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Software Engineering · Quiz 2 · 16 Mar 2025 · January 2025 term

Question 3: A software engineer is working on fixing an issue with a …

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A software engineer is working on fixing an issue with a third-party payment processing service in an e-commerce platform. To identify the problem, the engineer starts by reviewing the API documentation, example codes, etc..
Which of the following debugging strategies is being used by the engineer?

  1. A

    Input manipulation

  2. B

    Backwards strategy

  3. C

    Forwards strategy

  4. D

    Blackbox debugging

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Correct answer

  • D

    Blackbox debugging

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Question 3 of 24 in the IIT Madras BS Software Engineering (Software Engineering) Quiz 2 paper sat on 16 Mar 2025, in the January 2025 term (IIT M DEGREE AN EXAM QDB2 16 Mar 2025). It carries 4 marks.

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