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title: "What are some of the limitations of automated testing?"  
description: "What are some of the limitations of automated testing?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-12-02  
updated: 2020-09-15  
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category: "testing"  
tags: ["testing"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What are some of the limitations of automated testing?

- Difficulty in planning all scenarios.
- Mainly effective in testing GUI based applications.
- Not useful for test cases that require data setup prior to actual execution.
- Highly dependent on GUI layout so when the interface changes the automated test script must also be modified.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

- Difficulty in planning all scenarios.
- Mainly effective in testing GUI based applications.
- Not useful for test cases that require data setup prior to actual execution.
- Highly dependent on GUI layout so when the interface changes the automated test script must also be modified.


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