code coverage for each run, export the data to a pre-formatted Excel spreadsheet that automatically updates a trend analysis bar chart for you to distribute to stakeholders.
B
The automated testware would record overall code coverage for each run and add the figure to a new row in a pre-formatted Excel spreadsheet. You would then present the spreadsheet to stakeholders so they could look for changes in coverage.
C
The automated testware would record the pass/fail rate of each regression test case, export the data to a pre-formatted Excel spreadsheet that automatically updates a trend analysis success rate bar chart and emails it to stakeholders.
D
Test automation cannot measure code coverage for the SUT, only the code for the automation tools and scripts. The automated test cases would need to be run manually with a code coverage and reporting tool running in the background.
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You are executing the first test run of a test automation suite of 200 tests. All the relevant information related to the state of the SUT and to the automated test execution is stored in a small database. During the Automated test run you observe that the first 10 test pass, while an abnormal termination occurs when executing the 11th test. This test does not complete its execution and the overall execution of the suite is aborted. An immediate analysis of the abnormal termination is expected to be time consuming and you have been asked to produce a detailed report of the execution results for the first test run, as soon as possible.
What is the MOST important FIRST step to be taken immediately after the abnormal occurred when executing the 11th test?
What is the MOST important FIRST step to be taken immediately after the abnormal occurred when executing the 11th test?
Options
A
Return the database to a consistent state that allows subsequent test to run
B
Take a backup of the database in its current state. So It can be analyzed later
C
Re-run the test automation suite starting from the 1st test.
D
Re-run the test automation suite starting from the 12th test
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Consider the following layers of the gTAA structure:
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a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
B
a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
C
a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
D
a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
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