ATM: Advanced Test ManagerDemo

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QuestionQ43

Managing the Test Activities

Consider a defect report whose lifecycle includes these states:

  • New: the initial state.
  • Working: developers are addressing the defect to produce a fix.
  • Clarification: developers need additional information from the tester to address the defect and produce a fix; the tester is working to provide that information to the developers.
  • Verification: a fix has been produced, and the tester is running appropriate tests to verify whether the fix resolves the defect.
  • Closed: the final state.

Which answer represents an invalid sequence of states that cannot lead the bug report to the "Closed" state?

  • A New, Working, Verification, Working, Clarification, Working, Verification, Closed
  • B New, Working, Clarification, Working, Verification, Closed
  • C New, Working, Verification, Working, Clarification, Working, Closed
  • D New, Working, Verification, Closed
Explanation

A defect report can enter Closed only after Verification, when the tester has tested the produced fix. A transition from Working directly to Closed omits the required verification of a fix, so that lifecycle sequence is invalid.

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