Selenium Testing Framework Selenium Grid & Parallel Testing

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of Selenium Grid?

Accepted Answer

To run tests in parallel across multiple machines and browsers

Answer

Selenium Grid enables distributed test execution across multiple machines and browsers simultaneously to reduce total test run time.

Question 2

In Selenium Grid architecture, which component distributes test sessions to nodes?

Accepted Answer

Hub

Answer

The Hub acts as a central server that receives test requests and routes them to available Grid nodes.

Question 3

Which Selenium Grid version introduced a fully distributed, standalone architecture without a separate Hub process?

Accepted Answer

Grid 4

Answer

Selenium Grid 4 introduced a fully distributed architecture that can run as standalone, hub-node, or fully distributed deployments.

Question 4

What URL path is used to access the Selenium Grid console by default on a hub running at localhost:4444?

Accepted Answer

/grid/console

Answer

The Selenium Grid console is accessible at http://localhost:4444/grid/console for monitoring registered nodes and sessions.

Question 5

When configuring a RemoteWebDriver for Selenium Grid, which object specifies the target browser and platform?

Accepted Answer

DesiredCapabilities / Browser Options

Answer

DesiredCapabilities (or the newer Browser Options classes like ChromeOptions) tell the Grid which browser and platform to match the test to a node.

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