CAS-005 · Question #248
A developer makes a small change to a resource allocation module on a popular social media website and causes a memory leak. During a peak utilization period, several web servers crash, causing the…
The correct answer is A. Load. Load testing evaluates how a system performs under expected and peak utilization. It would have identified the memory leak during high traffic, preventing the web servers from crashing in
Question
A developer makes a small change to a resource allocation module on a popular social media website and causes a memory leak. During a peak utilization period, several web servers crash, causing the website to go offline. Which of the following testing techniques is the most efficient way to prevent this from reoccurring?
Options
- ALoad
- BSmoke
- CRegression
- DCanary
How the community answered
(34 responses)- A82% (28)
- B3% (1)
- C6% (2)
- D9% (3)
Explanation
Load testing evaluates how a system performs under expected and peak utilization. It would have identified the memory leak during high traffic, preventing the web servers from crashing in
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