Find element by link text in Selenium Python - Practice Problems & Coding Challenges

Challenge - 5 Problems

❓ locator

intermediate

Locate element using exact link text

Which Selenium Python code snippet correctly finds a link with the exact text "Home Page"?

A driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "Home Page")

B driver.find_element(By.PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT, "Home Page")

C driver.find_element(By.ID, "Home Page")

D driver.find_element(By.CLASS_NAME, "Home Page")

💡 Hint

Use the locator that matches the full visible text of the link.

The By.LINK_TEXT locator finds elements by their exact visible link text. Partial link text matches substrings, and ID or class name locators do not match link text.

❓ Predict Output

intermediate

Output of finding link by partial text

What will be the output of this Selenium Python code if the page contains a link with text "Contact Us Today"?

Selenium Python

element = driver.find_element(By.PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT, "Contact")
print(element.text)

A "Us Today"

B "Contact"

C "Contact Us Today"

D NoSuchElementException

💡 Hint

Partial link text matches any part of the link's visible text.

Using By.PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT with "Contact" finds the link containing that substring. The element.text returns the full visible text of the link, which is "Contact Us Today".

❓ assertion

advanced

Valid assertion for link text presence

Which assertion correctly verifies that a link with text "About Us" is present on the page using Selenium Python?

Selenium Python

element = driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "About Us")

A assert element.text == "About Us"

B assert element.get_attribute("href") == "About Us"

C assert element.is_displayed() == False

D assert element.text != "About Us"

💡 Hint

Check the visible text of the found element.

The element.text property returns the visible text of the link. To verify the link text, assert it equals the expected string. Checking href attribute or display status does not confirm the link text.

🔧 Debug

advanced

Identify error in link text locator code

What error will this Selenium Python code raise?

driver.find_element(By.LINKTEXT, "Services")

Selenium Python

driver.find_element(By.LINKTEXT, "Services")

A SyntaxError

B NoSuchElementException

C TypeError

D AttributeError: module 'selenium.webdriver.common.by' has no attribute 'LINKTEXT'

💡 Hint

Check the spelling of the locator constant.

The correct locator constant is By.LINK_TEXT with an underscore. Using By.LINKTEXT causes an AttributeError because that attribute does not exist.

❓ framework

expert

Best practice for waiting for link by text

In Selenium Python, which code snippet correctly waits up to 10 seconds for a link with text "Login" to be clickable before clicking it?

A driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "Login").click()

B WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.LINK_TEXT, "Login"))).click()

C

time.sleep(10)
driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "Login").click()

D WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT, "Login"))).click()

💡 Hint

Use explicit waits with expected conditions for clickable elements.

Option B uses explicit wait for the element to be clickable by exact link text, then clicks it. Option B does not wait and may fail if element is not ready. Option B uses fixed sleep which is inefficient. Option B waits for presence but not clickability and uses partial link text which may match multiple elements.