Web Testing Interview Questions and Answers

Answer: Web testing is the name given to software testing that focuses on web applications. Complete testing of a web-based system before going live can help address issues before the system is revealed to the public. Issues, for example the security of the web requisition, the fundamental practicality of the webpage, its openness to debilitated clients and completely capable clients, and also preparation for wanted activity and number of clients and the capability to survive a huge spike in client movement, both of which are identified with burden testing.

Answer: Cross-browser refers to the ability of a website, web application, HTML construct or client-side script to function in environments that give give its needed characteristics and to bow out or degrade gracefully when features are absent or lacking.

Answer: Both manual and Automation

Answer: A Web Service is a service accessed via Web. Web Service is a way to publish your application over web and enable other applications to access functions defined by your web service. Web services exposes an interface defined in Web Services Description Language (WSDL).

Answer: Web forms have 2 types of validations; a) Field level validations b) Field level validations Using Black Box test design techniques we can test web forms manually Using Conditional statements and built-in functions we can test web forms (Using QTP).

Answer: Microsoft Internet Explorer displays the lock icon in the lower-right of the browser window Many SSL Certificate vendors (Verisign, GeoTrust, SSL.com, etc.) also provide a "site seal" to the owners of these web sites.

Answer: The errors are Server timeout errors, Page not found errors, Unhandled Exceptions.

Answer: The typical defects identified through browser compatibility testing are 1. Alignment issues on different web pages 2. Security Certificate errors - and other script errors.

Answer: Possible configurations that affect the testing strategy of any web site are hardware platform (PC, Mac), Browser software and version, Browser Plug-Ins, Browser settings options, Video resolution and Colour Depth, and text size.

Answer: Web portal is a business gateway, It forms business operations. Ex: Online shopping portals, Job portals etc…

Answer: The different types of enviroments available in tha web are: Intranet (Local Network), Internet (Wide area Network), Extranet (Private network over Internet).

Answer: Forms validation Links validation Database testing Navigation testing Performance (Load, Stress and Endurance) Search operations validation Etc…

Answer: A “cookie” is a small piece of information that sent by a web server to store on a web browser so it can later be read back from that browser. This is useful for having the browser remember some specific information.

Answer: Validating client side forms, which is typically done by Java Script. Ordinarily it checks weather the user is entering correct form of data or not? and entering all mandatory fields or not? Client site validation is 2 types One is Field level validation another is Form level validation.

Answer: Testing the application with multiple browsers (ie IE,Netscape navigator,Mozilla Firefox etc) is called browser compatibility testing.