A development team is about to start coding a new module. The requirements document contains several ambiguous statements and two contradictory business rules. The project manager wants to reduce the cost of fixing these issues. Which action should the team take first?

Write unit tests for the module and run them after the first build.

Conduct a static review of the requirements document before coding starts.

Begin coding immediately and rely on code reviews to catch issues during development.

Wait until system testing to see if the issues cause failures.

Which of the following defect types is most likely to be found by static testing?

A memory leak that occurs only after prolonged runtime

A security vulnerability that only appears when the system is under attack

A syntax error in the source code

A performance bottleneck under high load

Why does static testing help reduce the cost of fixing defects?

It finds defects early in the development lifecycle when they are cheaper to fix

It reduces the number of test cases needed for dynamic testing

It eliminates the need for dynamic testing entirely

It automatically fixes all defects it finds

How does static testing increase confidence in the software?

By eliminating the need for user acceptance testing

By ensuring that all requirements are testable

By proving that the software is bug-free

By identifying and removing defects early, which reduces the risk of failures later

A team has just completed a static analysis of their code and found several coding standard violations and unreachable code segments. What is the most likely benefit of fixing these issues now?

Improved maintainability and reduced risk of future defects

Reduction in the need for dynamic testing

Immediate improvement in system performance

Guaranteed elimination of all runtime errors

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A development team is about to start coding a new module. The requirements document contains several ambiguous statements and two contradictory business rules. The project manager wants to reduce the cost of fixing these issues. Which action should the team take first?
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Which of the following defect types is most likely to be found by static testing?
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Why does static testing help reduce the cost of fixing defects?
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How does static testing increase confidence in the software?
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A team has just completed a static analysis of their code and found several coding standard violations and unreachable code segments. What is the most likely benefit of fixing these issues now?
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