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BCS Exam TAE Topic 5 Question 36 Discussion

Actual exam question for BCS's ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Automation Engineer exam
Question #: 36
Topic #: 5
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Consider a TAS that uses a keyword-driven framework. The SUT is a web application and there is a large set of keywords available for writing the automated tests that relate to highly specific user actions linked directly to the GUI of the SUT. The automated test written with the keywords are statically analyzed by a custom tool which highlight's repeated instances of identical sequence of keywords. The waiting mechanism implemented by the TAS for a webpage load is based on a synchronous sampling within a given timeout. The TAS allows checking a webpage load every seconds until a timeout value

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Pansy
3 months ago
I personally prefer option D. Having an error recovery process can save time in debugging.
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Lilli
4 months ago
I disagree, I think option C is better. Explicit hard-coded waits can ensure better synchronization.
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Loren
4 months ago
I think option B would be good, more detailed keywords might help.
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Sheron
4 months ago
Establishing an error recovery process for TAS and SUT is crucial to ensure the reliability of the automated tests.
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Eric
4 months ago
I think changing the wait mechanism to explicit hard-coded waits could help in handling synchronization issues more effectively.
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Slyvia
5 months ago
That's a good point. Implementing keywords with a higher level of granularity could also make the tests more reusable.
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Gussie
5 months ago
I agree, but I also feel that changing the scripting approach to data-driven scripting could make the tests more scalable and maintainable.
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Corazon
5 months ago
I think the keyword-driven framework is quite efficient for testing the web application.
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