Selenium Interview Questions and Answers

1.What is automation testing and benefits?

• Test automation is a process that makes use of automation testing tools to execute pre-scripted

tests on applications, then compares the test results to the expected behavior and reports it to the

testers.

Benefits:

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• It executes tasks automatically.

• Increases effectiveness, efficiency and coverage of the software testing.

2.Why should Selenium be selected as a test tool?

• Selenium is an open source automation testing tool which is used to test web applications.

• Selenium testing tool consists of different set of tools in it like Selenium WebDriver, Selenium RC,

Selenium IDE which has different features.

3.What is Selenium? What are the different Selenium components?

• Selenium is a portable software testing framework for web application.

• Selenium provides a playback tool for authorising tests without need to learn a test scripting

languages.

Different selenium components:

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• Selenium IDE

• Selenium RC

• Selenium Webdriver
 • Selenium Grid

4.What is the difference between Selenium RC and WebDriver?

Selenium RC:

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• It does not make direct calls to the browser. There will be an intermediate server.

Selenium Webdriver:

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• Faster

• Selenium Webdriver directly communicates with the browser.

5.What is the latest version of Selenium jar file and how you will configure selenium jar file with
eclipse?

Latest version:

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• 3.141.59

• Alpha version of Selenium 4 released.

• Selenium 4 is yet to get released officially.

Configure jar file:

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• After including Selenium jar into our project,right click the jar and give "add to build path" for

configuration.

6.Is Google Chrome supported by Selenium IDE?

• No,Google Chrome is not be supported by Selenium IDE.It supports only mozilla extentions.

7.List some of the browsers supported by selenium

 • Firefox browser

• Chrome browser

• Internet Explorer

• safari browser

• Opera browser etc

8.What is the Classname for the below browsers?

Browser Class
1. Firefox browser FirefoxDriver
2. Chrome browser ChromeDriver
3. IE InternetExplorerDriver
4. Safari browser SafariDriver
5. Opera browser OperaDriver

9.What is a WebDriver ? Whether WebDriver is class or interface?

• Webdriver is a web automation framework that allows you to execute your tests againts different

browser,not just firefox.

• Webdriver also enables you to use a programming language in creating your test script.

• Webdriver is a interface.

10.What is the method name to launch the url?

• get() method is used to lanuch the given url.

11.What are the method names are available to get the title and url of the webpage?

• getTitle()- used to get the title of the webpage.

• getCurrentUrl()-used to get the current url of the webpage.

12.What is the difference between close() and quit()?

close():

--------

• It will close the current window only.

quit():

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• It will close all the opened windows and browser will also be closed.

13.What are the methods available in WebDriver?

• close()

• findElement()

• findElements()

• get()

• getTitle()

• getCurrentUrl()

• manage()

• quit()

• switchTo()

14.What is the use of WebDriver?

• It is mainly used for providing the connection between the browser and local system.

• It acts as a bridge.

15.What are the locators available in selenium?

• id

• classname

• name

• Xpath

• CSSselector

• linkText

• partialLinkText

• tagname
16.Which locator is fastest in selenium?

• id is the fastest locator in selenium.

17.How will you find the locators in selenium? write a code for it?

• We can find the locator by using findElement() and findElements() methods.

Code

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driverrefname.findElement(By.locator("values");

18.Difference between findElement and FindElements?

findElement

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• It is used to find only one webElement.

• If no element is found it throws NoSuchElementException.

findElements

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• It is used to find a list of webElements.

• findElements will return an empty list when no elements found

19.What is the return type of findElement and findElements?

• findElement - WebElement

• findElements - List<WebElement>

20.In which class all the locator methods are available?

*By is an abstract class in which all the locator methods are available.

21.What is the method used to insert value in a textbox?

 • sendKeys() method is used to insert value into a textbox.

22.Write a code for inserting value in textbox?

• WebElementRefname.sendKeys("values to be inserted");

23.When multiple WebElements has same Xpath,how we can find it uniquely?

*When multiple WebElements has same Xpath,we can give index for that to uniquely locate a
WebElement.

Index starts from 1 to n

*syntax: (xpath)[index]

24.How will you click a button in webpage?

*By using click() method we can click a button in webpage.

25.Whether WebElement is a interface or class?

*WebElement is an interface.

26.What is mean by System.setProperty?

• System is a class and setProperty is a method which accepts 2 arguments i.e key and path

• Key represents in which browser we are going to test the application

• path defines the location of driver executable file.

• It is used to set the class and path location of driver.

27.What is Xpath? Why we are going for Xpath?

• Xpath is one of the locator available in Selenium.

Reason for going to Xpath:

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• For validating the locator.

• When id,classname,name is not present,we go for Xpath.

28.What are the Types of Xpath?

• Absolute Xpath

• Relative Xpath

29.What is the difference between Absolute Xpath and Realtive Xpath?

Absolute Xpath:

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• It contains \

• Here we find path from root element <html> to desired WebElement tagname

Relative Xpath:

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• It contains \\

• Here we find the path from the desired WebElement's tagname only

30.What are the difference between / and // ?

