Automation Testing Questions

Automation Testing Questions

In this post, we will look at basic and common Automation Testing Framework questions.

What is an Automation Framework?

An Automation framework is a systematic approach the automation team follows to achieve test automation. It includes processes, teams, tools, files, etc. A testing automation framework is an execution environment for automated tests. It is the overall system in which the tests will be automated and executed. It provides support for automated testing. A framework approach for automation leverages the automation effort across the organization.

What are the features of the Automation Framework?

Features of the automation framework are as follows:

The automation framework should drive and run the AUT without manual intervention. It should also be application-independent. There is no point in designing a framework tightly coupled with a specific application; the ROI of such a framework would be negative. Another feature is the ability to run test suites without manual intervention.

• Ability to add/modify/delete tests.
• Handle common things across all the tests.
• Ability to handle test pass/ fail expectations.
• Log and report results for future perusal.
• It should be easy to expand and maintain.

What are the different types of automation frameworks?

Below are some of the types of automation frameworks:

• Data-Driven Framework.
• Keyword Driven  Framework.
• Modular Framework.
• Hybrid  Framework.

 

Sample Selenium framework and the interactions between different components shown below:

 

Why do we need an automation framework?

Below are some key points to illustrate why we need an automation framework.

The automation framework reduces test maintenance and manual effort.
Test framework helps improve the efficiency of testing and test coverage.
The automation framework reduces test cycle time and enhances the reliability of tests.
Running the test scripts with different sets of data is easy with automation.
Executing the scripts end-to-end without any manual intervention improves testers’ work-life balance.

With an automation framework in place we can engage QA Team to other important activities.