What is the correct order in Defect Life Cycle? 1. New 2. Closed 3. Fixed\Rejected\Invalid 4. Open 5. Re-opened
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1, 4, 3, 2 (If defect is not really fixed)
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1, 4, 3, 5 (If defect is fixed)
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1, 4, 3, 5 (If defect is invalid)
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1, 4, 3, 2 (If defect is fixed)
The correct Defect Life Cycle is: New (1) → Open (4) → Fixed/Rejected/Invalid (3) → Closed (2) if the defect is properly fixed. If the defect is not actually fixed, it would be Re-opened (5) instead of Closed. Option D correctly describes the path for a successfully fixed defect.
A defect's life cycle begins as New (reported), moves to Open (acknowledged/assigned for work), then to Fixed/Rejected/Invalid (developer's disposition after investigation), and finally to Closed if the fix is verified and accepted — giving the sequence New → Open → Fixed → Closed when the defect really is fixed. If verification shows the defect persists, it goes to Re-opened instead of Closed, which is why '1,4,3,2 (if fixed)' is correct and the '...if not really fixed' or '...if invalid' variants misapply the Closed/Re-opened branch to the wrong scenario — Re-opened only applies when the supposed fix fails, and Closed only applies when it succeeds or when rejected/invalid is accepted as final.