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Software Engineering · Quiz 2 · 3 Dec 2023 · September 2023 term

Question 17: While debugging, a developer identifies the event respon…

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While debugging, a developer identifies the event responsible for causing an undesirable behavior and traces the data control flow forward until reaching the problematic state.
Which debugging approach/approaches did the developer employ from the following options?

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Input manipulation

  2. B

    Reverse strategy

  3. C

    Forward strategy

  4. D

    Blackbox debugging

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Correct answer

  • C

    Forward strategy

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Question 17 of 22 in the IIT Madras BS Software Engineering (Software Engineering) Quiz 2 paper sat on 3 Dec 2023, in the September 2023 term (IIT M DEGREE AN2 EXAM QDB2 03 Dec 2023). It carries 3 marks.

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