ISTQB Exam CT-TAE Topic 3 Question 48 Discussion

Actual exam question for ISTQB's CT-TAE exam

Question #: 48
Topic #: 3

You have executed an automated test suite for a product that was released into production. Although all the tests passed, there was a major failure in production in an area that was covered well by your automated tests.

You have run the automated tests again and one of the tests is now failing and this is directly related to the production defect that was raised. You decide to run the automated test suite again on the same version of the SUT and the test now passes.

What SHOULD you do now to verify the validity of the automated tests?

ARemove the intermittently failing test from the test suite and investigate the reason why the test sometimes passes and sometimes fails.

BCheck that the production defect that was reported was an actual defect

CRun the automated test suite again and if the test now passes - do nothing

DReference: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341396240_Intermittently_Failing_Tests_in_the_Embedded_Systems_Domain

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Suggested Answer: A

by Selma at Feb 06, 2025, 09:49 PM

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Janine

15 days ago

Intermittent failures? That's like trying to catch a ghost with a butterfly net. Good luck with that one!

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Nobuko

16 days ago

Hmm, I wonder if the test suite is being run on the same environment each time. Maybe there's some hidden environment variable causing the intermittent failure. Time to bust out the crystal ball and play detective.

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Arminda

21 days ago

Hold up, you mean I can't just ignore the failing test and move on? Seriously, this is why I became a developer - to avoid all the testing headaches.

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Alberta

5 days ago

B) Check that the production defect that was reported was an actual defect

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Leigha

7 days ago

A) Remove the intermittently failing test from the test suite and investigate the reason why the test sometimes passes and sometimes fails.

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1 months ago

This is messed up. How can a test pass sometimes and fail other times? Seems like the test is the problem, not the application.

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Tyra

6 days ago

A) Remove the intermittently failing test from the test suite and investigate the reason why the test sometimes passes and sometimes fails.

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