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TAE highlights that test automation code can introduce security risks, particularly when it handles secrets (API keys, passwords, tokens), test accounts, and connections to production-like systems. Static analysis tools can scan source code for insecure patterns and policy violations without executing the code. A common, high-impact security issue in automation is hard-coded credentials or secrets embedded in scripts, configuration files committed to version control, or test utilities. Detecting these is a direct security-quality improvement: it reduces exposure risk and supports compliance. Option A is incorrect because static analysis can produce false positives; detection heuristics are not perfect. Option B is useful for maintainability (duplication), but it is not specifically a security improvement example. Option D overclaims: static analysis cannot guarantee the absence of security vulnerabilities; it can only detect certain classes of issues. Therefore, the best security-focused example is that static analysis can identify hard-coded credentials and other sensitive data exposure in test automation code.

TAE positions pilot projects as a controlled way to validate feasibility, calibrate expectations, and reduce adoption risk. Pilot objectives typically include assessing tool fit (technical compatibility, integration, reporting, maintainability), estimating realistic benefits and costs (execution speed, regression efficiency, coverage improvements, maintenance overhead), and assessing team readiness (skills, training needs, required roles). Those align directly with options A, B, and C. Network performance characteristics can matter for distributed test execution or remote environments, but evaluating enterprise network infrastructure at a deep level (availability, jitter, packet loss) is generally not a primary objective for a test automation pilot—especially when the central concern is overly optimistic expectations about automation benefits. A pilot should focus on demonstrating what can be automated, at what cost, with what stability and maintainability, and what process changes are needed. Infrastructure constraints may be observed as risks during the pilot, but a full network performance evaluation is more characteristic of IT operations or performance engineering initiatives, not a test automation introduction pilot scope. Therefore, option D is the least relevant when defining the pilot’s objectives in a TAE-aligned approach.

TAE recommends controlled change management to isolate causes when multiple changes are introduced. When you apply more than one change at once, diagnosing failures becomes harder because you cannot easily attribute effects to a specific change. The best practice is to implement changes incrementally, validating automation and system behavior after each change using a representative subset of tests (e.g., smoke/build verification or targeted regression) to quickly detect issues. Because the system is business-critical, risk mitigation is stronger: you want early detection and clear attribution. After each change is validated with a subset, you then execute the full updated regression suite to ensure overall coverage and confidence. Options A and C apply two changes before running tests, which reduces diagnostic clarity and increases the risk of late discovery. Option D describes incremental changes with subset testing but omits the final full-suite run, which TAE would recommend to ensure broad coverage after all changes have been applied. Therefore, the best sequence is: change one item, run a subset, repeat for the next change, then run all updated scripts.