Selenium Testing Framework Technology & Digital Applications 3

Question 1

Which Selenium class provides built-in support for handling dropdown menus created with the <select> HTML tag?

Accepted Answer

Select

Answer

The Select class in Selenium wraps a WebElement pointing to a <select> tag and provides methods like selectByVisibleText() and selectByIndex().

Question 2

What exception is thrown by Selenium when an element is found but cannot be interacted with because it is not visible?

Accepted Answer

ElementNotInteractableException

Answer

ElementNotInteractableException is raised when WebDriver locates an element but it is hidden or disabled, preventing user interactions.

Question 3

In Selenium, how do you upload a file using an <input type='file'> element?

Accepted Answer

Call sendKeys() with the absolute file path on the element

Answer

For native file input elements, sendKeys() with the file's absolute path populates the field without opening the OS dialog.

Question 4

What does the Selenium method driver.getPageSource() return?

Accepted Answer

The complete HTML source of the current page as a string

Answer

getPageSource() returns the full HTML markup of the current page, useful for assertions against rendered content.

Question 5

Which strategy should you prefer for locating elements to maximize test stability in Selenium?

Accepted Answer

Unique ID attributes set specifically for testing

Answer

Test-specific IDs are stable, unique, and not affected by UI restructuring or text changes, making them the most resilient locator strategy.

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