FC0-U71 Software Development Concepts Practice Question
During debugging, a developer sets a breakpoint and steps through the code line by line. Which debugging tool feature is being used to execute one line of code at a time?
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Step execution
Step-through execution (or step into/over) allows executing code one line at a time to observe behavior.
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Step execution
Why this is correct
Step execution moves through code line by line.
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Breakpoint
Why it's wrong here
A breakpoint pauses execution, but stepping is the action after a pause.
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Variable inspection
Why it's wrong here
Variable inspection shows values but does not control execution flow.
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Logging
Why it's wrong here
Logging writes messages but does not control line-by-line execution.
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