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#	Question	Options	Answer
1	Which of the following does not requires running Selenium-Server?	using Selenium-Grid run tests to a remote machine using Selenium-Grid and run tests to a remote machine browser and tests will all run on the same machine	browser and tests will all run on the same machine
2	What is the return value of isDisplayed function, in Selenium Webdriver	bool char string None of these	bool
3	What refers to technology related to peer-to-peer connections in HTML5	WebSockets IndexedDB Applink WebRTC	WebRTC
4	What is the correct syntax to instantiate a Edge browser session	WebDriver driver = new edgedriver(); WebDriver driver = new EdgeDriver(); WebDriver driver = new Edge(); WebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();	WebDriver driver = new EdgeDriver();
5	What is the name of default profile created by the Firefox driver	default system user anonymous	anonymous
6	Which operating system supports Selenium installation and application on Safari web browser version 6	Windows Linux MacOS All of these	MacOS
7	Which of the following is not an function for mouse event in Selenium	release contextClick dragAndDrop sendKeys	sendKeys
8	Which of the following web browser does not supports HTML5	Firefox Safari Chrome None of these	None of these
9	Which Selenium webdrivers method is equivalent to setting the named cookie expiry date to sometime in the past.	deleteAllCookies deleteCookieNamed deleteCookie None of these	deleteCookieNamed
10	What is the main feature of Selendroid	No modification of app under test required in order to automate it Gestures are supported Same concept for automating native or hybrid apps All of these	All of these
11	Which of the following is not an function for keyboard event in Selenium	keyDown keyUp sendKeys release	release
12	When will an cookie becomes inaccessible, if no time for same has been set	it will not become inaccessible after the active tab of web browser is closed after the web browser is closed Depends upon AUT	after the web browser is closed
13	What is the valid syntax for locating an element with ID as firstname	driver.findElement(id("firstname")); driver.findElement(By("firstname")); driver.findElement(By.Id(firstname)); driver.findElement(By.id("firstname"));	driver.findElement(By.id("firstname"));
14	What is the main transport mechanism used by Webdriver	JSON AJAX Websocket HTTP	HTTP
15	Which of the following should be used to move to a web element, using javascript	moveToElement executeScript Depends upon visibility Depends upon AUT	executeScript
16	Which of the following programming language is not supported by Selenium WebDriver	C# JavaScript Python ASP.NET	ASP.NET
17	Which method will close all windows opened by the WebDriver	close exit quit shutdown	quit
18	What is the benefit of Selenium Webdriver as compared to Selenium RC	WebDriver is a compact object-oriented API. WebDriver drives the browser much more effectively WebDriver overcomes the limitation of single-host origin policy All of these	All of these
19	What is the main benefit of using Remote WebDriver	It separates where the tests are running from where the browser is. It allows tests to be run with browsers not available on the current OS It can return exceptions with screenshot. All of these	All of these
20	What is a good reason to automate your testing?	It improves the efficiency of testing. It reduces the cost of testing. It increases defect detection ratio. It improves the quality of production code.	It improves the efficiency of testing.
21	Which one of the following is not a benefit of automation testing?	It can help in identifying high priority test cases. It is very good for validating functional flows. It is useful for testing end-to-end flows. It can detect high severity or show stopper bugs.	It can help in identifying high priority test cases.
22	Which of the following is not a prerequisite for automation testing?	Stable code and application. Skilled and experienced resources. Ready Test Scripts. Ready Test Suite.	Ready Test Scripts.