\:

---

• It means absolute Xpath

• It is used to find path from root element <html> tagname to desired WebElement tagname

\\:

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• *It means Relative Xpath \\

• *Using this,we find the path from the desired WebElement's tagname only

31.What is the difference between CSS selector and Xpath?

Xpath:

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 • Xpath syntax is complex compared to css selector

• Using Xpath,we can validate the locators.

• Xpath becomes inconsistent in some browsers

• We can traverse both forward and backward direction

CSS selector:

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• CSS selector has simple syntax and it is faster than xpath.

• CSS selector traverse only in forward direction.

32.What is the difference between Radio and CheckBox button?

Radio button:

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• For radio button we have to select atleast one option.

• For deselecting we have to select the another option present.

Check box:

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• In checkboxes,we can select more than one option.

• For deselecting we have to select the same option one more time.

33.What is the syntax used to perform click operation using JavaScriptExecutor?

• JavaScriptExecutor is an interface that helps to execute JavaScript through Selenium WebDriver.

To perform click operation:

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• JavaScriptExecutor js=(JavaScriptExecutor)driverRef;
• js.executeScript("arguments[0].click()",webElementRef);

34.What are the Xpath functions available?

 • text()

• contains()

• starts-with()

35.How will you select a female Radio Button in facebook signup and write a code for it ?

*WebElement radioGender=driverRef.findElement(By.Xpath
("//input[@value='1']");

radioGender.click();

36.Baseclass method for clicking an WebElement

*Public static void btnClick(WebElement element){

element.click();

37.What is mean by StaleElementReferenceException?

• Stale Element means an old element or element that is no longer available in DOM.

• When the user refreshes the page or navigates into new page, DOM changes then the

WebElement goes stale.

• If we try to reuse the WebElement that became stale we will get StaleElementReferenceException.

• To avoid this exception, we can implement POM framework.

38.What is the purpose of debug?

• It is used to find the error in the program code.

• It is the step by step verification.

• We can easily identify the step where the code getting exception.

39.What are the steps to be debug?

• Set the break point

• just right click-->debug us-->java application.

• Click the shortcut key F6 for stepOver(for moving each step)

40.What are the ways to do debug?

• Eclipse debugger.

• Firefox javaScript debugger.

• Dynamic debugging technique

• On line debugging tool.

41.How to find xpath for any WebElement which contains no attributes?

• By using xpath function text() and contains()

//tagname[text()='textname']

//tagname[contains(text(),'partial text')]

42.How to print a paragraph from webpage?

• By using xpath function text(),contains()

//tagname[contains(text(),'partial text')]

• By using getText() method we can get the text

System.out.Println(webElemRef.getText();)

43.What is the method used to get the text from the webpage?

• getText() method is used to get the text from webpage.

44.What is the purpose of getText() and getAttribute() ?

• getText() method is used to get the text from webpage.

• getAttribute("attributename") method is used to get the attribute value of the given attribute

• getAttribute("value") also used to get the input what we have passed to a webElement

45.What is the return type of getText() and getAttribute() ?

• String is return type for both the methods.

46.In which class/interface getText() and getAttribute() methods present ?

• In WebElement interface ,getText() and getAttribute() methods are present

47.What is the use of Thread.sleep(milliseconds)?

• Thread.sleep(milliseconds) is used to make your program to wait for some defined time to avoid

abnormal termination due to page loading issues.

48.Whether it is possible to get the text from webpage without using getText()?

• No,it is not possible to get the text from webpage without using getText() method.

49.What is Mouse hover action?

• To move the cursor over a desired WebElement.

• When we place cursor over some content in the webpage,it will display a list of content.For

achieving those actions

• we can use Actions class.

50.Write a code to perform MouseOverAction?

*Actions refName= new Actions(driver refName);

refName.moveToElement(WebElementrefName).perform();

51.Whether Actions is a class or Interface?

*Actions is a class.

52.How will you perform drag and drop operation?

*Actions refName= new Actions(driver refName);

refName.dragAndDrop(sourceWebElement,destWebElement).perform();

(or)

*Actions refName= new Actions(driver refName);

refName.clickAndHold(WebElementRef).perform();
refName.release(WebElementRef).perform();

53.what is the use of the Actions class?

• Actions class is used to perform mouse operations such as mouse hover action,drag and

drop,double click and

• right click operations

• This class will contain more methods for performing each of the mouse actions.

54.What is the purpose of Drag and Drop?

• In some webpages,the design will be like we need to drag and drop the content to the specified

field.

• That we can achieve only through mouse.For mouse operations,we use Actions class in Selenium.

• dragAndDrop() method can be used to do that operation

55.In which class dragAndDrop method is available?

• Actions-class

56.Why we use perform()?

• The menu list disappear with in the fractions of seconds before Selenium identify the next

submenu item and perform

• click action on it.So,it is better to use perform() method.Only then the desired mouse action can be

performed.

57.What is the purpose of moveToElement()? where it is used?

• moveToElement() method will be used to move the cursor to the particular element.

