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Software Engineering · End Term · 21 Dec 2025 · September 2025 term

Question 23: You see unexpected behavior in a GUI application and tra…

Question 23

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You see unexpected behavior in a GUI application and trace the function calls and state transitions starting from the button click that triggered the event. Which debugging strategy is most appropriate?

  1. A

    Input manipulation

  2. B

    Forward tracing

  3. C

    Backward tracing

  4. D

    Blackbox debugging

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Correct answer

  • B

    Forward tracing

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Question 23 of 25 in the IIT Madras BS Software Engineering (Software Engineering) End Term paper sat on 21 Dec 2025, in the September 2025 term (Software Engineering 18 Dec 25). It carries 4 marks.

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