Programming Fundamentals for Testing Questions

Core programming knowledge as applied to writing reliable automated tests and test support code. Candidates should understand variables, conditionals, loops, functions, and basic data structures such as arrays and maps, and be able to use them to express test logic. Cover error handling, logging, basic concurrency considerations and how improper handling of asynchronous operations leads to flaky tests, plus common coding pitfalls in test code such as tight coupling, brittle locators, and duplicated setup. The focus is on practical coding skills that enable building, debugging, and maintaining test suites.