Automation Testing Automation Functional Testing 2

Question 1

Which type of locator is generally the most stable choice for identifying a web element in functional automation?

Accepted Answer

A unique ID attribute

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Absolute XPath from the root

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Element position index

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Inline CSS color value

Question 2

What is the primary purpose of an explicit wait in functional UI automation?

Accepted Answer

Wait for a specific condition before proceeding

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Pause for a fixed time regardless of state

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Speed up test execution

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Disable browser animations

Question 3

A test fails intermittently due to timing, passing on reruns. What is this commonly called?

Accepted Answer

A flaky test

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A blocker

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A smoke test

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A regression

Question 4

Which design pattern separates page structure from test logic in functional automation?

Accepted Answer

Page Object Model

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Singleton Pattern

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Observer Pattern

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Factory Pattern

Question 5

What does a thread sleep (hard wait) most risk introducing into a test suite?

Accepted Answer

Wasted execution time and brittleness

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Better reliability

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Improved assertions

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Parallel execution

Question 6

In functional testing, what should an assertion primarily verify?

Accepted Answer

The expected outcome of a behavior

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The CPU usage of the browser

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The network bandwidth

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The number of test files

Question 7

Why is test data isolation important across automated functional tests?

Accepted Answer

It prevents tests from affecting each other's results

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It makes reports prettier

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It increases screen resolution

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It removes the need for assertions