Table 2.

List of questions for the background part in the survey with the type of response provided

Section 1: Participant’s background		Type
#1	What kind of developer are you?	Multiple choice (Industrial, Open-source, Startup, Student, Researcher)
#2	How many years of experience do you have with the Java programming language?	Paragraph
#3	Please rate your level of expertise with the Java programming language.	5-point Likert scale
#4	How many years of experience do you have in Software Testing?	Paragraph
#5	To what extent do you perform each of the following types of testing in your projects?	Multiple-choice grid (Unit, Integration, System, Acceptance, Usability testing from “Never” to “Frequently”)
#6	How familiar are you with the concept of test smells, i.e., symptoms of sub-optimal design choices adopted when developing test cases?	5-point Likert scale