23	Which skill does not require for automation engineer	Troubleshooting coding certification designing	designing
24	Which automation testing is a key area in testing processes.	performance testing functional testing load testing stress testing	functional testing
25	which test are important to exercise code functionality without touching any dependency	system test code test unit test manual test	unit test
26	Which of the following WebDriver is used for Headless browser testing?	HeadLessDriver HtmlUnitWebDriver FireFoxDriver ChromeDriver	HtmlUnitWebDriver
27	Is Implicit wait time applied to all elements in your code?	True False no idea none	True
28	Choose the correct option which performs a context-click at the current mouse location.	context-Click() context.click() context.Click() contextClick()	context.Click()
29	Which of the following WebDriver class is used to run Selenium tests in Google Chrome?	ChromeDriver RemoteWebDriver HtmlUnitDriver InternetExplorerDriver	ChromeDriver
30	Choose the correct option which selects the option at the given index	selectIndexes() selectByIndex() selectByIndexes() selectIndex()	selectByIndex()
31	Which is not the type of the locators	ID Link Text Type Text Name	Type Text
32	Select the command which is used to check the presence of a web element?	verifyElementPresent verifyTextPresent isElementPresent isElementExist	verifyElementPresent
33	The Selenium can	access elements outside of the web application under test only test web applications test both web and desktop applications add elements to the inbuilt object repository	only test web applications
34	What are the types of exceptions thrown in web driver?	ElementNotVisibleException StaleElementReferenceException ElementNotSelectableException All of the above	All of the above
35	Which statement is correct	“/” is used to create an absolute XPath and “//” is used to create relative XPath “/” is used to create relative XPath and “//” is used to create an absolute XPath Both “/” and “//” are used to create absolute XPath Both “/” and “//” are used to create relative XPath	“/” is used to create an absolute XPath and “//” is used to create relative XPath
36	What is default wait time for implicit wait in Selenium WebDriver?	0 sec 15 sec 30 sec None of the above	0 sec
37	Select the Wait below which is not provided by Selenium WebDriver?	Implicit Wait Explicit Wait Fluent Wait Sleep	Sleep
38	Which command you use to retrieve the text using Selenium WebDriver?	getText() getElementText() getText(WebElement) None of the above	getText()
39	Running driver.get(“www.softwaretestingmaterial.com”) will:	Navigates to a page www.softwaretestingmaterial.com No protocol is specified, so an exception will be thrown Navigates to a page https://www.softwaretestingmaterial.com none	No protocol is specified, so an exception will be thrown
40	What is the difference between WebDriver and RemoteWebDriver?	WebDriver is a class and RemoteWebDriver is an interface WebDriver is an interface and RemoteWebDriver is a class WebDriver and RemoteWebDriver is a class WebDriver and RemoteWebDriver is an interface	WebDriver is an interface and RemoteWebDriver is a class
41	Which is the Supermost interface in Selenium WebDriver?	WebDriver SearchContext WebElement JavascriptExecutor	SearchContext
42	Select the correct option on how to select an element that contains “SoftwareTestingMaterial”	None WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[contains(text(), ' SoftwareTestingMaterial')]")) WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.xpath("\\*[contains(text(), ' SoftwareTestingMaterial')]")) WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[text(' SoftwareTestingMaterial')]"))	WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[text(' SoftwareTestingMaterial')]"))
43	What is the JavaScript method used to scroll to a particular Element?	((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript(“arguments[0].scrollIntoView(true);”, element); ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript(“arguments.scrollIntoView(true);”, element); ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript(“arguments[0].scrollTo(true);”, element); ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript( element);	((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript(“arguments.scrollIntoView(true);”, element);
44	Which command you use to enter values in a text box?	sendKeys() send.Keys() sendKey("text") sendsKeys ()	sendKeys()
45	Identify the option which is not a JAVA class in Selenium.	WebDriverWait FirefoxDriver WebDriver ExpectedConditions	WebDriver