58.In which class moveToElement() is present?

• Under Actions class moveToElement() is present.

59.What are methods available in Actions class ?

 • moveToElement()

• contextClick()

• doubleClick()

• dragAndDrop()

60.What is the difference between moveToElement() & switchTo()?

• moveToElement() will move to that particular element.

• switchTo() can be used to move the control to an alert,frame or window

61.What is a Robot class?

• Robot class is a class which is used to perform the keyboard actions in java.

• It is present in java.awt package.

• It contain two methods keyPress() and keyRelease()

• It throws AWTException.

62.What are the purpose of Robot class?

• It is used to achieve keyboard operations while running a test script

63.Write a code for Robot class?

*Robot refname = new Robot();

refname.keyPress(KeyEvent_vk_anykeyyouwant);

refname.keyRelease(KeyEvent_vk_anykeyyouwant);

vk-->virtual keyboard

64.In which package Robot class is available?

• java.awt

65.What exception Robot class throws?

• AWTException
66.Which method is used to perform rightClick operation?

• contextClick() method is used to perform rightClick.

67.Which method is used to perform doubleClick?

• doubleClick() method is used to perform doubleClick.

68.How will take a screenshot of webpage?

• By using getScreenShotAs() method from TakesScreenShot interface we can take the screenshot.

69.Whether TakesScreenShot is a class or interface?

• TakesScreenShot is a interface.

70.What are the screenshot output type formats available?

• OutputType.FILE

• OutputType.BYTES

• OutputType.BASE64

71.What are the methods used for scrollUp and scrollDown ?

• executeScript() method from JavaScriptExecutor is used to scrollup and scroll down.

• arguments[0].scrollIntoView(true)------argument needs to be passed for scroll down operation
• arguments[0].scrollIntoView(false)------argument needs to be passed for scroll up operation

72.Whether JavaScriptExeceutor is a class or interface?

• JavaScriptExeceutor is an interface.

73.How can we can select the options from drop down ?

• By using Select class,we can select the options from single select and multi select dropdown.

74.Whether Select is a interface or class?

• Select is a class.
75.Write a code to print all the options in DropDown?

• getOptions() method is used to get all options in dropdown.

• getOptions() method will return List<WebElement> then iterating each WebElement and using

getText() method

we can print all the dropdown values.

76.Can we select multiple values in DropDown?

• Yes,we can select multiple values in a DropDown if it is a multiselect dropdown.

77.How to check the dropdown is single select or multi select dropdown?

*isMultiple() method from Select class can be used to check whether the dropdown is single select

or multi select dropdown

78.What are the methods available in select class?

• selectByValue();

• selectByVisibleText();

• selectByIndex();

• getOptions();

• getAllSelectedoptions();

• getFirstselectedoptions();

• isMultiple();

• deSelectByValue();

• deSelectByVisibleText();

• deSelectByIndex();

• deSelectAll()

79.can we deselect the options in dropdown?

Yes, we can deselect the options in dropdown using the below methods.
 • deSelectByValue();

• deSelectByVisibleText();

• deSelectByIndex();

• deSelectAll()

80.Write a code to print selected options in dropdown?

*By using getAllSelectedoptions() method we can get all the selected WebElements.

Select refName = new Select();

refName.getAllSelectedoptions();

*getAllSelectedoptions() method will return List<WebElement> then iterating each WebElement and
using getText() method

we can print all the selected options from dropdown.

81.Write the return type of all methods available in Select class?

• selectByValue() -void

• selectByVisibleText() -void

• selectByIndex() -void

• getOptions() -List<WebElement>

• getAllSelectedoptions() -List<WebElement>

• getFirstselectedoption() -WebElement

• isMultiple() -boolean

• deSelectByValue() -void

• deSelectByVisibleText() -void

• deSelectAll() -void

• deSelectByIndex() -void

82.What is the purpose of windows Handling?

*Whenever we have multiple windows,to switch the program control between different windows,

you can go for windows handling concept in Selenium.

We can perform switch the control between windows in 3 ways:

• using window title

• using window url

• using window id

83.Write a method used to get the window id of all the windows opened?

*Set<String> refname= driverRefName.switchTo.getWindowsHandles();

84.What are the different types of arguments you can pass in windows()?

• id

• url

• title

But all the arguments are of String type.

85.When you have multiple windows opened ,how to directly switch from parent window to 8 th
child window?

List<String> allWindowsId=(List<String>)driver.getWindowHandles();

driver.SwitchTo().window(allWindowsId.get(7));

86.What is meant by webtable?

• Table present in a webpage is called webtable.

• It starts and ends with <table> and</table>.

• The web table contain <tr> <td> <th> tags.

• <tr></tr> represents table row

• <td></td> represents table data

• <th></th> represents table heading

87.Write a code to display all the Column Name in table?

*List<WebElement> rowRef=driver.findElements(By.tagname("tr"));

WebElement firstRow=rowRef.get(0);
List<WebElement> colRef=firstRow.findElements(By.tagname("td"));

for(int j=0;j<colRef.size();j++)

List<WebElement> col=colRef.get(j);

String colText=col.getText();

System.out.println(colText);

88.Write a code to print all the data from a webtable?

