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 1. What is Selenium?

>Selenium is a WebDriver Automation tool

which is used to test web-based
applications via automating the test
procedure.

>It supports various browsers,

programming languages, and platforms.

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 2. What is Automation Testing?

>Automation Testing is a procedure for

automating the manual steps or process to
test the application or software.

>It requires an additional testing tool to

create test scripts that can be executed
repeatedly.

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 3. Why do we need software testing?

>Once an application is developed, it is

mandatory to check whether that
application contains any errors or not.

>Software testing provides a tester to

check for substantial errors or bugs in the
application and resolves it

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 4. When will you choose to use Selenium Grid?

>When there are multiple tests to be

executed, we will use selenium grid.

>It will enable us to run same test scripts

on multiple platforms simultaneously and
thus reducing the time consumption.

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 5. Can you illustrate the drawbacks of Selenium?

>It cannot be used for desktop applications

testing.

>Also, it cannot perform on test on web

services.

>To create vigorous scripts, knowledge of

programming languages is required.

>External libraries are required to perform

tasks in Selenium.
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 6. Name the types of testing in Selenium?

>Regression Testing

>Functional Testing

>Load Testing

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 7. Can you test APIs or web services using Selenium
Web Driver and why?

>No, we cannot test web services using

Selenium.

>Web services are headless and it only

uses browser’s class method to automate
web applications. Thus it cannot automate
web services.

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 8. When will you choose to use Selenium IDE?

>When there is repetition in the test

procedure and we want to run the same
sequence over and over again.

>Selenium IDE provides record and

playback feature which we can use to run
tests repeatedly in the same sequence.

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 9. What is X Path in Selenium?

>X Path is a locator which uses XML path

to locate a web element in Selenium.

>It can also be used to locate HTML

elements. X Path uses references from
another element to find the specific
element in a web page.

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 10. What is the basic difference between absolute
and relative X Path?
Absolute X Path: It uses a complete path
starting from the node of the root element
to go to the desired element.

Relative X Path: It only uses references

from another element to go to the desired
element.

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 11. Have you ever automated test cases, If yes, how
many per day?

>Yes, I’ve automated test cases and on

average I can automate 3-5 test cases each
day.

>Although, these test cases can be

sometimes complex and lengthy that can
take a day to complete.

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 12. Can you name the latest Selenium tool and its
use?
WebDriver is the latest selenium tool used
to automate web applications testing and
checks whether it is working as expected
or not.

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  13. Can you state the difference between regression
and functional testing?
>Regression Testing: Regression testing is
a repeated test of an already tested
program.

>Functional Testing: Functional testing

usually ensures the functionality of the
software program.

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 14. What is the use of TestNG in Selenium?

>TestNG in Selenium is used to cover a

wide range of test categories such as
functional, unit, end-to-end etc.

>Using TestNG we can easily generate a

proper report of test cases and can easily
gather the information of how many test
cases were passed, failed or skipped.

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 15. Can we verify the image using Selenium?

>No, we cannot verify the image in

Selenium but we can easily verify whether
the image is displayed or not using
properties.

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 16. Can you state the difference between ‘Type’ and
‘TypeAndWait’ command?
>Type: When the user needs to enter the
text into a text field, type command is
used.

>TypeAndWait: This command is generally

used to reload the web page as soon as the
typing of text is completed.

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 17. How will you take screenshots using Selenium?

We can easily take screenshot using

TakeScreenShot function with
getScreenshotAs() method.

>Example:File scrFile =
((TakeScreenshot)driver).getScreenshotAs(
screenshot.JPG);

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 18. Can you go back and forth in the browser using
Selenium?

Yes, we can easily use the following

commands to move back and forth in the
browser using Selenium:

>navigate().back()
>navigate().forward()

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 19. Can you go back and forth in the browser using
Selenium?

Yes, we can easily use the following

commands to move back and forth in the
browser using Selenium:

>navigate().back()
>navigate().forward()

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 20. How would you delete the cookies using Selenium?

>To delete the cookies, we will use

deletedAllCookies() command.

Syntax: driver.manage().deleteAllCookies();

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 21. Write the code to double-click an element?

Actions action = new Actions(driver);

WebElement element
=driver.findElement(By.id(“elementId”));

action.doubleClick(element).perform();

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 22. Can you list all the navigations methods which are
used in Selenium?
Yes, the following are the different
navigation methods use in Selenium:

Syntax

driver.navigate().to(String
url);driver.navigate().refresh();
driver.navigate().forward();
driver.navigate().back();

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 23. How will you perform drag and drop in Selenium?

Actions action = new Actions(WebDriver);

action.dragAndDrop(sourceWE, destWE)

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 24. How will you verify whether the element is
visible or not?
To verify whether the element is visible or
not, we’ll use following syntax:

WebElement e = driver.findElement();
boolean result = e.isDisplayed();

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 25. How will you clear the text which is written in a
textbox?
We will use clear() command to clear the
text which is written in a text box.

Syntax: driver.findElement(By.id(“element
Locator”)).clear();

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