46	What is the WebElement method used to get the BackGroud Color of an Element displayed in the WebPage.	 getCssValue(“bg-color”) getCssText(“background-color”) getCss(“color) getCssValue(“background-color”)	getCssValue(“background-color”)
47	What is the method used to Change the Focus from an frame/iframe/window/Alert	setFocus() changeFocus() redirectTo() switchTo()	switchTo()
48	What is the method used in the Select Java Class to get all the Options	getAllValues() getVisibleValues() getAllOptions() getOptions()	getOptions()
49	What are the Wait applicable in Selenium webdriver.	implictlyWait WebDriverWait FluentWait All of the above	All of the above
50	Is Selenium Web a component of the Selenium?	No Yes No Idea none	No
51	What is the javaScript Function used to enter the text in TextBox	document.getElementById(‘what’).setValue(‘Selenium’) document.getElementById(‘what’).setAttribute(‘value’,’Selenium’) document.getElementById(‘what’).setText(‘Selenium’) document.getElementById(‘what’).setAttribute( ‘Selenium’)	document.getElementById(‘what’).setAttribute(‘value’,’Selenium’)
52	What is the abstract class available in Selenium.	WebDriver WebElement By Selenium	By
53	What is return type of driver.get(String url) method in Selenium.	String void null empty space	void
54	What is the return Type of driver.getTitle() method in Selenium WebDriver.	String Character void null	String
55	What is the method used to select a value from Listbox.	selectByVisibleText(String) selectByValue(String) selectByIndex(int) All of the above	All of the above
56	What is the method used to check the WebElement is present.	.isDisplayed() .isVisible() .isClear() .isPresent()	.isDisplayed()
57	What is the method used to verify the Text present in a WebPage	textToBePresent(By, String) textToBePresentInElementLocated(By, String) textToBePresentElementLocated(By, String) textToBeElementLocated(By, String)	textToBePresentInElementLocated(By, String)
58	Select the language which is not supported by Selenium WebDriver	Java JavaScript VBScript C#	VBScript
59	which is not a Selenium Component ?	Maven Selenium IDE Selenium Grid WebDriver	Maven
60	who doesn’t support programming ?	Selenium WebDriver Selenium Grid Selenium RC Selenium IDE	Selenium IDE
61	Which programming languages does not Selenium allow to use?	Python, C-Sharp JavaScript, Ruby PHP, Java C++, C	C++, C
62	Which is the most common way to find an element on a page?	Id Xpath CSS Selector Name	Id
63	The expression is used for "anything" is -	.* ** *+ *.	.*
64	Which is the odd one using in Selenium ?	Id Pattern Matching XPath CSS selector	Pattern Matching
65	What is the full form of Selenium IDE ?	Selenium Interrelated Development Environment Selenium Intialization Development Environment Selenium Information Development Environment Selenium Integrated Development Environment	Selenium Integrated Development Environment
66	The Web driver is used for -	To design a test using Selenese To quickly create tests To execute tests on the HtmlUnit browser. To test a web application against Firefox only.	To execute tests on the HtmlUnit browser.
67	The command which is not a type of assertion in Selenium IDE.	Verify Assert WaitFor Wait	Wait
68	TestNG stands for -	TestNextGenerations TestNextGeneration TestNewGeneration TestNewGenerlization	TestNextGeneration
69	which of the following one is Selenium IDE ?	Flash Plug-in Firefox Plug-in Windows Software Java Software	Firefox Plug-in
70	Which WebDriver method is used to change focus to an alert, a frame or a browser window?	changeFocus() setFocus() switchTo() changeTo()	switchTo()
71	By using __________ function in XPath, we can extract all the elements which matches a particular text value.	contains starts-with ends-with parameters	contains
72	Selenium WebDriver is also known as	Selenium 2.0 Selenium IDE Selenium 1.0 Selenium Grid	Selenium 2.0
73	finds the item ending with the value passed in. This is the equivalent to the XPath ends-with.	$= ^= *= &=	$=
74	WebDriver method findElement() returns	WebElement WebDriver Instance List of WebElement none	WebElement
75	What type of Wait objects keep alive until the WebDriver object dies?	Fluent Wait Explicit Wait Implicit Wait All of the above	Implicit Wait
76	The Actions commands	are commands that directly interact with page elements. are commands that allow you to store values to a variable. are commands that verify if a certain condition is met. none	are commands that directly interact with page elements.