List<WebElement> rowRef=driver.findElements(By.tagname("tr"));

for(int i=o;i<ref.size();i++)

WebElement row=rowRef.get(i);

List<WebElement> heaRef=row.findElements(By.tagname("th"));

for(int j=0;j<heaRef.size();j++){

String head= heaRef.get(j).getText();

System.out.println(head);

List<WebElement> dataRef=row.findElements(By.tagname("td"));

for(int j=0;j<colRef.size();j++)

List<WebElement> col=colRef.get(j);

String colText=col.getText();

System.out.println(colText);

}
}

89.What is the use of wait?

*Wait operation is used to make your script to wait the for some time till webpage is getting loaded
completely to

avoid exceptions due to page loading issues

90.What are the types of wait?

*Static wait

=========

Even though the locator is found, it will wait for maximum time

Thread.sleep(milliseconds);--->throws InterruptedException

Eg:

Thread.sleep(5000);--->wait for 5 seconds

*Dynamic wait:

===========

• *If the locator is found within some seconds,it will not wait till the maximum time.
• *Implicit wait
• *Explicit wait

91.What are the difference between implict wait and explict wait?

Implict wait:

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• *It is applicable for all the locators in the webpage.

• *driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

Explict wait:

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• We can set ExplicitWait for particular locator/condition.

92.What are the difference between getWindowHandle() and getWindowHandles()?

 • getWindowHandle() is used to get the parent window id.

• getWindowHandles() is used to get all the child windows id.

93.Write a method to print the first selected option in drop down?

• getFirstSelectedOption() method used to get the first selected option from drop down.

• It returns Single WebElement.

• From the WebElement we can get the text using getText() method.

94.What is mean by alert?

• Alert is an information box displayed in the webpage to give some information to the user.

• When any Alert present in the webpage,without handling the alert user cannot do the next

operation in the webpage.

• To handle the alert,we have Alert interface inteface in Selenium.

95.What are the methods available in Alert?

• accept()

• dismiss()

• sendkeys()

96.Whether Alert is a class or interface?

• *Alert is an interface.

97.Explain each word in WebDriver driver=new ChromeDriver();

• WebDriver -->interface

• driver -->reference name

• new -->keyword

• ChromeDriver-->Class name

98.What is the difference between defaultContent() and parentFrame() method?

• *defaultContent() returns the control to the main webpage.

 • *parentFrame() returns the control to the immediate parent frame of the current frame.

99.What are the different types of arguments we can pass in frames?

• WebElement

• Name

• Id

• Index

100.What is the purpose of isDisplayed(),isSelected(),isEnabled()?

• isDisplayed()-To check whether WebElement is hidden or not.

• isSelected() -To check whether checkbox ,radio box or dropdown value is selected or not.

• isEnabled() -To check whether button and textbox is in enabled state or not.

101.What is mean by Fluent Wait?

• Each FluentWait instance defines the maximum amount of time to wait for a condition, as well as

the frequency with which to check the condition.

• The user may configure the wait to ignore specific types of exceptions while waiting, such as

NoSuchElementExceptions when searching for an element on the page.

102.What is mean by following,sibling,child,parent,preceding in Xpath?

Following:

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*denotes the immediate next element of the current node.

sibling:

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• *denotes the following siblings of the context node. Siblings are at the same level of the current
node .

Parent:
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• *denotes the parent of the current node.

Child :

-------

• *denotes the child of the current node.

Preceding:

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• *denotes the preceding element of the current node.

103.What is the use of getCssValue() method?

To get the value of a given CSS property of a WebElement such as font color,alignment,size etc

104.What is the difference between partial link text and link text?

LinkText:

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• In linktext we take all the text from a link(link must be a hyperlink)

• Example: WebElement web = driver.findElement(By.linkText("Product Category”));

PartialLinkText:

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• In the PartialLinkText we take partial text from a link's text(link must be a hyperlink)

• Example: WebElement web = driver.findElement(By.partialLinkText("Category”));

105.List some of the interfaces available in selenium?

• WebDriver

• JavascriptExecutor

• Alert

• TakeScreenShot
106.What is a broken link and how do you find it?

• Broken links are links or URLs that are not reachable.

For checking the broken links, you will need to do the following steps.

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• Collect all the links in the web page based on <a> tag.

• Send HTTP request for the link and read HTTP response code.

• Find out whether the link is valid or broken based on HTTP response code.

• Repeat this for all the links captured.

107.What is framework, why we go for framework?

• Famework is a code structure that helps to make code maintenance easy.

• Without frameworks, we will place the “code” as well as “data” in the same place which is neither

re-usable nor readable.

• Using Frameworks, produce beneficial outcomes like increased code re-usage, higher portability,

reduced script maintenance cost, higher code readability, etc.

108.What is the difference between get() and navigate()?

