Who wants to be an automater?

Modern commercial test tools claim that it is easier than ever for a QA person with manual testing expertise to create and execute automated tests. But who really wants to become a developer of automated scripts? Why put in all that effort when you’ve already got a good thing going?

Take the quiz below and see where YOU stand!

Multiple-Choice Questions:

Q1: “Test automation is a software development effort.”

[ ] True
[ ] False

Q2: On a scale of 1 to 5, please rate your skills as a developer. _____

1. newbie: a mouse is an animal that eats cheese
2. not sure: do formulas in spreadsheets count?
3. have written small programs that actually run - sometimes
4. write .NET, Java, ASP, VB, vbscript, etc., code every day
5. hacker : will pass this test even if I don’t take it (heh)

Q3: Which of the following is not a type of testing? _____

1. Requirements
2. Unit
3. Ad Hoc
4. Exploratory
5. Operational
6. Integration
7. Performance
8. Functional
9. Boundary
10. Fuzzing
11. System
12. User Acceptance
13. Regression
14. Taste

Q4: Manual test cases have little or no relationship to test cases for automation.

[ ] True
[ ] False

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