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

Challenge - 5 Problems

❓ locator

intermediate

Identify the correct locator to find an element by name

Which of the following Selenium Python commands correctly finds an element by its name attribute with value username?

A driver.find_element(By.TAG_NAME, 'username')

B driver.find_element(By.ID, 'username')

C driver.find_element(By.CLASS_NAME, 'username')

D driver.find_element(By.NAME, 'username')

💡 Hint

The name attribute is different from id, class, or tag.

To find an element by its name attribute in Selenium Python, use By.NAME. Other locators target different attributes or tags.

❓ Predict Output

intermediate

What is the output of this Selenium find_element code?

Given the following code snippet, what will happen if no element with name search exists on the page?

Selenium Python

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get('https://example.com')
element = driver.find_element(By.NAME, 'search')
print(element.tag_name)

A Prints an empty string

B Raises a NoSuchElementException error

C Prints None

D Prints the tag name of the first element with name 'search'

💡 Hint

If Selenium cannot find the element, it raises an error instead of returning None.

If the element with the specified name is not found, Selenium raises a NoSuchElementException. It does not return None or an empty string.

❓ assertion

advanced

Choose the correct assertion to verify element presence by name

You want to write a test assertion to check that an element with name email is present on the page. Which assertion is correct?

Selenium Python

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException

try:
    element = driver.find_element(By.NAME, 'email')
    # Assertion here
except NoSuchElementException:
    assert False, 'Element with name email not found'

A assert element is not None

B assert element.tag_name == 'input'

C assert element.get_attribute('name') == 'email'

D assert element.text == 'email'

💡 Hint

Check the attribute value to confirm the correct element was found.

The best way to confirm the element found has the correct name attribute is to assert element.get_attribute('name') == 'email'. Other assertions check unrelated properties.

🔧 Debug

advanced

Find the error in this Selenium code to locate element by name

What is wrong with this Selenium Python code snippet that tries to find an element by name password?

Selenium Python

element = driver.find_element('name', 'password')

A The locator type should be By.NAME, not a string 'name'

B The method should be find_elements instead of find_element

C The attribute 'password' should be passed as a keyword argument

D The method find_element does not exist in Selenium

💡 Hint

Selenium expects locator types from the By class, not plain strings.

The correct locator syntax uses By.NAME from selenium.webdriver.common.by. Passing a plain string 'name' causes an error.

❓ framework

expert

Which pytest fixture setup correctly initializes WebDriver for tests using element name locator?

You want to write pytest tests that find elements by name. Which fixture setup is correct to initialize and quit the Chrome WebDriver properly?

A

import pytest
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
def driver():
    driver = webdriver.Chrome()
    yield driver
    driver.quit()

B

import pytest
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

@pytest.fixture
async def driver():
    driver = webdriver.Chrome()
    yield driver
    driver.quit()

C

import pytest
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

@pytest.fixture(scope='session')
async def driver():
    driver = webdriver.Chrome()
    yield driver
    driver.quit()

D

import pytest
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

@pytest.fixture
async def driver():
    driver = webdriver.Chrome()
    driver.close()

💡 Hint

Use synchronous fixtures with proper scope and quit the driver after tests.

Option A correctly uses a synchronous pytest fixture with module scope, initializes the driver, yields it for tests, and quits after all tests in the module. Async fixtures or calling driver.close() prematurely are incorrect.