• If we use get() method, it is used to launch the given url and get() method will wait till the page

loads completely

• If we use navigate() method, we can perform back(), refresh() and forword() action since it stores

browser cookies and navigate() method will not wait till the page loads completely.
Core Java Interview Questions and Answers

1.What is java?

• Java is a simple and most widely used programing language.

• Java is fast,reliable and secure

2.Why are we go for java?

• Freeware and opensource

• It is platform independent i.e program written in one operating system is capable of running in all
other operating systems due to bytecode concept.
• It runs multiple application at a time.

3.What are the main features of java?

*Java has more features,

• 1. Platform independent
• 2. Open source
• 3. Multithreading
• 4. More secure
• 5. Portable

4.What is platform independent?

• During the compilation the java program is converted into byte code(not machine specific).
• Bytecode can be runned by jvm of any platform.
• So code developed in one platform is capable of running in all other platform.

5.What is mean by Open Source?

• A program in which source code is available to the general public for use and/or modification
from its original design at free of cost is called open source.

6.What are IDE/tools availabe in market for java?

• Notepad
• Netbeans
• Eclipse
 • JDeveloper(oracle)
• RAD(IBM)

7.What are difference between JDK,JVM,JRE?

JDK:
----

• Java Development Kit.

• If we want to create any applications in java JDK have to be installed in our system.
• JDK versions: 1.0 to 1.14.

JRE:
----

• Java Runtime Environment.

• It is a pre-defined class files (i.e.) library files.

JVM:
----

• Java Virtual Machine.

• It is mainly used to allocate the memory and compiling.

8.What is mean by oops?

• OOPS is Object Oriented Programming Structure.

• OOPS is a method of implementation in which programs are organised as collection of objects,
class and methods.

9.What are the coding Standard used in java?

• Pascal notation: Every word's first letter ,must be a capital letter

• Example:GreensTechnology
• Camel notation: First word's first letter should be a small letter, all the other suceeding word's
first letter should be a capital letter.
• Example:greensTechnology

10.What is mean by class,method,object?

Class:
------
 • Class is a collection of objects and methods
• Class contains attributes(variables and methods) that are common to all the objects created in a
class.

Method:
-------

• Method defines the set of action to be performed.

Object:
-------

• Object is the run time memory allocation.

• Using object we call any methods.

11.What is mean by Encapsulation?

• It is the structure of creating folders.

• It wraps the data and code acting on data together in to a single unit.
• Example of encapsulation is POJO class.
• It is otherwise called Data hiding.

12.What are the datatypes used in java?

• byte
• short
• int
• long
• float
• double
• boolean
• char
• String

13.What is byte size and range of int datatypes?

• Size of byte is 1 byte (8 bit)

• Range formula =[-2^(n-1)] to [(2^(n-1))-1] for int n=32

14.What is mean by Wrapper class?

• Classes of data types is called wrapper class.

 • It is used to convert any data type into an object.
• All classes and wrapper classes default value is null.

15.What is the main use of Scanner class?

• To get the inputs from the user at the run time.

16.What are the methods available in Scanner Class?

• nextByte();
• nextShort();
• nextInt();
• nextLong();
• nextFloat();
• nextDouble();
• next().charAt(0);
• next();
• nextLine();
• nextBoolean();

17.What is mean by inheritance?

• Accessing one class Properties in another class without multiple object creation.
• It avoids time and memory wastage.
• It ensures code reusability

18.What are the ways to access the methods /data from another class?

• We can access the another class methods either by creating object or using extends keyword.

19.What is mean by polymorphism?

• Poly-many.
• Morphism-forms.
• Taking more than one forms is called polymorphism or one task implemented in many ways.

20.What are the difference between method overloading and overriding?

Method overloading(static binding/compile time polymorphism):

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When we have multiple methods with same method name but differs only based on its
datatype,datatype count and order.

• Class-name
• Method-same
• Argument-differ based on datatype,order,number

Method overriding(dynamic binding/run time polymorphism):

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
When you are not satisfied with the logic of your super class method,you can create the same
method(with exact same
method name) in your sub-class and you can write your required business logic.When you create object
for sub-class,sub class
method only will get executed.so here child class method overriding parent class method.

• Class name-differ(using extends)

• Method-same
• Argument-same

21.What are the types of inheritance?

• Single Inheritance
• Multilevel Inheritance
• Multiple Inheritance
• Hybrid Inheritance
• Hierarchical Inheritance

22.Why multiple inheritance is not supported in java?

• Compilation error/syntax error-After extends keyword we can mention only one classname( , not
allowed)
• Priority problem-When multiple parent classes has methods with same name and
arguments,compiler will not know
which method should be called.

23.What are the difference between Multiple and Multilevel inheritance?

Multiple inheritance:
-------------------------

• More than one parent class directly supporting into same child class.
• Multiple inheritance not supported in java due to Compilation problem and priority problem
 • We have achieve multiple inheritance in java through interface.

Multilevel inheritance:
-----------------------

• More than one parent class supporting into one child class in tree level structure.
• It is supported in java

24.What is mean by access specifier?

• It defines the scope or level of access for variables,methods and classes

25.What are the difference between public and protected?

