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

Challenge - 5 Problems

❓ locator

intermediate

Locate the first

Which Selenium Python code snippet correctly finds the first

A element = driver.find_element(By.ID, 'button')

B element = driver.find_element_by_tag('button')

C element = driver.find_element(By.CLASS_NAME, 'button')

D element = driver.find_element(By.TAG_NAME, 'button')

💡 Hint

Use the correct Selenium method and locator strategy for tag name.

The correct method to find an element by tag name in Selenium Python is find_element with By.TAG_NAME and the tag name string.

❓ assertion

intermediate

Assert the text of the first

Given the code below, which assertion correctly checks that the first

element's text is exactly 'Welcome'?

Selenium Python

element = driver.find_element(By.TAG_NAME, 'h1')
text = element.text

A assert text.contains('Welcome')

B assert text == 'Welcome'

C assert text.equals('Welcome')

D assert text is 'Welcome'

💡 Hint

Use Python string equality to check exact match.

In Python, to check exact string equality, use '==' operator. Methods like contains or equals do not exist on strings.

❓ Predict Output

advanced

Output of finding multiple elements by tag name

What is the output of the following code snippet if the page contains exactly 3

elements?

Selenium Python

elements = driver.find_elements(By.TAG_NAME, 'li')
print(len(elements))

A 3

B 1

C 0

D TypeError

💡 Hint

find_elements returns a list of matching elements.

find_elements returns a list of all matching elements. len() returns the count. Since there are 3

elements, output is 3.

🔧 Debug

advanced

Identify the error in finding element by tag name

What error will the following code raise if no

element exists on the page?

Selenium Python

element = driver.find_element(By.TAG_NAME, 'footer')

A TypeError

B AttributeError

C selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException

D IndexError

💡 Hint

find_element raises an exception if no element is found.

If find_element does not find any matching element, it raises NoSuchElementException in Selenium.

❓ framework

expert

Best practice for waiting for an element by tag name

Which Selenium Python code snippet correctly waits up to 10 seconds for the first

element to be present before continuing?

A element = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.TAG_NAME, 'nav')))

B

driver.implicitly_wait(10)
element = driver.find_element(By.TAG_NAME, 'nav')

C element = driver.find_element(By.TAG_NAME, 'nav')

D

time.sleep(10)
element = driver.find_element(By.TAG_NAME, 'nav')

💡 Hint

Use explicit waits with expected conditions for reliable waiting.

Explicit wait with WebDriverWait and expected_conditions waits up to the timeout for the element to appear, avoiding unnecessary delays or errors.