AngularJs unit test failing when calling $http

My controller is something like this (everything in typescript)

 module testmod {
    export class profileCtrl {
        constructor(
            public q: ng.IQService,
            public scope: IProfileCtrlScope,
            public state: ng.ui.IStateService,
            private accountSvc: accountSvc) {
            this.test();
        }

        public test(): ng.IPromise<boolean>{
            var task = this.q.defer();
            this.accountSvc.get()
                .then((data) => {
                    this.scope.data = data; //data from service is "true"
                    task.resolve(true);
                })
                .catch((data) => {
                    task.reject(false);
                });
            return task.promise;
        }

and my spec is

beforeeach(....) //set service, ctrl, scope etc here

spyOn(accountSvc, "get").and.callFake(function () {
                console.log('*************************');
                var deferred = q.defer();
                deferred.resolve(true);
                return deferred.promise;
            });
it('should have valid profileCtrl', () => { //SUCCESS
            expect(profileCtrl).not.toBeNull();
            expect(profileCtrl).not.toBeUndefined();
        });
it('should call get service', () => {
//http.expectGET('/api/get')
//                    .respond(true);

                scope.test()
                    .then((data) => {
                        expect(scope.data).toBeTruthy() //FAILURE
                    })
                    .catch((e) => {
                    expect(false).toBe('true'); //CODE IS NOT REACHING HERE, SO ACCOUNTSVC CALL IS SUCCEEDING
                    });
                //http.flush();
                scope.$apply();
            });

When unit testing this, i am seeing the "test" method is getting called many times and in many instances. Since I want to load some data when this controller is loaded (say the home page to fetch user details), that is why I put the "test" method in the constructor. When running the page normally, I don't see any multiple calls. I cannot put this in a service as this function will be called from many controllers and we need uptodate data and not any cached version.

I can see that the spyOn function is getting called, accountSvc is getting called, however the scope.data value is null. I even tried with httpBackend (commented code), still the scope.data is null. I have unit tests directly on the accountSvc service using httpBackend and they are working as expected. The failure is when I have a controller with a method in the construcotr. What am I doing wrong here? This is of course a simplified version of the app and calls. Appreciate any help on this.