Framework Design interview questions — Easy
124 easy-level Framework Design questions from our Automation Testing bank, each with the correct answer and an explanation of why it is correct.
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What this covers
Framework Design appears throughout Automation Testing interviews. At easy level, interviewers are typically checking that you know the fundamentals and can describe them precisely — definitions, defaults, and the basic mechanics. Work through these, then explain your answer out loud; the second part is what interviews actually test.
20 example questions
1. In the context of Framework Design, configuration manager is best described as:
- A. Design dividing the application into independently tested modules.
- B. Common parent handling setup/teardown shared by tests.
- C. Component resolving environment-specific settings.correct
- D. Tests composed of reusable action keywords, often in tables.
Why: configuration manager: Component resolving environment-specific settings.
2. What is the purpose of reporting listener in Framework Design?
- A. Component resolving environment-specific settings.
- B. Tests composed of reusable action keywords, often in tables.
- C. Design dividing the application into independently tested modules.
- D. Hook that logs results and captures artifacts on events.correct
Why: reporting listener: Hook that logs results and captures artifacts on events.
3. In Framework Design, what does configuration manager do or refer to?
- A. Common parent handling setup/teardown shared by tests.
- B. Hook that logs results and captures artifacts on events.
- C. Component resolving environment-specific settings.correct
- D. Tests composed of reusable action keywords, often in tables.
Why: configuration manager: Component resolving environment-specific settings.
4. Which of the following best describes test data builder in Framework Design?
- A. Method-chaining style returning page objects for readable flows.
- B. Design dividing the application into independently tested modules.
- C. Central store of element selectors.
- D. Utility constructing valid domain objects for tests.correct
Why: test data builder: Utility constructing valid domain objects for tests.
5. In Framework Design, what does modular framework do or refer to?
- A. Method-chaining style returning page objects for readable flows.
- B. Tests composed of reusable action keywords, often in tables.
- C. Design dividing the application into independently tested modules.correct
- D. Utility constructing valid domain objects for tests.
Why: modular framework: Design dividing the application into independently tested modules.
6. Which of the following best describes modular framework in Framework Design?
- A. Component resolving environment-specific settings.
- B. Tests composed of reusable action keywords, often in tables.
- C. Central store of element selectors.
- D. Design dividing the application into independently tested modules.correct
Why: modular framework: Design dividing the application into independently tested modules.
7. Which of the following best describes fluent interface in Framework Design?
- A. Utility constructing valid domain objects for tests.
- B. Central store of element selectors.
- C. Tests composed of reusable action keywords, often in tables.
- D. Method-chaining style returning page objects for readable flows.correct
Why: fluent interface: Method-chaining style returning page objects for readable flows.
8. Which of the following best describes BaseTest class in Framework Design?
- A. Design dividing the application into independently tested modules.
- B. Common parent handling setup/teardown shared by tests.correct
- C. Central store of element selectors.
- D. Tests composed of reusable action keywords, often in tables.
Why: BaseTest class: Common parent handling setup/teardown shared by tests.
9. In Framework Design, what does BaseTest class do or refer to?
- A. Hook that logs results and captures artifacts on events.
- B. Tests composed of reusable action keywords, often in tables.
- C. Method-chaining style returning page objects for readable flows.
- D. Common parent handling setup/teardown shared by tests.correct
Why: BaseTest class: Common parent handling setup/teardown shared by tests.
10. In Framework Design, what does reporting listener do or refer to?
- A. Tests composed of reusable action keywords, often in tables.
- B. Design dividing the application into independently tested modules.
- C. Method-chaining style returning page objects for readable flows.
- D. Hook that logs results and captures artifacts on events.correct
Why: reporting listener: Hook that logs results and captures artifacts on events.
11. In Framework Design, what does keyword-driven framework do or refer to?
- A. Central store of element selectors.
- B. Tests composed of reusable action keywords, often in tables.correct
- C. Design dividing the application into independently tested modules.
- D. Method-chaining style returning page objects for readable flows.
Why: keyword-driven framework: Tests composed of reusable action keywords, often in tables.
12. What is the purpose of configuration manager in Framework Design?
- A. Component resolving environment-specific settings.correct
- B. Hook that logs results and captures artifacts on events.
- C. Tests composed of reusable action keywords, often in tables.
- D. Method-chaining style returning page objects for readable flows.
Why: configuration manager: Component resolving environment-specific settings.
13. What is the purpose of modular framework in Framework Design?
- A. Design dividing the application into independently tested modules.correct
- B. Utility constructing valid domain objects for tests.
- C. Component resolving environment-specific settings.
- D. Tests composed of reusable action keywords, often in tables.
Why: modular framework: Design dividing the application into independently tested modules.
14. In Framework Design, what does test data builder do or refer to?
- A. Method-chaining style returning page objects for readable flows.
- B. Component resolving environment-specific settings.
- C. Utility constructing valid domain objects for tests.correct
- D. Common parent handling setup/teardown shared by tests.
Why: test data builder: Utility constructing valid domain objects for tests.
15. Which of the following best describes keyword-driven framework in Framework Design?
- A. Tests composed of reusable action keywords, often in tables.correct
- B. Hook that logs results and captures artifacts on events.
- C. Method-chaining style returning page objects for readable flows.
- D. Utility constructing valid domain objects for tests.
Why: keyword-driven framework: Tests composed of reusable action keywords, often in tables.
16. What is the purpose of keyword-driven framework in Framework Design?
- A. Tests composed of reusable action keywords, often in tables.correct
- B. Component resolving environment-specific settings.
- C. Method-chaining style returning page objects for readable flows.
- D. Utility constructing valid domain objects for tests.
Why: keyword-driven framework: Tests composed of reusable action keywords, often in tables.
17. Which of the following best describes reporting listener in Framework Design?
- A. Tests composed of reusable action keywords, often in tables.
- B. Hook that logs results and captures artifacts on events.correct
- C. Central store of element selectors.
- D. Component resolving environment-specific settings.
Why: reporting listener: Hook that logs results and captures artifacts on events.
18. Which of the following best describes configuration manager in Framework Design?
- A. Tests composed of reusable action keywords, often in tables.
- B. Common parent handling setup/teardown shared by tests.
- C. Component resolving environment-specific settings.correct
- D. Central store of element selectors.
Why: configuration manager: Component resolving environment-specific settings.
19. In Framework Design, what does fluent interface do or refer to?
- A. Utility constructing valid domain objects for tests.
- B. Method-chaining style returning page objects for readable flows.correct
- C. Component resolving environment-specific settings.
- D. Design dividing the application into independently tested modules.
Why: fluent interface: Method-chaining style returning page objects for readable flows.
20. Which of the following best describes locator repository in Framework Design?
- A. Tests composed of reusable action keywords, often in tables.
- B. Utility constructing valid domain objects for tests.
- C. Method-chaining style returning page objects for readable flows.
- D. Central store of element selectors.correct
Why: locator repository: Central store of element selectors.