diff --git a/force_bdss/core_plugins/dummy/tests/test_direct_execution.py b/force_bdss/core_plugins/dummy/tests/test_direct_execution.py
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+import unittest
+from traits.api import List
+
+from envisage.application import Application
+
+from force_bdss.bundle_registry_plugin import BundleRegistryPlugin
+from force_bdss.cli.tests.test_execution import cd
+
+try:
+    import mock
+except ImportError:
+    from unittest import mock
+
+from force_bdss.core_evaluation_driver import CoreEvaluationDriver
+from force_bdss.core_plugins.dummy.dummy_plugin import DummyPlugin
+from force_bdss.tests import fixtures
+
+
+class DummyBundleRegistryPlugin(BundleRegistryPlugin):
+    mco_bundles = List()
+    kpi_calculator_bundles = List()
+    data_source_bundles = List()
+
+
+def mock_bundle_registry_plugin():
+    plugin = DummyPlugin()
+    bundle_registry_plugin = DummyBundleRegistryPlugin()
+    bundle_registry_plugin.mco_bundles = plugin.mco_bundles
+    bundle_registry_plugin.kpi_calculator_bundles = \
+        plugin.kpi_calculator_bundles
+    bundle_registry_plugin.data_source_bundles = plugin.data_source_bundles
+    return bundle_registry_plugin
+
+
+class TestDirectExecution(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.mock_bundle_registry_plugin = mock_bundle_registry_plugin()
+        application = mock.Mock(spec=Application)
+        application.get_plugin = mock.Mock(
+            return_value=self.mock_bundle_registry_plugin
+        )
+        application.workflow_filepath = fixtures.get("test_csv.json")
+        self.mock_application = application
+
+    def test_initialization(self):
+        driver = CoreEvaluationDriver(
+            application=self.mock_application,
+        )
+        with cd(fixtures.dirpath()), \
+                mock.patch("sys.stdin") as stdin, \
+                mock.patch("sys.stdout") as stdout:
+
+            stdin.read.return_value = "1"
+            driver.application_started()
+            write_args = stdout.write.call_args
+
+        self.assertEqual(write_args[0][0], "85.0")
+