CTA CTA Test Management & Reporting

Question 1

In TestStand, which built-in result collection mechanism aggregates pass/fail data across all UUTs in a batch run?

Accepted Answer

ResultList property

Answer

The ResultList property on the execution object collects all UUT result records for aggregation and reporting.

Question 2

What TestStand report format natively supports interactive drill-down into individual step results?

Accepted Answer

HTML

Answer

HTML reports in TestStand support collapsible sections and hyperlinks that allow engineers to drill down into step-level results.

Question 3

Which TestStand callback is the correct place to customize the report header that appears at the top of every generated report?

Accepted Answer

ModifyReportHeader

Answer

The ModifyReportHeader callback is invoked before the report header is written, allowing architects to inject custom fields.

Question 4

A CTA architect wants to log UUT serial numbers to a database AND produce an HTML report simultaneously. What is the recommended approach?

Accepted Answer

Configure multiple result plugins

Answer

TestStand's result plugin architecture allows multiple plugins to run concurrently, each handling a different output destination.

Question 5

Which TestStand property controls whether a failing step causes the UUT to immediately abort or continue testing remaining steps?

Accepted Answer

TerminateOnFail

Answer

The TerminateOnFail flag on a step or sequence determines whether execution halts immediately upon a failure.

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