Test Automation Interview Questions

Automation is not a replacement for manual testing.it is just the continuation of manual testing.because their are a lot of application where automation can not be done with out the help of manual testing.

No automation cannot replace manual testing.
There are many such things/scenarios which cannot be automated i.e. it can only be done by manual testing.
A mixture of both automation and manual testing results in a proper testing activity.

I know Jmeter only .

Selenium Testing tools - Selenium IDE, Selenium RC

Best practice for writing code : use the key word Dim before declare any variable. using optional explicit ( if we declare any variable before start coding it does not show any errors.). commenting t...

Proper code guiding standards

Testing the application functionality by giving different set of data for that we need data table.
( Testing the single functionality by giving multiple set of data) this also called parametrization.

Hi, In data-driven testing, testing is done using different types and a large number of test data. Since its a very much time consuming process, so this technique is normally automated. To make it a...

Yes Exactly b'coz there will not be any human misatkes, time saving, low resources (human resurce) and moreover we can do regression testing very easily

Well automation is not a magic wand for all testing vows, the requirement has to be clearly studied and a ROI study conducted to see if automation will bring the expected results. For projects that are long term and having multiple regressions automation is a good choice..

Automation testing is a process in which all the drawbacks of manual testing are addressed properly. and it provides:
 1. speed
 2. accuracy
 3. less time consuming
 4.simultaneous actions performed at a time

Automation tools will give the effective result than the manual testing
Its a kind of 24*7 work environment with the tools
We can decrement the man power
More fast
More Reliable
More Effective
Regression can be done as many no of times
Thru automation tools we can reuse the generated script

You can use various tools perl, vbscript, etc... and design your own suite how u want.... as far as java is concerned you have specific automation package for java you need to install that in order to create automation in Java.

I would like to add one more question..

  How to create automation test suites in Java?Urgent please..I was asked in interview

check point check the particular functionality but it takes a lot of time to check that particular functionality. 

The disadvantages of check point is alot of script generating will be there in the data bases.

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1) Improve the Testing Process 
2) Define Requirements 
3) Prove the Concept 
4) Champion Product Testability 
5) Design for Sustainability 
6) Plan for Deployment 
7) Face the Challenges of Success

Below are the some points to avoid the Automated Testing Pitfalls.1. Have a effective Automated framework documents.2. Preparing checklist to make a changes in the components added/updated in GUI3. Pr...

In case of QTP you can use Index as one of proprties of the object.

You can use xpath or class name associated with check box or label associated with checkbox to identifiy same name elements.

As far as i know, framework means set of defined rules which will be useful further to use in our application. So, if you want to prepare a framework for an application, we should be knowing about1)ap...

Framework is nothing but test automation architecture. here we need to decide where test cases will be stored, where automation scripts will be stored, how automation scripts will execute, how executi...

yeah in QTP 6.5 its treeview but from qtp 8.2 its a keywordview

keywordview is nothing but it enables you to create and view the steps of your test inthe keyword drive,modular format.
for each row in keywordview ,Quicktest displays the corresponding line of the script in expertview

In treeview is nothing but it is view in QTP there u can see the statements in keyword or in tree structure arrangement.THis was there till QTP-6.5,from QTP -8.2 onword it is changed as "keywordview"

There are lots of open source tools aviable for API testing

Ex: Webinject, Junit, XMLUNIT, HttpUnit, ANT etc.,

Junit

One more value.
Create temporary text files in temp folder and output your variable values in that text file
and in reusable action or script read the values from that temp text file and then delete that text file after wards.

Text file will work as buffer for variable values.

1 - Use Global or Environment Variable to pass values from one action to another.2 - Use Dictionary object and make it global dictionary object and get values any time in any reusable action.3 - In QT...

We cancheck it using image check point or we can put page checkpoint and verify if the image is missing. we can raise the defect using Quality centre providing the result summary and screen shots

If the obj exists in obj rep , do the following

If Browser().Page().Image().Exists() Then

Else

End If

Quality assurance people will ensure that the projects/teams are following the proper processes as per the company policies. Like, maintaining proper documents,reports, defect reports etc .. If the pr...

 Quality Assurance : A  set of activities designed to ensure that maintainence process is adequate to ensure a systen will meets its object.Testing:The process of executing a system with the...

1)All the objects are recognizable by the tool or not
2)For the recognized objects, scripting is getting created properly or not
3)Team is having the knowledge of the tool or not
4)Will that tool supports the application or not.
5)Do we have to add any add-in to support the tool to test the application.

it depends on the following reasons.

Client requirement
Project domain
Project environment
Customer requirements
Ease of use
Should be configurable with the project

Yes .. we can check all the URS/Links provided in the webpage are working or not.

1)Get the child objects (Links/URLs) from that web page.
2)Select the link/URL
3)Search for any object in the page which is opened after selecting that link/URL

Function CheckLinks2 (BrowserObject, BrowserPage)    CheckLinks2 = True    sPage = "micclass:=Page"    sBrowser = "creationtime:=" ...

Good question surendar.
Developers responsibility is to develop the application and to ensure it is working properly or not.
But in case of tester, he has to ensure that the application is not working properly. In that way tester has to think to test the application.

Hi mrunalini,
    Nothing like that. you have test the product as per guided by the Co. or process.
    that nothing like that you can do some different way.
    If you want more details please free to mail me in mrn2001@hotmail.com

Thanks
Manoranjan