LIST OF CUCUMBER INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

QUESTION# 1: WHAT IS THE CUCUMBER?

Answer: Cucumber is a Behaviour Driven Development tool which uses simple plain language and Gherkin
syntax to write the requirement as test steps for further implementation.
QUESTION# 2: WHAT IS BEHAVIOUR DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
(BDD)?
Answer: Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) is a methodology which uses the performance and behaviour
of the application for its development.
QUESTION# 3: CAN YOU NAME ANY OTHER BDD TOOL,
EXCEPT CUCUMBER?
Answer: Some other BDD tools, except Cucumber, are as follows:
 JBehave
 SpecFlow
 EasyB
QUESTION# 4: WHICH LANGUAGE USED IN CUCUMBER TO
WRITE THE TEST?
Answer: Plain English with Gherkin.
QUESTION# 5: WHAT IS THE FEATURE FILE IN CUCUMBER?
Answer: A feature file is the test description file in which we use High-level language to describe the
behaviour of the Application Under Test. The extension of the feature file is (.feature).
QUESTION# 6: WHAT CONSISTS OF A FEATURE FILE?
Answer: Feature file mainly consists of Feature name, description, tags, scenario and test steps.
QUESTION# 7: WHAT ARE THE GHERKIN KEYWORDS?
Answer: Gherkin keywords are-
 Given
 When
 Then
 But
 And
QUESTION# 8: WHAT ARE THE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
SUPPORTED BY CUCUMBER?
Answer: Cucumber supports .Net, Java, and Ruby.
QUESTION# 9: HOW TO IMPLEMENT CUCUMBER WITH
SELENIUM?
Answer: Read this tutorial.
QUESTION# 10: HOW TO INSTALL CUCUMBER IN ECLIPSE?
Answer: Click here to read the configuration.
QUESTION# 11: WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF THE
CUCUMBER?
Answer: Some of the advantages of Cucumber is listed as follows:
 It is an open source tool
 A framework developed using Cucumber is very lightweight
 A non-technical user can easily understand the test written with Cucumber
 It removes all the gaps between the technical team and business team
 Code redundancy is reduced with Cucumber
  Maintenance of the automation test cases is easier
 Ease to integrate with Selenium
QUESTION# 12: HOW TO CREATE STEP DEFINITION IN
CUCUMBER?
Answer: Click to read.
QUESTION# 13: WHAT ARE THE JAR FILES TO BE USED FOR
CUCUMBER?
Answer: The Jar files to use for cucumber are as follows:
 Cucumber core
 Cucumber java
 Cucumber junit
 Cucumber JVM deeps
 Cucumber reporting
 Gherkin
QUESTION# 14: WHAT DOES THE REAL-TIME USE OF
CUCUMBER?
Answer: Cucumber used in real time as acceptance testing.
QUESTION# 15: WHAT IS THE PLUGIN’S NAME TO INTEGRATE
INTO ECLIPSE?
Answer: Cucumber Eclipse Plugin.
That’s all about the Cucumber interview questions. Be confident while appearing for the interview and don’t
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