Cucumber

Question 1

Explain Cucumber shortly

Answer 1

Cucumber is a tool that is based on Behavior Driven Development (BDD) methodology.

The main aim is to make QAs , Business Analysts, Developers understand the application without diving deep into the technical aspects.

Question 2

What language is used by Cucumber

Answer 2

Gherkin - simple English representation of the application behavior

Question 3

What is meant by a feature file?

Answer 3

a high-level description of an Application Under Test (AUT)

Question 4

What are the various keywords that are used in Cucumber for writing a scenario?

Answer 4

Given
When
Then
And

Question 5

What is the purpose of a Scenario Outline in Cucumber?

Answer 5

This is ideally used when the same scenario needs to be executed for multiple sets of data, however, the test steps remain the same.

Question 6

What programming language is used by Cucumber?

Answer 6

multiple programming languages such as Java, .Net, Ruby etc.

It can also be integrated with multiple tools such as Selenium

Question 7

What is the purpose of the Step Definition file in Cucumber?

Answer 7

to segregate the feature files from the underlying code.

Step Definition files are written in programming languages

Question 8

What are the major advantages of the Cucumber framework?

Answer 8

Cucumber is an open-source tool.
Plain Text bridges communication gap
Easy to maintain and understand
Easy integration

Question 9

Provide an example of a feature file using the Cucumber framework.

Answer 9

Feature: Login to the application under test.

Scenario: Login to the application.

Given the Open Chrome browser and launch the application.
When the user enters the username onto the UserName field.
And User enters the password into the Password field.
When the user clicks on the Login button.
Then Validate if the user login is successful.

Question 10

Provide an example of a Scenario Outline using the Cucumber framework.

Answer 10

Scenario Outline: Upload a file

Given that the user is on upload file screen.
When a user clicks on the Browse button.
And user enters onto the upload textbox.
And user clicks on the enter button.
Then verify that the file upload is successful.

Question 11

What is the purpose of the Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) methodology in the real world?

Answer 11

to understand the functionality of an application in simple plain text representation.

Question 12

What is the limit for the maximum number of scenarios that can be included in the feature file?

Answer 12

a maximum of 10 scenarios

Question 13

What is the use of Background keyword in Cucumber?

Answer 13

to group multiple given statements into a single group

Question 14

What symbol is used for parameterization in Cucumber?

Answer 14

Pipe symbol (|) is used to specify one or more parameter values in a feature file.

Question 15

What is the purpose of Examples keyword in Cucumber?

Answer 15

to specify values for each parameter used in the scenario. Scenario Outline keyword must always be followed by the keyword Examples.

Question 16

What is the file extension for a feature file?

Answer 16

File Extension for a feature file is .feature. A feature file is ideally written in a notepad file and is saved with the extension feature.

Question 17

What is the purpose of the Cucumber Options tag?

Answer 17

to provide a link between the feature files and step definition files.

@CucumberOptions(features=”Features”,glue={“StepDefinition”})

Question 18

How can Cucumber be integrated with Selenium WebDriver?

Answer 18

by downloading the necessary JAR files.

Question 19

When is Cucumber used in real-time?

Answer 19

enerally used in real-time to write acceptance tests for an application. It is generally used by non-technical people such as Business Analysts, Functional Testers, etc.

Question 20

Provide an example of Background keyword in Cucumber.

Answer 20

Background: Given the user is on the application login page.

Question 21

What is the use of Behavior Driven Development in Agile methodology?

Answer 21

In Agile methodology, user stories can be written in the format of feature file and the same can be taken up for implementation by the developers.

Question 22

Explain the purpose of keywords that are used for writing a scenario in Cucumber.

Answer 22

“Given” keyword is used to specify a precondition for the scenario.

“When” keyword is used to specify an operation to be performed.

“Then” keyword is used to specify the expected result of a performed action.

“And” keyword is used to join one or more statements together into a single statement.

Question 23

What is the name of the plugin that is used to integrate Eclipse with Cucumber?

Answer 23

Cucumber Natural Plugin is the plugin that is used to integrate Eclipse with Cucumber.

Question 24

What is the meaning of the TestRunner class in Cucumber?

Answer 24

TestRunner class is used to provide the link between the feature file and step definition file.

Question 25

What is the starting point of execution for feature files?

Answer 25

the starting point of execution must be from the TestRunner class.

Question 26

Should any code be written within the TestRunner class?

Answer 26

No code should be written under the TestRunner class. It should include the tags @RunWith and @CucumberOptions.

Question 27

What is the use of features property under the Cucumber Options tag?

Answer 27

to let the Cucumber framework identify the location of the feature files.

Question 28

What is the use of glue property under the Cucumber Options tag?

Answer 28

to let the Cucumber framework identify the location of step definition files.

Question 29

What is the maximum number of steps that are to be written within a scenario?

Answer 29

is 3-4 steps.