Selenium WebDriver Browser & Driver Configuration

Question 1

Which class is used to configure Chrome-specific options in Selenium WebDriver?

Accepted Answer

ChromeOptions

Answer

ChromeOptions allows setting command-line arguments, experimental options, and capabilities for ChromeDriver.

Question 2

How do you launch Chrome in headless mode using ChromeOptions?

Accepted Answer

options.addArguments('--headless')

Answer

Passing '--headless' as a Chrome argument starts the browser without a visible UI.

Question 3

What is the purpose of setting 'webdriver.chrome.driver' system property?

Accepted Answer

To specify the file path to the chromedriver executable

Answer

Selenium uses the 'webdriver.chrome.driver' system property to locate the chromedriver binary on disk.

Question 4

Which WebDriver manager library automatically downloads the correct ChromeDriver version?

Accepted Answer

WebDriverManager

Answer

WebDriverManager (by Boni García) detects the browser version and downloads the matching driver binary automatically.

Question 5

How do you set an implicit wait of 10 seconds in WebDriver?

Accepted Answer

driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofSeconds(10))

Answer

Implicit waits are configured through driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait() with a Duration parameter.

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