A company is launching an e-commerce site for a major sales event. The performance test team has identified a risk that the payment gateway may become a bottleneck. The project manager asks what the impact of this risk could be on the project. Which impact is most likely?

The only impact is on the technical team's workload, with no business consequences.

There will be no impact because the payment gateway is an external service.

The project timeline will be extended by exactly one week for every performance issue found.

Users may abandon transactions, leading to lost revenue and damage to the company's reputation.

During the testing phase, a performance test reveals that a search feature returns results slowly when the database contains a large number of records. The team is unsure whether this is a risk for production. What is the most important factor to consider when assessing this risk?

The number of developers on the team.

The type of database used in the test environment.

The expected data volume in production compared to the volume used in the test.

The color scheme of the user interface.

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A company is launching an e-commerce site for a major sales event. The performance test team has identified a risk that the payment gateway may become a bottleneck. The project manager asks what the impact of this risk could be on the project. Which impact is most likely?

During the testing phase, a performance test reveals that a search feature returns results slowly when the database contains a large number of records. The team is unsure whether this is a risk for production. What is the most important factor to consider when assessing this risk?

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