ISTQB CT-TAE Exam - Topic 1 Question 2 Discussion

Actual exam question for ISTQB's CT-TAE exam

Question #: 2
Topic #: 1

You have been asked to develop test automation for a legacy system that is going to go through a series of infrastructure migrations. The scripts will be used to verify basic functionality during these infrastructure changes Your Test Analysts have some programming skills and need

a solution that is simple and fast.

Maintainability of the scripts is not a consideration because no changes to the software are anticipated.

Which of the following is the BEST scripting approach in this situation?

AStructured scripting

BCapture-replay scripting

CModel-Based scripting

DLinear scripting

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Suggested Answer: B

by Rolande at Feb 02, 2023, 05:55 PM

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Shelba

7 months ago

Model-Based scripting sounds fancy, but is it really needed for this?

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Lavonne

7 months ago

Wait, are we really not considering maintainability at all?

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Andra

7 months ago

Linear scripting could work too, but it might get messy.

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Franchesca

7 months ago

I agree, structured scripting might be overkill for this.

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Rana

7 months ago

Capture-replay scripting seems like the quickest option here.

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Ozell

8 months ago

Model-Based scripting was mentioned in a practice question, but I don't see how it fits this scenario since we just need something simple and fast.

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Isaac

8 months ago

I think structured scripting might be overkill since maintainability isn't a concern. Capture-replay could really save time here.

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Candida

8 months ago

I'm a bit unsure about linear scripting. It sounds straightforward, but I wonder if it would be too rigid for our needs during the migrations.

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Myong

8 months ago

I remember we discussed capture-replay scripting in class. It seems like it could be a quick way to get the tests up and running without too much coding.

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Reuben

8 months ago

This looks like a straightforward reliability problem. I think I can solve this by multiplying the individual reliabilities together.

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Eleonore

8 months ago

I think the key here is to identify the specific change that needs to be made to ensure the consumer receives the telemetry data. I'll carefully consider each of the answer choices.

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Jovita

8 months ago

Okay, let me think this through. If the host is unprotected and exposed to attacks, it's probably a Bastion Host that's being used for security monitoring or as a decoy. I'm pretty confident that's the right answer.

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Alline

8 months ago

I'm not sure, but I think having the partitions separated by a slash like in option C looks familiar. It seemed usable in our exercises.

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