| These quiz questions are provided for your further understanding. See Appendix A, "Answers to Quiz Questions," for the answersbut don't peek! | 1: | Cite a few reasons that a bug might not be fixed. | | 2: | What basic principles can you apply to your bug reports to give them the best chance of getting the bug fixed? | | 3: | Describe a few techniques for isolating and reproducing a bug. | | 4: | Suppose that you're running tests on the Windows Calculator and find that 1+1=2, 2+2=5, 3+3=6, 4+4=9, 5+5=10, and 6+6=13. Write a bug title and bug description that effectively describes this problem. | | 5: | What severity and priority would you give to a misspelling in a company's logo on the software's start-up screen? | | 6: | What are the three basic states of a software bug's life cycle and the two common additional states? | | 7: | List a few reasons that a database bug-tracking system is so much more useful than a paper-based system. |
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