CISA · Question #488
Which of the following is the PRIMARY responsibility of quality control (QC) in the context of software development and application systems?
The correct answer is A. Identifying and addressing defects in the software. Quality Control (QC) is the reactive, operational process of testing and inspecting completed work to identify defects and ensure the product meets quality standards before release. Its PRIMARY responsibility in software development is finding and addressing defects. This disting
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Which of the following is the PRIMARY responsibility of quality control (QC) in the context of software development and application systems?
Options
- AIdentifying and addressing defects in the software
- BImplementing security controls in the production environment
- CDesigning the software architecture and defining user requirements
- DManaging development projects and resource allocation
How the community answered
(26 responses)- A88% (23)
- C8% (2)
- D4% (1)
Explanation
Quality Control (QC) is the reactive, operational process of testing and inspecting completed work to identify defects and ensure the product meets quality standards before release. Its PRIMARY responsibility in software development is finding and addressing defects. This distinguishes QC from Quality Assurance (QA), which is proactive and process-focused. Implementing security controls (B) is a security engineering function. Designing architecture and defining requirements (C) is a software design/business analysis function. Managing projects and resources (D) is a project management function.
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