Public:
-------

• It is global level access( same package + different package).

Protected:
------------

• can access Inside package ( object creation + extends )

26.What is mean by Abstraction?

• Hiding the implementation part or business logic is called abstraction.

27.What are the types of Abstraction?

• 1. Partially abstraction(using abstract class).

• 2. Fully abstraction(using interface).

28.Can we create Object for Abstract class?

• No, we cant create object for abstract class.

29.What is mean by Interface?

• It will support only abstract method(without business logic), won't support non abstract
method(method with business logic)
• In interface "public abstract" is default.
 • using "implements" keyword we can implement the interface in a class where we can write the
business logic for all
unimplemented methods.

30.What are the difference between Abstract and Interface?

Abstract class:
-----------------

• Using Abstract class,we can acheive partial abstraction.

• It support both abstract method and non-abstract method.
• using "extends" keyword you can inherit an abstract class.
• For any abstract method we need to mention "public abstract".

Interface:
-----------

• Using interface,we can acheive full abstraction.

• It supports only abstract method.
• It is using "implements" keyword.
• "public Abstract" is default, no need to mention it explicitly.

31.What is mean by String?

• Collection of characters or words enclosed within double quotes is called as String.

• String is a class in java
• String is index based
• Example : "greenstechnology".

32.What are the method available in string?

• equals();
• equalsignorecase();
• contains();
• split();
• toUpperCase();
• toLowerCase();
• subString();
• isEmpty();
• identifyHashCode();
 • startsWith();
• endsWith();
• CompareTo();
• charAt();
• indexOf();
• lastIndexOf();
• replace();

33.What is mean by constructor?

• Constructor is a special method which is called by default when object is created for that
particular class.(implicit call)
• Class name and constructor name must be same.
• It doesn't have any return type.
• It supports method overloading but won't support method overriding.
• purpose of constructor:It is used to initialise the values to variables.

34.Explain the types of constructor?

• Parameterized constructor
• Non parameterized constructor

35.Do constructors have any return type?

• No,constructor can't have any return type.

36.Write a syntax for creating constructor?

Access specifier classname(){

37.What are the rules for defining a constructor?

• Class name and constructor name must be same.

• It should not have any return type.

38.Why a return type is not allowed for constructor?

• constructor is not directly called by your code, its called by memory allocation and object
initialisation in the run time.
• Its return value is opaque to the user so we cant mention it.
39.Can we declare constructor as 'private'?

• Yes,we can declare constructor as private.

40.Why a compiler given constructor is called as default constructor?

• If we didnt create a constructor explictly it will take the default constructor.

41.What is constructor chaining and how can it be achieved in Java?

• The process of calling one constructor from another constructor with respect to current object is
called constructor chaining.
• By using this() and super() methods we can achieve constructor chaining.

42.What are the difference between this() and super()?

• this() is used to call class level constructor.

• super() is used to call the parent class constructor.

43.What is the super class of all java?

• Object is the super class of all classes in java.

44.What are the types of variable?

• Local level variable.

• Global/Class level variable.
• Static variable.
• Final variable

45.What is meant by local variable,instance variable,class/static variable?

• Static Variable-It is shared by all the objects in the class.

• Local Variable-A variable declared inside a method/block.Level of access:only inside the block
• Class variable-A variable declared outside all methods but inside class. Level of access is only with
in object

46.What is mean by static keyword in java?

• The static keyword is mainly used for memory management.

• It is used to share the same variable or method by objects of given class.

47.Can we override static method in java?

 • No,we can't override the static method because it is part of a class rather than an object.

48.Can we overload static method in java?

• Yes, we can overload the static method in java.

49.What is mean by static variable?

• When a variable is declared as static,then a single copy of variable is created and shared among all
object at class level.
• Static variable are essentially global variable.
• All the instance of the class share the same static variable.

50.What is mean by static method?

• When a method is declared as static,we need not create object to call the paticular method.We
can call as Classname.methodname()
• Static method in java belong to the class(not to an object).
• They use no instance variables and will usually take the input from the parameters and perform
action on it,then return some result.

51.What is mean by final keyword and what's happend when we declare final as in
class,method,variable?

• Final is a non access modifier applicable to a variable, method or a class.

• When a variable is declared with final keyword,its value can't be modified.
• When a method is declared as final we can prevent method overriding.
• When a class is declared as final we can prevent inheritance.

52.What is difference between final and finally keyword?

Final:
-----

• Final varaible can't be modified.

• Final method can't be overrided.
• Final class can't be inherited.

Finally:
--------
 • Code given inside finally block will always get executed whether exception occurs or not.

53.Where local,static and class variables stores in jvm?

• Static variables are stored in the permGen section of heap memory.

• Local variables are stored in stack.
• Class variables are stored in heap memory.

54.What is Exception?

• Exception is an unexpected event which when occurs in a program,your program will terminate
abnormally.
• We can avoid this abnormal termination using exception handling
mechanisms(try,catch,finally,throw,throws)

55.Explain about types of Expection?

