Multiple choice technology testing

The word 'bug' is synonymous with which of the following words?

  1. Incident

  2. Defect

  3. Mistake

  4. Error
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B Correct answer
Explanation

In software testing terminology, a 'bug' is most precisely synonymous with 'defect'. While 'error' refers to the human mistake that caused it and 'incident' refers to its manifestation, 'defect' is the standard term for the flaw in the software itself. 'Mistake' is too informal and 'incident' describes the observable behavior, not the underlying flaw.

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