Ancestor Selenium XPath Quiz and Flashcards: Axes and Webdriver

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Questions and Answers

Which XPath method is used to find the immediate element of a particular component?

descendant

starts-with

preceding

following (correct)

What is the XPath query for finding elements with the attribute 'type' equal to 'text'?

Xpath=//*[@type='submit']//preceding::input

Xpath=//label[starts-with(@id,'message')]

Xpath=//*[@type='text']//following::input (correct)

Xpath=//*[@id='rt-feature']//descendant::a

Which XPath method is used to find the preceding element of a particular element?

following

preceding (correct)

starts-with

descendant

What is the XPath query for finding elements with the attribute 'type' equal to 'submit'?

Xpath=//*[@type='submit']//preceding::input Signup and view all the answers

Which XPath method is used to find the descendant element of a particular element?

descendant Signup and view all the answers

What does the XPath query Xpath=//label[starts-with(@id,'message')] find?

Elements with the attribute 'id' starting with 'message' Signup and view all the answers

What does the XPath query Xpath=//*[@type='text']//following::input find?

Elements with the attribute 'type' equal to 'text' Signup and view all the answers

What does the XPath query Xpath=//*[@type='submit']//preceding::input find?

Elements with the attribute 'type' equal to 'submit' Signup and view all the answers

What does the XPath query Xpath=//*[@id='rt-feature']//descendant::a find?

Elements with the attribute 'id' equal to 'rt-feature' Signup and view all the answers

Which XPath method is used to find dynamic and complex elements on a web page?

descendant Signup and view all the answers

Which function can be used in XPath to find an element based on the parent element?

ancestor Signup and view all the answers

Which XPath function can be used to find an element based on the sibling element?

sibling Signup and view all the answers

Which XPath expression can be used to search for all elements in the 'Popular course' section with the help of the ancestor of the anchor whose text is 'SELENIUM'?

//div[.//a[text()='SELENIUM']]/ancestor::div[@class='rt-grid-2 rt-omega']/following-sibling::div Signup and view all the answers

Which function allows you to put multiple conditions in an XPath expression?

and Signup and view all the answers

Which XPath expression can be used to find an element with the attribute type='submit' or name='btnReset'?

//*[@type='submit' OR @name='btnReset'] Signup and view all the answers

Which XPath expression can be used to find an element with the attribute type='submit' and name='btnLogin'?

//*[@type='submit' AND @name='btnLogin'] Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of using the 'starts-with' function in XPath?

To find an element with an attribute that dynamically changes Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of using the 'contains' function in XPath?

To find an element based on the parent element Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of using the 'ancestor' function in XPath?

To find an element based on the parent element Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of using the 'sibling' function in XPath?

To find an element based on the sibling element Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

XPath Methods

The following method is used to find the preceding element of a particular element.
The preceding method is used to find the preceding element of a particular element.
The descendant method is used to find the descendant element of a particular element.

XPath Queries

The XPath query //*[type='text'] finds elements with the attribute 'type' equal to 'text'.
The XPath query //*[type='submit'] finds elements with the attribute 'type' equal to 'submit'.
The XPath query //label[starts-with(@id,'message')] finds elements with an ID starting with 'message'.
The XPath query //*[@type='text']//following::input finds elements with the attribute 'type' equal to 'text' and their following input elements.
The XPath query //*[@type='submit']//preceding::input finds elements with the attribute 'type' equal to 'submit' and their preceding input elements.
The XPath query //*[@id='rt-feature']//descendant::a finds elements with the ID 'rt-feature' and their descendant anchor elements.

XPath Functions

The starts-with function is used to find an element based on the starting value of an attribute.
The contains function is used to find an element based on the partial value of an attribute.
The ancestor function is used to find an element based on the ancestor element.
The sibling function is used to find an element based on the sibling element.
The parent function is used to find an element based on the parent element.

XPath Expressions

The and function allows you to put multiple conditions in an XPath expression.
The XPath expression //*[type='submit' or name='btnReset'] finds elements with the attribute type='submit' or name='btnReset'.
The XPath expression //*[type='submit' and name='btnLogin'] finds elements with the attribute type='submit' and name='btnLogin'.
The XPath expression //*[ancestor::a[text()='SELENIUM']] finds elements with the ancestor of the anchor whose text is 'SELENIUM'.

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