Automation Testing Selenium WebDriver 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Selenium WebDriver method is used to navigate to a URL?
- driver.get(url) (Correct answer)
- driver.open(url)
- driver.navigate(url)
- driver.load(url)
Correct answer: driver.get(url)
driver.get(url) loads a new web page in the current browser window in Selenium WebDriver.
Question 2: What is the purpose of WebDriverWait in Selenium?
- To pause execution until an expected condition is met (Correct answer)
- To slow down the browser
- To capture screenshots
- To scroll the page
Correct answer: To pause execution until an expected condition is met
WebDriverWait implements explicit waits, polling until a specified condition (like element visibility) is true before a timeout.
Question 3: Which locator strategy is generally considered most reliable in Selenium for uniquely identifying elements?
- ID (Correct answer)
- XPath
- Class name
- Tag name
Correct answer: ID
ID locators are fastest and most reliable because IDs should be unique within a page per HTML specification.
Question 4: What does driver.findElements() return when no matching elements are found?
- An empty list (Correct answer)
- null
- NoSuchElementException
- An empty WebElement
Correct answer: An empty list
findElements() returns an empty list when no matching elements exist, unlike findElement() which throws NoSuchElementException.
Question 5: Which Selenium method is used to switch to an iframe?
- driver.switchTo().frame() (Correct answer)
- driver.switchTo().window()
- driver.navigate().to()
- driver.manage().frame()
Correct answer: driver.switchTo().frame()
driver.switchTo().frame() switches the WebDriver context into an iframe so its elements can be interacted with.
Question 6: What is the difference between driver.close() and driver.quit() in Selenium?
- close() closes the current window; quit() closes all windows and ends the session (Correct answer)
- They are identical
- quit() closes one tab; close() ends the session
- close() is deprecated
Correct answer: close() closes the current window; quit() closes all windows and ends the session
driver.close() closes only the active browser window while driver.quit() terminates the entire WebDriver session and all associated windows.
Automation Testing Selenium WebDriver 1
Which Selenium WebDriver method is used to navigate to a URL?