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Software Engineering · End Term · 13 Apr 2025 · January 2025 term · Set 1-2

Question 11: Veena encounters an incorrect output in her program. She…

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Veena encounters an incorrect output in her program. She starts by identifying the specific statement that produced the wrong value and then traces back through the code to find the original mistake. Which debugging strategy is she using?

  1. A

    Input manipulation

  2. B

    Backwards debugging

  3. C

    Forwards debugging

  4. D

    Blackbox debugging

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  • B

    Backwards debugging

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Question 11 of 24 in the IIT Madras BS Software Engineering (Software Engineering) End Term paper sat on 13 Apr 2025, in the January 2025 term (IIT M IMPROVEMENT FN EXAM QIM2 13 Apr). It carries 4 marks.

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