Automation Strategy interview questions — Easy
74 easy-level Automation Strategy questions from our Automation Testing bank, each with the correct answer and an explanation of why it is correct.
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What this covers
Automation Strategy appears throughout Automation Testing interviews. At easy level, interviewers are typically checking that you know the fundamentals and can describe them precisely — definitions, defaults, and the basic mechanics. Work through these, then explain your answer out loud; the second part is what interviews actually test.
19 example questions
1. Which of the following best describes regression suite in Strategy?
- A. Return on investment of automation versus manual effort.
- B. Ongoing effort to keep tests passing as the product evolves.
- C. Set of tests protecting existing functionality from breaking.correct
- D. Choosing a subset of tests relevant to a change.
Why: regression suite: Set of tests protecting existing functionality from breaking.
2. In the context of Strategy, regression suite is best described as:
- A. Set of tests protecting existing functionality from breaking.correct
- B. Return on investment of automation versus manual effort.
- C. Output showing which code the tests executed.
- D. Choosing a subset of tests relevant to a change.
Why: regression suite: Set of tests protecting existing functionality from breaking.
3. Which of the following best describes smoke suite in Strategy?
- A. Set of tests protecting existing functionality from breaking.
- B. Small fast set verifying critical paths after a build.correct
- C. Output showing which code the tests executed.
- D. Ongoing effort to keep tests passing as the product evolves.
Why: smoke suite: Small fast set verifying critical paths after a build.
4. Which of the following best describes maintenance cost in Strategy?
- A. Choosing a subset of tests relevant to a change.
- B. Return on investment of automation versus manual effort.
- C. Ongoing effort to keep tests passing as the product evolves.correct
- D. Set of tests protecting existing functionality from breaking.
Why: maintenance cost: Ongoing effort to keep tests passing as the product evolves.
5. Which of the following best describes test selection in Strategy?
- A. Choosing a subset of tests relevant to a change.correct
- B. Output showing which code the tests executed.
- C. Ongoing effort to keep tests passing as the product evolves.
- D. Return on investment of automation versus manual effort.
Why: test selection: Choosing a subset of tests relevant to a change.
6. Which of the following best describes coverage report in Strategy?
- A. Output showing which code the tests executed.correct
- B. Return on investment of automation versus manual effort.
- C. Small fast set verifying critical paths after a build.
- D. Set of tests protecting existing functionality from breaking.
Why: coverage report: Output showing which code the tests executed.
7. What is the purpose of ROI in Strategy?
- A. Return on investment of automation versus manual effort.correct
- B. Choosing a subset of tests relevant to a change.
- C. Ongoing effort to keep tests passing as the product evolves.
- D. Output showing which code the tests executed.
Why: ROI: Return on investment of automation versus manual effort.
8. In Strategy, what does test selection do or refer to?
- A. Return on investment of automation versus manual effort.
- B. Set of tests protecting existing functionality from breaking.
- C. Choosing a subset of tests relevant to a change.correct
- D. Output showing which code the tests executed.
Why: test selection: Choosing a subset of tests relevant to a change.
9. What is the purpose of regression suite in Strategy?
- A. Small fast set verifying critical paths after a build.
- B. Ongoing effort to keep tests passing as the product evolves.
- C. Choosing a subset of tests relevant to a change.
- D. Set of tests protecting existing functionality from breaking.correct
Why: regression suite: Set of tests protecting existing functionality from breaking.
10. In Strategy, what does coverage report do or refer to?
- A. Small fast set verifying critical paths after a build.
- B. Choosing a subset of tests relevant to a change.
- C. Set of tests protecting existing functionality from breaking.
- D. Output showing which code the tests executed.correct
Why: coverage report: Output showing which code the tests executed.
11. What is the purpose of test selection in Strategy?
- A. Choosing a subset of tests relevant to a change.correct
- B. Set of tests protecting existing functionality from breaking.
- C. Output showing which code the tests executed.
- D. Ongoing effort to keep tests passing as the product evolves.
Why: test selection: Choosing a subset of tests relevant to a change.
12. In Strategy, what does regression suite do or refer to?
- A. Choosing a subset of tests relevant to a change.
- B. Ongoing effort to keep tests passing as the product evolves.
- C. Return on investment of automation versus manual effort.
- D. Set of tests protecting existing functionality from breaking.correct
Why: regression suite: Set of tests protecting existing functionality from breaking.
13. What is the purpose of maintenance cost in Strategy?
- A. Ongoing effort to keep tests passing as the product evolves.correct
- B. Set of tests protecting existing functionality from breaking.
- C. Small fast set verifying critical paths after a build.
- D. Choosing a subset of tests relevant to a change.
Why: maintenance cost: Ongoing effort to keep tests passing as the product evolves.
14. In Strategy, what does maintenance cost do or refer to?
- A. Choosing a subset of tests relevant to a change.
- B. Ongoing effort to keep tests passing as the product evolves.correct
- C. Output showing which code the tests executed.
- D. Return on investment of automation versus manual effort.
Why: maintenance cost: Ongoing effort to keep tests passing as the product evolves.
15. In Strategy, what does ROI do or refer to?
- A. Small fast set verifying critical paths after a build.
- B. Return on investment of automation versus manual effort.correct
- C. Set of tests protecting existing functionality from breaking.
- D. Output showing which code the tests executed.
Why: ROI: Return on investment of automation versus manual effort.
16. What is the purpose of smoke suite in Strategy?
- A. Small fast set verifying critical paths after a build.correct
- B. Choosing a subset of tests relevant to a change.
- C. Set of tests protecting existing functionality from breaking.
- D. Output showing which code the tests executed.
Why: smoke suite: Small fast set verifying critical paths after a build.
17. Which of the following best describes ROI in Strategy?
- A. Set of tests protecting existing functionality from breaking.
- B. Return on investment of automation versus manual effort.correct
- C. Small fast set verifying critical paths after a build.
- D. Choosing a subset of tests relevant to a change.
Why: ROI: Return on investment of automation versus manual effort.
18. What is the purpose of coverage report in Strategy?
- A. Output showing which code the tests executed.correct
- B. Return on investment of automation versus manual effort.
- C. Choosing a subset of tests relevant to a change.
- D. Small fast set verifying critical paths after a build.
Why: coverage report: Output showing which code the tests executed.
19. In Strategy, what does smoke suite do or refer to?
- A. Ongoing effort to keep tests passing as the product evolves.
- B. Set of tests protecting existing functionality from breaking.
- C. Choosing a subset of tests relevant to a change.
- D. Small fast set verifying critical paths after a build.correct
Why: smoke suite: Small fast set verifying critical paths after a build.