SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TOOLS AND ENVIRONMENTS

AUTOMATED TESTING TOOLS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is a main difference between a walkthrough and an inspection?
A
In an inspection, the author gives a step-by-step presentation of the document and leads the review meeting
B
There is no difference; the terms are synonymous
C
In a walkthrough, the author gives a step-by-step presentation of the document and leads the review meeting
D
A walkthrough is a form of pair programming, while an inspection can be applied to any work product
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Inspections and walkthroughs are primarily intended to discover defects in software artifacts. This is a static analysis technique of software testing. In addition, inspections address three major tasks of process management: planning, measurement, control.

Detailed explanation-2: -Inspections and Walkthroughs involve a team of people reading or visually inspecting a program. With either method, participants must do some preparatory work following by the all-important “meeting of the minds". The objective of this meeting is to find errors but not to debug them. In other words, to test.

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