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Software Engineering · Quiz 2 · 23 Nov 2025 · September 2025 term

Question 15: Which debugging strategy involves tracing the flow of ex…

Question 15

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Which debugging strategy involves tracing the flow of execution from the beginning of the program to identify where the output deviates from expectations?

  1. A

    Forward debugging

  2. B

    Backward debugging

  3. C

    Input manipulation strategy

  4. D

    Black-box debugging

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  • A

    Forward debugging

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Question 15 of 25 in the IIT Madras BS Software Engineering (Software Engineering) Quiz 2 paper sat on 23 Nov 2025, in the September 2025 term (IIT M IMPROVEMENT AN EXAM QIA2 23 Nov 2025). It carries 4 marks.

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