Multiple choice technology testing

What is the concept of introducing a small change to the program and having theeffects of that change show up in some test?

  1. Debugging a program

  2. A mutation error

  3. Performance testing

  4. Introducing mutations
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Mutation testing involves introducing small changes (mutations) to a program to test whether existing test cases can detect these faults. If tests fail to detect the introduced mutations, it indicates the test suite may be inadequate. This helps evaluate test quality and coverage.

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