diff --git a/api/pytest/test_api_tester.py b/api/pytest/test_api_tester.py
index a5981a1..0e86798 100644
--- a/api/pytest/test_api_tester.py
+++ b/api/pytest/test_api_tester.py
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 import pytest
 import ECNQueue
 
-@pytest.mark.getValidQueuesTest
-def test_item():
+@pytest.mark.ECNQueue_getValidQueuesTest
+def test_ECNQueue_getQueueCounts():
     queueCounts = ECNQueue.getQueueCounts()
 
     # Ensure that getQueueCounts() within ECNQueue returns a list
     assert type(queueCounts) is list
 
     # Ensure that getQueueCounts() within ECNQueue returns a list of dictionaries with this syntax:
-
+    
     # {'name': '_string'
     # 'number_of_items': _int}
     for queue in queueCounts:
@@ -19,3 +19,23 @@ def test_item():
         assert type(queue['name']) is str
         assert "number_of_items" in queue.keys()
         assert type(queue['number_of_items']) is int
+
+@pytest.mark.ECNQueue_loadQueue
+def test_ECNQueue_loadQueue():
+
+    queues = ECNQueue.loadQueues()
+
+@pytest.mark.ECNQueue_getValidQueues
+def test_ECNQueue_getValidQueues():
+
+    validQueues = ECNQueue.getValidQueues()
+
+    # ensure that ECNQueue.getValidQueues returns a list
+    assert type(validQueues) is list
+
+    # ensure that the ECNQueue.getValidQueues returns a list of strings
+    for queue in validQueues:
+        assert type(queue) is str
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_ECNQueue_getValidQueues()
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