This Selenium WebDriver Quiz features 30 interview questions to sharpen your knowledge and test your understanding. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced tester, this quiz covers key Selenium concepts to help you prepare for tough interview questions.
We’ve designed it to be engaging, informative, and practical, ensuring you not only recall facts but also grasp Selenium WebDriver’s real-world applications. Think you’ve got what it takes? Let’s dive in!
🔥 Selenium WebDriver UI Framework Quiz
Answer Explanations
| # | Question | Correct Answer(s) | Brief Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What is a keyword-driven framework used for? | Functional testing | It separates test logic from test data and uses keywords for automation. |
| 2 | Which is NOT a part of UI automation frameworks? | Data Source | UI frameworks mainly include Object Repository, Logging, and Configuration files. Data sources are external. |
| 3 | Which is NOT an advantage of Page Object Model? | Supports multiple browsers | POM helps with maintainability and reusability but does not guarantee multi-browser support. |
| 4 | What type of class is WebDriver? | Interface | WebDriver is an interface in Selenium, implemented by various browser drivers. |
| 5 | Which WebDriver supports headless testing? | HtmlUnitWebDriver | HtmlUnitWebDriver runs tests without a GUI, making it useful for headless execution. |
| 6 | What does contextClick() perform? | Right-click | contextClick() is used for right-click (context menu) operations in Selenium. |
| 7 | What does getWindowHandles() return? | All window handles | It returns a set of all open browser window handles, useful for multi-window handling. |
| 8 | Why use WebDriver over Selenium RC? | All of these | WebDriver directly interacts with the browser, eliminating the need for Selenium RC’s proxy server. |
| 9 | How to handle dynamic web elements? | Using relative XPath | Relative XPath allows locating elements even when their attributes change dynamically. |
| 10 | What does the Actions class control? | Mouse & keyboard actions | The Actions class enables advanced interactions like mouse hover, drag-and-drop, and keyboard events. |
| 11 | Which WebDriver runs tests in IE? | InternetExplorerDriver | This driver enables WebDriver automation for Internet Explorer. |
| 12 | Default JavaScript status in HtmlUnitDriver? | Disabled | By default, JavaScript is disabled in HtmlUnitDriver for security and performance. |
| 13 | How to enable JavaScript in HtmlUnitDriver? | HtmlUnitDriver(true) | Passing true to HtmlUnitDriver’s constructor enables JavaScript execution. |
| 14 | What does a FirefoxProfile do? | Changes User-Agent | FirefoxProfile allows modifying browser settings, including User-Agent and proxy settings. |
| 15 | How to switch between browser windows? | driver.switchTo().window() | This method switches control to a different browser window/tab. |
| 16 | What does driver.switchTo().alert() do? | Gets current alert | It switches focus to the currently active JavaScript alert/prompt/confirmation box. |
| 17 | How to delete all cookies? | deleteAllCookies() | This method removes all stored cookies from the browser session. |
| 18 | Purpose of WebDriverBackedSelenium? | Implements Selenium RC APIs | It allows running Selenium 1.0 (RC) scripts using WebDriver. |
| 19 | When does an assertion throw an error? | Values differ | Assertions fail when expected and actual values do not match. |
| 20 | Which Selenium component has no APIs? | Selenium Grid | Selenium Grid is used for parallel execution but lacks dedicated APIs. |
| 21 | What does this regex match? | 11,111,1111 | The regex pattern matches numbers that follow a specific increasing sequence. |
| 22 | Which locator starts with ‘//’? | XPath | XPath expressions in Selenium begin with // for locating elements. |
| 23 | Purpose of WebDriverBackedSelenium? | Runs Selenium 1.0 on WebDriver | It allows backward compatibility with older Selenium RC test scripts. |
| 24 | How to access a Selenium variable in JavaScript? | ${selvar} | Selenium variables can be accessed using ${} syntax in JavaScript. |
| 25 | Which locator finds a link? | By.linkText() | This locator finds hyperlinks by their exact text. |
| 26 | What pattern matching does Selenium use? | Globbing | Selenium supports globbing (wildcards) for flexible pattern matching in locators. |
| 27 | Which browser supports Selenium IDE? | Firefox | Selenium IDE is a Firefox extension for recording and executing Selenium scripts. |
| 28 | Which is an ‘OnEvent Handler’? | fireEvent() | fireEvent() triggers DOM events like onClick, onChange, etc. |
| 29 | Incorrect WebDriver sendKeys() combination? | Keys.ENTER == '\uE00A' | The wrong Unicode mapping is provided for the ENTER key. |
| 30 | Difference between setSpeed() and Thread.sleep()? | setSpeed() delays all cmds, sleep() waits once | setSpeed() slows down every command, while Thread.sleep() pauses execution once. |
Key Takeaways from the Selenium WebDriver Quiz
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