Accessibility Testing interview questions — Medium
297 medium-level Accessibility Testing questions from our Manual Testing bank, each with the correct answer and an explanation of why it is correct.
What this covers
Accessibility Testing appears throughout Manual Testing interviews. At medium level, interviewers are typically checking that you have used it in practice: what you configured, what broke, and how you knew it worked. Work through these, then explain your answer out loud; the second part is what interviews actually test.
20 example questions
1. "Link letting keyboard users jump past repeated navigation" — in Accessibility, this describes which of the following?
- A. Focus trap.
- B. Accessible name.
- C. Skip link.correct
- D. Tab order.
Why: skip link: Link letting keyboard users jump past repeated navigation.
2. "Measured luminance difference between text and background" — in Accessibility, this describes which of the following?
- A. Semantic HTML.
- B. Accessible name.
- C. Contrast ratio.correct
- D. Skip link.
Why: contrast ratio: Measured luminance difference between text and background.
3. "Open-source accessibility rules engine for automated checks" — in Accessibility, this describes which of the following?
- A. Accessible name.
- B. Semantic HTML.
- C. Tab order.
- D. Axe-core.correct
Why: axe-core: Open-source accessibility rules engine for automated checks.
4. "Using elements per meaning, aiding assistive technology" — in Accessibility, this describes which of the following?
- A. Semantic HTML.correct
- B. Axe-core.
- C. Tab order.
- D. Skip link.
Why: semantic HTML: Using elements per meaning, aiding assistive technology.
5. Which of the following statements about Accessibility is TRUE?
- A. ARIA attributes should replace native HTML elements wherever possible.
- B. Alt text should be omitted from all meaningful images.
- C. Keyboard-only navigation testing verifies all functionality works without a mouse.correct
- D. Keyboard accessibility is unnecessary if the mouse works.
Why: Focus order, visible focus, and no keyboard traps are key checks.
6. "Defect where keyboard focus cannot leave a component" — in Accessibility, this describes which of the following?
- A. Skip link.
- B. Focus trap.correct
- C. Semantic HTML.
- D. Axe-core.
Why: focus trap: Defect where keyboard focus cannot leave a component.
7. "Label assistive tech announces for a control" — in Accessibility, this describes which of the following?
- A. Axe-core.
- B. Accessible name.correct
- C. Semantic HTML.
- D. Contrast ratio.
Why: accessible name: Label assistive tech announces for a control.
8. Which statement correctly describes Accessibility?
- A. Alt text should be omitted from all meaningful images.
- B. Keyboard accessibility is unnecessary if the mouse works.
- C. ARIA attributes supplement HTML semantics but native elements are preferred when available.correct
- D. Level AAA is the minimum level most laws require for all content.
Why: 'No ARIA is better than bad ARIA' — misuse harms accessibility.
9. Identify the accurate statement about Accessibility:
- A. ARIA attributes should replace native HTML elements wherever possible.
- B. Automated tools (axe, Lighthouse) catch only a portion of accessibility issues; manual testing remains essential.correct
- C. Level AAA is the minimum level most laws require for all content.
- D. Automated scanners find 100% of accessibility problems.
Why: Roughly, automation finds the mechanical subset; judgment finds the rest.
10. In the context of Accessibility, which of the following is a correct statement?
- A. Level AAA is the minimum level most laws require for all content.
- B. Automated scanners find 100% of accessibility problems.
- C. Keyboard-only navigation testing verifies all functionality works without a mouse.correct
- D. WCAG's four principles are Price, Output, User, Revenue.
Why: Focus order, visible focus, and no keyboard traps are key checks.
11. In Accessibility, which of the following is described as: "Link letting keyboard users jump past repeated navigation"?
- A. Skip link.correct
- B. Axe-core.
- C. Accessible name.
- D. Semantic HTML.
Why: skip link: Link letting keyboard users jump past repeated navigation.
12. Which Accessibility concept matches this description: "Defect where keyboard focus cannot leave a component"?
- A. Semantic HTML.
- B. Axe-core.
- C. Skip link.
- D. Focus trap.correct
Why: focus trap: Defect where keyboard focus cannot leave a component.
13. In Accessibility, which of the following is described as: "Using elements per meaning, aiding assistive technology"?
- A. Accessible name.
- B. Tab order.
- C. Semantic HTML.correct
- D. Contrast ratio.
Why: semantic HTML: Using elements per meaning, aiding assistive technology.
14. Which Accessibility concept matches this description: "Open-source accessibility rules engine for automated checks"?
- A. Tab order.
- B. Axe-core.correct
- C. Semantic HTML.
- D. Focus trap.
Why: axe-core: Open-source accessibility rules engine for automated checks.
15. Which Accessibility concept matches this description: "Link letting keyboard users jump past repeated navigation"?
- A. Focus trap.
- B. Axe-core.
- C. Skip link.correct
- D. Accessible name.
Why: skip link: Link letting keyboard users jump past repeated navigation.
16. Which Accessibility concept matches this description: "Using elements per meaning, aiding assistive technology"?
- A. Focus trap.
- B. Semantic HTML.correct
- C. Skip link.
- D. Tab order.
Why: semantic HTML: Using elements per meaning, aiding assistive technology.
17. In Accessibility, which of the following is described as: "Defect where keyboard focus cannot leave a component"?
- A. Focus trap.correct
- B. Axe-core.
- C. Accessible name.
- D. Contrast ratio.
Why: focus trap: Defect where keyboard focus cannot leave a component.
18. Which Accessibility concept matches this description: "Label assistive tech announces for a control"?
- A. Axe-core.
- B. Contrast ratio.
- C. Accessible name.correct
- D. Focus trap.
Why: accessible name: Label assistive tech announces for a control.
19. In Accessibility, which of the following is described as: "Measured luminance difference between text and background"?
- A. Accessible name.
- B. Semantic HTML.
- C. Focus trap.
- D. Contrast ratio.correct
Why: contrast ratio: Measured luminance difference between text and background.
20. In Accessibility, which of the following is described as: "Open-source accessibility rules engine for automated checks"?
- A. Skip link.
- B. Tab order.
- C. Axe-core.correct
- D. Contrast ratio.
Why: axe-core: Open-source accessibility rules engine for automated checks.