77	is the commands used to retrieves the text of a html element?	getText() getAttributes() getCurrentURL none	getText()
78	is used to enter text in text box in Selenium WebDriver	sendKeys("text") sendKey() submit() selectAll("Text")	sendKeys("text")
79	Selenium tests	GUI applications Browser-based applications DOS applications None of the above	Browser-based applications
80	Selenium IDE supports which browser?	Google Chrome Mozilla Firefox Internet Explorer Safari	Mozilla Firefox
81	Why is the contextClick() used for?	It is used to left click. It is used to open popup menu. It is used to right click. It is used to click the hidden element.	It is used to right click.
82	Which of the following WebDriver is used for Headless browser testing?	HtmlUnitWebDriver InternetExplorerDriver FireFoxDriver HeadLessDriver	HtmlUnitWebDriver
83	Which of the following WebDriver class is used to run Selenium tests in internet explorer?	RemoteWebDriver HtmlUnitDriver InternetExplorerDriver None of these	InternetExplorerDriver
84	Which of the following is the recommended way to handle dynamic elements?	By using regular expressions. By using CSS locators. By using relative xpath locators. All of these.	By using relative xpath locators.
85	Which of the following is the default status of JavaScript in HTMLUnitDriver?	Disabled None of these Enabled All	Disabled
86	Why is the actions class used for in WebDriver?	It controls the actions of web elements. It controls the actions of run-time exceptions. None of these. It controls the actions of mouse.	It controls the actions of mouse.
87	Which of the following is correct in case of WebDriver?	WebDriver is a class. WebDriver is an interface. All of the Above None	WebDriver is an interface.
88	Which of the following is a correct statement that describes the keyword driven framework?	It is best suited for functional testing and is a functional automation testing framework. It is best suited for unit testing and works like a unit test framework. None of these. It is best suited for white box testing.	It is best suited for functional testing and is a functional automation testing framework.
89	Which Selenium command(s) simulates selecting a link?	findElement(By.Link("LinkName")) findElement(By.tagName("LinkName")) findElement(By.xpath("LinkName")) findElement(By.linkText("LinkName"))	findElement(By.linkText("LinkName"))
90	Which of the following command is a “OnEvent Handler”?	focus() fireEvent() alert() assertAlert()	fireEvent()
91	Which of the following Selenium WebDriver component does not expose any APIs?	Selenium WebDriver selenium RC Selenium Grid None of these.	Selenium Grid
92	Which of the following is not an advantage of Page Object Model?	POM solves the problem of duplicate locators for same WebElement. POM reduces the maintenance of the test scripts. POM provides clean separation between test code and page specific code. POM allows to support execution in multiple browsers.	POM allows to support execution in multiple browsers.
93	Why would you like to choose WebDriver over Selenium RC?	WebDriver does not need the Selenium RC server to be running. WebDriver has native web browser support and runs faster than RC. All of these. WebDriver supports headless HTMLUnitDriver that enables faster test execution.	All of these.
94	In Selenium terminology, what is the generic name for an argument that starts with “//”?	Partial link text Xpath CSS Element id	Xpath
95	Which of the following WebDriver method that supports moving between named windows?	driver.switchTo().window("windowName"); driver.MoveTo().window("windowName"); driver.Activate().window("windowName"); None of these.	driver.switchTo().window("windowName");
96	Which type of exception is handled during compile time?	Error Checked Unchecked None of the above	Checked
97	Which of the following components is not the part of Selenium suite?	SeleniumGrid Selenium Web Selenium RC Selenium IDE	Selenium Web
98	What is the similarity between WebDriver’s close() and quit() methods?	closes the active web browser window. closes all opened web browser windows. None of the above. does not accept arguments.	does not accept arguments.
99	Which of the following commands is not a type of assertion in Selenium IDE?	Wait Verify Assert WaitFor	Wait
100	Which of the following WebDriver commands is used to check the presence of a web element?	isElementPresent isElementExist verifyElementPresent verifyTextPresent	verifyElementPresent

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