diff --git a/blocks/activity_modules/tests/behat/block_activity_modules.feature b/blocks/activity_modules/tests/behat/block_activity_modules.feature
index 0bf0c45fd4f..3eefd4e5742 100644
--- a/blocks/activity_modules/tests/behat/block_activity_modules.feature
+++ b/blocks/activity_modules/tests/behat/block_activity_modules.feature
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ Feature: Block activity modules
       | activity   | name                   | intro                         | course | idnumber    |
       | assign     | Test assignment name   | Test assignment description   | C1     | assign1     |
       | book       | Test book name         | Test book description         | C1     | book1       |
-      | choice     | Test choice name       | Test choice description       | C1     | choice1     |
       | chat       | Test chat name         | Test chat description         | C1     | chat1       |
+      | choice     | Test choice name       | Test choice description       | C1     | choice1     |
       | data       | Test database name     | Test database description     | C1     | data1       |
       | feedback   | Test feedback name     | Test feedback description     | C1     | feedback1   |
       | folder     | Test folder name       | Test folder description       | C1     | folder1     |
diff --git a/lib/behat/classes/util.php b/lib/behat/classes/util.php
index 047ee289be6..713bb9f89a5 100644
--- a/lib/behat/classes/util.php
+++ b/lib/behat/classes/util.php
@@ -290,4 +290,31 @@ class behat_util extends testing_util {
         return behat_command::get_behat_dir() . '/test_environment_enabled.txt';
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Reset contents of all database tables to initial values, reset caches, etc.
+     */
+    public static function reset_all_data() {
+        // Reset all static caches.
+        accesslib_clear_all_caches(true);
+        // Reset the nasty strings list used during the last test.
+        nasty_strings::reset_used_strings();
+
+        filter_manager::reset_caches();
+
+        // Reset course and module caches.
+        if (class_exists('format_base')) {
+            // If file containing class is not loaded, there is no cache there anyway.
+            format_base::reset_course_cache(0);
+        }
+        get_fast_modinfo(0, 0, true);
+
+        // Inform data generator.
+        self::get_data_generator()->reset();
+
+        // Purge dataroot directory.
+        self::reset_dataroot();
+
+        // Reset database.
+        self::reset_database();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/testing/classes/util.php b/lib/testing/classes/util.php
index 520cb775183..4fdd3c74825 100644
--- a/lib/testing/classes/util.php
+++ b/lib/testing/classes/util.php
@@ -715,6 +715,9 @@ abstract class testing_util {
         // Do not delete automatically installed files.
         self::skip_original_data_files($childclassname);
 
+        // Clear file status cache, before checking file_exists.
+        clearstatcache();
+
         // Clean up the dataroot folder.
         $handle = opendir(self::get_dataroot());
         while (false !== ($item = readdir($handle))) {
diff --git a/lib/tests/behat/behat_hooks.php b/lib/tests/behat/behat_hooks.php
index 8b5f7349033..81b1182b966 100644
--- a/lib/tests/behat/behat_hooks.php
+++ b/lib/tests/behat/behat_hooks.php
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ class behat_hooks extends behat_base {
             throw new Exception('Behat only can run if test mode is enabled. More info in ' . behat_command::DOCS_URL . '#Running_tests');
         }
 
+        // Reset all data, before checking for is_server_running.
+        // If not done, then it can return apache error, while running tests.
+        behat_util::reset_all_data();
+
         if (!behat_util::is_server_running()) {
             throw new Exception($CFG->behat_wwwroot .
                 ' is not available, ensure you specified correct url and that the server is set up and started.' .
@@ -192,13 +196,7 @@ class behat_hooks extends behat_base {
         // Reset $SESSION.
         \core\session\manager::init_empty_session();
 
-        behat_util::reset_database();
-        behat_util::reset_dataroot();
-
-        accesslib_clear_all_caches(true);
-
-        // Reset the nasty strings list used during the last test.
-        nasty_strings::reset_used_strings();
+        behat_util::reset_all_data();
 
         // Assign valid data to admin user (some generator-related code needs a valid user).
         $user = $DB->get_record('user', array('username' => 'admin'));