FC0-U71 Software Development Concepts Practice Question
A developer is debugging a program that produces incorrect output. The developer sets a breakpoint on a specific line of code and runs the program in a debugger. When execution stops at the breakpoint, the developer examines the values of variables at that point. What debugging technique is being used?
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Step-through execution
Using breakpoints and inspecting variables is a common debugging technique to identify issues.
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Step-through execution
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Step-through execution allows stepping line by line, often combined with breakpoints.
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Logging
Why it's wrong here
Logging writes messages to a log file, not breakpoints.
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Unit testing
Why it's wrong here
Unit testing is automated testing, not a debugging technique.
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Code review
Why it's wrong here
Code review is a manual inspection by peers.
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