• Unchecked exception(Run time exception)

• Checked exception(Compile time exception)

56.What are the difference between checked expection and unchecked expection?

Unchecked exception:
-------------------------

• It will occur at the Run time.

Checked exception:
----------------------

• Checked exception will occur at the Compile time.

57.What is the super class for Exception and Error?

• Throwable
• Exception

58.Can we have try block without catch block?

• Yes we can have try block without catch block.But in that case finally block must be
present.(There will be no syntax error)
• Possible but we will not able to handle the exception without catch block.
59.Can we write multiple catch blocks under single try block?

• Yes,we write multiple catch blocks under single try block.

60.How to write user defined exception or custom exception in java?

First customised exception must come under Exception class.

access_specifier method_name() throws customException {

throw new customException();
}

61.What are the different ways to print exception message on console?

• ref.printStackTrace() method is used to print the exception message in the console.

62.What are the differences between final finally and finalize in java?

Final:
-----

• A final class variable whose value cannot be changed.

• A final method is declared in class level, they cannot be inherited.
• A class declared as final can't be inherited.

Finally:
--------

• It’s a block of statement that definitely executes after the try catch block.
• Exception occurs or not,finally block always get executed.

Finalize:
---------

• It will clean up unused memory space.

63.What are the differences between throw and throws?

Throw:
------

• Throw is a keyword, using which we can throw any any exception.This keyword always given
inside the method.
 • At a time we can throw only one exception using throw keyword.

Throws:
---------

• Throws is a keyword, it is used to handle the exception(given in method level).

• we can handle more than one exception using throws keyword.

64.Explain Java Exception Hierarchy?

Exception

Unchecked exception(Run time Checked exception(Compile

exception) time exception)
ArithmeticException IOException
NullPointerException SQLException
InputMismatchException FileNotFoundException
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundExcepion ClassNotFoundException
StringIndexOutOfBoundExcepion
IndexOutOfBoundExcepion
NumberFormatException

65.What is mean by throw and throws?

• Throw is a keyword,used to explicitly throw an exception

• Throws is a keyword, it is used to handle the exceptions(in method level).

66.What is mean by array?

• Storing multiple values of similar datatype in a single variable.

• It is index based one.

67.What are the advantages and disadvantages of array?

Advantage:
-------------

• In a single variable we can store multiple values.

Disadvantages:
----------------

• It support only similar data types.

• Size fixed at compile time.
• Memory wastage is high.

68.Different ways to intialise array?

• Datatype refName[]= new Datatype[size];

• Datatype[] refname={ value1,value2,....};

69.Can we change the memory size of array after intialization?

• No,we can't change the memory size of array after intialization.

70.What is collection ?

• It will support storage of multiple values with dissimilar data types.

• It is dynamic memory allocation.
• No memory wastage like array.

71.What is the difference between ArrayList and Vector?

ArrayList:
----------

• Asynchronized
• It is not a thread safe

Vector:
-------

• Synchronized
• Thread safe

72.What is the difference between ArrayList and LinkedList?

LinkedList:
-----------
 • Insertion and deletion is a best one.
• Searching/retrieving is a worst.
• It’s makes performance issue.

ArrayList:
----------

• In Arraylist retrieve/searching is a best one

• In ArrayList deletion and insertion is a worst one because if we delete/insert one index value after
all the index move to forward/backward.
• It makes performance issue.

73.Difference between Collection and Collections

• Collection-Collection is an interface under which we have list,set,queue

• Collections-is an utility class in which we have lots of predefined methods which we can apply
over collection objects.
Eg:Collections.min(),Collections.max(),Collections.sort()

74.Describe the Collections type hierarchy ? What are the main interfaces ?

Collection:
------------

• List
• Set

Map----doesnt come under collection,it is a separate interface in java

Hierarchy:
-----------

List:
----

• ArrayList
• LinkedList
• Vector

Set:
----
 • Hashset
• LinkedHashSet
• Treeset

Map:
----

• HashMap
• LinkedHashMap
• Hashtable
• TreeMap
• ConcurrentHahMap

75.What is difference between set and List?

Set:
----

• It is a value based one.

• It prints in random order.
• It won't allow duplicates.

List:
-----

• It is a Index based one.

• It prints in insertion order.
• It allow duplicates.

76.What is the difference between HashSet and TreeSet ?

HashSet:
---------

• It prints in random order.

TreeSet:
---------

• Treeset prints in ascending order

77.How to convert List into Set?

• By addAll() we can convert List into set.(all the elements in list will get added to set)

78.What is map?

• It is key and value pair.

• Here key+value is one entry.
• Key ignore the duplicate value and value allow the duplicates.

79.What is difference between Hash Map and Hash Table?

HashMap:
----------

• Key allows single null.

• Asynchronised(not thread safe).

Hashtable:
----------

• Key and value won't allow null.

• Synchronised(thread safe).

80.What is difference between set and Map?

Set:
----

• It is a value based one.

• It print in random order.
• It won't allow duplicates.

Map:
----

• It is key and value pair.

