Selenium Testing Framework Selenium CI/CD Integration & Automation Architecture

Question 1

Which Maven plugin is commonly used to run Selenium/TestNG tests as part of a CI build?

Accepted Answer

maven-surefire-plugin

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maven-compiler-plugin

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maven-deploy-plugin

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maven-resources-plugin

Question 2

In a Jenkins pipeline, which stage would you typically run Selenium regression tests?

Accepted Answer

Post-deploy test stage after the application is deployed to a test environment

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Build

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Source checkout

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Artifact archival

Question 3

What is the purpose of using headless browser mode (e.g., `--headless` flag) in CI/CD pipelines?

Accepted Answer

To run browser tests on servers without a display or GUI

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To speed up JavaScript execution

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To disable JavaScript in tests

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To reduce network requests

Question 4

Which GitHub Actions feature allows you to run Selenium tests against a browser installed on the runner?

Accepted Answer

Browser installed by default on ubuntu-latest runners

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GitHub Packages

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actions/setup-java

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services containers

Question 5

What does 'shift-left testing' mean in the context of Selenium and CI/CD?

Accepted Answer

Running tests earlier in the development lifecycle, catching bugs before deployment

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Moving test execution to the left side of the IDE screen

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Reducing the number of test cases

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Running tests from right to left in the pipeline

Question 6

Which reporting library is commonly integrated with Selenium/TestNG to produce rich HTML test reports in CI?

Accepted Answer

Allure Report

Answer

JUnit XML

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SonarQube

Answer

Checkstyle