QuestionQ1

Quality Characteristics for Technical Testing

In an embedded software project, software maintainability is considered critical. Static analysis has been chosen for every delivered software component.

Which of the following metrics is not a maintainability metric typically used with static analysis?

  • A Number of Lines of Code (LOC)
  • B Number of Function Calls
  • C Mean Time Between Failures
  • D Comment Frequency
Explanation

Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) is a reliability metric based on failures occurring during operation over time. Static analysis assesses source-code characteristics such as size, structural complexity, dependencies, and documentation, rather than operational failure intervals.

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