Selenium Web Element Locators & Selectors 2

Question 1

Which of the following is a valid relative XPath expression in Selenium?

Accepted Answer

//input[@id='username']

Answer

Relative XPath starts with // and searches the entire document tree, making //input[@id='username'] flexible and valid.

Question 2

What does the XPath expression //button[contains(text(),'Submit')] select?

Accepted Answer

Button elements whose visible text contains the substring 'Submit'

Answer

The contains() function with text() matches button elements whose visible text includes 'Submit' as a substring.

Question 3

Which CSS selector selects only

elements that are DIRECT children of a

?

Accepted Answer

div > p

Answer

The > combinator selects only direct children, so div > p matches

elements immediately inside a

, not nested descendants.

Question 4

In XPath, what does the 'following-sibling' axis select?

Accepted Answer

All sibling elements that appear after the current node in the DOM

Answer

The following-sibling axis selects all siblings of the current node that appear after it in document order.

Question 5

Which CSS attribute selector matches elements whose attribute value STARTS WITH a specific string?

Accepted Answer

[attr^='value']

Answer

The ^= operator matches elements whose specified attribute value begins with the given string.

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