diff --git a/rxjava/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rxjava/combine/ObservableCombineUnitTest.java b/rxjava/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rxjava/combine/ObservableCombineUnitTest.java
index 693608d116..72eab2fdfd 100644
--- a/rxjava/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rxjava/combine/ObservableCombineUnitTest.java
+++ b/rxjava/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rxjava/combine/ObservableCombineUnitTest.java
@@ -4,14 +4,8 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
-import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
-import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
-import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import rx.Observable;
@@ -19,50 +13,18 @@ import rx.observers.TestSubscriber;
 
 public class ObservableCombineUnitTest {
 
-    private static ExecutorService executor;
-    
-    @BeforeClass
-    public static void setupClass() {
-        executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(10);
-    }
-
-    @AfterClass
-    public static void tearDownClass() {
-        executor.shutdown();
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void givenTwoObservables_whenMerged_shouldEmitCombinedResults() {
-        List<String> results = new ArrayList<>();
+        TestSubscriber<String> testSubscriber = new TestSubscriber<>();
 
         //@formatter:off
         Observable.merge(
           Observable.from(new String[] {"Hello", "World"}),
           Observable.from(new String[]{ "I love", "RxJava"})
-        ).subscribe(data -> {
-          results.add(data); 
-        });
+        ).subscribe(testSubscriber);
         //@formatter:on
 
-        assertThat(results).isNotEmpty();
-        assertThat(results.size()).isEqualTo(4);
-        assertThat(results).contains("Hello", "World", "I love", "RxJava");
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void givenAnObservable_whenStartWith_thenPrependEmittedResults() {
-        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
-
-        //@formatter:off
-        Observable
-          .from(new String[] { "RxJava", "Observables" })
-          .startWith("Buzzwords of Reactive Programming")
-          .subscribe(data -> {
-            buffer.append(data).append(" ");
-          });
-        //@formatter:on
-
-        assertThat(buffer.toString().trim()).isEqualTo("Buzzwords of Reactive Programming RxJava Observables");
+        testSubscriber.assertValues("Hello", "World", "I love", "RxJava");
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -73,11 +35,7 @@ public class ObservableCombineUnitTest {
         Observable.zip(
           Observable.from(new String[] { "Simple", "Moderate", "Complex" }), 
           Observable.from(new String[] { "Solutions", "Success", "Heirarchy"}),
-        (str1, str2) -> {
-          return str1 + " " + str2;
-        }).subscribe(zipped -> {
-          zippedStrings.add(zipped);
-        });
+        (str1, str2) -> str1 + " " + str2).subscribe(zippedStrings::add);
         //formatter:on
         
         assertThat(zippedStrings).isNotEmpty();
@@ -87,35 +45,31 @@ public class ObservableCombineUnitTest {
     
     @Test
     public void givenMutipleObservablesOneThrows_whenMerged_thenCombineBeforePropagatingError() {        
-        Future<String> f1 = executor.submit(createCallable("Hello"));
-        Future<String> f2 = executor.submit(createCallable("World"));
-        Future<String> f3 = executor.submit(createCallable(null));
-        Future<String> f4 = executor.submit(createCallable("RxJava"));
-        
         TestSubscriber<String> testSubscriber = new TestSubscriber<>();
         
-        //@formatter:off
         Observable.mergeDelayError(
-          Observable.from(f1),
-          Observable.from(f2),
-          Observable.from(f3),
-          Observable.from(f4)
+          Observable.from(new String[] { "hello", "world" }),
+          Observable.error(new RuntimeException("Some exception")),
+          Observable.from(new String[] { "rxjava" })
         ).subscribe(testSubscriber);
-        //@formatter:on
-        
+
         testSubscriber.assertValues("hello", "world", "rxjava");
-        testSubscriber.assertError(ExecutionException.class);
+        testSubscriber.assertError(RuntimeException.class);;
     }
     
-    private Callable<String> createCallable(final String data) {
-        return new Callable<String>() {
-            @Override
-            public String call() throws Exception {
-                if (data == null) {
-                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Data should not be null.");
-                }
-                return data.toLowerCase();
-            }
-        };
+    @Test
+    public void givenAStream_whenZippedWithInterval_shouldDelayStreamEmmission() {
+        TestSubscriber<String> testSubscriber = new TestSubscriber<>();
+            
+        Observable<String> data = Observable.just("one", "two", "three", "four", "five");
+        Observable<Long> interval = Observable.interval(1L, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+            
+        Observable
+          .zip(data, interval, (strData, tick) -> String.format("[%d]=%s", tick, strData))
+          .toBlocking().subscribe(testSubscriber);
+            
+        testSubscriber.assertCompleted();
+        testSubscriber.assertValueCount(5);
+        testSubscriber.assertValues("[0]=one", "[1]=two", "[2]=three", "[3]=four", "[4]=five");
     }
 }