JMeter - Interview Question #1

Q. 1 Why does JMeter become a natural choice of the tester when it comes to performance testing?
Ans: JMeter tool has benefits like

• It can be used for testing both static resources like HTML and JavaScript, as well as dynamic resources like Servlets, Ajax, JSP, etc.
• JMeter has a tendency to determine the maximum number of concurrent users that your website can handle
• It provides a variety of graphical analyses of performance reports
• It is free
• Plug-ins are available to extend the features

Q. 2 What is the base language of JMeter?

Ans: Java

Q. 3 How can you apply licenses of different protocol in JMeter?

Ans: JMeter is an open source application and does not require any licensing, tool or maintenance cost.

Q. 4 What kind of applications can be tested using JMeter?

Ans. Following are applications that can be tested using JMeter are:

a. Websites

b. Web services both - REST and SOAP

c. Databases(JDBC)

d. Shell scripts

e. FTP

f. LDAP

g. TCP

h. SMTP, POP3, IMAP

Q. 5 What exactly do you know about a Workbench in JMeter?

Ans: Workbench element has been removed from the JMeter 4.0 version onwards, Although it was used to store the element on the temporary basis. In addition to the testing elements, there were certain non-test elements which were also present in it; had been added under the Test Plan. 

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