SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

SOFTWARE TESTING

TEST PLAN AND TEST CASE DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The purpose of ____ is to identify the Root cause of defects and prevent them from recurring.
A
Defect Prevention
B
Defect Identification
C
Defect Avoidance
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The purpose of Defect Prevention is to identify the cause of defects and prevent them from recurring. Defect Prevention involves-analyzing defects that were encountered in the past and taking specific actions to prevent the occurrence of those types of defects in the future.

Detailed explanation-2: -Root cause analysis is the method in which the reason for the cause of the defect is evaluated and identified so as to identify the containment, corrective and preventive action, which will contribute to the prevention of the defect’s recurrence.

Detailed explanation-3: -Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is a technique used in software testing to identify the root causes of defects or problems using tools and address them instead of treating only the symptoms.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is Root Cause Analysis? At the most basic level, root cause analysis is a process used to identify the underlying cause of a defect or failure. As it relates to product development, RCA is a systematic process for categorizing and analyzing defects that have occurred pre-release, post-release, or both.

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