• Here key+value is one entry.
• Key ignore the duplicate value and value allow the duplicates.
81.Can we iterator the list using normal for loop?

• Yes,we can iterate the list using both normal and enhanced for loop.

82.What are the methods available in list But not in set?

• indexOf();
• get();
• lastIndexOf();

83.Explain about user defined Map?

• It is key and value pair.

• Here key+value is one entry.
• Key ignore the duplicate value and value allow the duplicates.

84.How much null allows in below maps:

• HashMap :k?,v?
• LinkedHashMap:k?,v?
• TreeMap :k?,v?
• HashTable :k?,v?
• HashMap :k-1 null,v- n null
• LinkedHashMap:k-1 null,v- n null
• TreeMap :k-ignore null,v- allow null
• HashTable :k-ignore null,v- ignore null

85.How to Iterate Map?

• We can iterate the map by using entrySet() method.

86.What is the return type of entrySet?

• Set<Entry<key,value>>

87.Write the methods to get the key only and value only?

• For key only keySet() method is used.

• For value only values() method is used.

88.What is mean by File? In which package it is available?

• File is a class and it is used to achieve the file operation.

 • It is available in java.io package.

89.What are the methods available in File ?

• mkdir();
• mkdirs();
• list();
• createNewFile();
• isDirectory();
• isFile();
• isHidden();

90.While creating a file if we not mention the format then under which format it will save the file?

• If we do not mention the file format it will automatically take format as file.

91.What are the difference between append and updating the file?

For updating the file:

---------------------

It will replace the old contents of the file.

For appending the file:

-----------------------

It will add the contents at the end of the file.

92.What is mean by Enumerator,Iteratorand List Iterator?

Enumeration:
--------------

• It is an interface used to iterate only legacy class or interface.

• Only iterates in forward direction

Iterator:
---------

• It is an interface used to iterate the collection objects

• Only iterates in forward direction
List Iterator:
--------------

• It is an interface used for iterating list type classes

• iterates in forward as well as backward direction

93.Difference between Enumurator,Iterator and List Iterator?

Enumerator:
------------

• applicable only for legacy class and interface

• no remove method is available.
• no Backward direction is possible

Iterator:
----------

• It is an Interface used to iterate the collection objects

• remove method is available.
• no Backward direction is possible.

ListIterator:
--------------

• It is an interface used for iterating list type classes

• remove method is available.
• Backward direction is possible.

94.What are the methods available in Enumerator,Iteratorand List Iterator?

Enumerator Methods:
------------------

• hasMoreElements();
• nextElement();

Iterator Methods:
----------------
 • hasNext();
• next();
• remove();

ListIterator Methods:
---------------------

• hasNext();
• next();
• remove();
• hasPrevious();
• previous();

95.Explain JDBC connection steps?

• Import JDBC packages.

• Load and register the JDBC driver.
• Open a connection to the database.
• Create a statement object to perform a query.
• Execute the statement object and return a query resultset.
• Process the resultset.
• Close the resultset and statement objects.
• Close the connection.

96.What are control statement?

• Statement which has control over the loop or program is called control statements.
• Example:if,if else,for,while,dowhile etc

97.Different control statements available in java

Break:
------

• It is used to terminate the loop

Continue:
----------

• It is used to skip the current iteration.

while and do while

----------
While:
------

• It is entry check loop.

Do While:
---------

• It is a exit check loop.

if and if else
===============

if
--

• executes only when the condition becomes true.

if else
--------

• executes the else part when the condition becomes false and executes if part when condition
becomes true.

98.Difference between immutable and mutable string

immutable and mutable string

==============================

Immutable string:
-----------------

• Once created,we cant change the value in memory

• In concatenation, it will create new memory

mutable string:
----------------

• After creation,we can modify the value in reference(memory)

 • In concetanation, its takes same memory

99.Difference between Remove all() and Retain all

Remove all() and Retain all

============================

removeAll():
------------

• removeAll() is a method , it is used to compare the 2 lists and remove all the common values

retainAll():
------------

• retainAll() is a method, it is used to compare both lists and retains only the common values

100.Difference between Literal String and Non literal string

Literal String and Non literal string

======================================

Literal String:
---------------

• In case of String duplicates,it will share the same memory address

• Its stored inside the heap memory(string pool or string constant).
• It share the memory if same value (duplicate value)

Non literal string:

--------------------

• Even incase of String duplicates,it will have different memory address.

• It’s stored in the heap memory.
• Its create a new memory every time even if it is a duplicate value(same value)

101.Difference between Heap and stack memory

Heap and stack memory

=================
Heap memory:
------------

• Heap is used for dynamic memory allocation.

• Memory access is slow.

Static memory:
--------------

• Stack is used for static memory allocation.

• Variables allocated on the stack are stored directly to the memory and access will be very fast.

102.What is the default Package in java?

• java.lang

103.What are the difference between equals() & hashcode()?

equals:
-------

• Used to compare the two string.

Hashcode:
----------

• Used to return the address where it stored.

104.How can we make Array list As a synchronized?

• collections.SynchronisedList(refName of array);